To Buy a Video 買錄像機
Amos asked his mother whether they could have a video.
I’m afraid we can’t afford one, sighed his mother.
But on the following day in came Amos, staggering beneath the weight of a brand-new video.
How on earth did you pay for that? gasped his mother.
Easy, Mum. replied Amos, I sold the television!
艾莫斯問媽媽他們是否能買一臺錄像機。
恐怕我們還買不起，媽媽嘆息着說。
可第二天當艾莫斯回來時，他搖搖晃晃地搬着一臺全新的錄像機。
你究竟是哪兒來的錢買這東西?媽媽大吃一驚，喘着氣說。
媽媽，這簡單， 艾曼斯回答。我把電視機給賣了!
I want a nightmare 想做壞夢
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 dreams usually turns out to be the opposite." Mother replied.
"Then I do hope I'll fail the other subjects in my dream tonight," Tom said.
在期末考試之前，湯姆告訴他的母親：“媽媽，我昨天晚上做了一個夢，夢見我通過了今天的考試。”
“不要相信夢，親愛的。據說夢中的經歷通常與現實相反。”媽媽答道。
“那麼，我真希望在今晚的.夢中，我的其他功課都不及格。”湯姆說。
I Taught the Teacher 我教老師
Mother asked her little boy, Darling, what did the teacher teach you today?
Nothing, Mum, answered the son proundly, instead, she asked me how much one plus two was, and I told her three.
母親問她年幼的兒子：寶貝，今天老師教了你些什麼?
兒子驕傲地說：什麼都沒教，媽媽。她反倒問我一加二等於幾，我告訴她等於三。