5.Once a German, a Frenchman and a Japanese went to work on a mine hill. Their boss said to the German: "You will be responsible for physical work". He told the Frenchman: "You will take the duty of planning for mining". Then he turned to the Japanese: "You will be responsible for supplies."

　　从前有一个德国人，一个法国人，一个日本人一起去一个矿山工作。他们的老板对德国人说，“你来负责体力活。”，又对法国人说，“你负责开采工作的筹备。”然后他转向日本人，“你负责供应。”

　　A few days later, the German and the Frenchman found that the Japanese disappeared. They decided to search for him when the Japanese jumped out all of a sudden and shouted: "Supplies"!

　　几天后德国人和法国人发现日本人不见了。他们决定把他找到，没想到日本人忽然跳出来，喊道“供应!”

　　笑点解析：日式英语中常把卷舌音/r/和边音/l/混淆。所以日本人误以为老板要他负责的是surprise(惊喜)而不是supplies(物资供应)。

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（编辑：何莹莹）