笑话是一种颇受人们喜爱的民间叙事型别,材料丰富,有广泛的现实基础。但长期以来它却一直被学界视为不登大雅之堂的小众,致使研究成果相对薄弱。我分享，希望可以帮助大家!
：Skunk
"We have a skunk***臭鼬*** in the basement," shrieked***尖叫*** the caller to the police dispatcher***警察排程员*** . "How can we get it out?"
"Take some bread crumbs***面包碎屑*** ," said the dispatcher, "and put down a trail from the basement out to the back yard. Then leave the cellar door open."
Sometime later the resident called back. "Did you get rid of it?" asked the dispatcher.
"No," replied the caller. "Now I have two skunks in there!"
：The value of a second language
A mother mouse was out for a stroll***漫步，闲逛*** with her babies when she spotted a catcrouched***蹲伏，蜷缩*** behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice.
Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.
Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"
：A lonely frog
A lonely frog telephoned the Psychic Hotline and asked what his future holds.
His Personal Psychic***灵媒，巫师*** Advisor tells him "You are going to meet a beautiful young girl who will want to know everything about you."
The frog is thrilled, "This is great!"
"Will I meet her at a party?" he croaks***呱呱叫*** .
"No," says the psychic, "In biology class."
：Three Turtles 三只乌龟
Three turtles decided to have a cup of coffee. Just as they got into the cafe, it started to rain.
The biggest turtle said to the *** allest one, " Go home and get the umbrella."
The little turtle replied, "I will, if you don't drink my offee."
"We won't," the other two promised.
Two years later the big turtle said to the middle turtle, "Well, I guess he isn't ing back, so we might as well drink his coffee."
Just then a voice called from outside the door, "If you do, I won't go."
三只乌龟决定去喝咖啡。它们刚到咖啡店的门口，就下起雨来。于是最大的那只乌龟对最小的乌龟说，“回家去取伞吧。”
最小的乌龟说，“如果你们不把我的咖啡喝了，我就去。”
“我们不喝，”另外两只乌龟答应说。
两年后，大乌龟对中乌龟说，“好吧，我猜他肯定不回来了，我们可以把它的咖啡喝掉了。”
正在这时，一个声音从门外传来，“你们要是喝了，我就不去。”
：Kangaroos and the Cage 袋鼠与笼子
One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem--how to deal with the kangaroos that were found out of the cage. They came to the conclusion that the cage was placed too low and decided to raise it from one to two meters high. But the next day the kangaroos were still at large***详尽的，未被捕的*** and they again raised the cage to three meters.
Quite beyond their expectation the next morning they saw the kangaroos still free to go about***着手做，四处走动*** . They were alarmed and determined to go to all the length by raising the cage to the height of ten meters.
Later a giraffe***长颈鹿*** , while chatting with some kangaroos, asked them, "Do you think they will go on raising your cage?"
"Hard to say," said a kangaroo, "if they continue forgetting to fasten the cage door."