一、
my little dog can't read
Mrs. Brown: Oh, my dear, I have lost my precious little dog!
Mrs. Smith: But you must put an advertisement in the papers!
Mrs. Brown: It's no use, my little dog can't read.
我的狗不識字
布朗夫人：哦，
親愛的，我把珍愛的`小狗給丟了！
史密斯夫人：可是你該在報紙上登廣告啊！
布朗夫人：沒有用的，我的小狗不認識字。”
二、
Two Birds
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which?
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.
Teacher: Please tell us.
Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.
兩隻鳥
老師： 這兒有兩隻鳥，一隻是麻雀。誰能指出哪隻是燕子，哪隻是麻雀嗎？
學生：我指不出，但我知道答案。
老師：請說說看。
學生：燕子旁邊的就是麻雀，麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。
三、
（1） A lady opened her refrigerator and saw a rabbit sitting on one of the shelves, "What are you doing in there?" she asked.
一位女士開啟冰箱門，發現一隻兔子坐在其中的一層隔板上，就問它：“你在那裡做什麼？”
The rabbit replied, "This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?"
兔子回答：“這是Westinghouse對不對？”（Westinghouse，西屋電氣公司）
The lady confirmed, "Yes."
女士確認道：“沒錯。”
"Well," the rabbit said,"I'm westing."
兔子說：“那就對了，我就是要往西邊去。”
（2） Rabbit: Are you sure this bottle of special carrot juice will cure me?
兔子：你確信這瓶特製胡蘿蔔汁能治好我的病？
Doctor: Absolutely. No rabbit ever came back for another.
醫生：當然咯，凡是喝過的兔子沒有一隻來要第二瓶的。
（3） Baby Rabbit: Mommy, where did I come from?
兔寶寶：媽咪，我是從哪兒來的呢？
Mother Rabbit: I'll tell you when you're older.
兔媽媽：等你長大點再告訴你。
Baby Rabbit: Oh, Mommy, please, tell me now.
兔寶寶：噢，媽咪，現在就告訴我吧，求您了。
Mother Rabbit: If you must know, you were pulled from a magician's hat.
兔媽媽：如果你一定要知道，那我告訴你你是從魔術師的帽子裡被拽出來的。
四、
He Won
Tommy: How is your little brother, Johnny? Johnny: He is ill in bed. He hurt himself.
Tommy: That's too bad. How did that happen?
Johnny: We played who could lean furthest out of the window, and he won.
他贏了
湯姆：約翰尼，你小弟弟好嗎？
約翰尼：他害病臥床了。他受了傷。
湯姆：真糟糕，怎麼回事兒？
約翰尼：我們做遊戲，看誰能把身子探出窗外最遠，他贏了。
五、
I Have His Ear in My Pocket
Ivan came home with a bloody nose and his mother asked, "What happened?"
"A kid bit me," replied Ivan.
"Would you recognize him if you saw him again?" asked his mother.
"I'd know him any where," said Ivan. "I have his ear in my pocket."
他的耳朵在我衣兜裡
伊凡鼻子流著血回到家裡。他媽媽問，“發生了什麼事？”
“一個男孩咬了我一口，”伊凡說。
“再見到他你能認出來嗎？”媽媽問。
“他走到哪裡我都能認出他，”伊凡說。“他的耳朵還在我衣兜裡呢。”