外国英语趣味故事三则

　　在日常繁忙的生活，也不要忘记了放松自己。下面学习啦小编为大家带来外国英语趣味故事，希望大家喜欢!

　　外国英语趣味故事：金婚纪念日

　　A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Their domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town. A local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of their long and happy marriage.

　　一对夫妇正在庆祝他们的金婚纪念日，他们多年平静的生活，成为小镇上流传的佳话，一个小报记者要求采访他们这段长久而幸福的婚姻的秘密。

　　"Well，it dates back to our honeymoon,”explained the man. "We visited the Grand Canyon and took a trip down to the bottom on the canyon by pack mule. We hadn’t gone too far when my wife's mule stumbled. My wife quietly said, ‘That's once' .We proceeded a little further and the mule stumbled again. Once more my wife quietly said, `That's twice.’We hadn't gone a half一mile when the mule stumbled the third time. My wife quietly removed a revolver from her pocket and shot the mule dead. I started to protest over her treatment of the mule when she looked at me and quietly said, `That's once'.”

　　“这要从我们的蜜月说起，”男的说，“我们去旅行了大峡谷，而且用骡子驮着行李走到了谷底，我们没有走多远，我妻子的骡子就跌倒了，妻子平静地说:‘这是一次’。我们继续走远了一些，骡子又跌倒了，我妻子又平静地说:‘这是第二次’。我们又走了不到半里，骡子第三次跌倒，我妻子从背包里拿出了手枪，射死了那头骡子。始想去阻止她这样对待那头骡子，可她看着我平静地说‘这是第一次。”

　　外国英语趣味故事：休息喝咖啡的时间

　　A blonde was recently hired at an office. Her first task was to go out for coffee. Eager to do well her first day on the job, she grabbed a large thermos and hurried to a nearby coffee shop. She held up the thermos and the coffee shop worker quickly came over to take her order. She asked, "Is this big enough to hold six cups of coffee?" The coffee shop worker looked at the thermos, hesitated a few seconds, then finally replied, "Yeah. It looks like about six cups to me.”

　　一个办公室里最近来了一位金发女孩，她的第一项任务就是出去买咖啡。她想第一天上班就出色地完成任务，于是抓起了一个大保温瓶，迅速地跑向附近的咖啡店。见她手举保温瓶，咖啡店的店员马上走过来帮她订咖啡，女孩问:“这个能盛下6杯咖啡吗?”店员看了看暖瓶，迟疑了一下说:“我看能盛下6杯。”

　　"Oh good!” the blonde sighed in relief. "Then give me two regular, two black, and two decaf.”

　　“啊，太好了!”女孩放心的叹了口气。“好，那就给我两杯黑咖啡，两杯普通的咖啡，两杯德卡夫咖啡……”

　　外国英语故事：期末考试

　　Maxine, the platinum blonde, reported for her final examination which consisted of Yes/No answers. She took her seat in the examination hall, stared at the question paper, and then in a bit of inspiration, took a quarter out of her purse. She started tossing the coin and marking the answer sheet" Yes" for heads and "No" for tails. Within 30 minutes she was all done whereas the rest of the class was still sweating it out. During the last few minutes of the exam period，Maxine frantically started flipping the coin again.

　　麦西尼有一头银白色秀发，正在参加期末考试，试卷上的题目只有“对”和“不对”两种答案。她在考场里坐了下来开始答卷，这时她灵机一动，从钱包里拿出了一枚两角五分的硬币，往上抛硬币，出现正面就填“对”，反面就填“不对”。只用了30分钟的时间，她就做完了，而此时别的同学还在冥思苦想。但离考试完毕还有最后几分钟时，麦西尼又开始疯狂地抛硬币。

　　The moderator, concerned about what she was doing, stopped by her desk and asked if she was ok.

　　监考官对她的所作所为很好奇，便走到她的桌旁，问她是否有问题。

　　"Oh yes, I' m fine. I finished the exam a half hour ago一but,”explaining the frantic coin tossing, "I' m going back through and checking my answers!”

　　“我还好，半小时前我就答完了，现在我想从后往前的再检查一遍。”她这样解释抛硬币的原因。