Daily Laughs
A young artist went to ask a publisher why he had rejected his paintings, he got this reply," Because we discern a lack of maturity in your paintings.""Then, they can be pictures for children, " the young man suggested.
一位年轻画家去问一个出版商他的画为什么被退了回来，得到了这样的答复： “因为我们发现你的作品还不够成熟。”
“既然不够成熟，可以出版给儿童看嘛，”这位年轻的画家建议。 Mrs.Smith lived in London. One day she received some American dollars from her daughter who was working in New York. She went to a jewelry shop for a pair of earrings. At the counter, the salesman checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old woman impatient. At last she couldn't wait anymore, uttering: "Trust me, sir, and trust the American dollars. they are directly from America."
史密斯太太住在伦敦。一天她收到在美国工作的大女儿寄来的钱。于是她就去珠宝店想买一对耳环。在柜台，售货员非常仔细地检查着每一张美元。这一来她有点儿不耐烦了。最后她忍不住了，说：“相信我，相信这些美元吧。这可都是直接从美国来的呢。” A gentleman staying in a hotel left his umbrella in the hall, but he had put on the handle a card on which was written: "This umbrella belongs to a gentleman who can lift up a hundred pounds. I shall be back in ten minutes." When he came back, he found, instead of his umbrella, another card on which was written,"This card belongs to a man who can run ten miles an hour. I shall not come back."
一位住在旅馆的绅士把他的雨伞放在了大厅里，不过他在伞柄上系了一张卡片，上面写道，“此伞属于一位能举百磅的绅士。我将在十分钟内回来。当他回来时，发现雨伞已经不翼而飞，取而代之的是另一张卡片，上面写着：“此卡是一位一小时能跑十英里的人留下的，我将永远不回来了。”
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