1.After supper, the parents were busy playing mah-jong with the guests. At this point the mother thought of something and said to her son who was watching TV, “Honey, go see if the kitchen light is on or not?” After a while, her son returned and said, “Ma, the kitchen is so dark that I cannot see it at all.”

翻譯：
　　
　　晚飯后，父親和母親都忙著和客人玩麻將，這時母親忽然想起點兒事來，便對正在看電視的兒子說道：“寶貝，去看看廚房里的燈是不是還開著呢？” 過了一會兒，兒子回來說：“媽，廚房里太黑了，我根本就看不見。” （英語笑話 www.fenghuangtongcheng.cn ）

2.I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class,” said an instructor at a university graduate engineering course. “When I say ‘Good afternoon,‘ the undergraduates respond ‘Good afternoon.‘ But the graduate students just write it down.”

翻譯：

一個教師在研究生工程學課堂上說：”我一眼就能看出來哪些是本科生，哪些是研究生。” “我說‘下午好‘的時候，本科生回答‘下午好‘，而研究生則把這句話記在本子上。”

3.A man sat at a bar, had the saddest hangdog expression.
Bartender: “What‘s the matter? Are you having troubles with your wife?”
The man: “We had a fight, and she told me that she wasn‘t going to speak to me for a month.”
Bartender: “That should make you happy.”
The man: “No, the month is up today!”
 

 翻譯：
 
一個男人坐在酒吧里，傷心至極。
酒吧招待：”你怎么了？跟老婆鬧矛盾了？”
男人：”我們吵了一架，她說一個月都不跟我說話。”
酒吧招待：”那你應該高興才是啊！”
男人：”不，今天是這個月的最后一天。”
 

4.”Tom, what‘s the matter with your brother?” asked the mother in the kitchen. “He‘s crying.”
“Oh, nothing, Mum,” replied Tom. “I‘m eating my cake. He is crying because I won‘t give him any.”
“But has he finished his own cake?”
“Yes.” said Tom. “And he also cried when I was helping him finish that.”

 翻譯：

“湯姆，你弟弟怎么了？” 媽媽在廚房里問。”他在哭。”
“沒事兒，媽媽，” 湯姆答道。”我在吃我的蛋糕。他哭是因為我不給他吃。”
“他已經吃完自己的了么？”
“是的。” “我幫他吃完時，他也哭了。”