worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth.

　　The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil.

　　太空?qǐng)A珠筆

　　在二十世紀(jì)六十年代，美國(guó)和蘇聯(lián)正處于太空競(jìng)賽的白熱化階段，美國(guó)航空航天局決定研制一種圓珠筆，以便在太空艙重力為零的環(huán)境下仍然可以書寫。經(jīng)過(guò)大量的研發(fā)工作，花費(fèi)了大約一百萬(wàn)美元的成本，太空筆終于研制出來(lái)了。那支筆果然可以在太空書寫，在回到地球后，作為一樣新奇的小玩意兒也確實(shí)吸引了一些目光。

　　而面臨著同樣難題的蘇聯(lián)，則選擇了一支鉛筆。

　　關(guān)于初二英語(yǔ)笑話帶翻譯：I'll Go There Myself

　　There was once a landlord who always pretended he was knowledgeable though he was completely unable to read or write.

　　One day when the landlord was chatting with his guests, a servant came in and gave him a letter which asked him to lend a cow. The landlord was afraid that

　　his guests would know he was unable to read or write, so he opened the envelope and glanced over the words. Then he said to the servant, "OK, please tell him I'll go there myself in a few minutes."

　　我自己過(guò)去

　　從前，有一個(gè)地主是個(gè)既不會(huì)讀也不會(huì)寫的文盲，但他卻偏要在人前裝作很有學(xué)問(wèn)。一天，當(dāng)?shù)刂髡唾e客聊天的時(shí)候，仆人走進(jìn)來(lái)遞給他一封信，信上請(qǐng)他出借一頭牛。地主害怕被客人知道自己是個(gè)文盲，于是他打開信封，瞧了瞧信上的字，然后對(duì)仆人說(shuō)：“好的，你告訴他我等一下自己過(guò)去。”

　　關(guān)于初二英語(yǔ)笑話帶翻譯：The Day that You're Inaugurated

　　A woman and her husband were out shopping when she realized that she needed to purchase some hair color for her graying hair.

　　"When are you going to stop buying that expensive stuff," complained the husband, "and let your hair go gray like Barbara Bush?"

　　"The day that you're inaugurated," the wife replied.

　　在你宣誓就職的那天

　　一個(gè)婦人正和丈夫在外面購(gòu)物，她想起來(lái)需要為自己漸漸變白的頭發(fā)買一些染發(fā)劑。“你什么時(shí)候才會(huì)停止購(gòu)買這些昂貴的東西，”丈夫抱怨說(shuō)：“而讓你的頭發(fā)自然變白，就像巴巴拉布什那樣呢?”

　　“在你宣誓就職的那天。”妻子回答道。

　　關(guān)于初二英語(yǔ)笑話帶翻譯：The Lost Purse

　　A lady lost her handbag in the bustle of Christmas shopping. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her.

　　Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm.... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a bill in it. Now there are twenty class="main">