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

Three Doctors at Heaven's Gate | 三位医生在天堂门口

Three doctors present their credentials to St. Peter at h...

beginner dialogue

A Dead Fly | 一只死苍蝇

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

beginner dialogue

Thermal Expansion and Contraction | 热胀冷缩

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

beginner dialogue

Perhaps Not | 为何没有牡蛎

A humorous dialogue where a customer questions the absenc...

beginner dialogue

Cutting a Steak | 切牛排

A teacher quizzes a student on dividing a steak, leading ...

beginner dialogue

Who Discovered Australia? | 谁发现了澳大利亚？

A teacher asks a student to point out Australia on a map,...

beginner dialogue

Big Hands | 大手

A teacher poses a hypothetical math question about orange...

beginner dialogue

How Much English Can You Speak? | 你会说多少英文？

A lawyer defends his client by claiming he barely speaks ...

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

Stopping It | 左耳进，右耳出

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

beginner dialogue

Where Is the Egg? | 鸡蛋在哪里？

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

beginner dialogue

Is That Clock Right? | 这钟准吗？

A doorman tired of being asked the time puts up a clock, ...

beginner dialogue

Knights & Nights | 骑士与黑夜

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

beginner dialogue

Half or Five Tenths? | 半个还是十分之五？

A teacher asks a student to choose between "half" and "fi...

beginner dialogue

Drinking Codes | 饮酒暗号

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

bar-culture beginner

Shakespeare's Greatness | 莎士比亚的伟大

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

beginner dialogue

Three Feet | 三只脚

A dotty aunt misunderstands a letter saying her nephew ha...

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