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The Farmer and His Donkeys | 农夫与驴

A farmer forgets to count the donkey he is riding and believes he has lost one of his four purcha...

beginner english-learning folktale
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A Small Head | 小脑袋

A curious boy asks an old man why his head is so small. The old man recounts a tale of catching a...

beginner dialogue fiction
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The Umbrella | 雨伞

A gentleman tries to secure his umbrella with a boastful note, only to have it stolen by a thief ...

anecdote beginner english-reading
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An Opponent Lost His Head | 对手丢了脑袋

A politician cleverly deflects a heckler's thrown cabbage by humorously remarking that an opponen...

anecdote beginner humor
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The Two-Thousand-Dollar Fish | 价值两千美元的鱼

Two fishermen invest heavily in gear and endure a rough journey, only to catch a single fish, hum...

beginner dialogue humorous
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The Crocodile Dogfight | 鳄鱼斗犬

A satirical tale where Uncle Sam and Osama settle a war with a dogfight. Osama breeds a ferocious...

beginner fiction humor
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Insane Dialogue | 疯人院对话

A humorous short dialogue set in an asylum, where one inmate's claim of being Napoleon, backed by...

beginner dialogue humor
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Identification | 身份证明

A man uses a personal photograph as identification to successfully claim a registered letter from...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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Only Once | 仅此一次

A novice lion tamer reveals during an interview that he only put his head in a lion's mouth once,...

anecdote beginner dialogue
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The Hybrid Pulse D/A Converter | 混合脉冲D/A变换器

A shopper questions a salesperson about the technical term 'hybrid pulse D/A converter' on a CD p...

audio beginner dialogue
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Free Drinks For Everybody | 人人有份的免费酒水

A drunk man repeatedly offers to buy drinks for everyone but never pays, getting thrown out each ...

bar beginner dialogue
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A Busy Man's Wit | 忙人的机智

A man cleverly outwits mischievous children who ask him to fetch birds' eggs, by securing his boo...

anecdote beginner bilingual
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Computer Illiterates | 电脑盲趣闻

Two humorous anecdotes about customers with a fundamental lack of computer knowledge. One tried t...

anecdote beginner computer-literacy
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He Thinks He's a Refrigerator | 他以为自己是台冰箱

A woman seeks help for her husband's delusion of being a refrigerator, but her real concern is th...

beginner dialogue humor
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Deep in the Hills | 深山之中

A reclusive old man mistakes his own reflection in a mirror for a portrait of his father and trad...

beginner fiction folktale
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A Way to Make Money | 生财之道

A mother saves money by hand-washing a dress instead of dry-cleaning it, proudly telling her husb...

beginner dialogue family-life
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Buy the Ice | 买冰记

A simpleton, sent to buy ice, delays returning home because he mistakenly believes he must dry th...

beginner folktale humor
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How Do I Get the Gum Out? | 怎么把口香糖取出来呢

A stewardess distributes gum to prevent ear-popping, but a passenger misunderstands and asks how ...

beginner humor misunderstanding
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Did You Know Him? | 你认识他吗?

A host at a dinner party harshly criticizes his former vice principal, only to discover the guest...

awkward-moment beginner dialogue
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The Purpose of the Propeller | 飞机螺旋桨的用处

A humorous dialogue about the purpose of an airplane propeller, using a joke to highlight its ess...

aviation beginner dialogue
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