笑话往往篇幅短小,但是故事情节设计的简单而巧妙,结尾总出人意料,最终会让读者喜笑颜看。笑话实则大多揭示生活中乖谬的现象,具有讽刺性和娱乐性。其趣味有高下之分。今天和大家分享几则有意思的英文小笑话,希望可以博得大家一笑。

1.a great man

Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today? Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far nobody has lived to over 400 years.
一名伟人
老师:如果莎士比亚还活着,他会是一名伟人吗? 学生:当然。因为到目前为止,还没有人活到400多岁。

2.Where Am I?

An Englishman lost his way while he was driving in the countryside. He saw a farmer working in the field nearby, so he went nearer in his car and asked the farmer, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
"Yes, " the farmer looked at him strangely and said, "you are in your car, sir."

我在哪里?

一个英国人在乡下开车时迷了路,他看见一个农民正在附近的地里干活。

于是他就把车开过去问那位农民:“劳驾,您能告诉我我现在这是在哪儿吗?”

“可以。”农夫奇怪地看了看他,然后说道:“你现在在你的车子里,先生。”

3.Who Should be Given the Present

A father of five came home with a toy, summoned his children and asked which one of them should be given the present, “Who is the most obedient, never talks back to mother and does everything he or she is told?” he inquired. There was silence and then a chorus of voices: “You play with it, Daddy!”

谁可以获得这件礼物?

一个有五个孩子的父亲带着一件玩具回到家里,把孩子们召集来问这件礼物应该给谁。“谁最听话,从不和妈妈顶嘴,让干什么就干什么?”他问道。大家都不吭声。过了一会儿,孩子们异口同声地说:“爸爸,您玩儿吧。”