英语笑话

　Mr.and Mrs.Taylor had a seven year old boy named Pat.Now Mrs.Taylor was expecting another child.
　　Pat had seen babies in other people"s houses and had not liked them very much，so he was not delighted about the news that there was soon going to be one in his house too.
　　One evening Mr.and Mrs.Taylor were making plans for the baby"s arrival.“This house won"t be big enough for us all when the baby comes，”said Mr.Taylor.
　　Pat came into the room just then and said，“What are you talking about？”“We were saying that we"ll have to move to an other house now，because the new baby"s coming，”his mother answered.
　　“ It"s no use，”said Pat hopelessly.“ He"ll follow us there.”

　　泰勒夫妇有一个七岁的男孩，名叫帕特。现在泰勒太太正怀着第二胎。
　　帕特在别人家看见过婴儿，他不太喜欢他们，所以他对自己家里也将有一个婴儿的消息感到不满。
　　一天晚上，泰勒夫妇正在为这个婴儿的降生计划做安排。泰勒先生说：“有了婴儿，我们的房子就太小，不够住了。”
　　帕特恰好在这个时候走进屋，他问：“你们在说什么？”他的母亲回答说：“我们在说我们现在得搬家，因为婴儿就要诞生了。”
　　“那没用，”帕特绝望地说。“他会跟我们到那儿去的。”

Sammy prayed every night for two weeks, asking God for ＄100. When he got no response, he thought it would be a good idea to write to God and see if that worked. The post office received the letter addressed to “God, Los Angeles.” They decided that it would be best to just forward the letter to the mayor. The mayor read the letter and thought it was cute, so he asked his
secretary to send the boy ＄10, thinking the boy would think that was a lot of money for a little boy. When Sammy got the money, he was so excited that he sat down immediately to write a thank-you letter. “Dear God,” he wrote, “Thank you very much for the money you sent. I guess it is to be expected but I thought you should know this: When you sent it through City Hall, the government deducted ＄90.”

两周以来萨米每天都祷告，让上帝给他100美元。因为没得到反应，他想给上帝写一封信是个好主意，看看是否奏效。邮局的人看到信上写的地址是“洛杉矶，上帝收”。他们决定最好把信交给市长。市长看了信觉得写信人很可爱，于是让他的 秘书给男孩寄了10美元。心想对一个男孩来说，10美元也不少了。 萨米收到钱的时候，非常激动，立刻坐下来写感谢信。 “亲爱的上帝，”他写道：“感谢你给我寄来的钱。我想这正是我期待的，但是我想你应该知道：当你寄来的钱 通过市政厅的时候，政府扣除了90美元。”