Joke of Today

A Strange Telephone Call

    A Chicago family was having dinner when the phone rung. The maid answered and said, "It sure is!" and hung up. The same thing happened five minutes later.

    " What's going on?" asked the father.

    "Some crackpot, " explained the maid, "keeps calling to say, "It's long distance from New York."

    备注："It's long distance from New York." 这句话，女仆的理解是：从纽约到这非常远，有很长的距离。实际意思是，这是纽约的长途。

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    你的生活是什么样子的？是否也有色彩缤纷、鸟语花香？你是否闻到了生活的气息？是否感受到了生活的触摸？抑或者听到了生活的喃喃低语……

    As fruit needs not only sunshine

    but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it，

    so character needs not only joy

    but trial and difficulty to mellow it.

    水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉夜。

    寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。

    人的性格陶冶不仅需要欢乐，

    也需要考验和困难

    As you slowly open your eyes,

    look around,

    notice where the light comes into your room,

    listen carefully,

    see if there are any new sounds you can recognize;

    feel with your body and spirit,

    see if you can sense the freshness in the air.

    当你慢慢睁开眼睛的时候，

    环顾四周，

    注意到阳光是从什么地方射到你的房间；

    仔细听听，

    看你是否能辨认出什么新的声音；

    用你的身心去感觉，

    看看你是否能感受到空气中散发出的新鲜的气息。

 Joke of Today

Three Turtles

    Three turtles decided to have a cup of coffee. Just as they got into the cafe, it started to rain. The biggest turtle said to the smallest one, " Go　home and get the umbrella."

    The little turtle replied, "I will, if you don't drink my offee."

    "We won't," the other two promised.

    Two years later the big turtle said to the middle turtle, "Well, I guess he isn't coming back, so we might as well drink his coffee."

    Just then a voice called from outside the door, "If you do, I won't go."

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Joke of Today

If My Mouth Still Holds Water

    After the barber had cut, nicked and gashed him, the customer asked for a glass of water.

    The barber said, " What's the matter---do you feel faint?"

    "No, "said the customer, " I just want to see if my mouth still holds water."

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Joke of Today

A Whole Hour

    Mr. Brown arrived for work an hour late. His clothes were torn and tattered. He was banged and bruised, and he had one arm in a sling. His boss was purple with rage.

    "It's ten o'clock," screamed the boss, "you were supposed to be here　at nine. What happened?"

    "I'm sorry," explained Mr. Brown, "I fell out of ten-story window."

    "That took you a whole hour?"

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     这是博客新开的【话题讨论区】，大家可以针对给出的话题谈谈自己的看法，以锻炼大家的语言组织能力。

    【话题讨论】回帖要求：
　
     使用中英双语来回答或单纯用英语回答，篇幅不限，但至少包含一个完整的句子；如果某个单词词组不会写，建议大家采取在群里问询、给我留言、查询词霸、查询英语新闻等各种方式寻求答案，相信只要努力，必有所收获。

    热心的朋友可以将生活中的有趣话题推荐给我们，希望我们可以共同将这个板块建设好，共同提高大家的英语水平。

    Today's topic:

    Do you know what the date is tomorrow?

    It's Singles' Day.It is said it originated from the early 1990s， when college students first put forward the idea of choosing the day of November 11 （1111） as a day for single people. It became popular and turned into a cultural event on campus even society.

    There are tons of ways to celebrate Singles' Day！ At some universities， student organizations have singles parties， to give single guys and girls an opportunity to meet and stop being single； some people go out singing and drinking， let off steam about being single； and some people go on blind dates looking for suitable partners； some people get together with other single friends to just have a good time. Singles' Day has also become a holiday even people who aren't single， on this day lots of people with partners pretend they are single again， together tasting their old single life.

    This holiday is a lot of fun for a lot of people. In China， the number of single people has increased. Before， being "single" had a connotation of being lonely， lonesome， and unloved， but now it is no longer the substitute name for sadness， it means more independence， more freedom and unrestrained way of life.

    Do you agree with it? Talk about something about the Singles' Day.

    今日话题：

    你知道明天是几号吗？

    明天是光棍节，据说它起源于90年代初期的大学校园，一些单身的大学生们首先提出了这个想法，就是把11月11日作为单身人的节日。之后，这个节日越来越流行，成了校园文化乃至社会文化中的一件大事。

    庆祝光棍节的花样可多了！在一些大学，学生组织会举办单身晚会，为众多单身男女创造机会，结束单身；有的人会去K歌或喝酒，发泄自己身为一名“光棍”的郁闷；也有人去参加“陌生约会”，寻找适合自己的另一半；也有一些都是单身的好朋友会借这个机会聚会玩乐。还有，光棍节也成为越来越多非单身者的狂欢节日，许多人在这一天与爱人扮回单身状态，来回味自己久违的单身生活。

    这个节日给很多人都带来了快乐！ 在中国，现在单身的人越来越多了。以前，单身就意味着孤独、寂寞和没有人爱；可是现在，单身不再是伤感的代名词，它代表着一种更独立、更自由和没有约束的生活方式。

    就光棍节谈谈你的看法吧。

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