Chủ đề: chon loc

One fine day, three men representing three continents decided to hold a contest to find the manliest man on earth. Each contestant had to pass through three rooms: the first contained a thousand liters of liquor; the second, a ferocious lion; and the third, a lovely young woman.

To win, a contestant had to drink all the liquor, kill the lion, and be intimate with the woman a thousand times.

The American, proud of his unbeatable strength, went into the tiger's room first. Two days and three nights later, his body was carried out.

The Frenchman, proud of his romantic charm, went into the woman's room first. After the 231st time, his body was carried out.

Only the Vietnamese man remained. Clicking his tongue, he said, "I'll have a drink first and work out the rest later." After drinking the thousand liters, he staggered into the tiger's room.

The tiger roared and howled all day. The next morning, its body was carried out. The Vietnamese man staggered out, slurring, "I'm so drunk. Can anyone tell me where the tiger's room is?"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• contestant: người dự thi
• ferocious: hung dữ
• unbeatable: vô địch, không thể đánh bại
• staggered: đi loạng choạng
• slurring: nói líu lưỡi vì say

A tourist stopped at a farm and asked the farmer, "How many liters of milk do your two cows give each day?"

"The black one or the white one?"

"The white one, say."

"Ten liters."

"And the black one?"

"Ten liters too."

"What do you feed them?"

"The black one or the white one?"

"The white one, for example."

"Alfalfa."

"And the black one?"

"Alfalfa too."

Now irritated, the tourist asked, "If everything is the same for both cows, why do you keep asking whether I mean the black one or the white one?"

"Because the white one is mine."

"Oh, I see! And the black one?"

"Mine too."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• tourist: khách du lịch
• Alfalfa: cỏ linh lăng
• irritated: bực mình
• for example: chẳng hạn

During the Song dynasty, a general was ordered by the emperor to guard the frontier. After four months in camp without any women, he grew extremely restless. Yet, strangely, all his soldiers looked perfectly cheerful.

One day, he stopped a soldier and demanded, "You've spent months here without women, and you're still happy as can be. What have you been doing? Speak up!"

The frightened soldier stammered, "Well, General... we use horses..."

"Get out before I have your head, you pervert!" the general roared.

But the more he thought about it, the more the idea made sense to him. Late that night, after the camp had gone to sleep, he secretly took a mare and tried it himself. Finding it pleasurable, he felt thoroughly cheered up.

The next morning, he greeted the soldier warmly. "Tell me—how exactly do you use the horses?"

"We ride them to the village to visit the courtesans, sir."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• frontier: biên ải
• restless: bứt rứt; không yên
• stammered: nói ấp úng
• mare: ngựa cái
• courtesans: kỹ nữ

In a clothing shop, a man pointed to a coat and asked how much it cost.

"One thousand dollars, sir," the sales assistant replied promptly.

"The devil! And what about the one next to it?"

"Two and a half devils, sir!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• pointed to: chỉ vào
• sales assistant: nhân viên bán hàng
• promptly: nhanh nhảu, ngay lập tức
• the devil: quỷ thật; lời cảm thán ngạc nhiên hoặc bực mình trong ngữ cảnh này