有意思的英语笑话
1、Teacher: Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths? Gerald: I'd much rather have the half. Teacher: Think carefully, and tell me why. Gerald: Because you lose too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths. 老师：你愿意要半个柑橘，还是十分之五个柑橘? 杰拉得：我宁可要半个。 老师：仔细想想，说出理由来。 杰拉得：因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五，那柑橘汁就损失太多了。
2、Six people were travelling in a compartment on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved, but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing a lot of trouble to the other passengers. At last this young man got out at a station with his two heavy bags. None of the other passengers helped him, but one of them waited until the rude young man was very far away and then opened the window and shouted to him, "You left something behind in the compartment!" Then he closed the window again. The young man truned around and hurried back with his two bags. He was very tired when he arrived, but he shouted through the window, "What did I leave behind?" As the train began to move again, the passenger who had called him back opened the window and said, "A very bad impression!" 有六个人搭乘火车旅行，坐在同一车箱内。其中五个很安静，也很规矩。但第六个是个粗鲁的年轻人，给其他乘客招惹了许多麻烦。 最后，这位年轻人在一个车站带着两个沉重的皮箱下了车。没有一个旅客帮他的忙。有个人一直等到这位粗鲁的年轻人走得很远了，才打开窗户，对着他大声喊：“你把东西留在车厢里了!”然后，又把窗户关了起来。 年轻人转过身子，拎着两个沉甸甸的`皮箱，匆匆赶了回来。他转回来时，显得非常疲倦，对着窗户大声喊：“我把什么东西留在车上了?” 当火车再次启动时，叫他回来的旅客打开窗户说：“一个极坏的印象!”
3、"Why is it that three of our four children have black hair but little Jim is a blond? Whose child is Jim?" "I can't tell you the truth," said his wife after a long pause. "it would hurt you too much." "Oh, don't be ridiculous," he insisted. "I don't mind who the father is. I'm just curious." The wife ffinally confessed. "Well, if you really want to know, Jim is your child." "为什么我们四个孩子中，三个是黑头发，而小吉姆却是金色头发?吉姆是谁的孩子?" “我不能告诉你，”他妻子停了许久才说，“那会伤害你太深。” “ 哦，别无聊了，”他坚持着，“我不在乎他的父亲是谁,只是好奇而已。” 妻子最后承认了。“好吧，如果你真想知道的话，吉姆是你的孩子。”