A
Lady: Don’t be afraid of the dog. You know the old proverb,“A barking dog never bites.”(諺語:吠犬不咬人。)
Sam: You know the proverb. I know the proverb. But does your dog know the proverb?
B
Diner: Bring me some soup and make sure a fly isn’t in it. Yesterday there was a fly in my soup.
Waiter: Oh that can’t happen today, sir, because our special(特色菜)is frogs’(蛙)legs.
Diner: What’s today’s special have to do with a fly in my soup?
Waiter: Before the chef(廚師)cooked the frogs, they ate every fly in the place.
C
Traveler: Can I catch the three o’clock train to Paris?
Ticket agent(代售人): That depends on how fast you can run. It left fifteenminutes ago.
D
Teacher(to pupil who is an hour late): Tommy!You should have been(本應(yīng)該)here an hour ago.
Tommy: Why? What happened?
E
Teacher: If I gave you two apples and told you to give one to your brother, would you give him the little one or the big one?
Bad: Do you mean my little brother or my big brother?
F
Jeff: Today, on the school bus, a little boy fell off his seat, and everybody laughed except me.
Teacher: Who was the little boy?
Jeff: Me.
G
Grandpa Smith: My left leg is killing(使痛苦)me.
Mr Bufford: It must be old age.
Grandpa: Can’t be. My right leg is just as old as my left one, and it doesn’t hurt a bit.
H
Woodward: Do you make up(虛構(gòu))these jokes yourself?
Woodhead: Yes, out of my head.
Woodward: You must be.
注:out of ①出于,從……里面;②缺乏,沒有。
I
Nurse: There’s a man outside with a wooden leg named Smity.
Doctor: What’s the name of his other leg?
J
Danny: Did the doctor treat you yesterday?
Sammy: No, he charged(收費)me twenty dollars.
注:treat有兩個含義:①治病;②招待。
K
Patient: Doctor, if a person’s brain stops working, does he die?
Doctor: How can you ask such a stupid question!You’re alive, aren’t you?
L
Davy: This dog of mine is a police dog.
Dana: He doesn’t look like a police dog.
Davy: I know, he is in the secret service(諜報或特工部門).
M
Lady: My pet(寵物)is sick. Can you recommend(推薦、介紹)a good animal doctor?
Nurse: I’m sorry, lady, all of the doctors I know are people.
注:對animal doctor可有兩種理解:①動物醫(yī)生,②給動物治病的醫(yī)生即獸醫(yī)。
N
Mother: Tommy!Tommy!Why don’t you answer me?
Tommy: I did. I shook my head.
Mother: Well, you didn’t expect me to hear it rattle(發(fā)出格格聲;喋喋不休)all the way in the next room, did you?