英文笑話一The Clock 謊言之鐘

附中譯、重點詞例句，逢一、三出版。今集的主角是希拉里（美國前第一夫人）。

The Clock

Hillary Clinton died and went to heaven. As she stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates she saw a huge wall of clocks behind him.

She asked, "What are all those clocks?"

St Peter answered, "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock will move."

"Oh," said Hillary, "who's clock is that?"

"That's Mother Theresa's. The hands have never moved indicating that she never told a lie."

"Who's clock is that?" "That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have only moved twice telling us that Abe only told 2 lies in his entire life."

"Where is Bill's clock?" Hillary asked.

"Bill's clock is in Jesus' office. He is using it as a ceiling fan."

 謊言之鐘

希拉里死後去到天堂。在天堂之門，當站在聖彼德面前時，她看到聖彼德身後的一堵大牆上掛滿鐘。

希拉里問：“那些是什麼鐘？”

聖彼德答：“那些是謊言之鐘，人人也有一個。每當人說謊時，鐘的指針就會動。”

希拉里說：“啊，那是誰的鐘？”

“那是德蘭修女的。指針從未動過，顯示出她從未說過謊。”

“那個呢？”“那是林肯的。他一生中指針只動過兩次。”

希拉里又問：“克林頓的呢？”“克林頓的鐘在耶穌的辦公室，耶穌把他的鐘掛在天花板當風扇。”

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lie v.躺 n.位置，狀態（此處不舉名詞例）
lie ->lay -> lain -> lying

Japan lies to the east of China.
日本在中國的東面。

The remedy lies in education.
補救的辦法在於教育。

Here lies the king of England.
這裡葬著英國國王。

He lay down for a rest.
他躺下休息一會。

His hat and gloves were lying on the table.
他的帽子和手套都放在桌上。

lie n. v. 謊，撒謊
lie->lied -> lied -> lying

That clock must be lying; it isn't noon yet.
那鐘一定不可靠;現在還不到中午。

He lied about his age.
他在年齡上撒了謊。

The newspapers were full of lies.
報紙上一片謊言。

He lied himself out of trouble.
他用欺騙手段擺脫了困境。