原来如此 Thats Why

Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them. They said, "This boy's going to be famous when he's little older, and then we're going to sell these pictures for a lot more money."
Jimmy's pictures were different from other people's because he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.
"That's very clever," everyone said, "Nobody else does that!"
One day somebody bought one of Jimmy's pictures and then said to him, "Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the top half?"
"Because I'm small," Jimmy said, "and my burshes don't reach very high."

吉米三岁开始画画，五岁时已经画得很好了。他画了很多美丽而有趣的画，人们出高价购买。他们说，“这个孩子长大一点肯定会出名，我们可以靠这些画大赚一笔。”
吉米的画与众不同。因为他从来不在整张纸上作画。他只画一半的纸，而另一半他总空着。
“构思多么巧妙啊!”大家都说，“从来没有人这么做过。”
有一天，一个人买了吉米的画，然后问他：“请告诉我，吉米，你为什么总是在纸的下半部分画画，而不是在纸的上半部分？”
吉米说，“因为我个头小，够不着上面。”

Bedtime Prayers
睡前祷告词

Julie was saying her bedtime prayers. “Please God,” she said, “Make
　 Naples the capital of Italy.”
　　　 Her mother interrupted and said. “Julie, why do you want God to make
　 Naples the capital of Italy?”
　　　 And Julie replied, “Because that’s what I put in my geography exam!”

朱莉叶在做睡前祈祷。“祷告上帝。”她说，“让那不勒斯成为意大利的
　首都吧。让那不勒斯成为意大利的首都吧。”
　　　妈妈打断她说：“朱莉叶，你为什么求上帝让那不勒斯成为意大利的首都
　呢？”
　　　朱莉叶回答说：“因为我的地理考卷上是这么写的。”

4 - 4 = ？
　
   
One day, the teacher inquired of Peter:" How much is four minus four?" Peter was tongue-tied. The teacher got angry and said: "What a fool! You see, if I put four coins in your pocket, but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out, now what is left in your pocket?" "The hole," replied Peter.


四减四等于几？

　一天，老师问彼得：“4减4等于几？”彼得张口结舌答不上来。老师生气地说：“真笨！你想，我要是往你口袋里放四个硬币，而你的口袋上有个窟窿，硬币全漏掉了，那么，你衣袋里还剩下什么？”“窟窿，”彼得答道。

Two Tickets

"My husband is so ugly that when he goes to the zoo he has to buy two
tickets: one to get in and one to get out."

                             两张票

“我丈夫长得特别丑，每次他去动物园都不得不买两张票：一张是进动物园
　的，另一张是出动物园的。”

Why Is He Howling　

Dentist: Please stop howling. I haven't even touched your tooth yet.

Patient: I know, but you are standing on my foot!

他为啥喊

牙医：请你不要再喊了！我还没碰你的牙呢．

病人：我知道，可是你正踩着我的脚呀！

Do remember not to smoke
A much worried patient walked into doctor's office asking for help:
"Doctor, I don't know what to do. I accidentally drank a bottle of gasoline yesterday!"
"Oh,...Don't worry! All you have to remember is not to smoke in the next few days!"

千万记得别抽烟
候诊室里坐着一位忧心忡忡的病人，当医生传唤他时，
他满面愁容的说：「医生，怎么办？我昨天误喝下一瓶汽油！」
医生回答他說：「喔..没关系啦！记得这几天不要抽烟！」

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 howl along dismally. Finally, the father could endure the combination no more 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？”

While taking photos of a bear eating fish in the forest, two journalists found the annoyed beast turned around to chase them. In running, one journalist said to the other:"Can't run any more! What should we do?" "No idea. But one of us will have his photo on the headline (tomorrow)." replied his colleague.

两个记者在森林中拍摄熊吃鱼的镜头，忽然熊发现了他们并向他们冲过来，两个记者拼命的跑，最后都要跑不动了。一个记者说：“我们怎么办？”这时另一个记者对他的同伴说：“我也不知道，不过我们中的一个要上头条了……”

After receiving warnings from his father, a pupil was so worried that he came to school to tell his teacher:"I don't mean to frighten you but my father said somebody would surely get slapped on face if I failed the exam again."

一个小学生的父亲警告他说:“如果没有超过60分，准有人挨巴掌！”到了学校，小学生忧心忡忡的找来老师，并对老师说：“不是我吓唬您啊！我爸爸说了，如果我再不及格准有人挨巴掌！”