【生词预览】 conservatory音乐院校,physiological生理的,nonsense胡说 【笑话原文】 An Entrance Examination In an entrance examination of a conservatory of music, the teacher asked one of the boys, What is the most important phys...
【生词预览】 tuck大口地吃,cor老天爷, 【笑话原文】 Two Apples Harry was given two apples, a small one and a large one, by his mum. Share them with your sister, she said. So Harry handed over the small one to his little sister an...
【生词预览】 watering hole夜总会,shot烈酒,ritual习惯 【笑话原文】 An Alcohol Tester I stopped at my favorite watering hole after a hard days work to relax. I noticed a man next to me order a shot and a beer. The man drank the s...
【生词预览】 fascinated着迷,elegant精美的,calligraphy书法,cocktail鸡尾酒 【笑话原文】 Cheap but Good My wife was fascinated by the elegant calligraphy on the hand-written menu in a Chinese restaurant. She took it home and...
【生词预览】 admire欣赏,tribal部落的,eagle鹰,warrior勇士 【笑话原文】 Not An Eye Witness Visiting the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C, I was admiring a beautiful tribal elder headdress decorated wit...
【生词预览】 cart推车,aisle过道,squeeze挤着行动,menoeuvre调整 【笑话原文】 Chatting away Pushing my cart up a supermarket aisle, I came upon a woman chatting away on her cell phone. There was barely enough room to squeeze...
【生词预览】 idyllic质朴宜人的,spot场所,grimly生气地 【笑话原文】 A Complaint Some people always have something to complain about. I stayed in a beautiful hotel right on the beach in Californiaan idyllic spot, you would thin...
【生词预览】 delight使愉快,spot发现,honor system诚信制度 【笑话原文】 Can Be Trusting? Everything about country customs delighted my neighbors who had moved to our small town from the city. Then one day they spotted a sign, F...
【生词预览】 pilot飞行员,license许可,vessel船 【笑话原文】 Can Pilots Fly? The Great Lakes Laboratory employed a licensed boat captain for its research vessel. It was common knowledge that the captain couldnt swim. When newcomer...
【生词预览】 alley小巷,predict预言 【笑话原文】 Told You So On my way to deliver a computer to a customer, I saw a handwritten sign at the entrance of an alley. It read, Blocked! Can not pass! Difficult to turn back. I continued any...