My Lawyer

    A guy phones a law office and says: "I want to speakto my lawyer." The receptionist¹ replies, "I'm sorrybut he died last week."The next day he phones again and asks the same question.
    The receptionist replies, "I told you yesterday, he diedlast week."The next day the guy calls again and asks to speak to hislawyer. By this time the receptionist is getting a littleannoyed and says, "I keep telling you that your lawyerdied last week. Why do you keep calling?"The guy says, "Because I just love hearing² it."

1 receptionist   

n.接待，接待员

参考例句：

• The girl is a receptionist of the Beijing Hotel.这个女孩是北京饭店的前台接待员。
• Ask the receptionist to put your call through to my room.让接待员把你的电话接到我房间。

2 hearing   

n.听，听见，听到，听说，听取；听力，听证会，诉讼，审讯

参考例句：

• I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.我盼望着不久收到你的信。
• The old man's hearing is poor.那位老人听力差。