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1、GoodBoyLittleRobertaskedhismotherfortwocents."WhatdidyoudowiththemoneyIgaveyouyesterday?""Igaveittoapooroldwoman,"heanswered."You'reagoodboy,"saidthemotherproudly."Herearetwocentsmore.Butwhyareyousointerestedintheoldwoman?""Sheistheonewhosellsthecandy."好

2、孩子小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。“昨天给你的钱干什么了？”“我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。“你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？”“她是个卖糖果的。”OnegoodturndeservesanotherIwashavingdinneratarestaurantwhenHarrySteelecamein.Harryworkedinalawyer'sofficeyearsago,butheisnowworkingatabank.Hegetsagoodsala

3、ry,buthealwaysborrowsmoneyfromhisfriendsandneverpaysitback.Harrysawmeandcameandsatatthesametable.Hehasneverborrowedmoneyfromme.Whilehewaseating,Iaskedhimtolendme&2.Tomysurprise,hegavemethemoneyimmediately.'Ihaveneverborrrowedanymoneyfromyou,'Harrysaid,'s

4、onowyoucanpayformydinner!'我正在一家饭馆吃饭，托尼.斯蒂尔走了进来。托尼曾在又家律师事务所工作，而现在正在一家银行上班，他的薪水很高，但他却总是向朋友借钱，并且从来不还。托尼看见了我，就走过来和我坐到一张桌子前。他从未向我借过钱，但他吃饭时，我提出向他借20英镑。令我惊奇的是，他立刻把钱给了我。“我还未向你借过钱。”托尼说道，“所以现在你可以替我付饭钱了！”好消息＆坏消息！Anartistaskedthegalleryowneriftherehadbeenanyinterest

5、inhispaintingscurrentlyondisplay."I'vegotgoodnewsandbadnews,"theownerreplied."Thegoodnewsisthatagentlemaninquiredaboutyourworkandwonderedifitwouldappreciateinvalueafteryourdeath.WhenItoldhimitwould,heboughtallfifteenofyourpaintings.""That'swonderful!"the

6、artistexclaimed,"What'sthebadnews?".Withconcern,thegalleryownerreplied,"Theguywasyourdoctor."Difference"Icanalwaystellagraduateclassfromanundergraduateclass,"observedtheinstructorinoneofmygraduateengineeringcoursesatCaliforniaStateUniversityinLosAngeles.

7、"WhenIsay,'Goodafternoon,'theundergraduatesrespond,'Goodafternoon."Butthegraduatestudentsjustwriteitdown."区别“研究生班和本科生很容易就能区别开来，”在洛杉矶加利福利亚州立大学给我们研究生上工程学课的老师如此说。“我说‘下午好’，本科生们回答说‘下午好’。研究生们则把我说的话记在笔记本上。”ChargeforBreadandButterSomeyearsago,mydad,anattorney,to

8、okmetoafancyrestaurantinNowYorkCity.Whenthebillarrived,therewasa$1.50chargeforbreadandbutter.Dadpaidthebill,includingthechargeforbreadandbutter.However,thenextday,hesentalettertotheresturantstatingthatthechargewasuncalledf