Chủ đề: canh sat

A large elderly woman left the supermarket and found several young men sitting in what she thought was her car. She whipped open her handbag, pulled out a huge revolver, cocked it, and pointed it at them.

"You scoundrels! Get out before I blow your heads off!"

The supposed thieves ran for their lives. She got into the car, but her key wouldn't fit the ignition. Eventually she realized her own car was parked a short distance away.

As she drove toward the end of the street, she saw a police car coming the other way with its siren blaring and the young men inside.

"The police are really good these days," she muttered. "I haven't even reported it yet, and they've already caught them!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• revolver: súng lục ổ quay
• cocked: lên cò
• scoundrels: bọn vô lại
• ignition: ổ khóa khởi động xe
• blaring: rú vang

The Pope had just finished his vacation and was riding to the airport in a limousine. Having never driven one, he asked the chauffeur to let him take the wheel for a while. The chauffeur moved into the back, and the Pope started driving.

When he reached ninety miles an hour, a traffic patrol pulled him over. The officer walked up to the window, looked inside for a moment, and said, "Wait here. I need to make a call."

He called his superior. "I've stopped a very important person for a traffic violation, and I need to know what to do."

"Who is it? A senator?"

"No, someone more important."

"The governor?"

"No. More important."

"The president?"

"No. More important."

Losing his temper, the superior shouted, "Then who on earth is it?"

"I don't know," the officer replied. "But the Pope is his chauffeur."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• limousine: xe limousine sang trọng
• chauffeur: tài xế riêng
• take the wheel: cầm lái
• pulled him over: ra hiệu cho ông tấp xe vào lề
• traffic violation: vi phạm giao thông
• superior: cấp trên

While recording a car accident report, one police officer told another, "All right: body on the road, arms on the road, legs on the road, head on the pavement."

His partner wrote, paused, thought for a moment, and asked, "How do you spell 'pavement'?"

The first officer looked around, kicked the head, and said, "Head on the road."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• recording: ghi lại
• pavement: vỉa hè
• paused: dừng lại một lúc
• spell: đánh vần

After arriving at the crime scene, a detective wrote his report:

"Last night, a downtown pharmacy was cleaned out. Only contraceptive pills and shampoo were left behind. Conclusion: the culprit is a bald man over seventy."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• crime scene: hiện trường vụ án
• contraceptive pills: thuốc tránh thai
• culprit: thủ phạm
• bald: hói

A police officer pulled over a speeding driver. "But, officer, I can explain," the man began.

"Be quiet. I'm putting you in jail until the chief gets back."

"But, officer, I just want to say..."

"I said be quiet. You're going to jail."

A few hours later, the officer looked at his prisoner and said, "You're lucky. The chief is at his daughter's wedding, so he'll be in a wonderful mood when he returns."

"Don't count on it. I'm the groom!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• pulled over: ra hiệu dừng xe bên đường
• speeding: chạy quá tốc độ
• chief: thủ trưởng
• Don't count on it: đừng trông mong điều đó
• groom: chú rể