1.Stupid Question
Dan was the doorman of a club in a big city. Everyday, thousands of people passed his door, and a lot of them stopped and asked him, “What‘s the time, please?”
After a few months, Dan said to himself, “I‘m not going to answer all those stupid people any more. I‘m going to buy a big clock and put it upon the wall here.” Then he did so.
“Now people aren‘t going to stop and ask me the time,” he thought happily.
But after that, a lot of people stopped, looked at the clock and then asked Dan, “Is that clock right?”
翻译：
愚蠢的问题
丹在一个大城市的某个俱乐部当守门人。每天都有数千人经过他的门口，而且许多人都会停下来问他:“请问现在几点？”
几个月后，丹想:“我不想再回答这些蠢人提出的问题了，我要去买一只大钟，把它挂在这儿的墙上。”于是他买了一只钟，把它挂在了墙上。
“现在人们总不会再停下来问我时间了。”他高兴地想。
可是打那以后，每天仍有许多人停下来，看看钟，然后问丹:“这钟准吗？”
2.if you drink
A father was trying to teach his son the evils of alcohol.
He put one worm in a glass of water and another worm in a glass of whiskey. The worm in the water lived, while the one in the whiskey curled up and died.
“All right, son,” asked the father, “What does that show you?”
“Well, Dad, it shows that if you drink alcohol, you will not have worms.”
翻译：
你只要喝酒的话
一位父亲打算让自己的儿子知道酒精有多么可怕。
他把分别把两只虫子放到一杯清水和一杯威士忌里做对比。
清水里虫子安然无恙，结果威士忌里的虫子蜷缩了几下就挂掉了。
“所以，儿子啊，”父亲问道，”得出什么结论？”
“恩，这说明，你只要喝酒的话，肚里就不会长虫了！”
3.How much English can you speak?
“Your Honor, I want to bring to your attention how unfair it is for my client to
be accused of theft. He arrived in New York City a week ago and barely knew his
way around. What‘s more, he only speaks a few words of English.”
The judge looked at the defendant and asked, “How much English can you speak?”
The defendant looked up and said, “Give me your wallet!”
翻译：
你会说多少英文
“法官先生，我的当事人被指控偷窃，这是多么不公正啊。他一周前才来到纽约，几乎不认路。
而且，他只会说几个英语单词。”
法官看了看被告，问道：”你会说多少英文？”
被告抬起头，说：”把你的钱包给我！”
4.Put your feet in
The school girl was sitting with her feet streched far out into the aisle ,and was busily chewing gum, when the teacher espied her. “Mary !” called the teacher sharply. “Yes,Madam?” questioned the pupil , “Take that gum out of your mouth and put your feet in!”
翻译：
把脚放进去
一个女学生坐在座位上，嘴里起劲地嚼着口香糖，脚却伸到课桌间的走道里，被老师发现了。“玛丽！”老师严厉地叫她。“什么事，老师？”这女学生问。“把口香糖从嘴里拿出来，把脚放进去。”
