經典趣味英語小故事：一個愚蠢的人
A Silly Man
Fred was going to school. When he passed a park, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree. The man was on a ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn’t believe him, and said angrily, “Go away, you little thing. It’s none of your business.”
Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn’t go far before he heard something crashed. He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground.
Fred asked some men for help. They carried the man to the hospital.
一個愚蠢的人
弗雷德走在上學的路上。路過一個公園時，他看見一個人在鋸一棵大樹的樹枝。“嗨，你這么做很危險的。”費雷得喊道：“你鋸了那樹枝后，你會摔下來的。”而那個人不相信他，憤怒地說：“快走開，小東西，沒有你的事。”
費雷德沒趣地離開了。他沒有走多遠就聽見一聲響，他急忙跑回去，發現那個人躺在地上。
經典英語幽默小故事：Sleeping Pills
Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night. He went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills.
Sunday night Bob took the pills, slept well and was awake before he heard the alarm. He took his time getting to the office, strolled in and said to his boss: "I didn't have a bit of trouble getting up this morning."
"That's fine," roared the boss, "but where were you Monday and Tuesday?"
安眠藥
鮑勃晚上失眠。他去看醫生，醫生給他開了一些強力安眠藥。
星期天晚上鮑勃吃了藥，睡得很好，在鬧鐘響之前就醒了過來。他到了辦公室，遛達進去，對老板說："我今天早上起床一點麻煩都沒有。"
"好啊!"老板吼道，"那你星期一和星期二到哪兒去了?"