1、What do I get? 我能得到什麼?
Teacher: If I cut a beefsteak in half and then cut the half in half, what do I get?
老師：如果我把一塊牛排切成兩半的兩半，我能得到幾塊兒?
Tommy: Quarters.
湯米：四塊。
Teacher: And then if I cut it twice again?
老師：那我要是再切兩次，我能得到什麼呢?
Tommy: Hamburger.
湯米：漢堡。
2、I know I could count on you?我知道你會幫我
Smith goes to see his boss in the front office. "Boss," he says: "we're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs me to help with the attic(閣樓) and the garage."
"We're short-handed, Smith." the boss replies. "I can't give you the day off."
"Thanks, boss," says Smith, "I know I could count on you!"
史密斯去找他的老闆。“老闆，我們家明天有很重的工作要做，我妻子讓我修閣樓和車庫。”
“可我們很缺人，史密斯。”老闆答道，“我不可能放你的假。”
3、The purpose of the propeller 飛機螺旋槳的用處
A: "What's the purpose of the propeller?"
B: "To keep the pilot cool. If you don't think so, just stop it and watch him sweat!"
A：飛機的螺旋槳有什麼用?
B：爲了保持飛行員涼爽。不信的話，只要停止螺旋槳轉動看看飛行員會不會滿頭大汗。
4、An Abstract Drawing 一幅抽象畫
One day in a drawing class, the teacher told the class to draw an abstract(抽象的) drawing. After a while, a small boy turned his drawing in . The teacher look at it but saw nothing ,only a piece of white paper.
一天美術課上，老師要同學們畫一幅抽象畫，一會功夫，一個小男孩交了他的作品，老師看了看，可上面什麼也沒有，只不過是一張白紙。
"What did you draw?" said the teacher.
“你畫的是什麼?”老師說
"A cow eats grass," the boy answered.
“牛吃草。”孩子達答道。
"Where is the grass?"
“草呢?”
"The cow has eaten it up," replied the boy.
“牛把它吃光了。”孩子說
"Well, but where is the cow?" the teacher asked again.
“那麼，牛仔哪兒呢?”老師又問。
"It ate up the grass and then went away to drink water."
“吃完草，牛喝水去了”
“謝謝，老闆。”史密斯說，“我就知道你會幫我。”
5、Dating for Mother 約會
When the young waitress in the café in Tom’s building started waving hello everyday. Tom was flattered, for she was at least 15 years younger than he. One day she waved and beckoned to Tom again. When Tom strolled over, she asked, "Are you single?"
"Why, yes," Tom replied, smiling at her broadly.
"So is my mom," she said. "Would you like to meet her?"
約會
在湯姆工作的大樓裏有一個咖啡屋，那兒總有一位小姐每天都和他打招呼。湯姆有些受寵若驚，因爲這位小姐看上去至少比他年輕15歲。一天她又對湯姆招手並示意湯姆過去。於是湯姆走了過去。她問道，“您現在是單身嗎?” “對，是單身，”湯姆滿臉堆笑的說。 “我母親也是，”她說，“您願不願意見見她?”
6、I Hope So 我希望如此
Neighbor: Do you think your son will forget all he learned at college?
Father: I hope so. He certainly can't make a living by kissing girls!
鄰居：您認爲您的兒子會把在大學裏學的'東西全忘光嗎?
父親：我希望這樣--他當然不能以吻女孩子謀生吧!
7、Thinking Back 回憶
We were gathered together, all ten of us, for our widowed mother's 80th birthday. The conversation was of early struggles, walking to work and saving up in clothing clubs, when my elder sister said, "Of course, we were bound to be poor because we were such a big family. Mom, why did you have so many children?"
Mother looked around at us all and said, "Well, where did you want to me to stop?"
我們總共十個人，聚在一起祝賀已成爲寡婦的媽媽的八十歲生日。談的話題是我們家早年的艱辛，走着去上班，在“新衣會”裏存錢準備買衣裳。這時我姐姐說：“當然，我們的生活沒法子不艱難，因爲我們家孩子太多了。媽媽，您爲什麼要生這麼多的孩子呢?”
媽媽看了我們一圈說：“那麼，你想讓我在哪兒停住呢?”
8、The frog青蛙
The science teacher lecturing his class in biology said, “Now I'll show you this frog in my pocket.” He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a chicken sandwich.
He looked puzzled for a second, thought deeply, and said, “That's funny. I distinctly remember eating my lunch.”
青蛙
老師正在給學生上生物課：現在，我將要給你們看我袋子裏的這隻青蛙。接着，他把手伸進口袋，卻拿出了一份雞肉三文治。老師滿臉困惑地看了一眼，沉思了一會兒，說道：真奇怪。我明明記得我已經把午飯吃掉了。