短小經典的英語笑話精選
透過笑話我們可以看到一個民族的生存環境、生活方式、社會關係和心理特徵等等。下面是本站小編帶來的短小經典的英語笑話，歡迎閱讀!
Bad Business
A salesman was chatting with the owner of a motel."Business is terrible," said the motel owner. 'Really bad."
"But every time I drive by here you have the 'no vacancy' sign on. " said the salesman.
"That's true," replied the motel owner. "But I used to turn away 30 to 35 people a night. Now, I only turn away ten to 15."
Notes:
(1) motel n.汽車旅館 (3) turn away n.謝絕
(2) vacancy n.空缺
Exercises:
根據短文判斷下列句子正(T)、(F)：
① A motel is a hotel for motorists.
② The salesman was arguing with the owner of the motel.
③ When the motel owner said that business was terrible, the salesman did not believe him.
④ Every time the salesman drove by the motel, the motel was only half full.
⑤ The motel owner used to turn away ten to 13 people.
58.生意不好
一個商人在和汽車旅館的主人閒聊。“生意大糟了，”旅館主人說，“真的太糟了。
“可是每次我駕車經過這兒，你都掛上了‘客滿’的牌子，”商人就。
“那倒是真的。”旅館主人答道，“可是過去我一夜就謝絕三十至三十五人，而如今只能謝絕十至十五人。”
練習參考答案：
①T②F③T④F⑤F
短小經典的英語笑話閱讀The Cheater
Donald was not very good at math.
He could not understand the teacher's explanations.
Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald still could not understand it.
"Never mind," Donald told himself. "I'm quite good at other subjects. I'll cheat in the math exam, then I won't be in trouble."
"I'll sit next to the boy who's best at math, he thought, "and copy down his answers."
The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Brian Smith, who always was at the top of the class in math.
Donald carefully copied Brian's answers on to his own exam paper.
At the end of the exam, the teacher colllected the papers and graded them.
Then she said, "Well, boys and girls, I've decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. It's difficult for me to decide who to give the prize to, however, because two students, Donald and Brian, got the same grade.
"Let them share it," one of the other students said.
"I've thought about that," the teacher said, "but I've decided to give the prize to Brian."
Donald was angry when he heard this.
He stood up and said, "That's not fair. I got the same grade as Brian. "
"That's true," the teacher said. "However, Brian's answer to Question 18 was 'I don't know'. Yours was 'Neither do I'."
Notes:
(1) be good at擅長
(2) cheat v.作弊
(3) be in trouble有麻煩
(4) grade v.打分;分等
Exercises:
① Donald decided to cheat in the math exam because _____.
A. he was always at the top of the class in math
B. he understood the questions
C. he was not very good at math
D. the math teacher did not explain the questions carefully
② Donald got a high grade in math because_____ .
A. math was his best subject
B. the questions were easy
C. he copied from another boy
D. the teacher explained the questions carefully
③ Donald got the same grade as Brian because _____.
A. both boys were good at math
B. Donald cheated
C. Brian copied Donald's answers
D. the questions were very easy
④ The teacher knew it was Donald who cheated because_____ .
A. his answers were the same as Brian
B. he wrote "I don't know " as an answer
C. he got the same wrong answers as Brian
D. he wrote the words "Neither do I"
⑤ In the end , we can learn that_____ .
A. both Brian and Donald won the prize
B. neither of Brian and Donald won the prize
C. Brian won the prize
D. Donald won the prize
59.作弊者
多納爾德數學不太好。
他聽不懂老師的講解。
即使解釋第二遍，他也聽不懂。
“不要緊，”多納爾德安慰自己，“我別的科目很好。我要在數學考試中作弊，那麼我就不會有麻煩了。”
“我將坐在數學最好的同學旁邊，”他想，“並抄下他的答案。”
考試那一天到來了，多納爾德坐在布思·史密斯的旁邊。
布恩是班裏數學學得最好的學生。
多納爾德仔細地把布恩的答案抄下來。
考試結束後，老師把卷子收上去，開始判分。
判完後，她說：“好，同學們，我已決定給得最高分的同學獎勵。然而我不知該獎勵哪一個，因爲兩個學生，多納爾德和布恩，都得了一樣的分數。”
“讓他們兩個都得獎勵吧，”一個學生說。
“我想過這樣辦，”老師說，“但我打算獎勵布恩。”
多納爾德聽到這話非常生氣。
他站起來說：“這不公平。我和他得的分數是一樣的。”
“是這樣的，”老師說，“然而，布恩的第18題的答案是‘我不知道’。你的是‘我也不知道’。”
練習參考答案：
①C②C③B④D⑤C
短小經典的英語笑話學習Which One to Call Back
After I took office as mayor of a small Kentucky city, an unfortunate incident precipitated some hateful phone calls to my home. One night while I was conducting a city-council meeting, my wife answered the phone.
"Is this the home of Bert May, the mayor?" a woman's voice asked.
When my wife explained that I was at a meeting and would return her call if she left a name and number, the caller said. "That's confidential. This is his girlfriend. "
My wife, knowing this was all a ruse, calmly responded, "Lady, if you don't leave your name and number, he won't know which one to call back
Notes:
(1) take office 任職 (4) confidential adj.保密的
(2) precipitate v.使突然發生 (5) ruse n.欺詐
(3) conduct v.主持
Exercises:
根據短文選擇正確答案：
① What did the husband take office as?
A. president of a big company
B. mayor of a big city
C. mayor of a small city
D. mayor of Kentucky
② What happened after he took office?
A. an unfortunate incident
B. an earthquake
C. the opening ceremony of a company
D. his wife got ill
③The word "precipitate" in "an unfortunate incident precipitated some hateful phones to my home" probably means _____.
A. to return
B. to receive
C. to initiate
D. to get
④ Why wouldn't the woman on the line leave her name and number?
A. Because she had no name or number.
B. Because she was not allowed to do so by her husband.
C. Because she was too nervous to remind herself of her name and number.
D. Because she was just playing a dirty trick.
⑤ From the passage we can see that _____.
A. the mayor had many girlfriends
B. the woman on line had dialed the wrong number
C. the wife of the mayor was quick-minded
D. the mayor would return the woman's call
60.給哪一個回電話
我上任爲肯塔基州的一個小城的市長後，發生了一件不幸的事，從而招致了一些可恨的電話打到我家裏。一天夜裏，我還在主持市政會議，我妻子接到了一個電話。
“是伯特·麥因、市長的家嗎?”一個女人的聲音問道。
我妻子向她解釋說我還在開會，如果她留下姓名和電話號碼的話，我會給她回話。通話人馬上說：“這個保密。我是他的女朋友。”
我妻子知道這完全是欺詐。她鎮靜地回答說：“女士，如果你不留下姓名和號碼的話，他就不會知道給哪一個回話。”
練習參考答案：
①C②A③C④D⑤C
