英语幽默故事比赛英语作文（汇集20篇）

As was the common practice with the gods of Olympus,Zeus and Hermes were visiting the world in disguise．One day they came to a village．At a thousand house sthey knocked,and a thousand times they were refused rest and food and drink．At last they arrived at a humble cottage,where the old couple Baucis and her husband Philemon lived．Poor but at peace with world,they made the best of what life could offer them ,and felt truly grateful to the gods above．When the two travellers entered the hut,the old couple were glad with lively happiness．They offered their guests their best seat,and immediately set about preparing dinner for them．With no small difficulty they made fire,brought in a fresh cabbage,cut a fat piece of their long kept meat and put them over the fire to cook．The one single goose they were ready to kill for the visitors,but it was saved at the last minute by the guests．The dining bench was a makeshift ,poor and patched but the best they had．The table was supported by a brick．The feast was quite modest,eggs and wine and cot tage cheese,and a variety of newly pickedfruit．The old couple humbly waited on the visiting guests withsincere looks and eager goodwill．Moved at the hospitality ofthe house,the gods told their true identity．“We are gods”,saidZeus．“While the neigh bour hood pays the penalty for itswickedness you shall be free from misfortune．Coming along with us”．When they were near the top of the hill,Bancis and Phile mon looked back and saw all the village below covered by amarsh ,and that among the general ruin and destruction their old cottage alone survived,changed into a grand temple．At their request they were made the guardians of the sacred place of Zeus．When their span of worldly life came to an end they were turned into an ash and linden,standing side by side in front of the temple．

◆如果有一天大海里没有水了，鱼怎么办呢?

答：让小河里的水流到大海里去，再放点盐就变成大海了。(明白海水和淡水的区别呀!)

叫鱼学会在陆地上呼吸。(动物就是这样子进化的……)

◆小鸟的尾巴有什么作用?

答：可以盖屁股。(遮羞用的啊……)

跳舞的时候张开很好看。

◆小朋友的脸是干什么用的?

答：我的脸可以用来洗脸。(捶地……)

没有脸的话，舌头、牙齿、鼻子、眼睛和嘴巴都要露在外面了。

我的脸是给爷爷奶奶捏的。

◆人为什么不是蛋孵出来的?

答：小鸡有尖嘴巴，人没有尖嘴巴，我们没办法从壳里钻出来。

有翅膀的动物才会从蛋里孵出来。(这个倒有些道理。)

◆为什么小孩是从妈妈肚子里生出来的，而不是从爸爸肚子里生出来的?

答：爸爸肚子里都是啤酒，生出来的孩子都是醉的。

爸爸没有产假，妈妈有产假。(爸爸血溅三尺……)

爸爸是男的，如果生孩子，就会难产。(爸爸继续血溅三尺……)

◆爸爸为什么要刮胡子?

答：胡子长了喝稀饭不方便。

胡子长了会变成头发的。

◆有什么办法让胖子瘦下来，让瘦子胖起来?

答：瘦子多打拳击，胖子做靶。(胖子血溅三尺……)

叫胖子多喝点水，肚子就会变得很大很大，一按，就瘦了。(胖子继续血溅三尺……)

◆如果你家门口撞死一只兔子，你爸爸妈妈会怎么办呢?

答：我妈妈会把它送到医院的。

我爸爸会高兴地流口水。

◆怎么样让蚊子不叮我们呢?

答：请一个保姆在门口守着。(保姆血溅三尺……)

在身上涂点油，蚊子登上去就会滑掉。

身上涂点胶水，把蚊子粘在上面。

When we are chatting with our friends happily, suddenly if we are talking

about the awkward topic, we need to do something to change this situation, what

are we gonna do? The answer is using your humor to make things seem easy, and

then your friends won’t take your awkward topic seriously. Humor is very

important, it can adjust the atmosphere, making things work easily. Life needs

humor, without humor, life would be boring. Foreign people like to make friends

with humorous people, they can feel relax when they are chatting, while most

Chinese people are always taking things too seriously. I like to make friends

with humorous guys, they make me feel life is easy, and we should positive about

life.

