英文笑话【1】

TOM'S EXCUSE

Teacher: Tom, why are you late for school every day?

Tom: Every time I come to the corner, a sign says, "School-Go Slow".

汤姆的借口

老师：汤姆，您为什么每天上学迟到？

汤姆：我每次路过拐角，一个路标上面写着："学校----慢行。"

DID YOUR DAD HELP YOU?

One day, Tim's mathematics¹ teacher looked at his homework and saw that he had got all his sums² right. The teacher was very pleased-and rather surprised. He called Tim to his desk and said to him, "You got all your homework right this time, Tim. What happened? Did your father help you?"

"No, sir. He was too busy last night, so I had to do it all myself," said Tim.

你爸爸帮你了吗？

一天，蒂姆的数学老师看了他的作业，发现他全做对了。老师很高兴，同时也十分惊讶。他把蒂姆叫到桌前说："蒂姆，你这次的作业全都做对了，怎么回事？你爸爸帮你做了吗？"

"不，先生，我爸爸昨天很忙，我不得不全由自己做了。"

1 mathematics   

n.（用作单）数学；（用作单或复）计算(能力）

参考例句：

• He has come out in front in the study of mathematics.他在数学方面已名列前茅。
• She is working at a difficult problem in mathematics.她在做一道数学难题。

2 sums   

abbr.summons 传票n.总数( sum的名词复数 )；算术；金额；算术题（的解答）v.合计( sum的第三人称单数 )；总结，归纳；总计，计算…的总数（常与 up 连用）；集中（常与 up 连用）

参考例句：

• substantial sums of money 大笔大笔的钱
• My sums were wrong and I had to do them over. 我的总数错了，只好再算一遍。 来自《简明英汉词典》