A few months after Tom and I were married一during World War II, he was shipped off to Pearl Harbor. In one of his first letters,he wrote,"I'm going to have a Navy battle-ship tattooed on my chest.”
Instead of pleading, I answered simply,“Send me a pitcture of your tattoo,and I'll have a duplicate put on my chest. "
我没有劝阻,只是简单地回了信:“给我寄一张你纹旁的照片来,然后我也在我的'胸前仿纹一个。”
We have been married for 51 years. Neither of us has a tattoo.
我们现在已结婚51年了,谁也没纹过身。
关心
A customer at my teller's window was grumbling about the low interest rate on his savings account. He finally said he was just going to take all his money out of the bank,dig a hole in his back yard and bury it.
The teller next to rne leaned over. "Sir,I couldn't help overhearing. Tell me, what is your address?".
隔壁窗口的出纳员探过身来说:“先生,我实在不怒愉听,但还是听到了,告诉我,您住在什么地才?”
过分紧张
My little girl loves animals,but one day she was bitten by a small field mouse she'd found. She carried it home in her pocket and told me what happened. Worried about rabies,I called our town humane society and was told that the animal would have to be examined, and they'd send someone for it.
When the humane-society truck pulled up,a big man got out,put on a pair of gauntlets and took a capture stick and a big cage from the back of the truck. Trying not to laugh, I handed him a small shoe box containing the mouse.
"Lady,"he said,seeing my expression, "they only told me it was a wild animal. "
“太太,”当他看到我的表情时他说,“他们只告诉我说是好生动物。”
异奇!
My first waitressing job was in a coffee shop. We featured a lunch special called "Tuna Salad Surprise",a tuna sandwich served with soup and chips. When our sandwich maker didn't show up for work one hectic Saturday,we had to prepare our own sandwiches.
A man sat down and ordered the special. I raced to the sandwich board,prepared the order,poured his coffee and rushed to the next customer. Later,as I delivered his check,he noted politely that he had never. eaten a potato-salad sandwich before. Horrified at my mistake,I asked,”Why didn't you tell me it was potato salad instead of tuna?"
Like most colleges,the food at St. Mary's College of Maryland scores low marks for both quality and variety.One exception is our annual steak-and-shrimp
"This steak could be a little more rare ," I overheard a fellow student say.
她的同伴说:“小声点儿,一年一次就够稀奇的了。(注:英语中,嫩和稀奇都是rare。)
"Pipe down,"whispered her companion. "Once a year is rare enough !”
经验
The manager of a fast-food franchise was approached by a teenager looking for a job. "Have you had any experience with fast food?"the manager asked.
一位少年来封一家快餐馆找工作,经理问他:“你有在快餐店工作的经脸吗7"
The young man paused for a moment.“Well,“he replied,”I've eaten a lot of it.”
年轻人想了想说:“这么说吧,我吃过很多次快餐。”
买书,但不用!
" This is the book recommended this quarter,”announced my political science professor on the first day of class. "However,we won't use it much, because my primary purpose is to teach you to think.”