作者：张家硕

昨天，我们全体五年级举行了第五届讲故事比赛，我们的心里很开心。

我们起床了以后在小广场听主任说进场顺序，听完以后我们就去五楼报告厅走去听别人讲故事了，我们每个班出场两个人，我们班出场的是王浩然和曲姿谕，让我最喜欢的是王浩然的，我喜欢的理由是王浩然说话又大又大方，不像曲姿谕说话有点小，王浩然选的故事是抗战时期少年岳飞的故事，王浩然说了当年岳母把岳飞生下来的时候不知给岳飞起一个什么名字，忽然天上有一只大鹏鸟飞过，岳母就知道起什么名字，就叫岳飞吧！

有一次岳家起了一次洪水就把岳家冲没了，后来他们又找到了一个地方建了一个家，岳飞家中从小家就贫穷，常常吃不起饭，有一次加个朋友想带着岳飞拦路抢劫，可是岳飞不想，众兄弟再三劝说可是岳飞还坚决不去，岳飞想等到岳母回来的时候告诉岳母，岳母知道后给岳飞说这种事情咱可干不了，不知过了多久日寇开始进攻岳飞呆在那个地方，月奴给岳飞说咱们怎么办呀？岳飞只说：“上场杀敌，金忠报国。”岳母要给岳飞的背上刻上金忠报国这四个字，让岳飞永远记住，岳母说完，岳飞就脱下上衣请岳母下针，岳母说：“你不怕痛吗？”岳飞又说：“有点痛我还克制不了我还怎么上场杀敌”说完岳母就刻了起来。

从那时起，金忠报国这四个字永远的留在岳飞的背上了。

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don‘t get it! You can‘t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.‘ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right, it‘s not that easy," I protested.

"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It‘s your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I‘d be twins. Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.

"Weren‘t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, ‘He‘s a dead man. " I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. ‘Yes,‘ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets!‘ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

有一天，萧伯纳应邀参加了一个丰盛的晚宴。席间有一青年在大文豪面前滔滔不绝地吹嘘自己的天才，好像自己天南海北样样通晓，大有不可一世的气概。

起初，萧伯纳缄口不言，洗耳恭听。后来，愈听愈觉得不是滋味。最后，他终于忍不住了，便开口说道：“年轻的朋友，只要我们两人联合起来，世界上的事情就无一不晓了。”

那人惊愕地说：“未必如此吧！”

萧伯纳说：“怎么不是，你是这样地精通世界万物，不过，尚有一点欠缺，就是不知夸夸其谈会使丰盛的佳肴也变得淡而无味，而我刚好明了这一点，咱俩合起来，岂不是无一不晓了吗？”

据古代印度佛经中讲，古时印度有一个小国，国王名叫镜面王。他每天都拜佛诵经，十分虔诚。可是，国内当时流行着很多神教巫道，多数臣民被它们的说教所迷惑，人心混乱，是非不明，很不利于国家的治理。

镜面王很想让其臣民们都归依佛教，于是就想出了一个主意：用盲人摸象的现身说法教育诱导他们。镜面王吩咐侍臣说：“你找一些完全失明的盲人到王城来。”使者很快就凑集了一群盲人，带领他们来到王宫。

使者走进宫殿向镜面王禀报说：“大王，您吩咐找的盲人现已带到殿前。”镜面王说：“你明天一早带领盲人们到象苑去，让他们每人只能触摸大象身体的一个部位，然后马上带他们来王宫前广场。”

第二天上午，镜面王召集所有的大臣和数万平民聚集在王宫前的广场上，沸沸扬扬的人们交头接耳，谁也不知道国王将要宣布什么重大的事情。不一会，使者领着盲人们来到了镜面王的高座前，广场上的人们顿时安静了下来。

镜面王向盲人们问道：“你们都摸到大象了吗？”盲人们齐声回答说：“我摸到大象了！”镜面王又说：“你们每个人都讲述一下大象是什么模样的！”摸到大象腿的盲人首先站出来说：“禀告圣明的国君，大象就像一只盛漆的大圆桶。”

摸到大象尾巴的盲人说：“大王，大象应该像一把扫帚。”摸到大象腹部的盲人说：“大王，大象确实像大鼓。”随后，摸到大象头部的说大象像大勺子，摸到大象牙的说大象像牛角，摸到大象尾巴后部的说大象像棍杖，摸到大象耳朵的则说大象犹如簸箕。

最后，摸到大象鼻子的盲人说：“圣明的大王，大象实在像一根粗绳索。”

一群盲人分成了几伙，吵吵嚷嚷，争论不休，都说自己正确而别人说的不对。他们又纷纷到镜面王前争辩说：“大王！大象的模样确实像我说的那样！”这时，在场的臣民见此都大笑不止，镜面王也意味深长地看着众人笑了起来。

I like to see American TV series so much, because not only the plot

attracts me so much, but also I can learn the English spoken language. Recently,

I fall in love with Two Broke Girls, it is so funny and makes me laugh happily.

