（一）An Entrance Examination
　　In an entrance examination of a conservatory of music, the teacher asked one of the young men, “What is the most important physiological quality of a musician?”
　　“To be deaf,” replied the young man.
　　“Nonsense!” said the teacher angrily.
　　“Why, sir! Don’t you know that the most famous musician Beethoven was deaf?” the young man asked in reply disdainfully.
　　
　　一次入学考试
　　在一次音乐学院的入学考试中，老师问一位应试的小伙子：“音乐家最重要的生理素质是什么？”
　　“耳聋。” 小伙子回答说。
　　“胡说！” 老师愤怒地说。
　　“怎么啦，先生！您难道连大名鼎鼎的音乐家贝多芬是个聋子都不知道吗？”小伙子轻蔑地反问道。
　　
　　（二）An Unexpected Answer
　　Teacher: What do elephants have that no other animals have?
　　Pupil: Little elephants.
　　出乎意料的回答
　　老师：什么东西只有大象才有，其它动物没有？
　　学生：小象。
　　
　　
　　（三）Responsible
　　Teacher: I need a responsible child to fetch me something.
　　Lydia: I’ll go. Every time something happens at home, my dad says I’m responsible!
　　
　　负责
　　老师：我需要一个负责的孩子去替我拿一些东西。
　　莉迪亚：我去。每次家里出了什么事，爸爸都说应该由我负责。
　　
　　（四）Doreen’s Handwriting
　　Teacher: Doreen, I told you to write out this poem twenty times because your handwriting is so bad, and you’ve only written it out seventeen times.
　　Doreen: My arithmetic is bad as well, Miss…
　　
　　多琳的书法
　　老师：多琳，我让你把这首诗抄写二十遍，因为你的字写得太糟糕了，你却只写了十七遍。
　　多琳：老师，我的算术也不好……