英语笑话 | 觉得我注定要从政
“My mother is such an alarmist!” complained the teenager.
“我妈妈真是个危言耸听的人！”这名少年抱怨道。
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伊索寓言 | The Tortoise and the Hare
Slow and steady wins the race.
短篇小说 | Rogers
This Man Rogers happened upon me and introduced himself at the town of -----, in the South of England, where I stayed awhile.
英语笑话 | 我拉雪橇下坡，他拉雪橇上坡
“That’s what I’ve been doing,”said Billy. “I take the sled doing downhill, and he takes it going up.”
“我一直就是这么做的，”比利说， “我拉雪橇下坡，他拉雪橇上坡。”
伊索寓言 | The Tortoise and the Ducks
Foolish curiosity and vanity often lead to misfortune
短篇小说 | Riley-Newspaper Correspondent
One of the best men in Washington--or elsewhere--is RILEY, correspondent of one of the great San Francisco dailies.
英语笑话 | 给自己写一封信
Milly: What are you doing?
米莉：你在做什么？
伊索寓言 | The Swallow and the Crow
Friends in fine weather only, are not worth much.
短篇小说 | Punch, Brothers, Punch!
Will the reader please to cast his eye over the following lines, and see if he can discover anything harmful in them?
英语笑话 | 请说出两个代词
Professor: Name two pronouns, please.
教授：请说出两个代词。
伊索寓言 | The Stag the Sheep and the Wolf
Two blacks do not make a white.
短篇小说 | Post-mortem Poetry
In Philadelphia they have a custom which it would be pleasant to see adopted throughout the land. It is that of appending to published death-notices a little verse or two of comforting poetry.
