墙上的咖啡

I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a 1)neighboring town of Venice,Italy,the city of lights and water. As we enjoyed our coffee,a man entered and sat at an empty table beside us.He called the waiter over and placed his order,saying,"Two cups of coffee,one of them there on the wall." We heard this order with interest and 2)observed that he was served one cup of coffee but he paid for two.When he left,the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall,saying,"A Cup of Coffee." While we were still there,two other men entered and ordered three cups of coffee,two on the table and one on the wall.They had two cups of coffee but paid for three and left.This time also,the waiter did the same:He put a piece of paper on the wall,saying,"A Cup of Coffee."     

A CROW WITH THIRST

A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that he could not reach far enough down to get at it. He tried, and he tried, but at last had to give up in despair. Then a thought came to him, and he took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher.     

笑话(英文)

An old lady who lived in a village went into town one Saturday, and after she had bought fruit and vegetables in the market for herself and for a friend who was ill, she went into a shop which sold glasses. She tried one pair of glasses, and then another pair and another, but none of them seemed to be right. The shopkeeper was a very patient man, and after some time he said to the old lady, "Now, don't worry, madam.     

完形填空齐齐看

(A) Yesterday evening,when I went to town 1my mother,we met a strange old man. It was raining 2and we had no umbrella.We were trying to3a taxi when he came up to us.He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said that he would give 4for only a pound.He had forgotten his wallet.He said he needed taxi to go back home.My mother didn't believe what he had said at first,and5 him a lot of questions.But she finally believed the man and gave him the pound.She was happy to6 a good umbrella for so little.However,the old man didn't get into a taxi.We walked7 him and found he went into a pub and bought himself a glass of 8with the pound.After he drank it,he 9~his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one.     

You May Need Them Later

A man is going to the house of a friend. It is quite far away and so he takes some sandwiches(三明治) along for his lunch. As he goes along,he says to himself,"My friend is sure to give me a very nice meal.He is going to give me good wine (葡萄酒) to drink.So what's the use of these dry sandwiches?"As he says this,he throws them on     

一个好心人(英文)

亲爱的同学们,本栏目将陆续推出一系列优秀的英语记叙文,希望你们喜欢! Yesterday afternoon I went to West Lake Park. Some peoplewere boating on the lake. Among them was a happy family.They were taking photos when the girl fell off the boat into thewater. She was struggling in the water and her'parents criedout, "Help! Help! " A young man immediately rushed to thelake. Without taking off his clothes, he jumped into the waterand quickly swam towards the girl. At last he carded her to thebank. She was saved! What a warm-hearted man he is!     

Driving with a Goat

A highway patrol officer was sitting in his car beside the road one day when he noticed a man driving with a goat in the back seat of his car．Turning on the lights,he pulled out,sped up, and pulled the man over．     

Driving with a Goat

One day a highway patrol officer was sitting in his car beside the road. When he noticed a man driving with a goat in the back seat of his car, turning on the lights, he pulled out, sped up, and pulled the man over. "Don't you know it's against the law in…     

FUNNY STORIES

A Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人) .Both of them loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught the servant who was just doing that.     

The Elephant Did It!

A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a cirus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, “I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!” Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.