英语演讲一分钟小故事（热门20篇）

she kindled a third match. again shot up the flame; and now she was sitting under a most beautiful christmas tree ,far larger, and far more prettily decked out, than the one she had seen last christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchant's house. hundreds of wax-tapers lighted up the green branches, and tiny painted figures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down from the tree upon her. the child stretched out her hands towards them in delight, and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched; still, however, the christmas candles burned higher and higher， she beheld them beaming like stars in heaven; one of them fell, the lights streaming behind it like a long, fiery tail.

“now some one is dying,” said the little girl, softly, for she had been told by her old grandmother， the only person who had ever been kind to her, and who was now dead that whenever a star falls an immortal spirit returns to the god who gave it.

she struck yet another match against the wall; it flamed up, and surrounded by its light, appeared before her that same dear grandmother, gentle and loving as always, but bright and happy as she had never looked during her lifetime.

She kindled a third match。 Again shot up the flame; and now she was sitting under a most beautiful Christmas tree ，far larger， and far more prettily decked out， than the one she had seen last Christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchant's house。 Hundreds of wax-tapers lighted up the green branches， and tiny painted figures， such as she had seen in the shop-windows， looked down from the tree upon her。 The child stretched out her hands towards them in delight， and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched; still， however， the Christmas candles burned higher and higher， she beheld them beaming like stars in heaven; one of them fell， the lights streaming behind it like a long， fiery tail。

“Now some one is dying，” said the little girl， softly， for she had been told by her old grandmother， the only person who had ever been kind to her， and who was now dead that whenever a star falls an immortal spirit returns to the God who gave it。

She struck yet another match against the wall; it flamed up， and surrounded by its light， appeared before her that same dear grandmother， gentle and loving as always， but bright and happy as she had never looked during her lifetime。

她擦着了第三根火柴，又冒出了火焰。此刻她觉得正坐在十分美丽的圣诞树下方，比上次圣诞节透过那富商家的玻璃门看到的那株还要大、还要美。这株树的绿枝上点燃着许许多多的蜡烛，颜色瑰丽的图画，就象橱窗里挂着的那些一样漂亮，仿佛在向她眨眼。小姑娘把两只手伸过去，火柴又熄灭了。然而圣诞树上的烛光越升越高。她看到它们变成了明亮的星星，有一颗落下来，在天上划出一道长长的火丝。

“此刻又有一个什么人死了。”小姑娘说。因为她的老祖母——一个唯一待她好的人，此刻已经死了，以前告诉过她，天上落下一颗星，地上就有一个灵魂回到曾赋于他生命的上帝那里去。

她在墙上又擦了一根火柴，火光把四周照亮了。在亮光里，亲爱的和生前一样的祖母出现了。她依然是那么的慈爱和温和，然而那快活和幸福的样貌却是她生前从未有过的

my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sisters bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package.

this, he said, is not a slip.

this is lingerie.

he discarded the tissue and handed me the slip.

it was exquisite, silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace.

the price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached.

jan bought this the first time we went to new york, at least 8 or 9 years ago.

she never wore it.

she was saving it for a special occasion.

well, i guess this is the occasion.

he took the slip from me and put it on the bed, with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician.

his hands lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed the drawer shut and turned to me, dont ever save anything for a special occasion.

every day you re alive is a special occasion.

i remembered those words through the funeral and the days that followed when i helped him and my niece attend to all the sad chores that follow an unexpected death.

i thought about them on the plane returning to california from the midwestern town where my sisters family lives.

i thought about all the things that she hadnt seen or heard or done.

i thought about the things that she had done without realizing that they were special.

im still thinking about his words, and theyve changed the weeds in the garden.

im spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings.

whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to savour, not endure.

im trying to recognize these moment now and cherish them.

im not saving anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special.

event such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first camellia blossom… i wear my good blazer to the market if i feel like it.

my theory is if i look prosperous, i can shell out $28.

