Chủ đề: loai vat

After mad cow disease had spread far and wide, a female reporter was sent to investigate its cause. After making inquiries, she found a dairy farm where the first case had been discovered.

She asked the manager, "How do you look after these cows?"

"We feed them at fixed times every day, milk them twice a day, and take them to be bred twice a year."

"How strange. Why would they go mad, then?"

"Let me ask you something. If I milked you twice a day but only let you see your boyfriend twice a year, wouldn't you go mad?"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• mad cow disease: bệnh bò điên
• investigate: điều tra; tìm hiểu
• inquiries: việc hỏi thăm; tìm hiểu
• dairy farm: trang trại bò sữa
• bred: được cho phối giống

"Waiter, why is there a fly in this glass of water?"

"That's strange. I fished them all out earlier!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• Waiter: nhân viên phục vụ bàn
• fished them all out: vớt hết chúng ra

A man was in such a hurry to board a plane that he had no time to complete the paperwork for his puppy, so he hid it in his trouser pocket.

Thirty minutes after takeoff, a flight attendant noticed him squirming in his seat. She came over and asked, "Are you all right?"

"Yes, I'm fine."

A little later, seeing how uncomfortable he looked, she asked again, "Are you sure you're okay?"

"I have to confess something," he said. "I didn't have time to arrange for this puppy to travel, so I hid it in my pocket..."

"I understand. All right, I'll overlook it this time. But is the puppy okay? It seems to be making you very uncomfortable."

"I'm fine... It's just that it hasn't been weaned yet."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• paperwork: thủ tục giấy tờ
• squirming: ngọ nguậy
• confess: thú nhận
• overlook: bỏ qua
• weaned: cai sữa

A little mouse had just come out of his hole when he found himself face to face with a fierce cat. His legs trembled, and he thought he was done for.

Suddenly, a loud bark rang out: "Woof! Woof! Woof!"

The cat turned tail and fled.

The little mouse turned around and saw his mother approaching.

"Mum, what did you do to make the cat run away?" he asked.

"That was a foreign language, dear. You should learn one. It comes in very handy!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• fierce: hung dữ
• trembled: run rẩy
• done for: hết đường sống, coi như tiêu đời
• turned tail: quay đầu bỏ chạy
• comes in very handy: rất hữu ích, rất được việc

A farmer kept a large herd of pigs. One day, a stranger visited his farm and asked what he fed them.

"Bran, corn, and things like that," the farmer replied.

The man became angry. "I'm an inspector from the Society for the Protection of Animals, and I don't think you're treating these pigs properly. Instead of giving them the food they deserve, you're feeding them waste!" He promptly issued the farmer a fine.

A few days later, another man came and asked the same question. Now wary, the farmer replied, "I feed them very well. Their daily menu includes salmon, caviar, shrimp, steak..."

This answer infuriated the visitor. "How can you be so unjust? You give pigs lavish meals while so many people are starving every day! I'm from the United Nations, and I'm fining you for this extravagance."

After the UN official left, another visitor arrived and asked exactly the same question. The farmer hesitated for a few minutes, then answered:

"I give each pig five dollars. They can buy whatever they want to eat!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• Bran: cám
• issued: ban hành; lập giấy phạt
• wary: cảnh giác
• lavish: thịnh soạn; xa hoa
• extravagance: sự hoang phí