趣味英語小故事閱讀

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　　趣味英語小故事：名聲與艱苦勞動

　　During the Gulf War，my sister，Jane，bought a flag and asked her apartment's maintenance man, a Vietnam vet，to install a pole for him. When she offered to pay him,he told her there was no way he could take money for putting up the American flag.

　　海灣戰爭期間，我妹妹珍妮買了一面美國國旗，她請房子的維修工—一位越戰的老兵給她豎一根旗杆。當我妹妹為此什給他錢時，他說，他幫助掛美國國旗，無論如何都不該收錢。

　　Jane contacted her local newspaper，and they published an article about the incident. The next time she encountered the maintenance man, he told her that everyone he knew had read her story and that she had made him a celebrity.Jane jokingly asked for his autograph.

　　珍妮來到當地報杜，就此事在報上發表了一篇文章。當珍妮第二次碰到那位維修工時，他對珍妮說他所認識的人都她寫的報章，是她使他成為了名人。珍妮開玩笑地說讓他給籤個名。

　　"I don't have time,"the man replied. "I'm too busy setting up American flags.”

　　他回答說:“那我可沒時間，掛美國國旗的事忙得我不可開交。”

　　趣味英語小故事：獨自在家

　　My wife will go to any extreme to keep people from,knowing she is home alone. One evening when I was working late，my wife heard a knock on the door. She ignosed it,but the knocing continued. Frantic，sloe began to bark,softly at first，then louder and louder. Much to her relief,the knocking soon stopped.

　　我妻子獨自在家時，總是不想讓別人知道家裡沒有其他的人。一天晚上，我工作到很晚。我妻子聽到有人敲門，她就沒理，但敲門的聲音總是不停，慌亂之中，她開始學狗叫。一開始她低聲地叫，隨後她的叫聲越來越大。敲門聲很快地停了，她這才鬆了口氣。

　　The next day the paper boy came to the door to collect."I came by last night,"he told me,"but I left when your wife barked at me!"

　　第二天，送報的小孩來我家收錢，那小孩告訴我:“我昨晚上就來了，你老婆老衝我學狗叫，我就走了。”

　　趣味英語小故事：長相決定分數

　　One semester when my brother, Peter，attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis，an art-student friend of his asked if he could paint Peter's portait for a class.assignment. Peter agreed，and the art student painted and submitted the portrait, only to receive a C minus.

　　我兄弟彼得在明尼阿波利斯的明尼索達大學上學時，有一個學期，他的一位學藝術的朋友問他是否可以用他做素描的模特作為課堂作業。彼得同意了。那位藝術生畫完了，就把肖像交給了老師。他只得了一個C-.

　　The art student approached the professor to ask why the grade was so poor. The teacher told him that the proportions in the painting were incorrect.”The head is too big，”the professor explained.”The shoulders are too wide， and the feet are enormous."

　　那位藝術生找到教授問為什麼他的分數這麼低。教授告訴他肖像中的比例失調，教授說:“腦袋太大，肩太寬，腳也過於大了。”

　　The next day,the art student brought Peter to see the professor. He took one Look at my brother."Okay, A minus. "he said.

　　第二天，那位藝術生帶彼得見教授，教授我兄弟一眼，並說:“好，可以得A-。”

　　趣味英語小故事：善解人意

　　I had iust learned to drive and, like most teen-agers，begged at every opportunity to take over the wheel. During a family vacation my father finally allowed me drive on a long，straight stretch on highway.I was in my glory until there was a sudden turn in the road.Caught unaware, I swung too wide and ran into a service station's advertising sign. I stopped the cat and waited for a lecture.

　　像大多數的青少年一樣，我剛學會開車時，總想利用一切開車的機會。有一次家庭外出度假時，我經過請求，爸爸終於允許我在筆直的高速公路止駕駛。我感到十分榮幸，直到開到了一個急轉彎，由於轉盤轉動得太大，車直奔著加油站的廣告牌衝去。我停下了車，等著挨訓。

　　My father，always considerate of his children's feelings，turned back to the rest of family and said. "As long as we're here,does anyone need to use the rest room?"

　　我的父親總是考慮到孩子喲情緒，轉過身對家裡的其他人說:“既然我們已經把車開到了這兒，有人想上廁所嗎?”