幽默小品 (Humorous Stories)

　　幽默不論在生活和社交中，還是在文學作品裡，都有著十分重要的地位。尤其在西方國家，幽默更滲透到如政治辯論、社會評論等的嚴肅場合。熟悉西式幽默已成為能否欣賞西方名著及提高個人文化修養的一個要素。本書取材多選自英美的幽默小品，風格各異，表現出彼邦人士不同的幽默情趣，反映出西方人士的價值觀念、文化修養以及生活百態。

總序
體例說明
閱讀與學習
前言
1 An Expensive Shoe Store
2 Why She Did Not Talk
3 The Best Doctor in Town
4 International Marriages
5 The Place Is Full of Mothers
6 A Forced Confession
7 Arithmetic Lesson
8 Grand Prize Contest
9 Balzac as Handwriting Expert
10 Courteous Retort
11 ”skip a Day”
12 Legal Advice
13 Tit for Tat
14 Two Sailors and a Boy
15 Congratulations
16 Expensive Breakfast
17 Honesty
18 Instant Ad
19 ”Don’t Walk”
20 The Same Service
21 ”You’re Too Tall!”
22 Wasted Sweetness
23 Not Included
24 Nuisance Call
25 The Fish Market Has No Sign