数则英语笑话让你乐一乐

　　吝啬鬼的聚会 The mean man's party

　　The Mean Man's Party

　　The notorious(声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的) cheap skate(小气鬼) finally decided to have a party. Explaining to a friend how to find his apartment, he said, "Come up to the fifth floor and ring the doorbell with your elbow(肘部，扶手) . When the door open, push with your foot."

　　"Why use my elbow and foot?"

　　"Well, gosh," was the reply, "You're not coming empty-handed, are you?"

　　吝啬鬼的聚会

　　一个声名狼藉的'小气鬼终于决定要请一次客了。他在向一个朋友解释怎么找到他家时说：“你上到五楼，用你的胳膊肘按门铃。门开了后，再用你的脚把门推开。”

　　“为什么我要用我的肘和脚呢?”

　　视力训练 Visual training

　　Visual Training

　　The squad(班，小队) were having "visual training". One smart recruit(新兵，招募) was asked by the officer to count how many men composed a digging party in a distant field. The party was so faraway(遥远的，恍惚的) that the men appeared as mere dots, butunhesitatingly(迅速地) the recruit replied：

　　"Sixteen men and a sergeant(中士，军士) , sir."

　　"Right, but how do you know there's a sergeant there?"

　　"He's not doing any digging, sir."

　　视力训练

　　班里正在进行“视力训练”。一个聪明伶俐的新兵被班长叫出来数远处旷野上采掘队的人数。采掘队在很远的地方，那些人看起来只是一些小点儿。但是这个新兵毫不犹豫地回答。

　　“十六个兵外加一个中士，长官。”

　　“正确，可是你怎么知道那儿有一个中士?”

　　“他不干活，长官。”

　　新员工 A New Employee

　　A New Employee

　　Several weeks after a young man had been hired, he was called into the personnel director's office.

　　What is the meaning of this? the director asked. When you applied for the job, you told us you had five years' experience. Now we discover this is the first job you ever held.

　　Well, the young man said, in your advertisement you said you wanted somebody with imagination.

　　新员工

　　一个年轻人在被雇用几个星期后，被叫到人事经理的办公室。

　　这是什么意思?经理问，当你申请这份工作时，你告诉我们有五年工作经验，现在我们发现这其实是你的第一份工作。

　　嗯，年轻人回答，你们的广告上说需要找一个有想象力的人嘛。