49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing.

im not saving my good perfume for special parties; clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my party going friends.

someday and one of these days are losing their grip on my vocabulary.

if its worth seeing or hearing or doing, i want to see and hear and do it now.

im not sure what my sister wouldve done had she know that she wouldnt be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted.

two dogs

a man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog。 he trains the hound to help him

hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house。 when he returns home after a

day’s hunt， he always gives the house-dog some meat。 the hound feels very angry。

he says unhappily to the housedog， “where i work very hard outside， you share my

food。” “don’t blame me， my friend。 you should blame the master。 he doesn’t teach

me to hurt， but to share other’s food，” the housedog answers。 don’t blame

children for the mistakes of their parent

两只狗

有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看?夜贰K?盗妨怨钒锼?蛄裕?炭醇夜肥丶摇5绷匀舜蛄艘惶炝?回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。你就应去责备主人。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。”

不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。

Jane comes to see mary after lunch.When they are talking,it begins to rain.Mary looks out of the window and says,Its raining hard,Jane.You must stay here for a long time.

OK.says Jane.But a few minutes later,she goes out.When she returns,she is all wet through her clothes.

where have you been?asks Mary.Ive been home,says Jane,I went to tell my mother I must stay at your home because of the rain.

The Hippo and I

A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit.

In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week.

我与河马

河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。他经常去看它，他也经常想我。 今天是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。在我离开动物园之后，他跟随到我的家。我给他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。他都吃了。 当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。 晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一起睡。

妈妈要它回家。它不得不背起包回到动物园。妈妈允许我每周去看它。

A broken mirror joined together

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), there lived a beautiful, intelligent princess name Lechang in the State Chen. She and her husband Xu Deyan loved each other dearly. But before long their country was in danger of being invaded by the troops of the Sui Dynasty. Princess Lechang and Xu Deyan had a premonition that their county would be occupied by the invaders and they would have to leave the palace and go into exile. During the chaos they might lose touch with each other. They broke a bronze mirror, a symbol of the unity of husband and wife into two parts and each of them kept a half. They aGREed that each would take their half of the mirror to the fair during the Lantern Festival, which is on the 15th day of the first Lunar month, in the hope that would meet again. When they were united the two halves would join together. Soon their premonition came true. During the chaos of war, the princess lost touch with her husband was taken to a powerful minister Yang Su's house and was made his mistress.

At the Lantern Festival the next year, Xu Deyan took his half of the mirror to the fair. He hoped that he could meet his wife. It so happened that a servant was selling the other half of the bronze mirror. Xu Deyan recognized it immediately. He asked the servant about his wife. As he heard about her bitter experience, tears rolled down his cheeks. Xu Deyan wrote a poem on the half of the mirror kept by his wife: "You left me with your broken mirror Now the mirror is back but not you I can no longer see your reflection in the mirror Only the bright moon but not you" .

the servant brought back the inscribed half of the mirror to princess Lechang. For days, she could not help sobbing because she knew her husband was still alive and that he missed her but they could not meet forever.

the minister, Yang Su, found this out. He was also moved by their true love and realized it was impossible to get Lechang's love. So he sent for Xu Deyan and allowed the husband and wife to reunite.

From that story comes the idiom "A broken mirror joined together".

It is used to suggest the happy reunion of a separated couple.

破镜重圆

南北朝时期，陈国公主乐昌美丽且有才华。她与丈夫徐德言感情深厚。但当时，隋朝正入侵陈国，陈国即将被灭亡。乐昌公主和徐德言都预感到他们的国家将被入侵者占领，他们也会被迫离开王宫，背井离乡。战乱中，他们可能失去联系。于是，他们将一枚象征夫妻的铜镜一劈两半，夫妻二人各藏半边。相约在第二年正月十五元宵节那天，将各自的半片铜镜拿到集市去卖。期盼能重逢，并将两面镜子合而为一。

不久他们的预感就成为了现实。战乱中，公主与丈夫失散了，并被送到隋朝一位很有权势的大臣杨素家中，成了他的小妾。在第二年的元宵节上，徐德言带着他的半边铜镜来到集市上，渴望能遇见他的妻子。碰巧，有一名仆人正在卖半面的铜镜。徐德言马上认出了这面镜子。他向那名仆人打听妻子的下落。当他得知妻子的痛苦遭遇后，他不禁泪流满面。他在妻子的那半面铜镜上题了首诗："镜与人俱去，镜归人不归。无复嫦娥影，空留明月辉"。

