I realized last week that I have a whole section on this site for jokes, but I rarely add any. So, I’m trying to rectify that. Last week, I posted one short joke, and today I’m posting two short jokes in the same lesson, one after the other.
One I thing to point out in today’s language: I recently wrote a little lesson about 好+verb and 难+verb, discussing how these are used. The vocabulary list for today’s lesson includes two words that follow this pattern, 好用 hǎo yòng, which means “easy to use,” and 难看 nán kàn, which means “ugly (literally, ‘difficult to look at’).”
I recommend you take a look at the previous lesson if you haven’t already. I’ve classified this as a beginner read, instead of a newbie read, because in addition to some higher-level words, I think one or two of the sentence structures aren’t super straightforward, especially in the first joke.
Key vocab
坏消息 – huài xiāo xi5 – bad news
害怕 – hài pà – to be afraid; scared
意见 – yì jiàn – opinion
头发 – tóu fa5 – hair
难看 – nán kàn – ugly; unpleasant to look at
打电话 – dǎ diàn huà – to make a phone call
关于 – guān yú – about; regarding
安全气囊 – ān quán qì náng – airbag
好用 – hǎo yòng – easy to use; works well
两个坏消息
王明去看医生。
医生看了看他，说：”我有一个坏消息。你只有两天可以活了。”
王明非常害怕。”我想听第二个医生的意见！”
医生想了想，说：”好的。你的头发也很难看。”
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儿子给爸爸打电话。
“爸爸，关于你的车，我有一个好消息和一个坏消息。你想先听哪个？”
爸爸说：”先说好消息。”
儿子说：”安全气囊非常好用。”
Wang Ming went to see the doctor.
The doctor looked at him and said: “I have some bad news. You only have two days left to live.”
Wang Ming was very scared. “I want a second opinion from another doctor!”
The doctor thought for a moment and said: “Okay. Your hair looks really bad too.”
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A son called his dad on the phone.
“Dad, about your car, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?”
Dad said: “Tell me the good news first.”
The son said: “The airbag works really well.”
