英語典故

『壹』 英語故事

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the st.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the st and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

【譯文】

一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：「我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。」然後他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土裡去。

他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然後他說：「今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。」

他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。

不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。

『貳』 英語故事

幾年前的一個炎炎夏日，在美國佛羅里達州南部，有個小男孩為貪圖涼快，決定去自家房子後面一個形成已久的深水潭中游泳。

因為迫不及待地想投入到清涼的水中，他飛快地從後門跑了出去，邊跑邊脫掉鞋子，襪子和襯衣，把它們隨手拋在了身後。他一頭扎進了水裡，絲毫沒有意識到自己游往潭中心的同時，一隻美洲鱷也正在朝岸邊游來。

小男孩的母親當時在屋子裡透過窗子向外看著，發現那隻美洲鱷正向她的孩子步步逼近。她極度驚恐起來，一邊迅速奔向水潭，一邊聲嘶力竭地朝自己的孩子呼喊著。

聽到她的呼喊，小男孩才猛然意識到了危險，立即掉頭向岸邊的母親游去。可這時已經無濟於事。他的手勉強剛夠到他的母親，鱷魚也已經接觸到了他。

母親在岸上拚命地拽緊兒子的手臂，而此時美洲鱷也死死地咬住孩子的腿不放。為了爭奪小男孩，母親和鱷魚之間儼然展開了一場讓人難以置信的拔河較量。美洲鱷的力氣顯然要比母親強大得多，但是母親挽救兒子的堅定信念讓她無論如何也絕不放手。就在這萬分危急的關頭，一位農夫恰巧駕車經過，一聽到孩子母親的尖叫便飛速從卡車上跳下，瞄準鱷魚並開槍將其射殺。

值得慶幸的是，經過在醫院數周的搶救治療，小男孩居然存活了下來。鱷魚兇殘的襲擊在他的腿上刻下了觸目驚心的傷痕。不僅如此，他的雙臂上也留下了深深的抓痕，那是在生死關頭母親為了牢牢抓住摯愛的兒子，以至於手指甲都掐入了兒子的肉中所留下的。

事後，這位死裡逃生的小男孩接受了一位報社記者的采訪。當記者問他是否願意讓大家看看他身上的傷疤時，小男孩挽起了自己的褲腿，腿上深深的疤痕暴露無遺。緊接著，他滿臉自豪地告訴記者，「大家還是看看我的手臂吧，我的手臂上也有好多傷疤呢。這是媽媽不放開我，在救我的時候留下的。」

看了這個小男孩的故事後，人們都能感同身受。其實我們每個人身上都有傷疤。只不過並不是被鱷魚咬的，或任何如此戲劇性事件所造成，而是過往的痛苦經歷所留下的。那些傷疤是如此難看，讓人深感懊悔。但是，我的朋友，你可曾想過有些傷口是一些不想放棄你的人造成的。在你掙扎的過程中，那些愛你的人為了拉住你，才在你身上留下了這些傷疤。

在人生之路上，有時我們會愚蠢地步入危險的境地，全然不知前方是什麼情況。生活的水潭危機四伏--而我們總忘了潛在的敵人在伺機而動。當較量開始的時候--如果你的手臂上有愛的傷疤，你應該心懷感激，因為在你的生命中有人不曾也永遠不會放棄你。

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house.

In a hurry to dive into the cool water， he ran out the back door， leaving behind shoes， socks， and shirt as he went. He flew into the water， not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake， an alligator was swimming toward the shore. His mother - in the house was looking out the window - saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In utter fear， she ran toward the water， yelling to her son as loudly as she could.

Hearing her voice， the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her， the alligator reached him.

From the dock， the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the mother， but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by， heard her screams， raced from his truck， took aim and shot the alligator.

Remarkably， after weeks and weeks in the hospital， the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the vicious attack of the animal and， on his arms， were deep scratches where his mother『s fingernails g into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.

The newspaper reporter who interviewed the boy after the trauma， asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then， with obvious pride， he said to the reporter， 『；But look at my arms.I have great scars on my arms， too. I have them because my mom wouldn『t let go.『；

You and I can identify with that little boy. We have scars， too. No， not from an alligator， or anything quite so dramatic. But， the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret.

But， some wounds， my friend， are because God has refused to let go. In the midst of your struggle， He『s been there holding on to you.

The Scripture teaches that God loves you.

If you have Christ in your life， you have become a child of God.

He wants to protect you and provide for you in everyway.

But sometimes we foolishly wade into dangerous situations. The swimming hole of life is filled with peril - and we forget that the enemy is waiting to attack. That『s when the tug-of-war begins - and if you have the scars of His love on your arms be very， very grateful.