那个仆人把题了诗的铜镜带回来，交给了乐昌公主。一连几天，她都终日以泪洗面，因为她知道丈夫还活着而且想念她，但他们却无法再相见了。

杨素终于发现了这件事。他也被两人的真情所打动，觉得自己也不可能赢得乐昌的爱。于是，他派人找来了徐德言，让他们夫妻团圆了。

"破镜重圆"这个成语就是从这个故事来的。形容夫妻分开后，又高兴的团圆。

看完“小学生英语故事演讲稿大全”的人还看：

As a student, we have studied for many years. During there years, we study

Chinese, English, science and so on. In this period, with the improvement of our

knowledge, we not only read the books in class but also read extracurricular

after school. In my opinion Dream of the red chamber is the best book I have

read. In this book, the great author Cao xueqin his view about love. He had

firmly faith in what is the true love and try to tell us that there are

different kinds of love, only one kind which should be considered as True

Love.

In a dream, and under mythical circumstances, the main character of the

novel, Jia baoyu, met the Fairy Disenchantment in the Land of Illusions. She

showed him three "registers" each containing the names and "the happenings in

life" of 12 girls in his clan. Each girl represents a kind of love.

From the stories which are unfolding in the novel, the reader should know

the characteristics of the different kinds of love, and should be able to

distinguish True Love from the other kinds.

True love is acceptance, committal, mutual and without any post conditions.

The love between Lin daiyu and Jia baoyu is considered to be True Love. Just

saying or hearing I love you is not good enough because talk is cheap. Action in

mutual commitment is essential, as we can see in the novel.

We always have dreams. What’s ours dream? Do you know what you exactly

want? And do you work hard for it. In this book, you can taste the feeling of

the author about his strong will. In his words, you can find the charm of

Chinese. It is not a book, but a precious deposits. You can get a lot from it.

But unfortunately, the novel was never "completed" to such a state. On the other

hand, maybe, it is another kind of beauty of the book. If you have not read this

book yet, just go and read it. You will love it.

Saying goodbye to childhood，we step into another important time in the pace of young，facing new situations，dealing with different problems……

everyone has his ownunderstanding of young，it is a period of time of beauty and wonders，only after you have

experienced the sour ，sweet ，bitter and salty can you really become a person of time of young is limitted，it may pass by without your attention，and when you discover what has happened ，it is always too ping the young well means a better time is waiting for you in the near future，or the situation may be opposite .

having a view on these great men in the history of hunmanbeing，they all made full use of their youth time ，to do things that are useful to society，to the whole mankind，and as a cosquence ，they are remembered by later

generations，admired by do something in the time of young，although you may not get achievements as these greatmen did ，though not for the whole word，just for youeself，for those around!

the young is just like blooming flowers，they are so beautiful when blooming，they make people feel happy，but with time passing by，after they withers ，moet people think they are so it is the same with young，we are enthusiastic when we are young，then we may lose our passion when getting older and we must treasure it ，don't let the limitted time pass by ，leaving nothing of significance.

Ladies and gentlemen ,thanks for raising your attention .Today I’ll give

you a speech named “global citizenship begins at home”.

Being received by many international organizations just like OPEC ,WTO ,all

of us get closer contact with other parts of the world ,so that we should not

only deal with the native citizenship well ,but also global one .

No doubt “Kyoto Protocol” is a model of assembling abilities all over the

world to administer and green-house gas pollution .It’s beyond the effort made

by politicians and environmentalists only ,and requires all men to attend it

.Face to such issues ,we are no more than a person who comes from a certain city

even a specific country ,but a global citizen that everyone should say it

proudly .

