先秦笑话的主要目的在于说理,两汉笑话的目的是娱乐与说理并重,魏晋笑话的主要目的则在于娱乐。下面是小编带来的简短英语笑话带中文，欢迎阅读!
A Bad Impression
My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasn't clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard myseven-year- old, Lucy, cry out in frustration at her five-year-old sister, Charlotte, "You, you... you editor!"
Notes:
1 impression n.印象
2 absorb v.吸收知识等
3 overhear v.偶然听到
4 frustration n.挫折
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正T、F：
① The woman and her husband are both journalists.
② The parents try to educate their children during dinner.
③ Lucy is the youngest of the children.
④ Lucy had a quarrel with Charlotte.
⑤ To Lucy, "editor" means a bad person
坏印象
我丈夫和我都是作家。晚夕谈话中，我们经常给孩子们谈到我们的工作。没人清楚他们听懂了多少。直到有一天，我偶然听到七岁的女儿卢希烦恼地向她五岁的妹妹喊道：“你，你----你这个编辑!”
练习参考答案：
①F②T③F④T⑤T
简短英语笑话带中文阅读
Lose One Pound
I complimented one of my co-workers on having lost ten pounds. However, I couldn't resist bragging that when I was 17, 1 weighed 225 pounds and today I tip the scales at 224. 1 added, "That'snot bad for a man of my age."
Overhearing this, a woman remarked, "You mean to say it took you all this time to lose one pound?"
Notes:
1 compliment sb. on sth.v.恭维;称赞
2 brag v.自夸;夸耀
3 tip the scale at称量
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① How much had the man's co-worker lost in weight?
A. one pound
B. ten pounds
C. seventeen pounds
D. eleven pounds
② What was the man's attitude towards his cc,-worker having lost in his weight?
A. jealous
B. unconcerned
C. admiring
D. worried
③ How much did the man weigh when he was 17?
A. 224 pounds
B. 225 pounds
C. 223 pounds
D. 222 pounds
④ "Tip the scales at" in paragraph one possibly means_____ .
A. weigh
B. make a tip for scales
C. weigh more than
D. weigh less than
⑤ How did the man feel on his losing one pound?
A. disappointed
B. proud
C. ashamed
D. puzzled
减掉一磅
我称赞我的一个同事减肥10磅。可是，我禁不住夸耀说我17岁时，体重225磅，而目前体重是224磅。我还说：“这对我这样年龄的男子来说，是不错的。”
一个女子听到了这些话，她说道：“你是说你花了这么长时间才减了1磅?”
练习参考答案：
①B②C③B④A⑤B
简短英语笑话带中文学习
Older Goats in America
A group of Americans were traveling by tour bus through Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through the process of cheese making, explaining that goats' milk wasused.
She showed the group a lovely hillside where many goats were grazing. These, she explained, were the older goats put out to pasture when they no longer produced. She then asked, "What do youdo with your older goats in America?"
A spry old gentleman answered, "They send us on bus tours!"
Notes:
1 hillside n. 山坡
2 graze v.指牛羊等吃青草
3 put out 把…送到外面去
4 pasture n.牧场
5 spry adj.活泼的
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正T、F：
① The group of Americans were traveling by train.
② They visited a cheese farm.
③ The young guide told them that cattle milk was used to make cheese.
④ Older goats were put out to pasture when they no longer produced milk.
⑤ The old gentleman was making a joke.
美国老羊
一群美国人乘长途汽车在荷兰旅游。他们在一个奶酪场停下来。一位年轻的导游带他们参观了奶酪制作的全过程，解释说用的是羊奶。
她指给这群人一个美丽的山坡，山坡上许多羊在吃草。对这些，她解释说，是放逐草地的老羊，它们已不能再产奶。她然后问道：“在美国你们怎样处理老羊呢?”
一位活泼的老绅士回答说：“他们让我们乘车旅行!”
练习参考答案：
①F②T③F④T⑤T
