When Was Rome Built? | 罗马何时建成？

Trying to Stop It | 我要把它堵在里面

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

anecdote beginner

A Great Man | 一名伟人

A teacher asks if Shakespeare would be considered great i...

beginner dialogue

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

Ladies at the Bar | 酒吧里的女士们

Three women use cryptic shorthand to order drinks at a ba...

bar beginner

Knights & Nights | 骑士与黑夜

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

beginner dialogue

Where Is the Egg? | 鸡蛋在哪里？

A humorous classroom dialogue where a student's literal i...

beginner dialogue

Thermal Expansion and Contraction | 热胀冷缩

A teacher asks for an example of thermal expansion and co...

beginner dialogue

Shakespeare's Greatness | 莎士比亚的伟大

A teacher and student humorously discuss Shakespeare's gr...

beginner dialogue

Drinking Codes | 饮酒暗号

Three women use abbreviated codes to order drinks at a ba...

bar-culture beginner

It Depends | 看情况

A traveler asks if he can catch a train, and the ticket a...

beginner dialogue

Stopping It | 左耳进，右耳出

A humorous anecdote where a student literally tries to pr...

beginner dialogue

A Dead Fly | 一只死苍蝇

A customer complains about a dead fly in his soup, and th...

beginner dialogue

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained | 不入虎穴，焉得虎子

A boastful English tutor is challenged by students with l...

beginner cultural-exchange

Smart Student | 聪明的学生

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

beginner dialogue

The Climate of New Zealand | 新西兰的气候

A humorous classroom dialogue where a student mistakenly ...

beginner dialogue

What Do I Get? | 我能得到什么

A humorous classroom dialogue where a teacher's logical q...

beginner dialogue

Reason | 理由

A teacher asks why George Washington's father didn't puni...

anecdote beginner

Expand and Contract | 热胀冷缩

A teacher asks for an example of thermal expansion and co...

beginner dialogue

The Four Elements | 四大元素

A teacher prompts a student to recall the fourth classica...

beginner dialogue

Something I Didn't Do | 我没做的事

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

anecdote beginner