英文幽默笑话：钓鱼

 Fishing 

　　Larry and Harry¹ drove 500 miles to go fishing. They paid a huge sum to rent a cabin, a similar about to rent a boat. They fished for three days and caught only one fish between them. 

　　On the way home, Harry fiddled² with a calculator while Larry drove. After an hour, Harry said, Do you realize that this one fish we caught cost us almost $2,000? 

　　Wow! Larry said, It's a good thing we didn't catch any more. 

　　钓鱼 

　　拉里和哈里驱车500英里去钓鱼。两人花了一大笔钱租了一间小屋，又花了差不多同样的钱租了一条船。两人钓了三天，只钓到一条鱼。 

　　在回家的路上，拉里开车，哈里拨弄着计算器。一小时后，哈里说：你可知道我们钓的这条鱼几乎用掉我们2000美元？ 

　　哇！拉里应答：幸亏我们没有多钓到鱼。

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 fiddled   

v.伪造( fiddle的过去式和过去分词 )；篡改；骗取；修理或稍作改动

参考例句：

• He fiddled the company's accounts. 他篡改了公司的账目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He began with Palestrina, and fiddled all the way through Bartok. 他从帕勒斯春纳的作品一直演奏到巴塔克的作品。 来自辞典例句