An Artist

　　An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in his paintings on display at that time。

　　"I have good news and bad news," the owner replied. "The good news is that a gentleman enquired about your work and

　　wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death. When I told him it would, he bought all 15 of your paintings."

　　"That's wonderful," the artist exclaimed. "What's the bad news?"

　　"He was your doctor."

　　艺术家

　　一位艺术家问歌剧院长，在画展期间是否有人对他的作品感兴趣。

　　歌剧院长说，“一个好消息和一个坏消息”，“好消息是，一位绅士问您的作品在您去世后是否会增值，我告诉他是的，于是他买下了您全部15幅作品。”

　　“太好了”艺术家高呼，“那坏消息呢”？

　　“他是您的医生”

　　The Frogs and the Well

　　Two Frogs lived together in a marsh. But onehot summer the marsh(沼泽) dried up, and they left it to look for anotherplace to live in: for frogs like damp places if they can get them。

　　By and by they came to a deep well, and one ofthem looked down into it, and said to the other, "This looks a nicecool place. Let us jump in and settle here."

　　But the other, who had a wiser head on hisshoulders, replied, "Not so fast, my friend. Supposing this well driedup like the marsh, how should we get out again?"

　　青蛙和井

　　两只青蛙共同生活在一片沼泽地里，但是一个炎热的夏天，沼泽干涸了，于是他们离开了此地，去寻找另一个适合生存的地方：如果可能，青蛙还是喜欢湿润的地方。

　　走啊走，他们来到了一口深井处，其中的一只青蛙往里看了看，说：看起来这里是一个凉爽的不错的地方，我们跳下去在这里定居吧。”

　　但是另一只比较精明的青蛙却说：“伙计，别急，假如这个井和那个沼泽一样，干涸了，我们怎么跳出来呢？”

　　Good news and bad news

　　The soldiers had been marching and fighting, they were dirty, hot and tired。

　　ne day, the general announced: "My men, I have some good news and some bad news for you. Which one would you like first?" "The good news!" they all shouted。

　　"OK," said the General. "The good news is that you will each be receiving a complete change of clothing." "Hurrah!"chorused the soldiers. "And now for the bad news. Jack, you will change with John. John, you will change with Tom. Tom, you will change with Robert. Robert ..。。

　　好消息和坏消息

　　士兵们连续的行军，作战，他们又累又热又脏。

　　一天，将军宣布：“士兵们，我有一些好消息和坏消息要告诉你们。你们愿意先听哪个呢？”“好消息！”他们嚷道。

　　“好吧，”将军说，“好消息就是你们每个人都可以彻底的换一身衣服。” 　　　“乌拉！”士兵们高兴地大叫起来。

　　“现在呢，该是坏消息了。杰克，你将和约翰换衣服，约翰，你和汤姆换，汤姆，你和罗伯特换，罗伯特……”

　　I Love You, Too

　　Boyfriend: I'm not rich and don't have a yacht or convertible like Harry,but I love you, dear。

　　Girlfriend: I love you, too. But tell me more about Harry。

　　我也爱你

　　男朋友：虽然我不象哈里那样有豪华游艇和舒适的生活，但是我爱你，亲爱的。

　　女朋友：我也爱你。不过你能否告诉我有关哈里的一些情况呢？

　　The Clever Dog

　　A little boy was practicing his violin, while his father sat reading the newspaper. The family dog began to howlalong dismally. Finally, the father could endure the combination nomore and said, "Can't you play something the dog doesn't know?"

　　聪明的小狗

　　一个小男孩在练习小提琴，他的父亲在读报纸。随着小男孩的琴声，家里养的狗也开始高一声低一声的叫起来。最后，小男孩的父亲实在忍不下去了，说，“难道你就不能拉一些狗听不懂的曲子吗？”

　　Can we have our teacher back？

　　Once a superintendent of schools was visiting athree-room school. One room was very noisy, so the man grabbed a tallboy who had been standing up talking. He took the boy into another roomand stood him in the corner. Five minutes later, a smalll boy came outof the first room and said, "When can we have our teacher back?"

　　能让我们的老师回去吗？

　　有一次，一位督学去视察一个只有三间教室的学校。一间教室非常吵闹，因此督学抓住其中一个正在站着说话的人，把他带进另一间教室，并让他站在墙角。五分钟以后，一个小男孩从第一间教室走进来，问道，“您什么时候能让我们的老师回去呢？”

　　Who's More Polite?

　　A fat man and a skinny man were arguing about who was the more polite. The skinny man said he was more polite becausehe always tipped his hat to ladies. But the fat man knew he was more courteous because, whenever he got up and offered his seat, two ladies could sit down。