I Will Help My Father
　　Jim: Tom, will you go out for a walk after supper?
　　Tom: No. I will have to stay at home.
　　Jim: Why?
　　Tom: I will help my father to do my homework.
　　我要帮助我父亲
　　吉姆：汤姆，晚饭后出去散步好吗？
　　汤姆：不行，我得待在家里。
　　吉姆：为什么？
　　汤姆：我得帮我父亲做我的作业。
　　
　　The Importance of a Second Language
　　A mother mouse and her baby were running across a floor when they heard a noise. It was a cat. The mother mouse and her baby stood still and the mother called out in her loudest voice, “Meow Meow!”
　　The cat ran away. Then the mother mouse turned to her baby and said, “You see, my child, how important it is to know a second language!”
　　第二种语言的重要性
　　鼠妈妈和她的孩子正穿过楼板时听到一个声音，那是一只猫。它们都呆住不动，鼠妈妈以最大的嗓门叫道：“喵喵！”那只猫跑开了。鼠妈妈对她的孩子说：“看见了吧，孩子，掌握第二种语言是多么重要！”
　　An Awkward Situation
　　One of the guests turned to a man by his side and criticized the woman who was singing.
　　“What a terrible voice! Do you know who she is?”
　　“Yes,” the man answered. “She?蒺s my wife.”
　　Oh, I beg your pardon. Of course her voice isn?蒺t bad. I wonder who wrote the awful song?
　　 “I did,” was the answer.
　　 尴尬的处境
　　一位客人扭身对他旁边的一个男人批评正在唱歌的那个女人。“多糟糕的嗓子，你知道她是谁吗？”
　　“知道，”那个人回答。“他是我的妻子。”
　　“哦，对不起。当然她的嗓子不坏，但歌曲写得不好。也不知道是谁写的这么糟糕的歌曲？”
　　“是我，”那个人回答说。
　　
　　Two Birds
　　 Teacher： Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow.
　　Now who can tell us which is which?
　　 Student：I cannot point out but I know the answer.
　　 Teacher：Please tell us.
　　 Student：The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is
　　 beside the swallow.
　　两只鸟
　　老师：这儿有两只鸟，一只是麻雀，另一只是燕子，有谁能告诉我们哪只 是燕子，哪只是麻雀吗？
　　学生：我指不出，但我知道答案。
　　老师：请说说看。
　　学生：燕子旁边的就是麻雀，麻雀旁边的就是燕子。