英文经典幽默系列.pdf

内 容 简 介 本书所选的幽默故事均选自原版英文读物，原汁原味、语言地道、幽默诙谐、趣味盎然、令人捧腹。这些幽默故事虽然类型不同、题材各异，但都贴近时代和生活，可读性强，犹如一出出人生喜剧，让人开怀，荡涤烦恼；在令你忍俊不禁的同时，也可提高阅读和词汇的双重能力。由于文化背景的不同，西方式的幽默与东方式的往往大异其趣，通过本书读者可以了解西方文化。本书根据幽默故事内容的难易程度，配以生词注解，让读者可以顺利地理解和欣赏西方文化的背景和内涵，增进对西方幽默感的理解。本书适合不同英语水平的读者，尤其是对那些准备到国外学习和生活的读者有很大的帮助。本书封面贴有清华大学出版社防伪标签，无标签者不得销售。版权所有，侵权必究。侵权举报电话：010-62782989 13701121933 图书在版编目（CIP）数据 英文经典幽默系列/王勋，刘新玲主编.北京：清华大学出版社，2011.7 ISBN 978-7-302-24959-7 .英 .王 刘 .英语 语言读物笑话 作品集 世界.H319.4:I 中国版本图书馆 CIP 数据核字（2011）第 041178 号 责任编辑：李 晔 责任校对：徐俊伟 责任印制：出版发行：清华大学出版社 地 址：北京清华大学学研大厦 A 座 http:/ 邮 编：100084 社 总 机：010-62770175 邮 购：010-62786544 投稿与读者服务：010-62795954， 质量反馈：010-62772015， 印 刷 者：装 订 者：肖 米 经 销：全国新华书店 开 本：148210 印 张：17.5 字 数：499 千字 版 次：2011 年 7 月第 1 版 印 次：2011 年 7 月第 1 次印刷 印 数：15000 定 价：25.00 元 产品编号：033978-01 Classic English -I-前 言 学英语不再是无聊、枯燥的事情，通过阅读原版的英文幽默故事，可以在欢声笑语中学习地道英语，享受轻松学习的乐趣。阅读英语幽默故事能够帮助读者学到地道的英语思维和表达方式，增加对西方文化和幽默感的理解。本书编者收集了大量的国外幽默故事素材，从中筛选出适合国内读者的英语幽默故事，所有内容均来自原版英文读物，原汁原味、语言地道、幽默诙谐、趣味盎然、令人捧腹。这些幽默故事虽然类型不同、题材各异，但都贴近时代和生活，可读性强。本书在编辑过程中并没有采用中英文对照的方式，因为中外在文化背景上有很大的差异，很多英语幽默故事只能意会、无法言传，很难用中文反映其中的意境。书中只是对于较难理解的词语，另加了“注释”，以便读者更好地理解。本书适合各种水平英语爱好者在消遣娱乐的同时提高英文水平之用。本书由王勋、刘新玲主编，参加编写的人员还有沙玉新、周河、安枚、刘建平、方茂、汤华、成枫、周雄方、李汤灵、张经峰、赵越、田德明等。由于编者水平有限，书中难免不妥之处，衷心希望广大读者批评指正。Classic English -III-目 录 Where is god?.1 Classmates?.2 Kids theories of science.3 Choose the Right One.3 Czech Dissident.4 Working in the garden.5 Frozen to death.5 Translate your CV.6 Signs&Notices.7 Advertising Terms 1.8 Advertising Terms 2.9 The Bank Robber.10 Mother In Law.11 The Balloonist and the Programmer.12 Two-Cow philosophy.13 Out of the mouths of babes.14 Product Labels.16 A rich man goes to heaven.18 Air hostess.19 Climbing the stairs.20 英文经典 系列 -IV-Yet another“technical support”.20 Birthday belief systems.21 Doctors&mechanics.23 The Microsoft waiter.23 You and your boss.25 Swapping professional secrets.26 Hit the floorA true story.26 The job interview.28 Farmer joes accident.29 A bad hairdresser day.30 Woman held hostage by pillsbury biscuit.33 George W.Bush BibleHis favorite Bible verse.34 The“noisy cactus”That Turned out to Have Thousands of Tarantulas In It.35 Live on a Cruise Liner Rather than a Retirement Facility?.36 The hunters who end up dynamiting a brand new SUV and their dog on a frozen lake.38 The danger of Green Grass Snakes.39 The Louisiana lawyer who was asked to prove title on a piece of property“back to its origin.”.42 The Arkansas woman who thought the rapture was taking place and got killed on a highway.43 Insulting voice mail at Pacific Palisades High School.45 Stories about crazy questions from government employees to travel agents.46 The man who owed zero and had to pay zero to correct his bill.49 A dogs eye view of the world.51 Adopt an NBA player.52 A French teachers memories:a short nap.55 A French teachers memories:boys are not born in cabbage fields.56 A French teachers memories:first day at school.57 A happy relationship with animals.59 A true story from the japanese embassy in US.61 Classic English -V-Customer care in 2020.61 Eternal wit.63 Funniest letters to God from children.68 Funny sayingssimply bad life tips.70 Hello sir!.72 How to spot a fib.72 Humor quotationstop 35 funny quotations by famous comedians.73 I got to play an April fools joke before I was born.77 Interview repartees.79 Losing your voice.81 Memo:forbidden colors.85 Micks curriculum vitae.87 My pet peeves.89 Not your average Sunday morning.91 Politically correct Christmas carols and holiday songs.94 Practical jokes list.99 Psychiatric psychiatrista joke on psychiatry.101 Re-incarnation is real.103 Sell your phones.104 Teacher arrested.106 The top 10 all time worst jokes about piano players.107 Three tortoises.109 To see or not to see.110 When the father becomes the groom.112 Assorted parenting funnies.114 Birthing drugs for dads.116 The bus drivers name.119 Football fever.119 I am NOT superwoman!.121 In the eyes of the beholder.123 Family life with jordy.126 英文经典 系列 -VI-Parents of teenagers:all we ask for is just a little information.127 Losin it.130 I married a computer fanatic.132 Mixed nuts.134 Mommy Olympics.136 My mom,the spy.138 Pleasant Evening Out.139 Potty Mouth.142 President mom.145 Incorporating a referees techniques into real life.146 Salad days.149 A Self-Diagnostic for Mothers with Deficient Noun Disease.151 Sensory warfare.154 Teaching sons to date.159 Truths.161 It was the night before Christmas when all through the mall.163 A mothers perspective on Valentines Day.165 Its a wonderful lifebefore you read between the lines.167 You may be the parent of a teenager if.169 Speeding ticket.172 Big game hunting.173 Optimism.174 Excuse notes received by teachers.175 Things you did not know.176 Robber tried to deposit loot at the same bank.178 A nice idea.178 Honest advertising.179 Female reindeer.180 Announcements from the pulpit.181 The deaf man.181 A new job.182 Classic English -VII-Insurance claim.183 More technical support.184 Sleeping at work?.186 Famous mothers.187 Army insuranc