幽默英语笑话两则

　　The cat and the blue bowl 猫和蓝色的碗

　　A man was1 looking for things of the old times. One day he came2 to a village and found3a blue bowl. It looked very old. The bowl was on the ground4 and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the owner5 of the cat, was sitting beside the bowl. The man did6 not want the farmer to know that he was interested7 in the bowl. So he said8 to him in a soft voice9, "What a nice cat you have! Will you sell it to me?"

　　"How much will you give me for the cat?" the farmer asked.

　　"Thirty dollars. Would10 that be enough?" Later11, the farmer agreed12. After hepaid13 the farmer, the man said, "This cat is used14 to eating with his bowl. May I take this bowl with the cat?" But the farmer said, "I'm sorry I can't give you the bowl. Thanks to the bowl, I have sold15 thirty cats."

　　一个男人喜欢寻找古董，一天，他来到一个小村庄，发现一个蓝色的碗。它看上去很旧。这个碗在地上，猫用它喝着牛奶，旁边坐着一个农夫，是这只猫的主人。这个人不想让农夫知道他对这只碗很有兴趣。于是他低声对他说，“你的猫真漂亮，能卖给我吗?

　　“你准备给花多少钱买这只猫?”这个农夫问。

　　“三十美元。这样够了吗?农夫答应。他把钱给了农夫，那人说，“这个猫是用这只碗吃食物吧。我可以把这碗也带走吗?“但农夫说，“非常抱歉，我不能给你的'碗。感谢谢这只碗，因为它我已经卖了三十只猫。”

　　The Third Operation 第三次手术

　　The patient was recovering after an operation. His friend came to visit him and asked how he was getting along.

　　"Well," the patient began, "after my first operation they had to cut me open again. The doctor had to take out the sponge1 left in me." "But you got over it all right?"

　　"Oh, yes. Only I had another operation yesterday. They found that they had operated on the wrong part."

　　"Thank God. You're all right now, though," the friend said encouragingly.

　　At that time the doctor came in saying, "Has anyone seen my hat around here? I left it somewhere yesterday."

　　一位病人做完一个手术回到病房，他的朋友来看望他并问他感觉怎么样。

　　“哎，”这位病人说，“第一次手术后他们又给我开了一刀，因为医生要取出忘在我体内的纱布.”“但是你挺过来了?”

　　“噢，是的，只是他们昨天又给我开了一刀，因为他们发现开刀开错了地方。”

　　“感谢上帝，你现在总算没事了 。”朋友安慰他说。

　　正在这时医生进来说：“谁在这儿看见我的帽子了?我昨天把它忘在什么地方了。”