Besides the humorous plot, I am also inspired by the characters’ spirit. Though

the two girls are poor and work as the waitress in the small restaurant, they

never give up their dreams. They make the plans for their dreams, even they meet

all kinds of difficulties, they are still positive about their future. I learn

things from them, I keep the positive attitude towards life.

今年四月到六月，我参加了20xx年“希望之星”英语风采大赛。这可是全国性的比赛哦！必须要闯过海选、市赛和省赛三关，才能去北京参加中央电视台的总决赛。

参加市赛的早上，我和妈妈坐车到了目的地。当时，太阳特别大，天特别热，而且人山人海。我们到了之后赶紧报到，接着就排队去比赛了。因为我是最后一个，等了好久才轮到我，裁判先让我抽图，准备看图说话，再自我介绍。我觉得自己前两个环节表现得挺好的，最后是回答问题，这个环节有点难，四个题中我只答出两个。紧接着裁判宣布结果，我心想：肯定有我！肯定有我！结果，真的有我！我拿了市赛一等奖，进入了省赛。

省赛的准备过程是非常艰难的，又是背台词，又是准备自我介绍，还有模拟考试。仅仅是看图说话环节，一训练就是一上午……

终于迎来了省赛。我怀着紧张的心情走进赛场，里面很安静，选手们都在努力地背词，我也不甘示弱。自我介绍环节，我们都做得非常好，看图说话环节就比较惨了，得知成绩后，我的心情非常低落，爸爸妈妈安慰我，要我别泄气，要我在下午最后一个环节加油，还特意给我复习了几遍演讲内容，我的心情又明朗起来。下午的比赛开始了，轮到我上场了，我站在台上，信心十足地完成了演讲，最后的分数还不错哦！

我的20xx年“希望之星”英语风采大赛结束了，虽然我没有踏上国赛舞台，但是我虽败犹荣！这个过程中，我见识到了那些高手们的厉害！我一定要好好学习英语！我一定会回来的！明年再战！

"我听说了你写的作品，想知道你是否愿意为我、为奥斯卡金像奖写一些笑料。你知道，我是本年的颁奖大会主持人，我想看看你有没有一些适合我扮演的笑话。"

这位记者又接着问道："那么，你又是如何把这些人培养得对你如此存在价值，以至于你情愿付给他们百万之巨的酬报呢?"

"我是在专门为你写脚本，霍普先生，"我说，"只是你不知道罢了。"

"我想出版诗集。"

但每一位作家也都必须意识到，每一个胡想的方针都有一个代价标签。通向财产胡想的途径不是收费的。要研究，要学习，要实践、实践、再实践；而最奇妙的---通常也是最快的---实现任何愿望的体例就是支出你的全部代价---实实在在地做。

在我的这段人生经历中，有两个有价值的财智启示了我，也是人们可以或许鉴戒并从中获告捷利的财智灵感：一是要让任何胡想变成现实都必须支出代价。因为胡想是有威力的，但只有当你通过研究、学习和尽力而使它们取得稳固时，富饶的胡想才干变成现实。第二，只要你尽力去做，就会达到你富饶的目标。

这种事情是我想也不敢去想的，但它仍是产生了。我拿起一个便笺簿和一支钢笔，走到我家的后院里，写了几百个对于以后电影、名人以及其他任何可以或许运用于奥斯卡的笑料。在写作的过程中，我自然而然地用上了我在那些年中通过研究鲍伯·霍普的喜剧气概学来的种种小技能。

