飛行員會飛嗎？

In the supermarket

The man approached a very beautiful woman in a supermarket and asked，“You know，I've lost my wife here in the supermarket. Can you talk to me for a couple of minutes？”

“Why？” she asks.

“Because every time I talk to a beautiful woman，my wife appears out of nowhere.”

在超市里

在一個超市里，一個男子走向一位非常漂亮的小姐，對她說：“我和我的妻子走散了，你能和我聊一會兒嗎？”

“為什么呢？”這個小姐問。

“因為每當我與漂亮小姐聊天時，我的妻子就會不知從什么地方冒出來。”

Relative by marriage

A husband and wife drove for miles in silence after a terrible argument in which neither would budge.

The husband pointed to a mule in a pasture. “Relative of yours？” he asked.

“Yes，” she replied. “By marriage.”

婆家的親戚

一對夫妻開著車出去，走了很長一段時間誰也不吭聲。因為在這之前他們曾爭吵得很厲害，并且誰也不肯讓步。

丈夫指著牧場上的一頭騾子問道：“你親戚吧？”

“沒錯，” 她回答道，“婆家的親戚。”

Won't be in at all

One morning a colleague said，“I need to leave early tomorrow.” That afternoon he followed up with，“Looks like I'll be coming in late tomorrow，but if my coming in late runs into my leaving early，then I won't be in at all.”

干脆不來了

一天上午，一個同事說：“明天我要早一點走。”當天下午他又補充說：“看來我明天要晚一點來。但是，如果我要來得晚，又得早走的話，那我明天干脆不來了。”

It's not that noticeable

There's a scar on my face from a car accident. A customer came into the gas station where I work，glanced at me and exclaimed，“My God，what happened to you？” I told him and hoped that would be the end of it. But he kept pressing me for more information. Finally，he made his purchase and，just before walking away，said，“Hey，don't worry about it. It's not that noticeable.”

那傷疤不是很明顯

我臉上有一道車禍留下的傷疤。一位顧客走進我工作的加油站，看了我一眼就大呼小叫起來：“我的天哪，你出什么事啦？”我告訴了他，希望就此打住。但是他繼續追問更多的問題。最后，他買完東西要離開的時候說：“嘿，別太在意。那傷疤不是很明顯。”

Can pilots fly？

The Great Lakes Laboratory employed a licensed boat captain for its research vessel. It was common knowledge that the captain couldn't swim. When newcomers learned of this，they would often approach him about it，“Is it true？You，a boat captain，can't swim？” “No，I can't！” he replied. “Can pilots fly？”

飛行員會飛嗎？

五大湖實驗室雇用一位有執照的船長駕駛研究用的船。大家都知道這個船長不會游泳。當新來的人知道這事以后，他們常常會去問他：“這是真的嗎？身為船長你不會游泳？”他回答說：“對，我不會！飛行員會飛嗎？”

單詞&詞組

nowhere [5nEuhwZE] adv.不在任何地方；任何地方都不

argument [5B：^jumEnt] n.爭執；理由

budge [bQdV] v.（使）改變主意；讓步

pasture [5pB：stFE] n.牧場；牧草；放牧

marriage [5mAridV] n.婚姻；（喻）結合

colleague [5kCli：^] n.同事，同行

gas station 加油站

noticeable [5nEutisEbl] adj.明顯的，值得注意的

employ [im5plCi] n.雇用，工作，職業

vessel [5vesl] n.船，艦，容器

approach [E5prEutF] n.接近，交涉，通路，途徑

pilot [5pailEt] n.飛行員，駕駛，帶領

知道不知道

五大湖（Great Lakes）是位于加拿大與美國交界處的5座大型淡水湖泊，按面積從大到小分別為：蘇必利爾湖（Lake Superior）、休倫湖（Lake Huron）、密歇根湖（Lake Michigan）、伊利湖（Lake Erie）和安大略湖（Lake Ontario）。除密歇根湖全屬于美國之外，其他四湖為加拿大和美國共有。

這五個湖泊所組成的五大湖是世界上最大的淡水水域，總面積達245，660平方公里，有北美洲地中海之稱。