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An optometrist was instructing a new employee on how to charge a customer.
一名配镜师正在指导一个新来的职员怎样向顾客收费。

A preacher was asked to give a talk at a local women’s health symposium. His wife asked about his topic, but he was too embarrassed to admit that he had been asked to speak about sex.
一个牧师应邀到当地的妇女卫生会议上发表讲话。妻子问他讲什么，但他感到尴尬无法承认他要说的是性方面的问题。

The inmate was aware that all prison mail passes through censors.
那个囚犯认识到监狱的所有邮件都要经过狱卒的手。

Two couples, who’ve played cards every month for years, are taking a break from their game.
有两对夫妇每个月都要在一块打牌，已经有好几年了，现在他们正在中场休息一下。

“This guy came by trying to sell me a talking dog for $10,” related the bartender.
“这个人过来想设法把一条会说话的狗10 美元卖给我，”酒吧招待叙述说。

“Here’s the scenario,” the instructor announced to his class of novice truck drivers.
“设想有这样一种情况，”指导老师对班里的卡车司机新手大声说道。

“That’s marvelous, having a lion and a monkey in the same cage,”said the visitor to a small zoo. “How do they get along?”
“让猴子和狮子呆在同一只笼里真是奇迹，”游客对一家小动物园说，“它们是怎么相处的呢？”

The doctor told Uncle Fudd that if he ran five miles a day for 300 days, he would lose 75 pounds.
医生告诉法德叔叔说，如果一天跑5 英里跑上300 天，他就可以减肥75 磅。

Two men who lived in a small village got into a terrible dispute that they could not solve. So they decided to talk to the town sage.
住在一个小村里的两个人发生了严重的争执，他们谁也无法解决，于是决定去找镇里的长老。