A Question Before the Exam | 考前疑问

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

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

The Age and Daydreaming | 年龄与白日梦

A teacher tries to engage a daydreaming student with an a...

dialogue education

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

Thermal Expansion and Contraction | 热胀冷缩

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

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

Thirteen States | 十三个州

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

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

Brotherly Love | 兄弟般的关爱

A teacher asks a student to identify the virtue demonstra...

beginner dialogue

The Plural of "Child" | “孩子”的复数形式

A humorous classroom dialogue where a student gives a lit...

beginner dialogue

The Fourth Element | 第四元素

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

beginner dialogue

Smart Student | 聪明的学生

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

beginner dialogue

When Was Rome Built? | 罗马何时建成？

A student humorously misunderstands the idiom "Rome wasn'...

beginner dialogue

A Wish for a Nightmare | 真想做个噩梦

Tom hopes for a nightmare where he fails his exams, based...

dialogue dream-interpretation

The Lowest Grade | 最低分

A student protests a zero grade, claiming to have done th...

dialogue education

Homework Excuse | 作业借口

A teacher confronts a student who repeatedly has his fath...

beginner dialogue

Stopping It | 左耳进，右耳出

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

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

What Do I Get? | 我能得到什么

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

beginner dialogue