To Borrow an OxOnce upon a time, there lived a rich man, but he didn't know any words. One day, one of his friends wanted to borrow an ox from him, so he wrote a note and asked his servant to take it to this rich man. After the servant gave the note to the rich man, he pretended to be reading it and after a while, he said, OK, I know. Go and tell your master, I'll go myself shortly.
借公牛一用 從前，有個人很富有，但他不識字。 一天，他的一位朋友想向他借一頭公牛，便寫了個條，讓僕人送到富人那裏。 僕人把條子給了富人。富人便假裝看了一會兒，然後說道：好啦，我知道了。回去告訴你的主人，我馬上自己過去。
搞笑英語故事帶翻譯二：
HogarthThe great painter was asked, one day to paint a picture of Pharaoh crossing the Red Sea. A little while after the picture had been commenced, a hitch arose over the fee, and Hogarth found that he would have to complete the commission for about half the sum he expected. When the work was com pleted, the patron was asked to come and inspect it. As a matter of fact, the picture was just one daub of brilliant red. What's this? exclaimed the purchaser. I asked for the Red Sea, on the occasion of the celebrated passage. That's it, replied Hogarth. But, where are the Israelites? They are all gone e are the Egyptians?They're all drowned.
霍迦斯一天，有人請這位偉大的畫家畫一幅法老王渡紅海圖。這幅畫剛開始不久，酬金就出現了問題。霍迪斯發現，完成這幅畫後，他只能得到他想要的大約一半的'錢。當作品完成之後，那位主顧被請來看畫。其實，這幅畫不過是胡亂塗抹的一片鮮紅。 這是什麼?那位買主喊了起來。我要的是紅海，是那次著名的航海。 這就是，霍迦斯回答說。 可是以色列人在哪兒? 他們都已經渡過去了。 埃及人在哪兒? 他們全都淹死了。
搞笑英語故事帶翻譯三：
What was it she wanted?A store manager heard a clerk tell a customer. No, ma’am, we haven't had any for a while, and it doesn't look asif we'll be getting soon. Horrified, the manager came runningover to the customer and said, Of course, we'll have somesoon, We placed an order last week. Then the manager drewthe clerk aside: Never, never, never say we are out of anythingsay we've got it on order and it's coming. Now whatwas it she wanted?Rain, said the clerk.
她要買什麼?一個商店經理聽見一個店員對顧客說：不，夫人，這會兒沒有，一時半會兒看來也不會有。經理驚恐萬分地跑到顧客跟前說：當然，馬上就會有的，我們上週訂了貨。然後經理把店員拉到一邊：千萬，千萬，千萬不要說我們沒有什麼，說我們已經訂了貨，貨馬上就到。現在你說她要買什麼?雨，店員說。