Section_ⅣLearning_about_Language_&_Using_Language

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　　ENGLISH JOKES

　　1．(1)C：What's that fly doing in my soup?

　　W：Swimming, I think！①

　　(2)C：What's that?

　　W：It's bean soup.

　　C：I don't want to know what it's been. I want to know what it is now.②

　　(3)C：Waiter, will the pancakes③ be long?

　　W：No, sir. Round.④

　　2．Sherlock Holmes⑤ and Doctor Watson went camping⑥ in a mountainous area⑦. They were lying in the open air⑧ under the stars. Sherlock Holmes looked up at⑨ the stars and whispered\s\up1(10(10)， "Watson, when you look at that beautiful sky, what do you think of？" Watson replied，"I think of⑪how short life is and how long the universe has lasted⑫.""No, no, Watson！" Holmes said."What do you really think of？" Watson tried again."I think of how small I am and how vast⑬ the sky is.""Try again, Watson！" said Holmes. Watson tried a third time⑭."I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds." Holmes said，"Watson, you fool⑮！ You should be thinking that someone has stolen our tent！"

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　　第一部分为餐馆笑话，是发生在顾客与服务员之间机智、幽默的对话。

　　①第一则笑话是：顾客对自己的汤里有只苍蝇感到非常生气，责问服务员"为何汤里会有苍蝇"。服务员机智地回答"苍蝇在游泳"，这使那种尴尬的局面得以缓解。

②第二则笑话中bean/biːn/和been/biːn/同音，但含义不同。bean豆，菜豆，豆荚，