笑話是日常生活中人們消遣娛樂的一種常見語言現(xiàn)象,其目的在于在會話過程中傳遞和激發(fā)幽默感。

　　When Peter is 17, he is as tall as his father. So he begins toborrow his father’s clothes when he wants to go out with his friends in the evening. Father doesn’t like this. And he always gets very angry when he finds his son wearing any of his things.

　　One evening when Peter is about to go out,his father stops him in the living room. He looks at Peter’s clothes very carefully. Then he says angrily, “Isn’t that one of my ties, Peter?”

　　皮特17歲的時候，長得和父親一樣高了。于是，當(dāng)他晚上和朋友一起出去時，就開始借父親的衣服穿。可是這位父親可不喜歡這樣，當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)他的兒子穿他的衣服時，總是非常生氣。

　　一天晚上，皮特準(zhǔn)備出去，父親在客廳里攔住了他。父親細(xì)細(xì)打量著皮特的穿著。然后氣呼呼的說著;“皮特，那不是我的領(lǐng)帶嗎?”

　　“Yes, Father, it is,” answers Peter.

　　“And that shirt is mine, too.”

　　皮特回答說：“是的，父親，是您的領(lǐng)帶。”

　　“還有那襯衫也是我的。”

　　“Yes, that’s your, too.” answers Peter.

　　“And you’re wearing my belt!”

　　“是的，襯衫也是您的。”皮特回答說。

　　“還有呢，你連皮帶也用我的。”父親說。

　　“Yes, I am, father,” answers Peter, “You don’t want to your trousers to fall down, do you?”

　　“是的，父親，”皮特回答說，“您不愿意讓您的褲子掉下來吧?”