英语幽默故事FivePounds
Threepeoplewerewalkingalongastreet,firstabigman,thenaprettywoman,andthenanoldgentleman.Thefirsrtwowentroundacorner.Suddenlythegentlemansawapieceofpaperontheground.Hepickeditup.Itwasfivepounds.Afewsecondslater,theyoungwomancameback.Shewascrying."Ihavedroppedfivepounds,"shesaid.
"Don'tcry",saidthegentleman."Hereitis."Theyoungwomanthankedhimandwentaway.Afterafewseconds,thebigmancameback.Hewaslookingforsomething.Suddenlyawindowopenedandasmallmanlookedout."Isawfivepoundsfallfromyourpocket,"hesaid,"butthemangaveittoayoungwoman."Thebigmanwasveryangry.Thegentlemanwasfrightenedandgavehimanotherfivepounds.Whenhehadgone,theyoungwomancamebacktogetheronepoundthirteenshillingsandfourpence,andthesmallmancameouttogethis.
英语幽默故事
MrsJoneswasstillcleaningthehousewhenherhusbandcamebackfromwork.Shewaswearingdirty,oldclothesandnostockings,herhairwasnottidy.Shehaddustonherface,andshelookeddirtyandtired.Herhusbandlookedatherandsaid,“IsthiswhatIcomehometoafterahard'swork?”
MrsJone'sneighbour,MrsSmith,wasthere.WhensheheardMrJone'swords,shequicklysaidgoodbyeandranbacktoherhouse.Thenshewashed,brushedandcombedherhaircarefully,putonherbestdressandherprettieststockings,paintedherface,andwaitedforherhusbandtocomehome.
Whenhearrived,hewashotandtired.Hewalkedslowlyintothehouse,sawhiswifeandstopped.Thenheshoutedangrily,"Andwhereareyougoingthisevening?"