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Why do you keep calling?
David calls a doctor's office and says, "this is David Thomas and I speak to my dotor." The receptionist¹ replies, "I am sorry but dotor walpole died last week." The next day he phones again and asks the same question. The receptionist replies, "I told you yesterday, he died last week." The next day the calls David again and asks to speak to dotor walpole. By this time the receptionist is getting a little annoyed² and says, "I keep telling you that your dotor died last week. Why do you keep calling?" The guy says, "Because I just love hearing it."
I only want ＄100
Sammy prayed every night for two weeks, asking God for ＄100.When he got no response, he thought it would be a good idea to write to God and see if that worked.The post office received the letter addressed to“God, Los Angeles.” They decided³ that it would be best to just forward the letter to the mayor⁴. The mayorread the letter and thought it was cute, so he asked hissecretary to send the boy ＄10, thinking the boy wouldthink that was a lot of money for a little boy.When Sammy got the money, he was so excited that he sat down immediately to write a thank-you letter.“Dear God,” he wrote, “Thank you very much for the money you sent. I guess it is to be expected but I thought you should know this: When you sent it through City Hall, the government deducted⁵ ＄90.”
Sharing a Hotel Room
By the time Bill arrived in a little town, every hotel room had been taken. “You’ve got to give me a room somewhere,”
he said to the manager at the hotel, “or just a bed --- I don’t care where.”
“Well, I do have a double room with one guest,” admitted the manager, “and he might be glad to split⁶ the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores⁷ so loudly that people in the next room have complained lately. I’m not sure it’d be worth it to you.”
“No problem.” Bill assured⁸ him, “I’ll take it.” The next morning Bill came down to breakfast bright-eyed.
“How did you sleep?” asked the manager.
“Never better.”
The manager was impressed. “No problem with the other guy snoring⁹, then?”
“No, I shut him up in no time,” said Bill.
“How did you manage that?” asked the manager.
“Did you give him some medicine to stop the snoring?”
“No, I didn’t. But here is what I did. He was already in bed when I went into the room,” Bill explained. “I went over,gave him a kiss on the forehead, and said, ‘Goodnight,beautiful,’ and he sat up all night watching me.”

1 receptionist   

n.接待，接待员

参考例句：

• The girl is a receptionist of the Beijing Hotel.这个女孩是北京饭店的前台接待员。
• Ask the receptionist to put your call through to my room.让接待员把你的电话接到我房间。

2 annoyed   

adj.烦恼的，恼怒的，生气的，恼火的

参考例句：

• I imagine she was pretty annoyed when she found out.我想她发现此事后一定很生气。
• He was annoyed with complaints made from outside.他因外界的种种怨言而感到烦恼。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 mayor   

n.市长

参考例句：

• The new mayor said he would clean the city up.新市长说，他要整顿本市。
• The mayor hurried into his office,brushing off the reporters.市长赶快走进办公室，拒不接见记者。

5 deducted   

v.扣除，减去( deduct的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages. 制服费将从你的工资中扣除。
• The cost of the breakages will be deducted from your pay. 损坏东西的费用将从你的工资中扣除。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。

7 snores   

打呼噜，打鼾( snore的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• His snores woke me up. 他的鼾声吵醒了我。
• How frightful to have a husband who snores! 有一个发鼾声的丈夫多讨厌啊！

8 assured   

a.确实的，深信的

参考例句：

• He spoke in a calm, assured voice. 他冷静自信地说。
• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。

9 snoring   

打呼噜，打鼾( snore的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I could hear Paul snoring in the next room. 我听得见保罗在隔壁房间里打呼噜。
• Pushing the door open a trifle, he could hear only snoring inside. 他又走到仆婢室的门前，把门轻轻地推开，只听见屋里的鼾声。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）