李蓓

誰離我們更近？

Teacher： Which is nearer to us， Germany or the moon？

Tom： The moon， sir.

Teacher： The moon？ Why do you think so？

Tom： Because we can see the moon， but we cant see Germany.

想一想：在Tom的心里，距離的遠近是由什么決定的？

醫(yī)生的囑咐

Mr. Brown： Im sorry to see you so unwell（不舒服的）. Have you seen the doctor？

Mr. Smith： Yes， Im having three baths a day.

Mr. Brown： What for？

Mr. Smith： Dont you know its the doctors order？ He gave me some medicine and told me to follow the directions（用法說明書）on the bottle， which read， “One teaspoonful（一茶匙的量） to be taken three times a day in water.”

想一想：Mr. Smith理解的“in water”和醫(yī)生囑咐的“in water”是一個意思嗎？他做了什么傻事？

一個男人和一條狗

A man walks into a shop and sees a cute little dog. He asks the shopkeeper， “Does your dog bite（咬人）？”

The shopkeeper says， “No， my dog does not bite.”

The man tries to play with the dog but the dog bites him. “Oh，” he says， “you said your dog did not bite！”

The shopkeeper replies（回答）， “That is not my dog.”

想一想：這個店主玩了什么文字游戲，讓顧客被狗咬了？

誰的狗更聰明？

Two women are arguing（爭論） about whose dog is smarter.

The first woman says， “My dog is very smart. Every morning it goes to the paper boy， takes the newspaper and brings them to me.”

The second woman says， “I know.”

The first woman is surprised（驚訝的）， “How can you know？”

The second woman replies， “My dog tells me.”

想一想：兩個婦女中是誰說了假話？