12-06-16 France's new First Lady, keen to remain a journalist despite her tie to President Francois Hollande, has drawn inspiration from one of the most popular American women of the 20th century, Eleanor Roosevelt. 作为法国新一任第一夫人,弗朗索瓦奥朗德总统...
12-03-21 A lady lost her handbag. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, Hmmm.... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a $20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills. The boy quickly replied, Tha...
12-02-28 One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mouse, so she ran out of the house, got into a bus and went to the shops. There she bought a mou setrap(捕鼠器) . The shopkeeper said to her, Put some cheese in it...
11-12-20 A woman got a dent(凹痕) in her car and took it in to the repair shop. The repairman decided to have a wee bit(一点,少许) of fun. So he told her all she had to do was to take it home and blow in the tailpipe(排气管) until the dent popped itse...
11-12-09 In the summer of 1874 I was in Liverpool, whither(无论到哪里) I had gone on Business for the mercantile(商业的) house of Bronson Jarrett, New York. I am William Jarrett; my partner was Zenas Bronson. The firm failed last year, and unable to endu...
11-12-07 One afternoon, I was doing jobs outside. There was a lady pushed a child's push chair and approaching to me, looked very worried. Whats the matter with you? I asked. Have you seen my daughter? She is a three year old girl with a small red flower shi...
11-11-22 A lady and her son whom was about 10 years old came to buy pond fish from me one day. After I packed her favourite fish, I needed to write down the price label then stuck it on the fish bag, but I couldnt find a pen at that moment. Did you have a pe...
11-11-17 One day when women's dresses were on sale at the FarEast Department Store, a dignified middle-aged man decided to get his wife a piece. But he soon found himself being battered by frantic women. He stood it as long as he could; then, with head lower...
11-11-09 A little girl from the East Side was invited to a garden party given by a very aristocratic(贵族的) lady to a group of little East-Siders. The little girl, as she drank her tea and ate her plum-cake on a velvet(天鹅绒的) lawn under a white-bloom...
11-09-08 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, m...