輕松生活英語趣味小故事三則
輕松生活英語趣味小故事三則
“哪里有人,哪里就有笑聲。”從古到今,笑話是人們生活中不可缺少的“調(diào)劑品”。笑話使人們?cè)诳贪宓纳钪懈械揭唤z快意和放松，在人們的日常生活中起著重要調(diào)劑作用。下面學(xué)習(xí)啦小編為大家?guī)磔p松生活英語趣味小故事，歡迎大家閱讀!
輕松生活英語趣味小故事：授予學(xué)位
Woodrow Wilson disapproved very strongly of indiscriminate(無差別的) giving of honorary degrees when he was president of Princeton University.
He said, "Our universities have learned recently to give honorary degrees carefully. But in the past it was very promiscuous(混雜的). I had met a n uncouth(笨拙的) person who had three degrees, but then he spoke and behaved very rudely."
I asked an acquaintance why it was. He said, "Well, the third was given because he had had two. He was given the second because he had had one, and he was given the first because he had gone."
伍德羅·威爾遜當(dāng)普凌斯頓大學(xué)的校長(zhǎng)時(shí)，強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)隨便給人授予榮譽(yù)學(xué)位。
他說：“我們的大學(xué)最近才懂得授予授予榮譽(yù)學(xué)位要慎重，以前卻是很隨便的。我曾遇見一個(gè)很粗魯?shù)娜?，他有三個(gè)這樣的學(xué)位，可是他的言談舉止很不文明。”
我問一個(gè)熟人為什么這個(gè)人能得到三個(gè)榮譽(yù)學(xué)位，他說：“授予他第三個(gè)學(xué)位是因?yàn)樗延辛藘蓚€(gè)，給他第二個(gè)是因?yàn)樗延辛艘粋€(gè)，而給他第一個(gè)則是因?yàn)樗麤]有學(xué)位。”
輕松生活英語趣味小故事：招攬生意
A man accidentally slipped on a banana peel(香蕉皮) and performed a very funny fall. He was not hurt, but had his dignity somewhat ruffled.
When he got better a moment later, he found a number of people standing round in a circle. He said angrily, "What are these idlers doing here.?"
"They are not idlers," explained his friend. "This man is a doctor. He wants to look you over." That man is a lawyer. He is ready to file suit for you. And a producer of comic films is waiting for you to sign a contract agreeing to work for him."
有個(gè)人不小心踩到一塊香蕉皮上，滑到的樣子非常滑稽，引人發(fā)笑。他沒有受傷，只是有點(diǎn)難情。
過了一會(huì)兒他感覺好些了的時(shí)候，發(fā)覺有好幾個(gè)人圍著他站成一圈。他很不高興地說：“這些閑人在這里干什么呢?”
他的朋友解釋說：“他們不是閑人。這個(gè)人是醫(yī)生，他想給你檢查一下。那個(gè)人是律師，他準(zhǔn)備為你起訴。另一個(gè)人是喜劇電影的制片人，他在等你和他訂一個(gè)同意去給他拍片的合約。”
輕松生活英語趣味小故事：吾欲與狗試比高
A man went to visit a friend and was amazed to find him playing chess with his dog.
He watched the game in astonishment for a while.
"I can hardly believe my eyes!" he exclaimed. "That's the smartest dog I've ever seen."
"Nah, he's not so smart," the friend replied. "I've beaten him three games out of five."
某人去朋友家拜訪，發(fā)現(xiàn)朋友竟然在跟自家的狗下象棋，大為錯(cuò)愕。
他旁觀了一會(huì)兒，當(dāng)時(shí)就震驚了。
“我簡(jiǎn)直不敢相信!”他大叫，“我從沒見過那么聰明的狗!”
“哪里聰明了，”朋友回答，“五局中我贏了三局呢!”
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