英语笑话

Difference 区别

"I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class," observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at california state university in los angeles. "when i say, 'good afternoon,' the undergraduates respond, 'good afternoon." but the graduate students just write it down." “研究生班和本科生很容易就能区别开来，”在洛杉矶加利福利亚州立大学给我们研究生上工程学课的老师如此说。“我说‘下午好’，本科生们回答说‘下午好’。研究生们则把我说的话记在笔记本上。”

Prepare Yourself 做好准备

A story around campus has it taht a student once sent a telegram to his parents reading: "mom - flunked all courses. kicked out of school. prepare pop." two days later he received a response: "pop prepared. prepare yourself." 校园里流传着这样的故事：一个学生一次给父母拍了一份电报，上面写着：“妈妈－我所有功课都不及格，被学校开除。让爸爸做好准备。” 两天以后，他收到了回电：“爸爸已准备好。你自己做好准备吧！”

Flunking Math 数学没及格

My son, who made the dean's list in his freshman year at ball state university in muncie, ind., called home a few weeks after starting his sophomore year as a psychology student. "mom," he said excitely, "i have found the answer to surviving college! it isn't the grades that are so important, but the quality of what is learned and how it is applied to daily life. i'm lucky to be having these wonderful experiences!" "and just what does this mean?" i asked. "i'm flunking math," he replied. 我儿子是印第安那市曼西尔波州立大学的学生，大学一年级就上了系主任的名单。第二年他学心理学，刚几个星期他就给家里打了个电话。 “妈妈，”他激动地说：“我找到了如何在大学里生存下去的答案！重要的不是分数，而是具备将学到的知识应用于日常生活的素质。我很幸运地有了这种奇妙的经历。” “你到底是什么意思？”我问道。 “我数学没及格。”他回答说。

A mistake搞错了

An amercian, a scot and a canadian were killed in a car accident. they arrived at the gates of heaven, where a flustered st. peterexplained that there had been a mistake. "give me $500 each," he said, "and i'll return you to earth as if the whole thing never happened." "done!" said the american. instantly, he found himself standing unhurt near the scene. "where are the others?" asked a medic. "last i knew," said the american, "the scot was huggling price, and the canadian was arguing that his government should pay." 一位美国人，一位英格兰人和一位加拿大人在一场车祸中丧生。他们到达天堂的门口。在那里，醉醺醺的圣彼德解释说是搞错了。“每人给我五百美元，”他说，“我将把你们送回人间，就象什么都没有发生过一样。” “成交！”美国人说。立刻，他发现自己毫不损伤地站在现场附近。 “其他人在哪儿？”一名医生问道。 “我离开之前，”那名美国人说，“我看见英格兰人正在砍价，而那名加拿大人正在分辩说应该由他的政府来出这笔钱。