《英文经典笑话系列》编者收集了大量的国外笑话素材，从中筛选出适合国内读者的英语笑话，所有内容都来自原版读物，原汁原味、语言地道、幽默诙谐、趣味盎然、令人捧腹。这些笑话虽然类型不同、题材各异，但都贴近时代和生活，可读性强。

本书在编写过程中并没有采用中英文对照的方式，因为中外在文化背景上有很大的差异，很多英语笑话只能意会、无法言传，无法用中文反映其中的意境。书中只是对于较难理解的词语，另加了“注释”，以便读者更好地理解。本书适合各种水平的英语爱好者在消遣娱乐的同时提高英文水平之用。本书由王勋、刘新玲主编。

《英文经典笑话系列》所选的笑话大都选自原版读物，原汁原味、语言地道、幽默诙谐、趣味盎然、令人捧腹。这些笑话虽然类型不同、题材各异，但都贴近时代和生活，可读性强，犹如一出出人生喜剧，让人开怀，荡涤烦恼；在令你忍俊不禁的同时，还可提高阅读和词汇的双重能力。由于文化背景不同，西方式的幽默与东方式的往往大异其趣，通过该书读者也可了解西方文化。

本书将根据笑话内容的难易程度，配以生词注解，让读者可以顺利地理解和欣赏西方文化的背景和内涵，增进对西方幽默感的理解。

《英文经典笑话系列》适合不同英语水平的读者，尤其是对那些准备到国外学习和生活的读者将有很大的帮助。本书由王勋、刘新玲主编。

A frog calls a psychic

These chickens want books

A snail buys a fast new car

A very insulting parrot

The story of the bats

Never talk to the parrot

I'U use my seeing eye dog

There was just a dog fight

A game of animal football

I think that I'm a chicken

This dog is acting bad

Investigating a terrible accident

Cow on train tracks

Installing a carpet

An engineer and a programmer

Flying without a parachute

Ablind pilot is flying this plane?

The whole world could be happy

Are blind pilots flying?

There is a blond on the plane

Air Force One crashes

The blind skydiver

Boarding from what gate?

Fear of bombs on planes

A skydiving lesson

There are no dogs allowed here

A blind man visits the state of Texas

Buying your ticket

Hiring an accountant

Simplified 1040 forms

Did you pay taxes?

Accountant and farmer

Stop being late to work

The work qualification test

The copy machine handout

Why did he fire you?

Everybody, somebody, anybody, and nobody

The requirements of this job

Repairing the phone

Fake two dollar bill

Paying in advance

Travel in a sailboat

Wealthy investors

A walking economy

Investment counselor

Buy machine factory

An economist's speech

An economist's logic

Economist Valentines

I have a big problem

Halfa year to live

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