英文笑话：When Was Rome Built? (Reading)

英文笑话：When Was Rome Built? 罗马是什么时候建成的?
Teacher: When was Rome built?
Tom: At night.
Teacher : Who told you that?
Tom: You did. You said Rome wasn't built in a day.

教师：罗马是什么时候建成的？
汤姆：夜里。
教师：谁跟你这么说的？
汤姆：是您。您说过罗马不是在一个白天建成的.




英文笑话：Settle Down and Settle Up 一字之差

When my brother, a notorious spender, came home for a visit, he told my father he was going to get married and settle down. Dad said, "Why don't you stay single and settle up."

我的哥哥是个有名的挥霍者。他回家来时，告诉父亲说他要结婚了，要安定下来。父亲说：“你为什么不实行独身主义，先把欠债还清呢？” 注：settle down是“安定下来”，而settle up 是“还清欠债”意思，二者虽只是up与 down不同，但意思却完全不同.

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• Nice reading. And learned a new phrase "settle up". Thanks! -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2009 postreply 17:48:14

• Thanks,lilac09. Glad that you like it ! -天泽园- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/07/2009 postreply 18:30:13