1.Ask your own Ask Your OwnIt was a cold，raw day at Washington．Champ Clark was discussing the gamins of the cities with an English visitor．The latter expatiated on the wit of ...

   1.a girl just your mother   No matter which girl he brought home， the young man found disapproval from his mother． A friend gave him advice． “Find a girl just...

1.A Boy with a Big Head   A boy cried to his mother, 'All the children make fun of me. They say I have a big head.' 'Don‘t listen to them,' his mother said, 'You have a be...

  1.borrow an ox Once upon a time, there lived a rich man, but he didn‘t know any words. One day, one of his friends wanted to borrow an ox from him, so he wrote a note an...

  1.A Small Surprise   When his wife was expecting their third child, a father decided to tell his two sons, ages seven and nine, the facts of life. He checked out sever...

  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, ...

  1.An Ugly Woman   Mike: My aunt was very embarrassed when she was asked to take off her mask at the party. Mary: Why was that? Mike: She wasn‘t wearing one. 丑女 麦...

  1.A Problem in Arithmetic   Bill is a good student and an intelligent boy. He likes to study arithmetic, and he can do all of the arithmetic problems in his book easily...

  1.I thought I had gone deaf On a rural road a state trooper pulled this farmer over and said: 'Sir, do you realize your wife fell out of the car several miles back?' To whi...

  1.rain   A small boy and his father were having a walk in the country when it suddenly began to rain very hard． They did not have their umbrella with them， and there ...