Besides ,from Madam Curies who argues that science and technology should

not be limited by national boundaries .Progreis never a nationality’s or a

country’s progre,it need all to avail from it .Creating or spreading science and

technology ,together with direct economic support ,bridges the gap between one

area and another ,which in order to help a creature as same as ourselves or just

because of deep sympathy .Thus a person exists as individual ,as well an

undivided part of human beings all over the world .Even though what we could do

may be negligible ,doing something without regret is the necessary way to

realize and fulfill our own global citizenship .

Nowadays ,terrorist acts suggest that world lacks comprehension ,and the

divergence of religion and culture should be respect .Being respectful for the

diversity is always.

A Good Boy

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"

"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.

"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy."

好孩子

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。”

Linda was a good girl, but she was often late for school.

One day, she was late again. When she came in, Mr. Clark, her teacher said angrily, “I’ll tell you father if you are late again.” Linda didn’t want him to do that. Because her father was very strict with her.

The next morning, Linda got up early. She hurried to school. At the school gate, she heard the first bell, “What shall I do?” she asked herself, “I’ll turn it in first.” She decided. And so she did.

When she hurried into her classroom, Mr. Clack was already beginning his class.

“Linda! Didn’t I tell you to be here on time?” Mr. Clack said as he as her.

“I’m sorry, sir,” Linda tried to explain, “I’m late because I had to…?”

“I don’t listen to any excuse,” Mr. Clack stopped her. “If you can’t get here on time, I have to tell your father.”

“But Mr. Clack. It’s …it’s unfair!”

“Unfair! How dare you say that?” Mr. Clack said angrily, “I’ll report you to the headmaster.

“I was only trying to do a good idea,” Linda thought,“and now…” She couldn’t keep back her tears.

When the bell rang for the break, the door opened and Mr. White, the headmaster came in. he was holding a wallet in his hand, “Excuse me, Mr. Clack. Is this your wallet?”

“Oh,yes. It’s my wallet. Who found it? I must thank him.”

“Linda found it and turned it in before school started.” Mr. Whitesaid.

Mr. Clack face slowly turned red. He looked at Linda and said, “I’m very sorry. Linda. I take back what I said.”

“And I’m sorry. Mr. Clack. I’ll try not to be late again.” Linda said.

这是不公平

琳达是一个好女孩，但她经常迟到。

一天，琳达又迟到了。当她进来的时，她的老师克拉克先生生气说：“如果你在迟到， 我就通知你爸爸。”琳达不想他那么做，因为她爸爸对她要求很严格。

第二天，琳达起床很早。她匆匆向学校走去，在学校大门口，她停下来了。因为地上有一个钱夹。当她站在那儿是，她听见了第一遍铃声，“我该怎么办呢?”她自言自语，“我要先把它交上去。”她下定决定，于是她就是这么做了。

当她匆匆走进教室的时候，克拉克先生已经开始讲课了。

“琳达，我没有告诉你早点来吗?”克拉克先生一看到琳达就说，

“对不起，先生。”琳达想解释，“我迟到是因为我不得不……”

“我不想听任何借口，“克拉克阻止道, “如果你不能准时到这儿，我不得不告诉你父亲。”

“但是，克拉克先生，这是…..这是不公平的!”

“不公平!你怎么敢那么说!”克拉克先生愤怒的说，“我要把你的事情汇报给校长!”

“我只想做一件好事，”琳达心想，“但是现在……”她的眼泪阻止不住流下来。

当下课铃声响起是，教室的门开了，校长怀特先生走了进来。他的手里拿着一个钱夹：“打扰一下，克拉克先生，这是你的钱夹吗?”

