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A wife did everything she could to please her husband, but he always found fault. Sometimes he complained that she hadn't made sunny-side-up eggs; other times he demanded an omelet for breakfast.

One day she carefully served him both, certain he would praise her at last.

Instead, he glared at her and snapped, "You made the omelet with the egg I wanted sunny-side up, and cooked the other one sunny-side up when it should have been in the omelet!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• found fault: bới móc, chê bai
• sunny-side-up eggs: trứng ốp la một mặt
• omelet: trứng đánh rồi chiên
• glared: trừng mắt

After reading his hospital bill, a man muttered, "Now I understand why doctors keep their faces so thoroughly covered with masks."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• hospital bill: hóa đơn viện phí
• muttered: lẩm bẩm
• thoroughly: kín, hoàn toàn

One morning, a wife called her husband at work. "My motorcycle won't start. Could you come home and fix it?"

"Who do you think I am? I'm not a motorcycle mechanic!"

A little later, she called again. "Could you come home? Our video player has suddenly broken down."

"Who do you think I am? I'm not a TV or video repairman!"

At noon, she called once more to complain that the door was jammed and would not lock. This time he shouted, "Who do you think I am? I'm not a carpenter!"

That evening, when he came home, she told him she had asked the neighbor to fix everything.

"Did he ask for anything in return?" her husband asked.

"He said I could either cook him a meal or give him a little loving."

"So what did you cook him?" the husband asked gently.

Now it was the wife's turn to get angry. "Who do you think I am? I'm not a chef!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• mechanic: thợ sửa máy hoặc xe
• broken down: bị hỏng
• jammed: bị kẹt
• carpenter: thợ mộc
• in return: để đáp lại; để trả công

On a ship crossing the Atlantic, a young woman wrote in her diary:

Day One: The sea is beautiful, the ship is enormous, and the captain is incredibly handsome.

Day Two: The captain declared his love for me and threatened to sink the ship if I rejected him.

Day Three: Had dinner with the 'threat to the ship.'

Day Four: Spent all last night saving the ship and its 1,300 passengers.

Từ vựng trong truyện

• crossing: băng qua
• enormous: khổng lồ
• declared his love: tỏ tình
• threatened: đe dọa
• rejected: từ chối

A father lined up his children and began questioning them.

"Which of you took the money from my pocket?"

His wife grew impatient and stepped in. Jokingly, she asked, "Why don't you think I took it?"

"With that amount missing, it definitely wasn't you."

"Why not?"

"Because there's still some left."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• lined up: bắt đứng thành hàng
• questioning: tra hỏi
• impatient: sốt ruột, mất kiên nhẫn
• stepped in: xen vào để can thiệp