（A）

Theater manager: Madam， you may not take that dog into the theater. I’m sorry it is not permitted（允許）.

Woman: That’s ridiculous（荒唐可笑的）！What harm（危害）could the movies（影片）do to a little dog like this?

（B）

Jimmy: Hey， Dad， there’s a big black cat in the dining room.

Dad: That’s all right， Jimmy. Black cats are lucky.

Jimmy: But this one ate your dinner.

（C）

Teacher: Milton， how can you prove the earth is round?

Milton: I can’t. Besides， I never said it was.

（D）

Sam: Rome was built during the night.

Teacher: The night!Where did you ever get such an idea?

Sam: Well， everyone knows that Rome wasn’t built in a day.

（E）

Farmer’s wife: Do you mind eating yesterday’s soup?

Farmhand: Not at all.

Farmer’s wife: Well， then come back tomorrow.

（F）

George: Daddy， may I please have a dollar?

Father: But I gave you a dollar yesterday， George. Don’t you know the value（價值）of money?

George: Sure. If I didn’t， why would I keep asking you for some?

（G）

Jack: Yesterday， I saw you running down the street pushing your bicycle.

Jim: Yes， I was late for an appointment（約會）and didn’t have time to get on.

（H）

Randy: I can be sick for nothing（免費醫(yī)療）because my father is a doctor.

Sandy: That’s nothing. I can be good for nothing（游手好閑者）because my father is a minister.

（I）

Teacher: It’s the Law（法律；定律）of gravity（重力）that keeps us from falling off the earth.

Silly Suzie: What kept us from falling off before the law was passed?

（J）

Teacher: Sam， if you had three apples and ate one， how many would you have?

Sam: Three.

Teacher: Yes. Two outside and one inside.

（K）

Teacher: Now， class， are there any questions?

Dan: Yes. Where do those words go when you rub（擦）them off the blackboard?

（L）

Teacher: If you stood with your back to the north and faced due south（正南方）， what would be on your left hand?

Tom: Fingers.

（M）

Teacher: We know that heat causes（使）an object（物體）to expand（膨脹）and cold causes it to contract（收縮）. Now， can anyone give me a good example?

Todd: Well， in the summer the days are long， and in the winter the days are short.

（N）

Patrick: I once had to live on a can（罐頭）of beans for three days.

Michael: My goodness!Weren’t you afraid of falling off?

（O）

Ann: I’m saving some money to buy one of those small Japanese radios.

Nan: How are you going to understand what they’re saying?

（P）

Customer（雇客）: Is this a second-hand（舊貨；秒針）store?

Clerk（店員）：Yes.

Customer: Good， I’d like to buy one for my watch.