Compliment
"Larry! Come here!" said his furious mother, putting the telephone down, " I’ve just had a call from Mrs. Harrison about your behavior to her Doris at the school dance last night. You wretched, rude boy!"
"I was nice to her, Mum, really I was!" protested the youth.
"I even paid her a compliment when we had a dance."
"Did you, indeed?" said his mother grimly, "And what exactly did you say?"
"I said, Gosh, Doris, you sweat less than any fat girl I’ve ever danced with!"
恭維話
“拉里,你過來!”媽媽放下電話後生氣地說,“我剛纔接到哈里森夫人地電話,她告訴我你在昨晚的學校舞會上對多麗絲行爲不好,你可恥,粗魯!”
“媽媽,我對她很好,真的!”小夥子不服氣地說。“當我和她跳舞時我還說了一句恭維她的話。”
“你真的`這麼做的嗎?”媽媽嚴厲地問。“你的原話是怎麼說的?”
“我說,啊呀,多麗絲,你比我跳過舞的任何胖姑娘出汗都少!”
if I Am a Manager
One day in class, the teacher assigned his students to write a composition – if I Am a Manager.
All the students began to write except a boy. The teacher went to him and asked the reason.
“I am waiting for my secretary,” was the boy’s answer.
如果我是一個經理
一天課上,老師要同學們以“如果我是一個經理”爲題寫一篇作文。
所有的學生都在動筆寫了,只有一個男生例外。老師走過去問他爲什麼不寫。
“我在等我的祕書”。那孩子答道。
How to Become Rich
Little brother: I saw you kiss my elder sister, and if you don't give me a nickel I'll tell my er's boyfriend: No, don't do that. Here's a le brother: That makes a buck and a quarter I've made this month.
如何致富
弟弟:我看見你親我姐姐了,如果你不給我五分錢,我就告訴我爸。姐姐的男朋友:不要那樣做。給你五分錢。弟弟:我這個月已經賺了一塊兩毛五了。