He did not - and will not - let you go.

『叄』 一個著名的英語故事

The Picture of Dorian Gray

a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is greatly impressed by Dorian's physical beauty and becomes strongly infatuated with him, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Talking in Basil's garden, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that the only thing worth pursuing in life is beauty, and the fulfilment of the senses. Realising that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian cries out, wishing that the portrait Basil has painted of him would age rather than himself. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, subsequently plunging him into a series of debauched acts. The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul, with each sin being displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through a sign of aging. Finally, when Dorian saw his picture, he could not stand the ugliness the picture has revealed. He stabbed the picture, and also has killed the real Dorian Grey.

道林·格雷的畫像(奧斯卡·王爾德)

天生漂亮異常的道林格雷因見了畫家霍華德給他畫的真人一樣大的肖像，發現了自己驚人的美，又聽信了亨利爵士的吹噓，開始為自己韶華易逝，美貌難久感到痛苦，表示希望那幅肖像能代替自己承擔歲月和心靈的負擔，而讓自己永遠保持青春貌美。他的這個想入非非的願望後來卻莫名其妙的實現了。他開始揮霍自己的罪惡，最後這幅肖像卻成為了記錄惡行的證據，他因肖像而生也因肖像而死。

個人很喜歡的一個很戲劇性的故事。

『肆』 希臘神話中的典故中英文

1、Pandora』s box(潘朵拉的盒子) ：普羅米修斯(Prometheus)為人類盜來了天火，激怒了宙斯(Zeus)。Zeus決定懲罰人類，於是他命令火神造出一個美貌的女人 Pandora，讓她去勾引Prometheus的弟弟埃比米修斯(Epimetheus)。結果Epimetheus上當，接近了 Pandora，Pandora於是就將手中的盒子打開，放出了裡面的罪惡、災難、疾病、不幸，只留下了「希望」在盒子里。於是Pandora』s box就成了「災難的根源」的代名詞。

2、the sword of Damocles(達摩克利斯之劍)：Damocles是敘拉古王朝的一位大臣，非常羨慕帝王的榮華富貴。一天，國王讓他坐在王位上，在 Damocles的頭上用一根頭發懸一把利劍，告訴他王權的危險就象那把劍一樣，隨時可能降臨。因此the sword of Damocles就成了「富貴中隱藏的危險」的同義語，也可以指形勢危急，千鈞一發。

3、Damon and Pythias ：Damon和Pythias是好朋友。Pythias出事被判了死刑，為了使他能夠回家探視親人，Damo留在牢中作人質，如果Pythias不按時返 回，就處死Damon。當期限滿，臨處刑之際，Pythias及時趕回。國王深受感動，將二人全部釋放，因此，Damon and Pythias意思就是「生死之交」。

4、Penelop』s web：源自史詩《奧德賽》(Odyssey)。泊涅羅珀(Penelop)是奧底修斯(Odysseus)的妻子，以忠貞而著稱。特洛伊戰爭持續 了十年，Odysseus在返家的途中又耽擱了十年。在這漫長的二十年中，許多王公貴族向Penelop求婚，她都托辭說必須等織完布後才能予以考慮，一 到晚上，她又將白天織好的布再拆開。因此Penelop』s web就成了一項永遠也完不成的工作。

5、apple of discord：意思是「不和的根源、發生糾紛的事端」。佩琉斯和忒提斯舉行婚禮時忘記了邀請不和女神厄里斯(Eris)。這位女神大為惱火，留下 一個刻有「獻給最美者」的金蘋果，引起了雅典娜、赫拉和阿芙羅狄忒的紛爭。此事導致漫長的特洛伊戰爭(Trojan War)。

(4)英語典故擴展閱讀：

希臘神話文獻記載

最早的幾部參考文獻當推荷馬的兩部史詩：《伊利亞特》和《奧德賽》。除此之外的這方面的史詩都被歸結到了《史詩集成》，但這些作品到現今基本已經全部不可靠了。盡管這部合集原來的名字稱為「荷馬贊歌」，但其實際上和荷馬沒有任何關系，它們實際上是從被稱為抒情詩時期早期流傳下來的贊美詩。

荷馬基本同期的詩人赫西俄德在其作品《神譜》中全面的記錄了關於世界的形成，眾神，提坦和巨人的起源的早期希臘神話以及詳細的族譜。

赫西俄德的《工作與時日》系統地記錄了當時農耕生產的知識，表現了平靜而優美的農村生活場景。其中包括了對普羅米修斯，潘多拉以及五個時代的描寫。這些詩篇給予了在那個危險的時期最好生活方式的建議和全貌。

