英語自習室

(Reference: Just Joking by Sandra Heyer)

     A pilot and four passengers were flying in an airplane. The passengers were the president of the United States, a university professor, an old man, and a student.

     All of a sudden, the plane began to fall. The pilot said to the passengers, "I'm sorry, but there are only four parachutes for the five of us." Then the pilot took a parachute and jumped.

     "I am the most important man in the country," said the president of the United States. "I must live!" He took a parachute and jumped.

     "I am the most intelligent man in the country," said the university professor. "I must live!" He took a parachute and jumped.

     The old man said to the student, "You take the last parachute, son, I am an old man, and I've had a good life. I'm ready to die."

    "It's OK," said the student. "There are two parachutes left."

     "That's impossible!" said the old man. "There were only four parachutes for the five of us."

     "That's right," said the student. "But the most intelligent man in the country jumped out of the airplane with my backpack."

☀ 單字表：

pilot (n.) 飛行員；飛機駕駛　

passenger (n.) 乘客　

president (n.) 總統　

university (n.) 大學　

professor (n.) 教授　

all of a sudden 突然地 (= suddenly)　

intelligent (adj.) 聰明的；智力超群的　

impossible (adj.) 不可能的　

backpack (n.) 後背包