英语笑话

1. A little attention

注意一点点

Teacher： Could you please pay a little attention？

Student： Im paying as little attention as I can.

教师：你能注意一点点吗？

学生：我正在尽可能地能不注意就不注意。

Notes：

a little 一点点little adj. 几乎不

2. I used my fathers pen

我用我父亲的钢笔写的

Teacher： Why is your homework in your fathers handwriting？

Pupil： I used his pen.

教师：你的家庭作业上怎么是你父亲的笔迹？

学生：我用我父亲的钢笔写的。

Notes：

handwriting n. 笔迹

use v. 使用

3. A teapot

一只茶壶

Teacher： What starts with “t”， ends with “t” and is filled with “t”？

Student： A teapot.

教师：什么东西开头是“t”，结尾是“t”，里面装的也是“t”？

学生：茶壶。

Notes：

end with 以……结尾

fill with 装着

4. I rounded them up

我做了四舍五入

A talking sheepdog who loves math rounds up all of the sheep into a pen.

The sheep dog comes back and says， “Okay， all 400 sheep are accounted for.”

“But，” says the farmer， “Ive only got 360.”

The sheepdog replies， “I know， I rounded them up.”

一只会说话且喜欢数学的牧羊犬把所有的羊都关进了围栏。

牧羊犬回来说：“好了，400只羊总算进去了。”

“但是，”农夫说，“我只有360只羊啊。”

牧羊犬回答说：“我知道，我做了四舍五入。”

注：round up 表示“将……聚拢起来”，也含有“把……四舍五入”之意。

5. Why did Little Johnny cry louder？

为什么小约翰哭得更大声了？

Little Johnny was crying one day， and his dad asked him why.

“Ive lost five cents，” sobbed Johnny.

“Dont worry，” said his dad kindly. “Heres five more for you.”

At this， Johnny cried louder than ever.

“Now what is it？” asked his dad.

“I wish Id said Id lost ten cents！”

有一天，小約翰哭了，他爸爸问他为什么哭。

“我丢了五美分。”约翰抽泣着说。

“别担心，”他爸爸和蔼地说，“我再给你五美分。”

听到这里，约翰哭得比此前的声音更大了。

“现在又怎么了？”他爸爸问道。

“我真希望我刚才说我丢了十美分！”

Notes：

cent n. 分；美分

sob v. 抽泣

kindly adv. 善良地