这正是办理者对待员工的正确体例。不要去寻找他们身上的缺点、瑕疵和弊端，那不是我们的目标。我们是为了寻找发家的金子，而非矿渣；我们是为了寻找优点，而非长处。事实上，当我尽力地去寻找他们身上更多的"金子"时，我就能发明更多的"金子"---他们就取得了很是多的财产，我也取得了更多的财产。

一个年老的印度大师对总是抱怨的弟子感到厌倦了。有一天，他派他的弟子去买盐。弟子回来后，大师吩咐这个不快活的年轻人抓一把盐放在一杯水中，然后喝了它。

“味道如何?”大师问。

“苦。”弟子吐了口吐沫。

大师又吩咐年轻人抓一把盐放进附近的湖里。弟子于是把盐倒进湖里，老者说：“再尝尝湖水。”

年轻人捧了一口湖水尝了尝。大师问道：“什么味道?”

“很新鲜。”弟子答道。

“你尝到咸味了吗?”大师问。

“没有。”年轻人答道。

这时大师对弟子说道：“生命中的痛苦就象是盐；不多，也不少。我们在生活中遇到的痛苦就这么多。但是，我们体验到的痛苦却取决于我们将它盛放在多大的容器中。”

所以，当你处于痛苦时，你只要开阔你的胸怀……

不要做一只杯子，而要做一个湖泊。

十年浩劫中，有个造反派想把花园里的一盆花拿回家去，但不知道这盆花好不好，就去问那些“黑作家”们。

被专政的作家们不想理他，推说不如道。这个造反派火了，

指着赵树理说，“你也不知道?”

赵树理说：“我不是不知道，是不好说。我是黑帮，我说是香花，你们说是毒草;我说是毒草，你们说是香花…”

赵树理被批斗后受了伤，去门诊治疗。医生惊诧地问道：“

你就是作家赵树理?”

赵树理淡淡一笑说：“这个时候，谁还敢冒名顶替我呢?”

一只小象出门旅行，在路上碰到啦同样旅行的小猪。小象看着小猪，忍不住哈哈大笑着说：你的鼻子那么短，真是太好笑啦，太差劲啦，哈哈。小猪反驳道：笑个P啊，你鼻子那么长，就象脸上长个J8似的，还笑呢。两个小家伙互相嘲笑着前行，继续他们的旅行路程。

他们来到啦一颗苹果树前，又红又大的苹果挂满啦树冠膨大的苹果树。两只小家伙不禁口水横流，垂涎三尺。小象来到树下，用他的长鼻子轻松地将苹果击落下来。于是两只小家伙开开心心地吃起来。小猪边吃边说：原来你的鼻子也不是那么讨厌嘛，嘿嘿。

吃完苹果，他们继续前行。走着走着，他们来到啦一块番薯地。小猪说：看我的。说完，小猪用他的鼻子去拱地，拱啊拱啊，把埋在地下的番薯都拱啦出来。于是两只小家伙开开心心地吃起来。小象边吃边说：原来你的鼻子也不是那么差劲嘛，哈哈。

【哲理】不要总以为自己的才是最好的，不要总看到别人的缺点，要学会看到别人的优点，取长补短，学为己用。不要以为长的就是好的，有时候短的也不错哦。长的有充实感，短的有灵活性，各有各的好嘛。各位女性朋友，你们懂的.......

一天，齐宣王正坐在堂上看书，无意中看到堂下有个仆人正牵着一头浑身发抖的黄牛经过，宣王见了，放下书问道：“你这是干什么?要把牛牵到哪里去?”

仆役回答：“今天是祭祀日，杀牛祭钟。”

宣王看看那头牛哆哆嗦嗦的害怕样子，对仆役说：“放了它，寡人看它很可怜，不忍心杀死它，再说它也没有罪过就要送它去死，这有悖仁慈。”

仆役问道：“把牛放了，钟还要不要祭呢?”

