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轻松幽默英语故事 ：要否结婚 Uncle Frank, at 79, was a healthy and wealthy man, a lifelong bachelor. He courted a lot, he said, but never boiled over-just simmered. On a whim, he decided to take a trip around the country to look up nearly a dozen old girlfriends. Upon his return he exclaimed, Whew! Thank goodness I never married any of those women - Theyre all widows now! 弗兰克叔叔七十八岁了，富有而健康。他是个终生单身汉。他曾追求过很多女孩，但“从不过热----见好就收”。一天他突发奇想，决定四处走走，去看看他那些接近一打的旧时女友。 他回来即叹道：“嘘!谢天谢地幸亏我没娶那些女人中的任何一个。如今她们都成寡妇了!” ：广告 After a beautiful purebred puppy wandered onto our back porch and made himself at home, my husband composed an ad for the Lost and found column of the local newspaper. It read: A puppy, male, approximately nine months old, no collar, very friendly, found on Rockbridge Road. I feared all the detail might encourage an unscrupulous person to claim the dog. As I methodically explained why each clue revealed too much, my husband dutifully crossed out the words. Finally, in frustration, he rewrote the ad, reducing it to a single sentence that I couldnt refute. It read: Guess what I found? 一只漂亮的纯种狗来到我们的后门廊并已此为家了。我丈夫为当地的“失物招领”栏目构思了一则广告。它是这样写的：“小狗，雄性，近九个月年龄，无项圈，很友善，发现于石桥路。” 我害怕这样的细节会给那些昧着良心要狗的人以可乘之机。我有条不紊地解释为什么每个线索都透露得太多，我丈夫就尽职地划去一些词。终于，出于为难，他重新写了广告，把它缩为一个我无法反驳的句子。 它是这样写的：“猜猜我发现了什么?” ：我要让她发疯 Mrs. Flinders decided to have her portrait painted. She told the artist, Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets and a ruby pendant. But youre not wearing any of those things. I know, said Mrs. Flinders. Its in case I should die before my husband. Im sure hed remarry right away, and I want her to go nuts looking for the jewelry. 福林德斯夫人决定让人给她画肖像。她告诉那位肖像画家说：“画我带着钻石耳环、钻石项链、祖母绿手镯，还有红宝石垂饰。” “但你现在没带这其中的任何一样饰品。” “我知道。”福林德斯夫人说，“万一我先我丈夫死去，我肯定他会立刻再婚。我要让那个女人为寻找这些珠宝而发疯。” ：报丧方式 Pulling alongside our drive-up bank window, a woman was not happy with her position. So she backed up and pulled