英语幽默故事
1 A film crew was on location deep in the desert.One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, \"It will rain tomorrow.\" The next day it rained.一个电影摄制组在沙漠深处进行拍摄。一天，一个印度老人来到导演面前对他说：“明天会下雨。”第二天果然下雨了。
A week later, the Indian went up to the director again and said, \"There will be a storm tomorrow.\" The next day there was a storm.一周以后，印度人又来了，他告诉导演说：“明天会有暴风雨。”果然，第二天有暴风雨。
\"This Indian is incredible,\" said the director.He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.“这个印度人真神，”导演说。他告诉他的秘书去雇佣这个印度人来预测天气。
However, after several succeful predictions, the old Indian didn\'t show up for two weeks.然而，几次预测天气成功之后，这个印度人连续两周没有露面。
Finally the director sent for him.\"I have to shoot an important scene tomorrow,\" said the director.\"And I\'m depending on you.What will the weather be like?\" 最后，导演派人把这个印度人请来了。导演对他说：“我明天必须拍摄一个很重要的场景，全都指望你了，明天天气如何啊？” The Indian shrugged his shoulders.\"I don\'t know,\" he said.\"My radio is broken.\" 这个印度人耸了耸肩说道：“我不知道，我的收音机坏了。” 2 Chief is at the wedding 长官在婚礼上
A police stopped a motorist who was speeding on the street.大街上的一个超速驾驶者被警察拦住了。 \"But officer,\" the man said, \"I can explain.\" “但是警官”这个人说道，“我可以解释的”。
\"Just be quiet,\" snapped the officer.\"I\'m going to put you in jail until the chief gets back.\" “保持安静”，警察突然说道。“我将把你送往监狱，直到长官回来。
\"But ,officer, I ….\" “但是，警察，我，，，”。
\"I said to keep quiet! You are going to jail!\" “我说过了保持安静，你要到监狱了。”
A few hours later, the officer looked in on his prisoner and said, \"You are lucky because the chief is at his daughter\'s wedding.He\'ll be in a good mood when he gets back.\" 几小时后，警察向监狱里看了看说道“算你运气好，因为我们的长官正在他女儿的婚礼上。他会带着一个愉快的心情回来的。” \"Are you sure?\" answered the man in the cell.\"I\'m the groom.\" “你确定”在牢房里的这个人说道。“我就是新郎呀”。
1.stop
stop to do sth 是停下手上的事去做另一件事 stop doing sth 是停止手上正在做的事
2.speeding n.超速行驶
speeding在这里作名词使用，表示超速行驶，也可以作speed现在分词，表示加速。 eg：So where you headed? Was I speeding too? 你要去哪里？我有超速吗？ 3
Each Sunday the minister called the children to the front of the church while he told them a story.Once he brought a telephone to better illustrate the idea of prayer.
\"You talk to people on the telephone and don\'t see them on the other end of the line, right?\" he began.
The children nodded yes.\"Well, talking to God is like talking on the telephone.He\'s on the other end, but you can\'t see him.He is listening though.\"
Just then a little boy piped up and asked, \"What\'s his number?\"
在电话中交谈
每个星期天牧师都会把孩子们叫到教堂前面，然后给他们讲一个故事。一天，他为了更好地阐述祈祷的含义，带来了一台电话机。
“你们和别人在电话里交谈，并没有看到电话线另一端的人，对吗？”他开始问道。孩子们点头称是。“好的，和上帝交谈就象通过电话交谈一样。他就在另一端，虽然你看不见他，但是他正在聆听你的心声。”
就在这时，一个小男孩尖着嗓子问道：“那他的电话号码是什么？” 3
She\'d rather buy a gift
While on a trip, Mom realized that she had forgotten a present for Dad\'s birthday.\"That\'s okay,\" he said, \"The only thing I want is for you to love, honor and obey.\" Mom pondered that idea and then replied \"I\'d rather buy you a gift.\"
她宁愿买一件礼物
旅途中，妈妈想起她忘记给爸爸买一件生日礼物。\"没关系，\"他说，\"我最想要的东西是你的爱、忠贞和温顺。\"妈妈沉思片刻后回答说，\"我宁愿给你买一件礼物。\" 4 Honey, said the husband to his wife, I invited a friend home for supper.
What? Are you crazy? The house is a me, I haven\'t been shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don\'t feel like cooking a fancy meal!
I know all that.
Then why did you invite a friend for supper?
Because the poor fool\'s thinking about getting married.
亲爱的，丈夫对妻子说：我邀请了一位朋友回家吃晚饭。
什么？你疯了吗？我们的房子乱糟糟的，我很久没有买过东西回来了，所有的碗碟都是脏的，还有，我可不想做一餐累死人的晚饭。
这些我全都知道。
那你为什么还要邀请朋友回来吃晚饭？
因为那个可怜的笨蛋正考虑要结婚呢。 5 DID YOUR DAD HELP YOU?
One day, Tim\'s mathematics teacher looked at his homework and saw that he had got all his sums right.The teacher was very pleased-and rather surprised.He called Tim to his desk and said to him, You got all your homework right this time, Tim.What happened? Did your father help you?
No, sir.He was too busy last night, so I had to do it all myself, said Tim.
你爸爸帮你了吗？
一天，蒂姆的数学老师看了他的作业，发现他全做对了。老师很高兴，同时也十分惊讶。他把蒂姆叫到桌前说：蒂姆，你这次的作业全都做对了，怎么回事？你爸爸帮你做了吗？ 不，先生，我爸爸昨天很忙，我不得不全由自己做了。
