1.To be on the Safe Side In a cinema during a performance one of the audience gets up, makes his way along the row of seats and goes out into the foyer（门厅，大厅） . A few minut...

1.WHAT‘S THE TIME The two boys were camping in the backyard. When they couldn‘t figure out what time it was, the first boy said to the second, 'Start singing very loud.' 'How wi...

  1.After supper, the parents were busy playing mah-jong with the guests. At this point the mother thought of something and said to her son who was watching TV, 'Honey, go see...

'Flowers need water,' said the teacher. 'Water your flowers every day, or they‘ll die.'   One morning Mother saw Marry out in the garden and asked, 'What are you doing there,...

Before the final examination, Tom told his mother, 'Mom, I had a dream last night that I‘d passed today‘s exam.' 'Don‘t trust dreams, dear. It is said what you experience in dre...

★ What bird lifts heavy things? (什么鸟能举起重物？) Crane. (鹤。Crane鹤，举重机) ★A ship can contain only fifty persons. Now there is alreadyforty-nine persons in it. At thi...

1. Isn’t it wonderful? 'What are you so happy about?'a woman asked the 98-year-old man. 'I broke a mirror,' he replied. 'But that means seven years of bad luck.' 'I k...

  1.Automobile Fittings A lorry driver makes inquiry of a mountaineer, 'Excuse me, where can I buy the auto accessories（附件） in the neighborhood?'   Mountaineer says, ...

Jesus‘s Telly A child on Christmas time asked for some paper and crayons in order to draw a crib. Eventually the artistic masterpiece was displayed for parental approval. The mana...

mental deficiency   'Would you mind telling me, Doctor,' Bob asked, 'how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?' 'Nothing is easier,' he rep...