Great Event | 重大事件

A Great Event | 重大事件

A humorous classroom dialogue where a teacher asks about ...

anecdote dialogue

Who Was the First Man? | 谁是第一个男人

A teacher asks her class who the first man was. A young b...

anecdote beginner

Who Signed the Declaration of Independence | 《独立宣言》是谁签署的

A teacher asks a student who signed the Declaration of In...

anecdote dialogue

Nest and Hair | 鸟窝与头发

A student tells her teacher about a bird's nest outside, ...

anecdote beginner

Who Was the First Man? | 谁是第一个男人

A teacher asks her class who the first man was. One stude...

anecdote beginner

Smart Student | 聪明的学生

A student humorously credits Edison for enabling modern t...

beginner dialogue

Knights & Nights | 骑士与黑夜

A humorous classroom exchange uses a pun on "knights" (so...

beginner dialogue

The Reason for Being Late | 迟到的理由

A student humorously explains his chronic lateness by mis...

anecdote beginner

The Prize | 奖品

A boy wins a prize for giving an incorrect answer about a...

anecdote childhood

Something I Didn't Do | 我没做的事

A humorous dialogue where a boy tells his mother he was k...

anecdote beginner

Thirteen States | 十三个州

A teacher asks a student to name the fifty U.S. states, a...

beginner dialogue

Trying to Stop It | 我要把它堵在里面

A boy literally interprets his teacher's idiom about not ...

anecdote beginner

Alexander the Great and His Teacher | 亚历山大大帝与他的老师

A student cleverly retorts his teacher's comparison to Al...

anecdote education

Wrong-Way Driver | 逆向行驶

A worried wife warns her husband about a wrong-way driver...

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A Dear Memento | 珍贵的纪念品

A woman wears a locket containing her husband's hair, exp...

anecdote dialogue

Imitate Birds | 模仿鸟儿

A job seeker claiming to imitate birds is dismissed as co...

anecdote beginner

The Cartwheel Trick | 横翻筋斗的把戏

A little girl earns money from a boy for doing cartwheels...

anecdote childhood

Good Wishes | 美好的心愿

A boy tells his teacher his father intends to send roast ...

anecdote beginner-english

The Extra Charge | 额外收费

A dentist explains an unusually high charge for a tooth e...

anecdote beginner

Class Action Down South | 南方集体诉讼

A man from the South humorously asks his lawyer if he can...

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