參考資料：網路-潘多拉魔盒

『伍』 有什麼英語故事

Love Between Two Dummies
兩個啞巴的愛情

He is a mute, Although can understand others speech, Cannot say own actually feeling. She is his neighbor, The girl who is bound by a common destiny with the grandmother.
He really looks like an elder brother, Leads her to go to school, Accompanies her to play, Listens to her chirp with a smile grasps the speech.
He only uses the hand signal and she converses, Possible she to be able to read his each look. Gazes at in her vision from elder brother, She knew he has likes oneself.
他是個啞巴，雖然能聽懂別人的話，卻說不出自己的真實感受。她是他的鄰居，和外婆相依為命。
他的確像個哥哥一樣，領著她上學，陪著她玩耍，含笑聽著她唧唧喳喳的講話，領會她話中的意思。
他只用手語和她交談，而她能明白他的意思，可能她能讀懂他的每一個表情。從他注視她的目光里，她知道他對自己心有所屬。
Afterwards, She finally tests went to college, Extremely happy, He then starts to go all out to make money, Then sends continuously for her. She has not rejected.
Finally, She has graated, Started the work. Then, she said firmly to him that, 「Elder brother, I must marry to you!」 He looked like only the frightened rabbit to escape, again is not willing to see her, how regardless of she does entreat.
Do you think i pity you? Do you think i appreciate you? no, i've fallen in love with you since i was12。But, She can not obtain his reply.
後來，她終於考上了大學，開心極了。他卻開始拚命掙錢，然後不斷地寄錢給她供她讀書。她並沒有拒絕。
終於，她畢業了，參加了工作。這時，她堅定地對他說：「哥，我一定要嫁給你！」他卻害怕得像一隻受驚的兔子一樣，唯恐避之不及，無論她怎樣哀求，他再也不願見她了。
她對他說：「你以為我是同情你嗎？想對你報恩嗎？不是，我12歲時就愛上你了。」可是，她得不到他的答復。
One day, She has been admitted to the hospital suddenly. He has scared, Runs looks at him. Doctor said, In her throat steadily a lump, Although has excised, Destroyed the vocal cord actually, Possibly again also could not deliver the speech. On hospital bed, Her tearful eyes dance gaze he, Therefore they married.
Very many years, Nobody listens to them to deliver a speech. They use the hand, With pen, Converses with the look, Shares is joyful and is sad. They became have loved the object which the men and women envied. The people said,That pair of how happy mute husbands and wives!
Love could not prevent god of death arrival, He abandoned her to walk first.
The people feared she cannot undergo loses lover's attack to comfort her。By now, She takes back gazes at his portrait after-image the ll crazy vision, Opens the mouth to say suddenly that,「He walked.」
The rumor has revealed ............
有一天，她突然住進了醫院。他嚇壞了，跑去探望她。醫生說，她喉嚨里長了一個腫塊，盡管已經被切除了，聲帶卻意外被破壞了，可能她再也講不了話了。病床上，她淚眼蒙矓的注視著他，於是，他們結婚了。
很多年過去了，沒有人聽他們講過一句話。他們用手、用筆、用眼色交談，分享著生活中的喜悅和悲傷。他們成了男男女女羨慕的一對愛侶。人們說，「那一對啞巴夫妻多麼幸福啊！」
但愛情阻擋不了死神的降臨，他離開了她，先去了那個世界。人們擔心她經受不住失去愛侶的打擊，紛紛來安慰她。到這時，她收回注視著他遺像的獃痴迷失的目光，突然開口說了句：「他還是走了。
謊言已經被揭穿了……

『陸』 英語哲理小故事

讓孩子閱讀一些簡單的幼兒英語故事，確實是一個很不錯的補充學習，也能夠極大的提高孩子的學習興趣，讓幼兒時期的孩子能夠有一個英語方面很好的啟蒙。下面給大家分享一則幼兒英語故事簡單閱讀的小故事，家長們可以讀給孩子們聽一下。

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這時兔子知道狐狸並沒有死，他就以最快的速度跑開啦。

幼兒英語故事簡單分享到這里。當然有趣的故事還有很多，家長們可以去阿卡索外教網了解更多的故事。

『柒』 英語故事

英語幽默小故事：

West Point

My father, brother and I visited West Point to see a football game between Army and Boston College. Taking a stroll before kickoff, we met many cadets in neatly pressed uniforms. Several visting fans asked the recruits if they would pose for photographs, "to show our son what to expect if he should attend West Point."

One middle-aged couple approached a very attractive female cadet and asked her to pose for a picture. They explained, "We want to show our son what he missed by not coming to West Point."

