第一则：聪明的儿子
One day, the father lets eight-year-old son send a letter. The son took the letter. The father then remembered he didn't write address and addressee's name on the envelope.
After the son comes back, the father asks him: "You have thrown the letter into the mail box?"
"Certainly."
"You didn't notice that the envelope does not have address and addressee's name on it?"
"I certainly saw nothing written on the envelope."
"Then why didn't you take it back?"
"I thought that you did not write address and addressee, because you wouldn't let me know to whom you send the letter!"
有一天，父亲让八岁的儿子寄信。儿子接过信。父亲这时才想起他没有在信封上写地址与收件人名称。
儿子回来后，父亲问他：“你已经把信塞进信箱了吗?”
“当然。”
“你没注意到信封上没有地址和收件人的名字吗?”
“我当然看到信封上什么也没有。”
“那你为什么不把它拿回来?”
“我还以为你不写地址和收信人是因为你不想让我知道你要将这封信寄给谁!”
第二则：谨遵医嘱
Brown: I'm sorry to see you so unwell. Have you seen the doctor?
Jack: Yes. I'm having three baths a day.
Brown: What for?
Jack: Don't know, doctor's orders. He gave me some medicine and told me to follow the directions on the bottle, which read: "One tablespoonful to be taken three times a day in water."
布朗： 见到你身体这么不好真令人难过。你去看过医生吗?。
杰克：看过了，我现在一天洗三次澡。
布朗：为什么? 杰克：我也不知道，这是医生的嘱咐。他给了我一些药并告诉我要按照药瓶上的说明去做。说明上面写着“一天三次在水中服一汤匙。