“哦，是我的。是谁找到的?我一定的谢谢她。”

“琳达发现的，并在上课前把它交来了。”怀特先生说。

克拉克先生的脸渐渐红了，他看了看琳达，惭愧地说：“对不起，琳达，我收回我说过的话。”

“我也不对，克拉克先生，我下次尽量不再迟到了。”琳达说。

get out of "jail"

oh, the joy! the absolute joy! archie couldn’t remember a recent moment when he had felt so happy. if he could sing, he would have sung. if he could dance, he would have danced. if he could have shouted to the world, he would have shouted to the world, “i’m free, i’m free!”

he had been in “jail” for the last week. a mental jail, to be sure, but it still felt like jail. about six weeks ago, he had received his almost annual jury summons. printed on the outside of the white envelope, in bright red letters, was: official jury summons enclosed—registration required within 5 days. a friend of his had been throwing away such summonses for at least 20 years. archie couldn’t do that—he felt that his luck was so bad that if he tried it, his summons would be the one with the concealed microchip that recorded him throwing the envelope in the trash. then he really would be in jail. so, he dutifully filled out the form and waited until his starting date—november 5, a monday. for that week, he would be “on call” for “no more than five days.”

as instructed, he dialed the 800-srv-jury number on the saturday preceding november 5. he tapped in his pin and jury group number. he listened, and sighed with relief; the recording had told him to call again monday after 5 p.m. so, one day out of five was gone!

on monday and tuesday, archie got the same recording. he had now escaped jury duty for three days, monday through wednesday. only two days to go.

wednesday afternoon, his friend gil called, asking archie if he wanted to play golf the next morning. archie said he was on jury duty that week. gil said, “well, no problem! it’s already wednesday. you’ve made it! there’s no way that they’re going to call you to jury duty this late in the week.” archie couldn’t believe that gil had said that. archie knocked several times on his wooden bookcase, saying that he hoped that gil was right.

at 5:05 that evening, still worried that gil had jinxed him, archie dialed the 800 number. sure enough, the recording told him to call back thursday between noon and 12:30, instead of the usual 5 p.m. damn that gil, archie thought.

thursday, he anxiously called at 12:28. the recording told him that his jury service was finished! all he had to do was mail in the affidavit that had come in the white envelope. archie put the affidavit into an envelope, put a 41-cent first class stamp on the envelope, and drove to the post office. whistling as he dropped the envelope into the mailbox, he happily washed his hands once again of the “privilege” of doing jury service.

A famous doctor once attended a little boy who was dangerously ill. Thanks to his skill and care this young patient recovered， and was soon able to get up and run about again. The child's mother was very grateful， and she called on the doctor to thank him for what he had done for her son.

“Doctor，”she said.“You have saved my little boy's life. I do not know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you， so I have made this little purse with my own hands， as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.”

The doctor drew himself up and said coldly，“Madam， little presents like that are very nice between friends， but a doctor needs to be paid properly for his attentions.”

The lady was too surprised and hurt to reply for a moment. Then she said quietly，“Perhaps you will tell me what your fee is， doctor？”

“Fifty pounds，”he answered.

The lady opened the little purse that she had made and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor， and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag， and saying good morning to the doctor， she went out of the room.

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"

"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.

"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"

"She is the one who sells the candy."

three good friends

one day， a monkey rides his bike near the river。 this time he sees a lion under a tree。 the lion runs at him。 he is afraid and falls into the river。 he can’t swim。 he shouts。 the rabbit hears him。 he jumps into the river。 the rabbit swims to the monkey， but he can’t help him。 luckily， an elephant es along。 he is very strong。 he helps the rabbit and monkey。 three friends are very happy。 they go to the elephant’s home。 then， three of them bee good friends。

三个好朋友

一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他十分的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象十分强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。

小蝌蚪找妈妈 tadpole’s mummy

Today I say the story is < tadpole’s mummy >.

Spring comes.(春天来了。)The tadpoles are missing their mummy.(小蝌蚪们想妈妈了。)They want to look for her.(他们要去找她。)

A duck is coming.(一只鸭子游过来了。)“Mummy，mummy!”(“妈妈，妈妈!”)

The duck says：(鸭子说：)“Sorry，I’m not your mummy.(对不起，我不是你们的妈妈。)Your mummy has a white belly!(你们的妈妈有一个白肚皮!)”

The tadpoles say：(小蝌蚪说：)“Thank you!Good-bye!”(“谢谢您!再见!”)

A fish is coming.(一条鱼游过来了。)“Mummy，mummy!”(“妈妈，妈妈!”)

