四减四等于几？
Lady first
A teacher asked her class：“Is the sentence‘The ox and the cow are in the fields’correct？”
Most of the children said：“Yes，it is all right!”
And only one little boy said：“No，it is not correct. The lady must be mentioned first.”
女士优先
一位老师问班上的学生：“公牛和母牛在田里”这个句子对吗？”
大多数学生回答说：“对，一点不错。”
只有一个小男孩说：“不对，应该先说女士。”
The biggest in the world
Peter dozed off while his teacher was talking.
Teacher：Peter! Tell us，what's the biggest in the world？
Peter：Well，well... eyelids...
Teacher：What？Eyelids？
Peter：Yes，sir. Because as soon as I shut my eyes，the eyelids cover everything of the world.
世界上最大的
老师正在讲课，彼得打起瞌睡来了。
老师：彼得！你说说，世界上什么最大？
彼得：这，这……眼皮……
老师：什么？眼皮？
彼得：是这样，老师，因为只要我闭上眼睛，眼皮就把世界上的一切东西都遮住了。
Father's John Hancock
Teacher：Tom，you haven't shown your parents the examination papers，have you？
Tom：Yes，I have，sir.
Teacher：But I can't find your father's John Hancock on the papers at all.
Tom：Here，sir. （showing his whipped arms to the teacher.）
父亲的亲笔签名
老师：汤姆，你没把你的考卷给你父母看，对吗？
汤姆：不，老师，我给他们看了。
老师：可是我在上面根本没找着你父亲的亲笔签名啊。
汤姆：在这里，老师。（向老师展示手臂上的鞭伤）
4-4=？
One day，the teacher inquired Peter：“How much is four minus four？” Peter was tongue-tied.
The teacher got angry and said：“What a fool! You see，if I put four coins in your pocket，but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out，now what is left in your pocket？”
“The hole.” replied Peter.
四减四等于几？
一天，老师问彼得：“４减４等于几？”彼得张口结舌答不上来。
老师生气地说：“真笨！比如我给你衣袋里装进４个硬币，可你衣袋上有个窟窿，硬币全从这里漏掉了，那么，你衣袋里还剩下什么？”
“还剩下个窟窿。”彼得答道。
A problem in arithmetic
Bill is a good student and an intelligent boy. He likes to study arithmetic，and he can do all of the arithmetic problems in his book easily.
One day on his way to school Bill passed a fruit store. There was a sign in the window which said，“Apple-Six for five cents.” An idea came to Bill and he went into the store.
“How much are the apples？” he asked the store.
“Six for five cents.”
“But I don't want six apples.”
“How many apples do you want？”
“It is not a question of how many apples I want. It is a problem in arithmetic.”
“What do you mean by a problem in arithmetic？” asked the man.
“Well，if six apples are worth five cents，then five apples are worth four cents，four apples are worth three cents，three apples are worth two cents，two apples are worth one cent and one apple is worth nothing. I only want one apple，and if one apple is worth nothing then it is not necessary for me to pay you.”
Bill picked out a good apple，began to eat it，and walked happily out of the store. The man looked at the young boy with such surprise that he could not say a word.
一个数学问题
比尔是一个好学生，也是个聪明的孩子。他喜欢学数学，课本上所有的数学问题他都能不费劲地解答。
有一天，在上学路上，比尔经过一家水果店。该店窗户上有个招牌上写着：“苹果——五美分六个。”比尔脑筋一转，进了店门。
“苹果怎么卖？”
“五美分六个。”
“但我不想要六个。”
“你想要几个？”
“这不是我想要几个的问题。这是个数学问题。”
“数学问题？你说这话是什么意思？”
“你看，如果六个苹果五美分，那么五个苹果四美分，四个苹果三美分，三个苹果二美分，二个苹果一美分，一个苹果就不要钱。我只要一个苹果，如果一个苹果一分钱也不要的话，那我也就没必要给你钱了。”
比尔拣了一个好苹果，开始吃了起来，然后兴高采烈地迈出了店门。那个售货员吃惊地望着这个小男孩，一句话也说不出来。
单词&词组
ox [Cks] n.公牛
cow [kau] n.母牛
eyelid [5ailid] n.眼睑
John Hancock 亲笔签名
minus [5mainEs] adj.（表示运算）减去，符号
leak out 漏出，渗出，泄露
arithmetic [E5riWmEtik] n.算术，计算
知道不知道
John Hancock为什么会有“亲笔签名”的含义？
原来在历史上，John Hancock是一个真实存在的人，是美国独立宣言中第一个签署的人。因为他在宣言上的签名特别明显，所以英文中的John Hancock就成了亲笔签名的代名词。所以，如果有人对你说Please put your John Hancock at the bottom of the paper的话，那就是请你在文件上留下亲笔签名哦。