Mistaken 误会 When I came home from the State University of Mew York at StonyBrook sporting a fashionable，s}rper-short hair-cut，my father teased rne all the way to dinner at a local din ...

Too sensitive 太敏感 Several years had passed since I worked for the federal government，but old habits died hard. A cable-television technician had just finished hooking up our service a ...

Lobster "tale" 龙虾的“故事” My friend, celebrating a special occasion，went to a restaurant and ordered what she thought would be a lobster tail. But to her dismay，the entire crus ...

Fashion 赶时髦 At the bank where I was employed as a teller we were not allowed to eat while working. But one day，five months pregnant，I was ravenous. I opened a bag of potato chips and ...

Only one 只能一辆! After retirement，our friends Jim and Evelyn began traveling around the United States in a motor home，towing their compact sedan behind. While driving through a shopp ...

0n purpose 正中下怀! Whenever I drove my old car over 55 miles per hour, it vibrated terribly, so I decided to sell it. My first customer wanted to buy the car，and I battled with my cons ...

Reasoning 推理 A fourth-grade teacher was diving her pupils a lesson in logic.”Here is the situation,"she said.”A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river，fishing. He lose ...

Right 公民权力 On the first day of an American history class at Purdue University，the professor assigned five chapters on civil rights. The next day, he asked one of my classmates to na ...

Cover up 戴帽子的用途 An aunt of mine kept a hat by her front door，and whenever the doorbell rang，she would put it on. If it was someone she wished to see,she would remark how lucky ...

Which is more dangerous 比较与鉴别 After 20 years as a pilot，I became an airport manager and soon found the stress was getting to me. I needed a release and wanted to buy a motorcycle， ...