英语趣味小故事

英语趣味小故事卖扫帚的人和理发师

A man who sold brooms went into a barber’s shop to get shaved. The barber brought one of his brooms. After he had shaved him, he asked for the price of the brooms.

一个卖扫帚的人去理发店修面。理发师从他那里买了一把扫帚。当理发师给他修面后，理发师问了一下他扫帚的价格。

“Two pence,” said the man.

卖扫帚的人说：“两个便士。”

“No, no,” said the barber. “I will give you a penny, and if you don’t think that is enough, you may take your broom back!”

“不，不。”理发师说：“ 我只出一个便士，如果你认为不够的话，可以把扫帚拿回去。”

The man took it and asked what he had to pay his shave.

卖扫帚的人拿回了扫帚，随后问修面要付多少钱。

“A penny,” said the barber.

“一便士。”理发师说。

“I will give you a half penny, and if that is not enough, you may put my beard on again.”

卖扫帚的人说：“我给你半个便士，如果不够的话，请把我的胡子还给我。”

英语趣味小故事两只狗

A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog.

有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看家狗。

He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house.

他训练猎狗帮他打猎，教看家狗守家。

When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat.

当猎人打了一天猎回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很生气。

The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.”

它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”

“Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers.

看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。”你应该去责备主人。