Laughing out Loud笑话与幽默

Shrink in Proportion按比例缩小

A teacher asked students to rewrite a 1500-word article to 500 words. Later, when the teacher read Scott’s article, he asked, “Why did you change a 45-meter-high building into 15 meters, 6 cars into 2 cars, and 3 people into 1 person?”Scott said, “I shrank them based on strict proportions.”

老师要求同学们把一篇1500字的文章缩写成500字。老师看了斯科特的作文以后问：你怎么把45米高的建筑物写成了15米，6辆汽车写成了2辆，3个人写成了1个人？

斯科特答：我是严格按比例缩小的。

Be Prepared准 备

Scott failed his exams. Knowing that his dad will be very upset. He sent his elder brother an e-mail, hoping his brother can prepare their dad to accept the bad news.The next day, he received the reply from his brother, “Our father is prepared, but you’d better also be prepared!”

斯科特的期末考试不及格，他知道爸爸一定会非常不满，就给哥哥发了一封邮件，请哥哥转告爸爸，准备接受坏消息。第二天，他收到了哥哥的回复：爸爸已经准备好了，你自己最好也准备准备！

Which Tire Was Flat哪个轮胎破了

A final exam was in session at a university. Toward the end of the exam three students rushed to the classroom. They explained to the professor that the reason why they were late was that the car they shared got a flat tire. The professor agreed to let them take a make-up examination. But, there was only one question on the exam paper, “Which tire was flat on the car you shared?” In the end, the three students all had different answers from each other...

某大学正在举行期末考试，快结束的时候，有3个学生匆匆忙忙地跑进教室。他们3人向教授解释，因为他们合坐的汽车一个轮胎破了，所以才会迟到。教授答应让他们补考，可是试卷上只有一道题目：你们坐的那辆汽车，哪个轮胎破了？结果，3个学生的答案互不相同

Key points

flat 扁的

proportion 比例

professor 教授

rewrite 改写；重写

shrank收缩（shrink的过去式）；缩小

session 学期

tire 轮胎

upset 心烦的