英语笑话

319　Intelligent Life 有智慧的生命

It was a celebratory mood at NASA—they had just made the most important achievement of a lifetime. As they were uncorking a bottle of champagne, the head scientist at NASA asked everyone to be quiet as he was receiving a congratulatory phone call from the President of the United States. He picked up a special red phone, and spoke into it. “Mr. President,” he said with a broad smile on his face, “After twelve years of hard research and billions of dollars spent, we have finally found intelligent life on Mars.” He listened for a second, and his smile gradually disappeared, replaced by a frown. He said, “But that's impossible... we could never do it... yes, Mr. President,” and hung up the phone. He addressed the crowd of scientists staring at him curiously. “I have some bad news,” he said, “the President said that now that we've found intelligent life on Mars...he wants us to try to find it in the Congress.”

在美国航空航天署到处都充满了喜庆的气氛。他们刚刚取得了一生中最重要的成就。正当他们要打开香槟酒的时候，美国航空航天署的首席科学家让大家安静，因为他正要接美国总统打来的贺电。他拿起一个专门的红色电话，满脸笑容地说：“总统先生，经过12年的刻苦研究，花费了几十亿美金，我们终于在火星上找到了有智慧的生命。”他听了一会儿，笑容渐渐消失了，皱起了眉头。他说：“不过，这不可能……我们永远都做不到……是，总统先生。”说完挂上了电话。他对一大帮好奇地盯着他看的科学家们说：“我告诉大家一个坏消息。总统说，因为我们已经在火星上找到了有智慧的生命，他希望我们在国会里也能找到。”