131、Gift

A husband and wife were shopping when the wife said, "Darling, its my mother's
birthday tomorrow. What shall we buy for her? She would like something electric."
The husband replied, "How about a chair?"

礼物

丈夫和妻子正在购物。妻子问道：“亲爱的，明天是我母亲的生日。我们为她买什么呢？她喜欢带电的东西。”
丈夫回答：“一把电椅如何？！？”
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132、I'm Sorry, You Have the Wrong Number

Mrs Jones' telephone number was 3463, and the number of the cinema in her town was 3464, so people often made a mistake when they wanted the cinema.

One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Jones answered it. A tired man said, "At what time does your last film begin?"
"I'm sorry," said Mrs Jones, "but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema."
"Oh, it began twenty minutes ago," said the man. "I'm sorry about that. Goodbye."

Mrs Jones was very surprised, so she told her husband. Mr Jones laughed and said, "The man's wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard HIM, but she didn't hear YOU. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy!"

我很抱歉，你拨错号了

约翰太太家的电话号码是3463，而他们镇上的电影院的号码是3464，所以经常有人打错电话到他们家。

一天晚上电话响了，约翰太太接听电话。电话里传来疲惫的男声：“你们最后一场电影几点开始？”
“我很抱歉，”，约翰太太说，“你拨错号了，这里不是电影院。”

“噢，二十分钟前已经开始了。”那个男声继续说，“我很遗憾，再见。”

约翰太太十分惊奇，所以她把这件事告诉了她丈夫，约翰大笑道：“那位妻子想去看电影，但那位先生很累，所以他打电话给电影院，他妻子只听见他的话，听不见你的话。这样他们今晚将留在家中，那位先生一定非常开心。”