介绍： ENGLISH JOKES

1 There are thousands of jokes which use "play on words" to amuse us. One person asks a question which expects a particular reply. Instead, what he gets is another kind of answer which makes the situation funny. Now read some of these customer and waiter jokes. Can you match the joke with the e...

介绍： ENGLISH JOKES

1 There are thousands of jokes which use "play on words" to amuse us. One person asks a question which expects a particular reply. Instead, what he gets is another kind of answer which makes the situation funny. Now read some of these customer and waiter jokes. Can you match the joke with the explanation?

1 C: What's that fly doing in my soup?
W: Swimming, I think!
2 C: What's that?
W: It's bean soup.
C: I don't want to know what it's been. I want to know what it is now.
3 C: Waiter, will the pancakes be long?
W: No, sir. Round.

2 Some jokes are longer and tell a short, funny story. The following is one of those jokes about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and hi夏洛克.福尔摩斯和华生医生去山区野营。他们在山区一块露天的地上躺了下来，头上顶着星星。夏洛克.福尔摩斯仰望着星空，轻声地说道：“华生，当你望着美丽的天空时，你想到了什么？”华生回答说：“我想到生命是多么短促，而宇宙却是多么漫长。”“不对，华生，”福尔摩斯说，“你到底想到了什么？”于是华生又试着回答：“我想到我是多么渺小，而天空是多么广阔。”“再回答一次，华生！”福尔摩斯说。华生试着回答了第三次：“我想到宇宙是多么寒冷，而人们睡在床上是多么暖和。”福尔摩斯说：“华生，你这个傻瓜！你应该想到有人把我们的帐篷偷走了。”