در زیر دو داستان کوتاه زیبای انگلیسی را که به زمان شیرین فارسی نیز ترجمه شده قرار داده ایم تا علاوه بر خواندن کتاب های جدید زبان انگلیسی خود را نیز تقویت کنید.
I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner
I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, 'If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead of dinner'
'No, I had to stop drinking years ago' , the homeless woman told me
'Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?' I asked
'No, I don't waste time shopping,' the homeless woman said. 'I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive'
'Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?' I asked
'Are you NUTS!' replied the homeless woman. I haven't had my hair done in 20 years'
'Well, I said, 'I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight'
The homeless Woman was shocked. 'Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting'
I said, 'That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine'
The lawyer asks her to play a game
If he asked her a question that she didn't know the answer to, she would have to pay him five dollars; And every time the blonde asked the lawyer a question that he didn't know the answer to, the lawyer had to pay the blonde 50 dollars
So the lawyer asked the blonde his first question, "What is the distance between the Earth and the nearest star?" Without a word the blonde pays the lawyer five dollars
The blonde then asks him, "What goes up a hill with four legs and down a hill with three?" The lawyer thinks about it, but finally gives up and pays the blonde 50 dollars
سپس خانم از وکیل پرسید" آن چیست که با چهار پا از تپه بالا می رود و با سه پا به پایین باز می گردد؟" وکیل در این باره فکر کرد اما در انتها تسلیم شده و 50 دلار به خانم پرداخت.
سپس از او پرسید که جواب چی بوده و خانم بی معطلی 5 دلار به او پرداخت کرد!!!!