日期：2014-08-21 The young boy protested vigorously when his mother asked him to take his little sister along fishing. The last time she came, he objected, I didn't catch a single fish. I'll talk to her, his mother said, and I promise this time she won't make any no... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-08-13 The teacher was vividly describing the discovery of the law of gravitation. He tried to make the children impressed with its importance. He said, Isaac Newton was sitting on the ground looking at the tree. An apple suddenly fell on his head. It led... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-08-13 The kind bishop intimately asked an author's son, Do you want to become an author like your father? No, replied the author's son. Then what is your ambition, my little man? said the bishop. I want to become a famous person, then anything I write wil... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-08-05 A little boy was wise beyond his age. One day he came home from the public library with a book. Its title was The Care and Management of Children. Oh, my god, exclaimed his mother in astonishment. What are you doing with a book like that? Oh, replie... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-29 Little Albert came home from school with a new book under his arm. It's a prize, mother, he explained. A prize? What for, dear? For natural history. Teacher asked me how many legs an ostrich has, and I said three. But an ostrich has only two legs. I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-29 My 15-year-old son came bounding in from school and found me in bed. Don't you feel well, Mom? he asked with concern. No, I don't, I said. Well, don't you worry about dinner, he reassured me. I'll carry you down to the stove. 我十五岁的儿子放学后连... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-29 A neighbor told us about a trip he took with his two-and-a-half-year-old son. It was the first time the father and the boy had been away by themselves. The first night they spent in a hotel, the father moved his bed close to the boy's and when they... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-29 Teacher: If I cut a beefsteak in half and then cut the half in half, what do I get? Tommy: Quarters. Teacher: And then if I cut it twice again? Tommy: Hamburger. 老师：如果我把一块牛排切成两半的两半，我能得到几块儿？ 汤米：四块。 老师：那我要是再切... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-21 A little boy was drawing a sketch with pencil and paper. When his mother asked what he was doing, he answered immediately and with considerable pride: I am drawing a portrait of God. Being surprised and afraid, his mother said: You cannot do that. N... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-18 A boy was wondering about a photograph in a newspaper. It showed a group of happy and cheering children carrying schoolbags with the caption at the bottom: On Their Way To School''. It must be mistaken, I bet. They must be on their way home after sc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-09 The teacher said: If the shepherd put twenty sheep out to feed on the grass in a field, five of them jumped a fence, how many sheep would be left? None, called out little Mac. The teacher said: I am surprised that you can't count correctly. I know t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-09 One day a kind man met a panicky little boy in his neighbor-hood when he was going home from his office. He noticed that the boy seemed to have fought with other boys. He kindly said: Why do you have a black eye, little man? I am sorry to see that?... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-09 A man was telling a story to his son, a four-year-old boy. The boy noticed a lock of gray hair on his father's head and asked: Why are some of your gray, papa? Papa will get a gray hair every time his little boy is naughty, said his father, thinking... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-02 In Chemistry class, the teacher was explaining the relationship between solvent and solute: A certain solvent can only dissolve a certain solute. For example, you have eaten a bowl of rice, then one more bowl. After having eaten the third bowl, you... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-07-02 John was ten years old, and he was a very lazy boy. He had to go to school of course, but he was bored there and tried to do as little work as possible. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that he would become one, too, when he gr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-17 Rodents had overrun a posh（时髦的） private school near New York City. So the headmaster, a friend of mine, asked a health inspector to deliver a slide presentation to teachers and students, showing how to remedy the situation, i.e. stow（装载，收... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-16 It is June. The sun is in the sky, it is immense hot. Josie is bored with school. She prefers to be at the beach with the tide. She cannot sit in her seat. She cannot stop talking. While the teacher writes on the board, Josie gets up and talks to on... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-12 One day in class, the teacher assigned his students to write a composition - if I Am a Manager. All the students began to write except a boy. The teacher went to him and asked the reason. I am waiting for my secretary, was the boy's answer. 一天课上... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-12 It seems a farm boy accidentally overturned his wagon load of corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise. Hey Willis!! the farmer yelled, Forget your troubles. Come in with us. Then I'll help you get the wagon up. That's mighty nice of you, W... 阅读全文>>

日期：2014-06-12 Peter was a clever boy. On his first day at school, he learned three words: I, You and She. The teacher taught him how to make sentences with those words. The teacher said, I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your classmate;... 阅读全文>>