宣王沉吟了一番说：“钟怎么能不祭?这样吧，杀一头羊来替牛祭钟。”

【大道理】：

以某一件物品去代替另一件物品，看起来是很善良的举动，但是实际上本质都没有发生改变。

春秋时代，越国有一位美女 名叫西施。她的美貌简直到了倾国倾城的程度。无论是她的举手、投足，还是她的音容笑貌，样样都惹人喜爱。西施略用淡妆，衣着朴素，走到哪里，哪里就有很多人向她行“注目礼”，没有人不惊叹她的美貌。

西施患有心口疼的毛病。有一天，她的病又犯了，只见她手捂胸口，双眉皱起，流露出一种娇媚柔弱的女性美。当她从乡间走过的时候，乡里人无不睁大眼睛注视。

乡下有一个丑女子，不仅相貌难看，而且没有修养。她平时动作粗俗，说话大声大气，却一天到晚做着当美女 的梦。今天穿这样的衣服，明天梳那样的发式，却仍然没有一个人说她漂亮。

这一天，她看到西施捂着胸口、皱着双眉的样子竟博得这么多人的青睐，因此回去以后，她也学着西施的样子，手捂胸口、紧皱眉头，在村里走来走去。哪知这丑女的矫揉造作使她原本就丑陋的样子更难看了。其结果，乡间的富人看见丑女的怪模样，马上把门紧紧关上；乡间的穷人看见丑女走过来，马上拉着妻、带着孩子远远地躲开。人们见了这个怪模怪样模仿西施心口疼在村里走来走去的丑女人简直像见了瘟神一般。

这个丑女人只知道西施皱眉的样子很美，却不知道她为什么很美，而去简单模仿她的样子，结果反被人讥笑。看来，盲目模仿别人的做法是愚蠢的。

The Christmas Tree——圣诞树的故事

Although it is generally agreed that the Christmas tree in its current form came from Germany in the early 19th century, the tradition of decorating a tree to mark winter celebrations dates back hundreds of years to Roman times, when they used to decorate evergreen trees with small pieces of metal to celebrate Saturnalia.

In medieval times the Paradise Play was performed every year on 24 December. This depicted the creation of Man and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and always included an evergreen hung with apples which represented the apple tree of temptation.

There is a legend that St Boniface, an English monk, came upon a group of pagans gathered around an oak tree who were preparing to sacrifice a child to the God Thor. In order to stop the sacrifice, and save the childs life, St Boniface is said to have felled the tree with one blow of his fist. Later on, a fir tree grew in place of the oak and this, St Boniface told the pagans, was the Tree of Life and represented the Christ Child.

Legend also suggests that, in the late 16th century, Martin Luther (the founder of the Protestant religion) was the first to decorate an indoor tree with candles when he attempted to recreate the stars shining over a forest of evergreens.

The first mention of decorated trees being taken indoors came in 1605 in Germany - a country with a long Christmas tree history! The trees were initially decorated with fruit and sweets together with hand made objects such as quilled snowflakes and stars. German Christmas Markets began to sell shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments which people bought as souvenirs of the fair and took home to hang on their tree.

Tinsel was also invented in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver was used, which was pulled into wafer thin strips by special machines. This was durable but tarnished quickly and many experiments took place to try and find an alternative - including a mix of lead and tin, which was too heavy and kept breaking. It was only in the mid 20th century that a viable alternative was found.

Artificial trees were invented in the 1880s in a bid to try and stop some of the damage being caused to real trees due to people lopping the tip off large trees, thus preventing the trees from growing any further. It got so bad in Germany that laws had to be brought in to prevent people having more than one tree.

Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, is credited with being responsible for introducing the custom of the Christmas tree to the British public by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841 using candles, sweets, fruit and gingerbread.

The popularity of the Christmas tree grew in Britain during the first half of the 20th century, with trees becoming bigger and more elaborately decorated with bells, baubles and tinsel. However, the onset of the Second World War resulted in a ban on cutting down trees for decoration and people resorted to having small, artificial tabletop trees bearing home made decorations. These were often taken down into the air raid shelters when the sirens sounded to provide a bit of Christmas cheer!

This all changed following the war, and large trees were erected in many public places to celebrate Christmas. The most famous of these is the tree in Trafalgar Square, London which is an annual gift from the Norwegian government to give thanks for the help they received from Britain during the war.

[关于圣诞树的故事的英语作文

Here is a funny (and repelling!) trick to do in front of your friends just before dinner, if you do not want them to eat too much on your cost. Load your plate up high with everything including the salad, a piece of turkey, a bit of soup and some bread crumbles. Toss it all in the blender and offer your new Thanksgiving Weight Loss Shake to everyone. You can be sure to delay the dinnertime by an hour at least with this trick.

