1、Part-time Job
兼職工作
When my son was a high-school sophomore, he gota part-time job sacking groceries at a came home all smiles.
我兒子在一所中學讀二年級時，在一家超級市場找到了一份包裝食品的兼職工作。他滿面笑容地回到了家。
"How was your first day?" I asked.
“第一天感覺如何?”我問。
"It was great, Dad," he replied. "I got to talk to somegood-looking girls."
“好極了，爸爸。”他答道，“我跟許多漂亮的女孩子說話了。”
Since Stephen is not very talkative, I asked, "What did you say to them?"
由於斯蒂芬不善言談，我問道：“你跟她們說了些什麼?”
"Do you prefer paper or plastic?"
“你是喜歡紙包裝還是塑料包裝?”
2、Too Much
太濃了
I used to have a job painting clown faces on childrenat a flea market. Each day when I arrived, I'd paintmy own face first. One morning as I examined mymakeup in the rest room, I was pleased that myclown white looked even, my mouth and nose shonea suitably garish red, and my bright purple eyebrowsformed perfect triangles. I also noticed a woman at asink nearby watching me and shaking her headdisapprovingly. Finally, on her way out, she tappedmy shoulder and whispered, "Too much!"
我曾經在跳蚤市場有一份工作，就是把孩子們的'臉化妝成小丑。每天來之後，我都要把自己的臉先化好妝。一天早上，我在洗手間檢查我化妝的情況，看到自己裝扮小丑的白色妝化得很均勻，嘴巴和鼻子上閃著耀眼的紅色，恰到好處，鮮亮的紫色眉毛呈完美的三角形，我高興極了。可我也注意到盥洗槽旁邊有個女人，她一直看著我，還不以為然地搖著頭。最後，她要出去的時候，拍拍我的肩膀，對我悄悄地說道：“太濃了!”
3、Early Shopping
It was Christmas and the judge was in a benevolentmood as he questioned the prisoner. "What are youcharged with?" he asked.
時值聖誕節，所以法官在審訊犯人時動了惻隱之心。
“你為什麼被控告?”他問道。
"Doing my Christmas shopping early," replied thedefendant.
“我聖誕節購物太早了。”被告回答。
"That's no offense," replied the judge, "How earlywere you doing this shopping?"
“這並沒有犯法。”法官回答：“你多早就去購物了?”
"Before the store opened," countered the prisoner.
“商店還沒開門呢。”犯人回答道。