轻松趣味英语故事四则

轻松趣味英语故事四则

轻松趣味英语故事：生日来临之际

For her 82nd birthday，I surprised my grandmother with a birthday greeting signed by the President. Upon request，this service is available to seniors

over 80.When I asked grandma how she

felt receiving a card from the White House，she had a ready answer. "There's no privacy in this country any more,"she said. "They even keep track

of your birthday. "

我奶奶过82岁的生日时，我送给她一份惊奇的礼物—一张由总统签名的生日贺卡。

根据规定，80岁以上的老年人可得到此项服务。当我问奶奶收到来自白宫的贺卡有何感想时，她毫不犹豫地回答说:“在这个国家，再也没有隐私了，他们就连你的生日都追踪着。”

轻松趣味英语故事：同辈的压力

My teen-age son，Chad，and nine of his friends came home one night with newly pierced ears. When his grandmother heard about it，she asked him why he did it.”Peer

pressure," Chad told her.

一天晚上，我十几岁的儿子查理，带着九个朋友回到家，他们都扎了耳朵眼儿。当儿

子的奶奶听说了这件事时，她问我儿子为什么要这样做，查理告诉她:“是同辈的压力。”

"You should be a leader instead of a follower，”Grandma said.

奶奶说：“你应该做个领头的，”

"I was,"he replied. "It was my idea.”

“我是个领头的。”他回答说：“这是我的主意。”

轻松趣味英语故事：问候语

As a clerk at a university post office,I was greeting patrons with a "Hello"or "Good morning".When a Spanish exchange student approached the counter，I happened to say,"How's it going?"

作为一个大学邮局里的职员，我总是对那些光顾者这样打招呼“你好”或“早上好”。当一位西班牙的交换学者来到我的柜台时，我偶然这样招呼了一句"How is it going?"

Laying his foreign mail in front of rne，he replied,"Airmail."

他把要寄往外国的邮件放在我面前说:“寄航空。”

轻松趣味英语故事：证明

A woman came into our bank to get a check cashed，but she didn't have an account with us. When I asked her for some identification, she showed me several charge cards，her Social Security card

and a library card. I told her we needed a driver's license，but she didri t have one.

一位妇女来到我们银行想兑换一张支票，但她在我们这儿没建立帐户。当我问她要证明材料时，她把社会保险卡、图书卡拿给我看。我告诉她我们要看她的驾驶证，她说她没有。

"Don't you have something with your picture on it?"I asked.

“难道你就没带照片的东西吗?”

"Oh, sure,"she said as she flipped to a family photo in her wallet. "That's me in the back row. "

“噢，有啊，”她边说边从钱包里拿出一张合家照，“站在后排的那个就是我。”

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