愚人笑話：1、 Going to the sun during the night 夜間到太陽(yáng)上去

1. Going to the sun during the night

When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon, an old Irishman1 was watching them on television in the bar of a hotel.

There was an Englishman in the bar too, and he said to the Irishman, "The Americans are very clever, aren't they? They're going to send some men to the moon. It's a very long way from our world."

Oh that's nothing, the Irishman answered quickly. "The Irish are going to send some men to the sun in a few months' time. That's much farther2 away than the moon, you know."

The Englishman was very surprised when he heard this. "Oh, yes, it is." He said, "but the sun's too hot for people to go to."

The Irishman laughed and answered. "Well, the Irish aren't stupid, you know. We won't go to the sun during the day, of course. We'll go there during the night."

Notes:

1. Irishman 愛(ài)爾蘭人

2. farther 更遠(yuǎn)的（far的比較級(jí)）

夜間到太陽(yáng)上去

當(dāng)美國(guó)人正準(zhǔn)備將他們第一批宇航員送上月球時(shí)，有一個(gè)上了年紀(jì)的愛(ài)爾蘭人在一家旅館的酒吧里正從電視中觀看著宇航員的壯舉。

在酒吧里還有一個(gè)英國(guó)人，他對(duì)那個(gè)愛(ài)爾蘭人說(shuō)：“美國(guó)人真聰明，是吧？他們就要將幾個(gè)人送上月球了。那兒離我們地球有好長(zhǎng)好長(zhǎng)的一段路呢?！?

“哦，那又有什么”，愛(ài)爾蘭人馬上回話說(shuō)?！霸龠^(guò)幾個(gè)月愛(ài)爾蘭人要將一些人送到太陽(yáng)上去呢。你是知道的，那兒可比月球要遠(yuǎn)得多了?！?

那英國(guó)人聽(tīng)了這番話，感到很吃驚，他說(shuō)：“噢，是的，是遠(yuǎn)得多了，不過(guò)太陽(yáng)太熱了，人們?nèi)ゲ涣四莾骸！?

愛(ài)爾蘭人大笑起來(lái)，回答說(shuō)：“咳，你知道，愛(ài)爾蘭人可沒(méi)那么蠢。我們當(dāng)然不會(huì)在白天到太陽(yáng)上去。我們是在夜間上太陽(yáng)那兒去。”

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