A scrawny little fellow showed up at the lumber camp looking for work.″Just give me a chance to show you what I cando,″ he said to the head lumberjack.″All center,″ said the boss.″Take your ax and cut down that redwoodtree.″ Five minutes later the skinny guy was back.″Icut itdown,″ he said,″and split it upsintoslumber.″ The boss couldn＇t believe his eyes.″Where did you learn to cut trees likethat？″″The Sahara.″ The man answered.″The Sahara desert？″″Desert？Oh, sure, that＇s what they call itnow！″
一个瘦小的家伙到伐木区找工作。“给我一个机会,让我展示一下我能做什么。”他对木材商说。“好吧,”老板说：“拿上你的斧头,把那棵红木砍掉。”5分钟后,那皮包骨的家伙回来了。“我把它砍倒了,”他说：“还把它劈成了木材。”老板不相信自己的眼睛。“你从哪儿学来这么一手？”“在撒哈拉。”那人回答。“在撒哈拉沙漠？”“沙漠？噢,是的,现在人们这么叫它。”
On his very first sky diving attempt, Oscar leapt from the plane and pulled the rip cord. When the canopy failed to open, he tried his reserve chute, but that didn＇t work either. Saying a little prayer, he looked down to the ground below. To his amazement, a woman was rocketing up through the air toward him at the same speed he was falling.″Hey, do you know anything about chutes？″ Oscar shouted desperately as they passed each other.″No,″she answered.″Do you know anything about gas grills？″
第一次尝试跳伞,奥斯卡跳出了飞机,拉开了曳索。降落伞没有打开。他又试着拉开备用伞,备用伞也没起作用。他祈祷了一会儿,向地面看去。让他吃惊的是,一个妇女在空中飞速上升,并以他降落的速度向他冲来。“喂,你知道怎么弄降落伞吗？”当他们擦肩而过时,奥斯卡绝望地喊道。“不,”她回答：“你懂煤气炉架吗？”
