16篇英語小幽默-幫助學(xué)生提高學(xué)習(xí)興趣

1、16篇英語小幽默，幫助學(xué)生提高學(xué)習(xí)興趣1. Star struck（追星族）I have been star struck since I was a little girl, so I was delighted and practically speechless not long ago when I spotted the actor Ernest Borg nine walking in my direction on New Yorks Fifth Avenue. Why, youre Ernest Borg nine! I managed to blurt out. Yes, h

2、e said, nodding politely, I know.2. Keep the ChangeOne sweltering day, I was scooping ice cream into cones and told my four children they could buy a cone from me for a hug. Almost immediately, the kids lined up to make their purchases. The three youngest each gave me a quick hug, grabbed their cone

3、s and raced back outside. But when my teen-age son at the end of the line finally got his turn to buy his ice cream, he gave me two hugs. Keep the changes, he said with a smile.3. PersistenceReturning from a golf outing, my husband was greeted at the door by Sara, our four-year-old daughter. Daddy,

4、who won the golf game? You or Uncle Ritchie? Uncle Ritchie and I dont play golf to win, my husband hedged. We just play to have fun. Undaunted, Sara said, Okay, Daddy, who had more fun?4.TreatAs a rookie in the Atlantic City, N.J., Police department, I was assigned a beat on the boardwalk. Hardly a

5、day went by when I didnt come upon a child who had become separated from his parents.One afternoon, I spotted a small boy standing alone, obviously lost. I tried to gain his confidence - I took him to the nearest ice-cream stand and bought him a cone. Time passed with no sign of the boys parents, so

6、 the next step was to call for a patrol car to take him to headquarters. I told the small fry to stay put while I went to the call box. When I returned, he was nowhere in sight. Within minutes, the car arrived, and one of the patrolmen asked me where the child was. I felt stupid; its humiliating to

7、say youve lost a lost child. But I told the officers what had happened and gave a description of the boy. What did you treat him? asked one of the men. An ice-cream cone. Why? Because, answered the officer, that kid lives only a few blocks from here, and youve about the fifth rookie hes conned for a

8、 treat!5. Bedtime PrayersJulie was saying her bedtime prayers. Please God, she said, Make Naples the capital of Italy. Make Naples the capital of Italy. Her mother interrupted and said. Julie, why do you want God to make Naples the capital of Italy? And Julie replied, Because thats what I put in my

9、geography exam!6. Im GladA Sunday-school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad. Now, children, she said, has anyone of you ever made someone else glad? Please, teacher, said a small boy, Ive make someone glad yesterday. “Well done. Who was that! My granny. Good boy. Now

10、 tell us how you made your grandmother glad. Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, ad stayed with her three hours. Then I said to her, Granny, Im going home. and she said, Well, Im glad!7. ImitationA schoolboy went home with a pain in his stomach. Well, sit down and eat your tea, said his mo

11、ther. Your stomachs hurting because its empty. Itll be all right when youve got something in it. Shortly afterwards Dad come in from the office, complaining of a headache. Thats because its empty, said his bright son. Youd be all right if you had something in it.8. I Taught the TeacherMother asked h

12、er little boy, Darling, what did the teacher teach you today? Nothing, Mum, answered the son proudly, instead, she asked me how much one plus two was, and I told her three.9. A Baby SisterNurse: Dont you like your new baby sister, Johnnie? Johnnie: Shes all right, but I wish she had been a boy. Will

13、ie Smith had got a new sister, and now hell think Im trying to copy him.10. Lucky MotherA young mother believed that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughter her tea before putting her to bed. First she gav

14、e her a slice of fresh brown bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well. Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, When I was a small girl like you, Lucy, I was always given either bread and butter, or bread an

15、d jam, but never bread with butter and jam. Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and then said to her kindly, Arent you pleased that youve come to live with us now? 11.A Problem in ArithmeticBill is a good student and an intelligent boy. He likes to study arithmetic, and

16、 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

17、. But I dont 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 wroth five cents, then five apples are worth four cents, four apples are worth

18、 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 m

19、an looked at the young boy with such surprise that he could not say a word.12. A Family RuleMr. and Mrs. Jones very seldom go out in the evening, but last Saturday, Mrs. Jones said to her husband, There is a good film at the cinema tonight. Can we go and see it? Mr. Jones was quite happy about it, s

20、o they went, and both of them enjoyed the film. They came out of the cinema at 11 oclock, got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Then Mrs. Jones said, Look, Bill. A woman is running along the road very fast, and a man is running after her. Can you see them? Mr. Jones said, Yes

21、, I can. He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her, Can we help you? No, thank you, the woman said, but she did not stop running. My husband and I always run home after the cinema, and the last one washes the dishes at home!13. Thats WhyJimmy started painting when he was three years old

22、, 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 boys going to be famous when hes little older, and then were going to sell these pictures for a lot more money. Jimmys pictures were di

23、fferent from other peoples because he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty. Thats very clever, everyone said, Nobody else does that! One day somebody bought one of Jimmys pictures and then said to him, Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you

24、 paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the top half? Because Im small, Jimmy said, and my brushes dont reach very high.14.A Trip to DisneyOn a trip to Disney World in Florida, my husband and I and our two children devoted ourselves wholeheartedly to the wonders of this attraction. Af

25、ter three exhausting days, we headed for home. As we drove away, our son waved and said, Good-by, Mickey. Our daughter waved and said, Good-by, Minnie. My husband waved, rather weakly, and said, Good-by, Money.15. Things Have Been OkayA young couple was becoming anxious about their four-year-old son, who had not yet talked. They took him to specialists, but the doctors found nothing wrong with him. Then one morning at breakfast the boy suddenly blurted, Mom, the toast is burned. You talked! You talked! Shouted his mother. Im