一、Father‘‘s John Hancock
Teacher: Tom, you haven‘‘t shown your parents the examination
papers, have you?
Tom: Yes, I have, sir.
Teacher: But I can‘‘t find your father‘‘s John Hancock on the papers
at all.
Tom: Here, sir. (showing his whipped arms to the teacher.)
父親的親筆簽名
老師：湯姆，你沒把你的考卷給你的父母看，是嗎?
湯姆：不，老師，我給看了。
老師：可是我在上面根本沒找著你父親的親筆簽名啊。
湯姆：在這里老師。（湯姆向老師露出手臂上的鞭傷）
二、The Same Mother
Billy and his brother Davy were in the same class. The teacher
assigned them to write a composition "My Mother". Davy wrote one and
Billy just copied it.
On the next day the teacher asked Billy, "How is it that your
composition is exactly the same with Davy‘‘s?"
"we have the same mother, don‘‘t we?" replied Billy.
同一個媽媽
比利和他的哥哥大衛在同一個班里上學，一天老師布置他們寫一篇作文，題目是“我的媽媽”。大衛寫好后比利拿去抄了一遍。
第二天老師問比利：“為什么你的作文和大衛的一模一樣？”
比利回答說：“我們媽媽是同一個人，不是嗎？”
三、An Abstract Drawing
One day in a drawing class, the teacher told the class to draw an
abstract drawing.
After a while, a small boy turned his drawing in. The teacher looked
at it but saw nothing, only a piece of white paper.
"What did you draw?" said the teacher.
"A cow eats grass," the boy answered.
"Where is the grass?"
"The cow has eaten it up." replied the boy.
"Well, but where is the cow?" the teacher asked again.
"It ate up the grass and then went away to drink water."
一幅抽象畫
一天美術課上，老師要同學們畫一幅抽象畫。
一會兒工夫，一個小男孩交了他的作品，老師看了看，可上面什么也沒有，只不過是一張白紙。
“你畫的是什么呀？”老師說。
“牛吃草。”孩子答道。
“草呢？”
“牛把它吃光了。”孩子說。
“那么，牛在哪兒呢？”老師又問。
“吃完草，牛便喝水去了。”
