The Big Ass Book of Jokes (Rudy A. Swale) - 124冊目 - hearthのお気楽洋書ブログ

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英語難易度: ★☆☆
オススメ度 ★★☆☆☆

正直言ってあんまり中身のない本。(すんません) 結構なボリュームですが、暇つぶしにはもってこいで英語も難しくありません。
ジャパンタイムス紙の伊藤サムさんによると、洋書の多読はカンタンな本をたくさん読むと良いそうです。(洋書を積み上げて、身長の2倍の高さまで読むとか) 読みやすい本を多読するのは確かに効果があるんですが、ちょっと飽きてしまうこともありますよね。そんな方にはたまにはこういったジョーク集もよいかもしれません。一つの小噺がそれぞれ数行で読み終わるのでお手軽です。

気に入ったジョークをふたつほど。アルアルですね。

● 数学者、会計士。エコノミストの話。
A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.

The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks, “What does two plus two equal?”
The mathematician replies, “Four.”
The interviewer asks, “Four exactly?”
The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says, “Yes, four exactly.”

Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question, “What does two plus two equal?”
The accountant says, “On average, four—give or take ten percent—but on average, four.”

Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question, “What does two plus two equal?”
The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer and says, “What do you want it to equal?”

● プロマネ、ソフトウェアマネージャ、ハードウェアマネージャの話。
A project manager, a software manager and a hardware engineer take a break from work and go to the beach for a walk. They find an old lamp, rub it and a genie pops out. “In return for rescuing me I’ll grant you each one wish,” says the genie.
The software manager says, “I’d like to be a millionaire who owns a luxury beach resort in the Caribbean.” Poof! He disappears.
The hardware engineer says, “I’d like to be a millionaire too, but I want to own the world’s greatest ski resort.” Poof! He disappears.
The genie turns to the project manager and says, “So, what do you want?” The manager replies, “I want those two straight back after lunch.”

お国柄ジョークが好きなんで、今はオススメ本を物色中です。