The class is studying astronomy1. The teacher points to a photograph, and says,
“Does anyone know what this is? It's a comet2.”
“A what? ”
“A comet, Edie. Don't you know what a comet is?”
“No.”
“Don't you know what they call a star with a tail?”
“Sure. Mickey Mouse3.”
1. astronomy n．天文学
2． comet n．慧星
3． Mickey Mouse 米老鼠
The teacher is asking an arithmetic1 question:
“Frank, if you found three dollars in your right pocket and two dollars in your left pocket, what would you have?”
“I'd have somebody else's pants2 on.”
1. arithmetic n．算术
2． pants n．裤子
The teacher is asking a geography question:
“Mary, where is the English Channel?”1
“I don't know. We can't get it on TV.”
1． English Channel 英吉利海峡，
此处老师提问意指英吉利海峡，
下文的回答理解成了“英文频道”。
The psychiatrist1 was asking questions to test his patient.
“Do you ever hear voices without knowing who is speaking or where the voices are coming from?”
“Yes, sir, I do.”
“And when does this happen?”
“When I answer the telephone.”
1．psychiatrist n．精神病医师
A man in a restaurant said to a stranger sitting at the next table,
“Do you realize that you are reading your newspaper upside down1?”
“Of course I realize it. Do you think it's easy?”
1．upside down 颠倒
The teacher asked a student, “John, name two pronouns1.” John, who suddenly woke up, said, “Who, me?”
1．pronoun n．代词
The teacher said, “Today we will review our tenses. Now, if I say 'I am beautiful', what tense is it?” A student replied, “Obviously the past tense.”
A drunk walked up to a man and asked, “What time is it?” The man said, “It's 11 o'clock.” The drunk said, “I must be going crazy. All day long I keep getting different answers.”