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“We have a skunk in the basement, ” shrieked the caller to the police.“ How can we get it out?”
“我们的地下室有一只臭鼬，”打电话者对警察尖声叫道，“我们怎么才能把它弄出来呢？”

That’s the limit. Eight hours’ wait for a small vodka. I’m going to Moscow to finish off Yeltsin.
我受够了。等8 小时买一小瓶伏特加。我要去莫斯科干掉叶利钦。

Mr. Burn told his family doctor he wanted a vasectomy.
伯恩先生对他的家庭医生说他要做结扎手术。

Mrs. Flinders decided to have her portrait painted.
弗林德斯太太决定让人给她画一张像。

Two Hollywood show-biz kids got into a heated argument.
两个好莱坞娱乐界的孩子发生了激烈争吵。

When a mine operator found that his office safe had jammed, he called the nearby state prison and asked whether any of the inmates might know how to open it.
一名矿主发现办公室的保险箱卡住了，就给附近的监狱打去电话，问里边的人是否知道怎样打开保险箱。

The man thought for a moment.“ What are peers?”he asked.
那人想了一会儿，问道：“什么是地位相等的人？”