父親、哥哥和我到西點軍校去觀看一場陸軍與波士頓大學之間的橄欖球賽。開始之前，我們到處轉了轉，碰到許多穿著整齊制服的學員。幾名遊客問新兵是否願意擺出軍姿來讓他們攝。「好讓我們的兒子知道，如果他到西點軍校來學習會得到什麼。」

一對中年夫婦走近一名非常漂亮的女學員，問她是否願意擺個姿勢照相。他們解釋說：「我們想讓兒子知道他沒來西點軍校錯過了什麼。」

(6)Present for Girlfriend

At a jewelry store, a young man bought an expensive locket as a present for his girlfriend. "Shall I engrave her name on it?" the jeweler asked.

The customer thought for a moment, and then said, "No-engrave it 『To my one and only love『. That way, if we ever break up, I can use it again."

送給女友的禮物

在一家珠寶店裡，一位年輕人買了一個貴重的小金盒作為送給女友的禮物。「要我把她的名字刻在上面嗎?」珠寶商問道。

那名顧客想了一會兒，然後說道：「不--在上面刻『給我唯一的愛』。這樣，如果我們鬧崩了，我還可以再用到它。」

Be Careful What You Wish For

A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day.

During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one wish each.

The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her hand, and Boom! She had the tickets in her hand.

Next, it was the husband『s turn. He paused for a moment, then said shyly, "Well, I『d like to have a woman 30 years younger than me."

The fairy picked up her wand, and Boom! He was ninety.

慎重許願

一對結婚25周年的夫妻在慶祝他們六十歲的生日。他們恰好在同一天出生。

慶祝活動中，一位仙女出現了。她說，由於他們是已經結婚25年的恩愛夫妻，因此她給許給這對夫妻每個人一個願望。

妻子想周遊世界。仙女招了招手。「呯!」的一聲，她的手中出現了一張票。

接下來該丈夫許願了。他猶豫片刻，害羞地說，「那我想要一位比我年輕30歲的女人。」

仙女拾起了魔術棒。「呯!」，他變成了90歲。

Wood Fire

One woman lectured her best friend on the nature of the male animal. "Husbands are like wood fires; they go out if left unattened."

"Does that mean," asked the other, "that they make ashes of themselves?"

森林之火

一名婦女向她最好的朋友大談雄性動物的特性：「丈夫們就像是森林裡的火，一不注意，他們就會燃燒起來。」

「那是不是意味著，」另一個問道，「他們將自己燒成灰燼?」

Best Reward

A naval officer fell overboard. He was rescued by a deck hand. The officer asked how he could reward him.

"The best way, sir," said the deck hand, "is to say nothing about it. If the other fellows knew I『d pulled you out, they『d chuck me in."

最好的獎賞

一名海軍軍官從甲板上掉入海中。他被一名甲板水手救起。這位軍官問如何才能酬謝他。

「最好的辦法，長官，」這名水手說，「是別聲張這事。如果其他人知道我救了您，他們會把我扔下去的。」

Napoleon Was Ill

Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his examinations, and he was told that he would have to leave the university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.

"He『s a good boy," said Jack『s father, "and if you let him pass this time, I『m sure he『ll improve a lot next year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well."

"No, no, that『s quite impossible," replied the professor immediately. "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, he didn『t know!"

"Please, sir, give him another chance," said Jack『s father. "You see, I『m afraid we don『t take any newspaper in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill."

拿破崙病了

傑克到一所大學去學歷史。第一學期結束時，歷史課教授沒讓他及格。學校讓他退學。然而，傑克的父親決定去見教授，強烈要求讓傑克繼續來年的學業。

「他是個好孩子，」傑克的父親說：「您要是讓他這次及格，我相信他明年會有很大進步，學期結束時，他一定會考好的。」

「不，不，那不可能，」教授馬上回答。「你知道嗎?上個月我問他拿破崙什麼時候死的，他都不知道。」

「先生，請再給他一次機會吧。」傑克的父親說：「你不知道，恐怕是因為我們家沒有訂報紙。我們家的人連拿破崙病了都不知道。」

He Was Only Wrong by Two

Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an Amercian college, and he was always trying to find good players, but they weren『t always smart enought to be accepted by the college.

One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the dean of the college and asked that the student be allowed to enter without an examination. "Well," the dean said after some persuasion, "I『d better ask him a few questions first."

Then he turned to the student and asked him some very easy questions, but the student didn『t know any of the answers.

At last the dean said, "Well, what『s five times seven?"

The student thought for a long time and then answered, "Thirty-six."

