輕鬆英語趣味小故事三則

“哪裏有人,哪裏就有笑聲。”從古到今,笑話是人們生活中不可缺少的“調劑品”。笑話使人們在刻板的生活中感到一絲快意和放鬆，在人們的日常生活中起着重要調劑作用。下面本站小編爲大家帶來輕鬆英語趣味小故事，歡迎大家閱讀!

One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. "It was so slippery out that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."

The boss eyed him suspiciously. "Oh, yeah? Then how did you ever get here?"

"I finally gave up," he said, "and started for home."

你是怎樣來的?

一個冬天的早晨，一名僱員解釋他爲什麼遲到了四十五分鐘纔起來上班。“外面太滑了，我每向前邁一步，就要向後退兩步。”

老闆狐疑地看着他。“噢，是嗎?那你是怎樣到這裏來的?”

“後來我決定放棄，”他說，“然後我就往家裏走。”

A man tried to get a job in a stage show. "What can you do?" asked the producer.

"Imitate birds," the man said.

"Are you kidding?" answered the producer, "People like that are a dime a dozen."

"Well, I guess that's that." said the actor, as he spread his arms and flew out the window.

模仿鳥兒

一個人想在一個舞臺劇中找份工作。“你能幹什麼呢?”負責人問。

“模仿鳥兒，”那人說。

“你在開玩笑吧?”負責人答道，“那樣的人一毛錢可以找一打。”

“噢，那就算了。”那名演員說着，展開翅膀，飛出了窗口。

In the veterinary office where I'm a technician, we mail out reminders when pets are due for vaccinations. Bruno, a German shepherd, arrived for his annual rabies shot, and we were required by state law to ask his owner if Bruno had bitten anyone in the last ten days. "Oh yes, in fact that's why we're here," she replied. Surprised, I told her we assumed they'd come in because of our reminder.

"We did," she explained. "Bruno bit the mail carrier who was delivering your card."

我是一家獸醫站的技師。當動物到了該注射疫苗的時候，我們就寄出催單。一條德國物質牧羊犬布 魯諾來做每年一次的狂犬疫苗注射。我們依照州法律的要求詢問他的主人，在過去的十天里布魯諾是否咬了什麼人。“噢，是的。事實上這正是我們到這兒來的原 因，”她回答說。我覺得奇怪，告訴她我們以爲他們是因爲收到了我們的催單纔來的。

“的確如此，”她解釋道。“布魯諾咬了給你們送催單的郵遞員。”