Joke: The Bet
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A little old lady went into the Bank of Canada one
day, carrying a bag of money. She insisted that she
must speak with the president of the bank to open a
savings1 account because, "It's a lot of money!" After
much hemming2 and hawing, the bank staff finally
ushered3 her into the president's office (the customer
is always right!).The bank president then asked her
how much she would like to deposit.

She replied, $165,000!" and dumped thecash out of her
bag onto his desk.

The president was of course curious as to how she
came by all this cash, so he asked her, "Ma'am, I'm
surprised you're carrying so much cash around. Where
did you get this money?" The old lady replied, "I
make bets."

The president then asked,"Bets? What kind ofbets?"

The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you
$25,000 that your balls are square."

"Ha!" laughed the president, "That's a stupid bet.
You can never win that kind of bet!"

The old lady challenged, "So, would you like to take
my bet?"

"Sure," said the president, "I'll bet $25,000 that
my balls are not square!"

The little old lady then said, "Okay, but since there
is a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer
with me tomorrow at 10:00 am as a witness?"

"Sure!" replied the confident president.

That night, the president got very nervous about the
bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror
checking his balls, turning from side to side, again
and again. He thoroughly4 checked them out until he
was sure that there was absolutely no way his balls
were square, and that he would win the bet.

The next morning, at precisely5 10:00 am, the little
old lady appeared with her lawyer at the president's
office.

She introduced the lawyer to the president and
repeated the bet: "$25,000 says the president's balls
are square!"

The president agreed with the bet again and the old
lady asked him to drop his pants so they could all
see.

The president complied.

The little old lady peered closely at his balls, and
then asked if she could feel them.

"Well, Okay," said the president, "$25,000 is a lot
of money, so I guess you should be absolutely sure."

Just then, he noticed that the lawyer was quietly
banging his head against the wall.

The president asked the old lady, "What the hell's
the matter with your lawyer?"

She replied, "Nothing, except I bet him $100,000 that
at 10:00 am today, I'd have The Bank of Canada's
president's balls in my hand."


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1 savings ZjbzGu     
n.存款,储蓄
参考例句:
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
2 hemming c6fed4b4e8e7be486b6f9ff17821e428     
卷边
参考例句:
  • "Now stop hemming and hawing, and tell me about it, Edward. "别再这个那个的啦,跟我说说吧,爱德华。 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
  • All ideas of stopping holes and hemming in the German intruders are vicious. 一切想要堵塞缺口和围困德国侵略军的办法都是错误的。
3 ushered d337b3442ea0cc4312a5950ae8911282     
v.引,领,陪同( usher的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The secretary ushered me into his office. 秘书把我领进他的办公室。
  • A round of parties ushered in the New Year. 一系列的晚会迎来了新年。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 thoroughly sgmz0J     
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
参考例句:
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
5 precisely zlWzUb     
adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地
参考例句:
  • It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
  • The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
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