经典笑话英汉对照阅读

她说，"让那不勒斯成为意大利的首都吧。"

  Her mother interrupted and said. "Julie, why do you want God to make Naples the capital of Italy?"

  妈妈打断她的话说："朱莉叶，为什么求上帝让那不勒斯成为意大利的首都呢？"

  And Julie replyed, "Because that's what I put in my geography exam!"

  朱莉叶回答道："因为我在地理考卷上是这样写的。"

 

 

  That's Why 原来如此

 

  Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them. They said, "This boy's going to be famous when he's little older, and then we're going to sell these pictures for a lot more money."

  吉米三岁开始画画，五岁时已经画得很好了。他画了很多美丽而有趣的画，人们出高价购买。他们说，"这个孩子长大一点肯定会出名，我们可以靠这些画大赚一笔。"

  Jimmy's pictures were different from other people's because he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.

  吉米的画与众不同。因为他从来不在整张纸上作画。他只画一半的纸，而另一半他总空着。