The dean threw up his hands and looked at the coach in despair, but the coach said earnestly, "Oh, please let him in, sir! He was only wrong by two."

他的得數只比正確答案多二

傑克霍金斯是美國一所學院的橄欖球隊教練，他竭力想物色好球員。但是好球員學業不行，院方不願錄取。

有一天，教練帶著一位優秀的年輕球員去見院長，希望院方同意他免試入學。經過一番勸說後院長說：「那我最好先問問他幾個問題。」

然後他轉向學生，問了幾個非常簡單的問題。可是那個學生一個也答不上來。

最後院長說：「那麼，五乘七得多少?」

學生想了很久，然後回答說：「三十六。」

院長攤開雙手失望地看了看教練。可是教練認真地說，「噢，錄取他吧，先生。他的答案只比正確答案多二。」

Real Play

When I taught the introction-to-theater course at North Dakota State University, I required my students to attend the university theater『s current proction and write a critique. After viewing a particularly fine performance, one student wrote: "The play was so real, I thought I was actually sitting on my couch at home, watching it on television."

逼真的戲劇

我在北達科他州立大學教戲劇入門課時，要求學生們去看學校劇團當時的演出，並寫一篇評論。看了一場極為精彩的演出後，一名學生寫道：「這部戲劇是如此逼真，以致於我認為我自己是坐在家裡的沙發上，從電視上看到的。」

A Fine Match

One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mouse, so she ran out of the house, got into a bus and went to the shops. There she bought a mousetrap. The shopkeeper said to her, "Put some cheese in it and you will soon catch that mouse."

The lady went home with her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in it. She did not want to go back to the shop, because it was very late, so she cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap.

Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese!

勢均力敵

有一天某位女士看到一隻老鼠在自家的廚房地板上竄過。她很害怕老鼠，所以她沖出屋子，搭上了公共汽車直奔商店。在那兒，她買了一隻老鼠夾。店主告訴她：「放點乳酪在裡面，很快你就會逮住那隻老鼠的。」

這位女士帶著鼠夾回到家裡，但她沒有在碗櫥里找到乳酪。她不想再回到商店裡去，因為已經很晚了。於是，她就從一份雜志中剪下一幅乳酪的圖片放進了夾子。

令人稱奇的是，這畫有乳酪的圖片竟然奏效了!第二天早上，這位女士下樓到廚房時，發現鼠夾里乳酪圖片旁有一張畫有老鼠的圖片!

Gardening Gloves

For months I hinted that I needed a new wedding ring, since I had developed an allergy to gold. On my birthday, while I was gardening, my husband asked me for gift suggestions. I held my hands up and said, "Well, you『ll notice that my hands are bare."

Later that evening I opened my present with enthusiasm. "Happy birthday," he said, as I unwrapped a new pair of gardening gloves.

園藝手套

幾個月以來，我一直在向丈夫暗示我需要一枚新的結婚戒指，因為我對黃金有點過敏。生日那天，我正在干園藝活時，丈夫問我想要什麼禮物。我舉起雙手說：「嗯，你肯定看到了，我的兩手都是光光的。」

那天晚上，我滿懷熱情地拆開了丈夫送的禮物。「生日快樂!」他說。我打開一看：裡麵包著一雙園藝手套。

Warning

Several weeks after our son began his freshman year at Alma College in Michigan, my husband and I decided to visit him. I was careful to call him a few days in advance to "warn" him that we would be coming. When we arrived at the dorm, however, I was taken aback by the disarray of his room. "Forgot we were coming, didn『t you?" I teased.

"Are you kidding?" he replied, "Why else would I have bothered to clean?"

提醒

我們的兒子是密歇根州阿爾馬大學的新生，開學幾個星期之後，我和丈夫決定去看看他。我特意提前給他打電話，「提醒」他我們將光臨。但是當我們來到宿舍時，他的房間凌亂不堪，我非常吃驚。「忘了我們要來，是吧?」我取笑他。

「開什麼玩笑?「，他回答說，「要不我憑什麼費神打掃?」

Ground Rules

One of my favorite teachers at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau was known of his droll sense of humor. Explaining his ground rules to one freshman class, he said, "Now I know my lectures can often be dry and boring, so I don『t mind if you look at your watches ring class. I do, however, object to your pounding them on the desk to make sure they『re still running."

基本原則

位於吉拉多海角的密蘇里東南州立大學有一位我非常喜歡的老師，他奇特的幽默感很是出名。在對一個新生班級講解他的基本原則時，他說：「我知道我的講課可能經常會枯燥乏味，了無生趣，所以如果你們在上課時看錶我並不介意。不過我堅決反對你們將表在課桌上猛敲看它們是不是還在走。」