52. Not Here
kathy and polly were friends but they liked playing tricks on each other
one day kathy met polly in the street. she said, "hi, polly. it's good to see you."
"how can you see me when i'm not here?" polly asked.
"what do you mean, you' re not here?" kathy asked. "of course you 're here."
"no, i'm not." polly said. "and i'll bet you ten dollars that i can prove i'm not here."
"alright," said kathy. "ten dollars. now prove you' re not here ."
"easy," polly said, "am i in hong kong?"
"no," said kathy.
"am i in paris?"
"no," said kathy.
"if i'm not in hong kong and i'm not in paris," polly said, " then i must be somewhere else. right?"
"right," said kathy. "you must be somewhere else."
"exactly." said polly. "and if i'm somewhere else i can't be here, can i? ten dollars, please. "
"that's very clever, polly," kathy said, "but i can't give you ten dollars."
"why not?" asked polly. "we had a bet.
"certainly we had a bet," kathy said, "but how can i give you ten dollars if you're not here?"
and with a laugh she walked away.
notes:
(1) trick n.惡作劇
(2) play a trick on sb.開玩笑；戲謔某人
(3) prove v.證明
(4) hong kong香港
(5) paris巴黎（法國首都）
exercises:
根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：
① where did polly and kathy meet?
a. at school
b. on the train
c. in the playground
d. in the street
② polly wanted to______ .
a. be friends with kathy
b. bet on kathy
c. make a bet with kathy
d. give kathy some money
③ what did polly say she could do?
a. prove she wasn't there.
b. give kathy ten dollars.
c. 90 to paris.
d. prove she was in hong kong.
④ what did kathy do?
a. she gave polly ten dollars.
b. she proved she couldn't give polly the money.
c. she was angry with polly.
d. she refused the bet.
⑤ so from the story we can know _____.
a. polly is very clever
b. kathy is very clever
c. neither of them is very clever
d. both of them are very clever
52.不在這里
凱斯和波麗是朋友，但她們總愛開對方的玩笑。
一天凱斯在街上遇見了波麗。她說，“喂、波麗，很高興見到你。”
“我不在這里，你怎能看到我呢？”波麗說。
“你說你不在這里，這是什么意思？”凱斯問，“當(dāng)然，你在這里。”
“不，我不在這里。”波麗說，“我將和你打10美元的賭，賭我能證明我不在這里。”
“行，”凱斯說，“10美元。現(xiàn)在證明你不在這里吧。”
本文地址：http://www.hengchuai.cn/writing/humor/2868.html
相關(guān)文章
-
Expiry Date
An older man looking at a piece of paper. His wife asked, "BALA, What are you looking for?" The man said, "NOTHING" "What NOTHING?" Wife angry serious"you have been look...
2018-11-21 英語笑話 -
Family Joke(7)
One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside，still in their P.J.‘s，playing in the mud，with empty food boxes and wrappers thrown all...
2018-12-29 英語笑話 -
《讀者文摘》雜志選編的幾個笑話
爸爸是一個信奉“安全第一”的人。一次和好朋友們?nèi)ザ燃伲徽f服去參加水上降落項目。他在摩托艇后部，把鉤子掛住降落傘，并緊張地問飛行員：“你們多久換一次繩子？” 飛行員友善地回答：“每當(dāng)...
2018-11-22 英語笑話 -
對SEX的理解不同所引出的笑話
某男，亦粗通英文，至使館，有表要填，有一欄是：Sex，該男思之久已，毅然下筆：“Once a week”。簽證官觀后暴笑，曰：“This item should be filled in with m...
2018-10-29 英語笑話 -
Vocal jokes
Q： How do you tell when your lead singer is at the door？ A： He can't find the key and doesn't know when to come in. Q： What is the difference between a Wagnerian soprano and an All-Pro offen...
2018-12-10 英語笑話 -
英語幽默精讀【12】You're Not Going to Make it
Gravely ill, a man went to the doctor with his wife. After the examination the physician motioned for the wife to meet him in the hallway. "Your husband is very sick, " the doctor said, "but th...
2019-01-07 英語笑話 -
To Absent Brothers
An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finished all three,...
2018-11-20 英語笑話 -
賴世雄讀英語笑話學(xué)英語之不帶顏色的通俗笑話(9)：同病相憐(雙語)
Unit 9 We’re in the Same Boat 同病相憐The young man was terribly self-conscious because he had a wooden eye. His friends would often invite him dance parties, but he could never work up...
2018-10-30 英語笑話 -
Doctors Joke (13)
A man hasn‘t been feeling well，so he goes to his doctor for a complete checkup. Afterward，the doctor comes out with the results.“I’m afraid I have some very bad news，”the doctor says.“You‘r...
2018-12-29 英語笑話 -
趣味圖片英語笑話：tiger 老虎（雙語）
paul thought it was a compliment when his wife said there was a wild tiger in the bed當(dāng)他的妻子說床上有只老虎時，保羅認(rèn)為這是種恭維 更多 英語笑話、英語小笑話、英文笑話、英...
2018-11-02 英語笑話
