1) Customer: Do you serve crabs(螃蟹) here?
Waiter: We serve anyone, sit right down.
(serve: a.招待;b. 提供,供應(yīng))
2) A: What would happen if an eye doctor came into the classroom?
B: He'd check the pupils.
(pupil: a. 瞳孔; b. 小學(xué)生)
3) Passenger: Is this my train?
Conductor: No, sir. It belongs to the railway company.
Passenger: Don't be funny. Can I take this train to New York?
Conductor: No, sir, it's much too heavy.
(take: a. 搭乘; b. 拿走)
4) Mother: Your hair needs cutting badly.
Daughter: I think it needs cutting nicely, it was cut badly last time.
(badly: a. 非常; b. 壞)
5) Customer: Waiter, I'm in a hurry. Will the girdle cakes(烙餅) be long?
Waiter: No, sir, round.
(long: a. 長(zhǎng)時(shí)間; b. 長(zhǎng)的)
6) A: What's the matter with your thumb (大拇指)?
B: I hit the wrong nail.
(nail: a. 指甲; b. 釘子)
7) A: I have a job in a watch factory.
B: What do you do?
A: Just stand around and make faces.
(make face: a. 制造表盤;b. 作鬼臉)
8) A: I think your son is spoiled.
B: I completely disagree with you.
A: Well, come out and see what a steam roller just did to him.
(spoil: a. 傷害; b. 寵壞)
9) Dinner: Waiter, this soup is spoiled.
Waiter: Who told you.
Dinner: A little sallow.
(swallow: a. 吞咽; b. 小燕子)
10) A: What has eighteen legs and catches flies?
B: A baseball team.
(fly: a. 蒼蠅; b. 棒球中的飛球)
11) Teacher: What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
Student: Because it never sits down to eat.
(lean: a. 傾斜; b. 瘦弱)
12) A: Which runs faster, heat or cold?
B: Heat runs faster, because you can easily catch cold.
(cold: a. 冷;b. 與catch一起表示“感冒”)
13) A: What trees does fire have no effect on?
B: Ashes.
(ashes: a. 白蠟樹,桉樹; b. 灰燼 )
14) A: Why doesn’t a carpenter(木匠) believe there is a stone?
B: Because they never saw one.
(saw: a. 看見; b. 鋸)
15) A: Why is a restless man in bed like a lawyer?
B: Because he lies on one side, then turns around and lies on the other.
(lie: a. 躺著; b. 撒謊)
16) A: Why are tall men lazy?
B: Because they lie long.
(lie long: a. 長(zhǎng)時(shí)間睡; b. 躺下時(shí)顯得長(zhǎng))
17) Jugde: Tell me why you parked there.
Driver: Because, Your Honor, it said “Fine for Parking”
(fine: a. 好的; b. 罰款)
18) Teacher: Tommy, you missed school yesterday, didn't you?
Tommy: Not a bit, teacher!
(miss: a. 想念; b. 錯(cuò)過,缺課)
19) A: My uncle kissed me.
B: How nice! Did you kiss him back, dear?
A: Of course not. I kissed his face.
(back: a. 回復(fù); b. 后背)
20) A: Tom, you know you can't sleep in class.
B: I know, sir. But maybe I could, if you were a little quieter.
(can’t: a. 不許;b. 沒法,不能)
21) A: Why did the man put wheels on his rocking chair?
B: Because he wanted to rock and roll.
(to rock and roll是跳搖滾舞。但在這兒,搖rock 的是rocking chair,滾 roll的是 wheels。這就造成了一句雙關(guān)的趣味。)
22) A: At what time of day was Adam born?
B: Just before Eve.
(Eve: a. 晚間; b. 夏娃)
23) A: How many feet are in a yard?
B: It depends on how many people are standing in it.
(feet: a. 英尺; b. 腳)
24) A: What kind of man can raise things without lifting them?
B: A farmer. He can raise pigs, chickens and so on without lifting them.
(raise: a. 提高,使升高; b. 喂養(yǎng))
25) A: What is the hardest thing about learning to ride a bicycle?
B: The ground.
(hard: a. 難的; b. 硬的)
26) A: What's the hardest thing about learning skating?
B: The ice.
(hard: a. 難的; b. 硬的)
27) A: Why do some old people never use glasses?
B: They must like bottles very much.
(glasses: a. 眼鏡; b. 玻璃杯)
28) A: Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington?
B: Because he's dead.
(Washington: a. 人名; b. 地名)
29) A: Why is an empty matchbox the best thing to have in the world?
B: Because it is matchless.
(matchless: a. 沒有火柴的;b. 舉世無雙的)
30) A: Why did Little Tom put his brother's guitar in the refrigerator?
B: Because he enjoyed cool music.
(cool: a. 酷的; b. 冷)
31) A: What stays hot even if put in a fridge?
B: Pepper.
(hot: a. 辣的; b. 熱的)
32) A: What month do soldiers hate?
B: March
(March: a. 三月; b. 行軍)
33) A: Why is an empty purse always the same?
B: Because there is no change in it.
(change: a. 零錢; b. 變化)
34) A: What book has the most stirring chapters?
B: A cook book.
(stirring: a. 動(dòng)人的; b. 攪拌的)
35) A: What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy?
B: Drink well water.
(well: a. 井水; b. 健康的)
36) A: How do we know the ocean is friendly?
B: It waves.
(wave: a. 起波浪; b. 招手致意)
37) A: Why is the library the highest building?
B: It has the most stories.
(story: a. 故事; b. 樓層)
38) A: What do lawyers do when they die?
B: Lie still.
(lie still: a. 靜靜地躺著; b. 仍然撒謊)
39) A: What’s the difference between the North Pole and the South Pole?
B: The whole world.
(difference: a. 不同; b. 差距)
40) A: What is the difference between the rising and setting sun?
B: A day.
(difference: a. 不同; b. 差距)