如果你不想请客吃饭时被朋友吃掉太多钱，以下是开饭前的一个小窍门。把自己盘子里的食物堆得高高的，包括沙拉、一块火鸡、一点汤和一些面包渣。把这些食物全搅在一起，然后请其他人吃你新发明的“感恩节减肥奶昔”。靠这个窍门你绝对能把用餐时间推迟一小时。

这个成语来源于东汉。应劭《风俗通义》，时北壁上有悬赤弩，照于杯，形如蛇。宣畏恶之，然不敢不饮。

有一年夏天，县令应郴请主簿（办理文书事务的官员）杜宣来饮酒。酒席设在厅堂里，北墙上悬挂着一张红色的弓。由于光线折射，酒杯中映入了弓的影子。杜宣看了，以为是一条蛇在酒杯中蠕动，顿时冷汗涔涔。但县令是他的上司，又是特地请他来饮酒的，不敢不饮，所以硬着头皮喝了几口。仆人再斟时，他借故推却，起身告辞走了。回到家里，杜宣越来越疑心刚才饮下的是有蛇的酒，又感到随酒入口的蛇在肚中蠕动，觉得胸腹部疼痛异常，难以忍受，吃饭、喝水都非常困难。

家里人赶紧请大夫来诊治。但他服了许多药，病情还是不见好转。

过了几天，应郴有事到杜宣家中，问他怎么会闹病的，杜宣便讲了那天饮酒时酒杯中有蛇的事。应郴安慰他几句，就回家了。他坐在厅堂里反复回忆和思考，弄不明白杜宣酒杯里怎么会有蛇的。

突然，北墙上的那张红色的弓引起了他的注意。他立即坐在那天杜宣坐的位置上，取来一杯酒，也放在原来的位置上。结果发现，酒杯中有弓的影子，不细细观看，确实像是一条蛇在蠕动。应郴马上命人用马车把杜宣接来，让他坐在原位上，叫他仔细观看酒杯里的影子，并说：“你说的杯中的蛇，不过是墙上那张弓的倒影罢了，没有其他什么怪东西。现在你可以放心了！”

杜宣弄清原委后，疑虑立即消失，病也很快痊愈了。

曼德拉有一次在全非洲领导人参加的重要会议上演讲，因为年龄大了不小心把讲稿的页次弄乱了。这本来是一个很尴尬的事情，但是曼德拉却出口不凡：

他一边整理讲稿一边风趣地说：“你们要原谅一个老人把讲稿的页次弄乱，不过我知道在座的有一位总统，也曾经把讲稿弄乱，但是与我不同的是，他没有发现而是照样往下念。”

会场顿时响起经久不息的掌声，因为演讲中断而带来的尴尬也烟消云散。

到演讲结束的时候，曼德拉又来了一次幽默。他说：“感谢大会授予我卡马勋章，我现在退休在家，如果哪一天缺钱花了，我就拿到大街上去卖，我知道在座的有一个人一定会花大价钱买的，他就是我们的总统姆贝基。”

姆贝基和在座的所有的人都被曼德拉的幽默而感动，他们起立为曼德拉鼓掌，目送这位风趣的老人退场。

When I was very small, I liked to read novels and watched all kinds of

detective cartoons. In my heart, I have a small dream. I want to be a writer. So

I have written some short stories, but I am very shy and never let others to see

it. I keep revising the stories and when I am ready, I want my best friend to be

my first reader.

纪晓岚后来做了乾隆皇帝的陪读。一次，他伴驾南行，走得口干舌燥，路见一颗梨树，摘下一颗梨子，自己吃了。

乾隆问：“孔融四岁能让梨。爱卿得梨为何让也不让，自己便吃了?”

纪晓岚说：“梨者离也。臣奉命伴驾，不敢让梨。”

乾隆又说：“那咱俩分吃了也好哇?”

纪晓岚又说：“哪敢与君分梨(离)呀?”

又走了一程，见有一棵柿树。纪晓岚拣成熟的摘下一个，切成两半分而食之。乾隆边吃边问：“怎么这柿子就可以分吃了呢?”

纪说：“柿者事也。臣伴君行，有事(柿)共参(餐)嘛!”