最经典英文笑话

英文笑话

一眼就看中

The girl found the go-between and said, "You cheated me ! One of his eyes is not true. Why didn't you tell me this before ?"

"I have told you. " said the go-between with justice on his side, When you met first, I told you that he settled on you with one eye.

Notes:

(1) go-between n.媒人

(2) settle on选定；决定

Exercises: 根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

①The girl was angry with the go-between for having cheated her.

②The girl married the one-eyed man.

③The go-between hadn't told the girl the fact.

④The go-between thought that justice was on his side.

⑤The girl hadn't fully understood the go-between's words.

112.一眼就看中

姑娘找到媒人，说：“你欺骗了我。他的一只眼是假眼，你以前为什么不告诉我？”

“怎么没告诉你？”媒人也不甘示弱，“你们第一回见面后，我就说，他一眼就看中你了。”

借公牛一用

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man, but he didn't know any words.

One day, one of his friends wanted to borrow an ox from him, so he wrote a note and asked his servant to take it to this rich man.

After the servant gave the note to the rich man, he pretended to be reading it and after a while, he said, "OK, I know. Go and tell your master, I'll go myself shortly.

Notes:

(1) he pretended to be reading it他假装读着字条。

(2) pretend to do佯装做

Exercises:根据短文回答下列问题：

①When did the story take place?

②What problem did the rich man have?

③What did his friend want to borrow from him?

④Who took the note to the rich man?

⑤The rich man made a fool of himself, didn't he?

111.借公牛一用

从前，有个人很富有，但他不识字。一天，他的一位朋友想向他借一头公牛，便写了个条，让仆人送到富人那里。

仆人把条子给了富人。富人便假装看了一会儿，然后说道：“好啦，我知道了。回去告诉你的主人，我马上自己过去。”

练习参考答案：

①A long time ago.

②He didn't know and words.

③An ox.

④The servant.

⑤Yes, he did.

You may select可以选择

The husband complained that his wife always cooked the same dish.

One day, the husband got home and asked his wife, "My dear, what will we eat today?" The wife said, "You may select the dish today."

The husband was very glad and asked, "Which dishes are there today?" "Cabbage."

"The others?"

"None."

"Then how to select?"

"Eat or not eat!" the wife said.

Notes:

(1) complain v.抱怨

(2) cabbage n.白菜

Exercises:

根据短文选择正确答案：

①What did the husband complain about?

A. His wife sometimes cooked the same dish.

B. His wife seldom cooked the same dish.

C. His wife always cooked the same dish.

D. His wife didn't cook any dish.

②What question did the husband ask one day?

A. He asked what they would cat.

B. He asked if there was anything to eat.

C. He asked if there was any meat.

D. He asked if there was any cabbage.

③The wife told him that_____ .

A. there was no meat

B. there was a lot of cabbage

C. he could select the dish

D. he could cook some other dishes

④The husband was at first_____ .

A. very disappointed

B. very angry

C. very sad

D. very glad

⑤We can be sure that_____ .

A. the family had nothing to eat on that day

B. the family had only one dish on that day

C. the family had several dishes an that day

D. the family went out to a restaurant on that day