英文幽默笑话：无礼的问题

 Impudent¹ Questions 

　　A little girl from the East Side was invited to a garden party given by a very aristocratic lady to a group of little East-Siders. 

　　The little girl, as she drank her tea and ate her plum-cake on a velvet² lawn under a white-blooming cherry tree, said to her hostess: 

　　Does your husband drink? 

　　Why-er-no, not to excess, was the astonished reply. 

　　How much does he make? 

　　He doesn't work, said the lady. He is a capitalist. 

　　You keep out of debt, I hope? 

　　Of course, child. What on earth do you mean by all these impudent questions? 

　　Impudent? said the little girl. Why, Ma'am, Mother told me to be sure and behave like a lady, and when ladies call at our rooms they always question Mother like that. 

　　无礼的问题 

　　一个住在城东贫民区的小女孩获得邀请，参加一位贵妇人为城东贫民区的孩子们举行的花园晚会。 

　　在一棵开满了白色小花儿的樱桃树下，小女孩坐在柔软的草地上，一边品尝着她的茶和梅子蛋糕，一边对贵妇人说：你的丈夫酗酒吗？ 呃，呃，不，他喝得不多。夫人一脸惊诧。 

　　他挣多少钱？ 

　　他不工作，夫人回答说，他是个资本家。 

　　我希望你们没有负债吧？ 

　　当然没有，孩子。你问这么些无礼的问题到底是想说什么呢？ 

　　无礼？小女孩说，怎么会呢，夫人？妈妈要我的举止一定要象夫人们一样，当她们到我们家做客的时候，她们总是那样问我妈妈的。

1 impudent   

adj.鲁莽的，卑鄙的，厚颜无耻的

参考例句：

• She's tolerant toward those impudent colleagues.她对那些无礼的同事采取容忍的态度。
• The teacher threatened to kick the impudent pupil out of the room.老师威胁着要把这无礼的小学生撵出教室。

2 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。