The fish says：(鱼说：)“Sorry，I’m not your mummy.(对不起，我不是你们的妈妈。)Your mummy has two big eyes.(你们的妈妈有两只大眼睛。)”

The tadpoles say：(小蝌蚪说：) “Thanks!Bye!”(“谢谢您!再见!”)

A turtle iscoming.(一只乌龟游过来了。)“Mummy，mummy!”(“妈妈，妈妈!”)

The turtle says：(乌龟说：)“Sorry，I’m not your

mummy.(对不起，我不是你们的妈妈。)Your mummy wears a green dress.(你们的妈妈穿着一件绿衣服。)”

The tadpoles say：(小蝌蚪说：)“Thanks a lot!See you!”(多谢您!回头见!)

Jest then，(正在这时，)The frog is coming.(青蛙游过来了。)

The tadpoles say：(小蝌蚪说：)“Mummy，mummy!”(“妈妈，妈妈!”)

The frog says：(青蛙说：)“How are you，My babies!(你们好啊!我的宝贝!)I love you so much!(我是多么爱你们啊!)”

看完“小学英语故事演讲稿4篇”的人还看：

A Woman Who Fell

It was rush hour and I was dashing to a train in New York City's Grand Central Terminal - As I neared the gate， a plump， middle-aged woman sprinted up from behind， lost her footing on the smooth marble floor and slid onto her back。 Her momentum carried her close to my shoes。 Before I could help her， however， she had scrambled up。 Gaining her posure， she winked at me and said， "Do you always have beautiful women failing at your feet?"

摔倒的女人

上下班高峰期，我匆匆奔向纽约豪华中心站去赶一趟火车。接近门口，一位肥胖的中年妇女从后面冲过来，没想到在平滑的大理石地面上失了脚，仰面滑倒了。她的惯性使她接近了我的脚。我正准备扶她，她却自我爬了起来。她镇定了一下，对我挤了一下眉，说道：“总是有漂亮女人拜倒在你脚下吗?”

英语故事演讲稿BUYING A HAT

A lady went to a hat shop to buy a hat。 As she was very fussy， it took her a long time to pick on one。 Already at the end of his patience the salesman was afraid that she might change her mind again so he tried to flatter her: "An excellent choice， madam。 You look at least ten years younger with this hat on!" To his dismay， the lady took off her hat at once and said: "I don't want a hat that makes me look ten years older as soon as I take it off。 Show me some more hats!"

中文翻译

买帽子

一位妇女到一家帽子店买帽子。她很挑剔，用了很长时光才选好了一顶。已经忍耐到极限的售货员害怕她再改变主意，便恭维她："你做了极好的选取，夫人。你戴上这顶帽子看上去起码年轻十岁!"但令他沮丧的是，这位女士立刻摘下了她的帽子说："我不想要一顶摘下来便使我立刻显得老十岁的帽子。多拿一些帽子给我看看!

Once a simpletons wife told him to buy some ice.

Two hours later, he didnt come back. She wanted to know why he didnt come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.

Whats the matter? She asked him. Why dont you bring it in?

I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold me so Im running it dry. The simpleton answered.

A Bet

Two pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven-'clock news。A reporter es on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown building。One friend turns to the other and says，'I'll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn't jump。'

'It's a bet，' agrees his buddy。

A few minutes later， the man on the ledge jumps，so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill。'I can't take your money，'his friend admits。'I saw him jump earlier on the six-o'clock news。'

'Me，too，'says the other buddy。'But I didn't think he'd do it again。

打赌

两个好朋友正坐在一家小酒馆内观看十一点的电视新闻。一则新闻报道说，有个男人威胁要从商业区一座大楼的二十层跳下去。一位朋友转身对另一位说道：“我敢赌十块钱，那家伙不会往下跳。”

“赌就赌，”他的朋友欣然同意。

几分钟后，站在墙檐上的男人跳了下去，因而赌输的那位交给他的朋友一张十元的钞票。“我不能拿你的钱，”他的朋友承认道，“早在六点的新闻里，我就已见他跳下去了。”

“我也是，”另一位说，“可我想他不会再跳了!”