Big Head
“All the kids make fun of me”the boy cried to his mother.“They say I have a big head”
“Don't listen to them.”his mother comforted him.“You have a beautiful head .Now stop crying and go to the store for ten pounds of potatoes”
“Where's the shopping bag?”
“I haven't got one,use your hat.”
大腦袋
“所有的孩子都拿我開玩笑,”小男孩哭著跟媽媽說：“他們說我長了一個大腦袋.”
“別聽他們的,”他媽媽安慰說：“你的腦袋長得很漂亮.好了,別哭了,去商店買10磅土豆來.”
“購物袋在哪?”
“我沒有購物袋,就用你的帽子吧.”
Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents."What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly."Here are two cents more.But why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢.
“昨天給你的錢干什么了?”
“我給了一個可憐的老太婆,”他回答說.“你真是個好孩子,”媽媽驕傲地說.“再給你兩分錢.可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢?”
“她是個賣糖果的.”
Where is the father?
Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.
"Look," said the elder brother."How nice these paintings are!"
"Yes," said the younger,"but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children.Where is the father?"
The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained,"Obviously he was painting the pictures."
父親在哪兒?
兄弟倆在看一些漂亮的油畫.
“看,”哥哥說,“這些畫多漂亮呀!”
“是啊,”弟弟說道,“可是在所有這些畫中,只有媽媽和孩子.那爸爸去哪兒了呢?”
哥哥想了會兒,然后解釋道：“很明顯,他當時正在畫這些畫唄.”
I Have His Ear in My Pocket
Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked,"What happened?" "A kid bit me," replied Ivan."Would you recognize him if you saw him again?" asked his mother."I'd know him any where," said Ivan."I have his ear in my pocket."
他的耳朵在我衣兜里、
伊凡鼻子流著血回到家里.他媽媽問,“發(fā)生了什么事?” “一個男孩咬了我一口,”伊凡說.“再見到他你能認出來嗎?”媽媽問.“他走到哪里我都能認出他,”伊凡說.“他的耳朵還在我衣兜里呢?
Hospitality
The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple-pie without any cheese.The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate.The visitor smiled,put the cheese into his mouth and then said:"You must have better eyes than your mother,sonny.Where did you find the cheese?" "In the rat-trap,sir," replied theboy.
由于客人在吃蘋果餡餅時,家里沒有奶酪了,于是女主人向大家表示歉意.這家的小男孩悄悄地離開了屋子.過了一會兒,他拿著一片奶酪回到房間,把奶酪放在客人的盤子里.客人微笑著把奶酪放進嘴里說：“孩子,你的眼睛就是比你媽媽的好.你在哪里找到的奶酪?” “在捕鼠夾上,先生.”那小男孩說