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Who's Carrying the Bags | 谁在提行李

A new private arrives at base via helicopter, escorted by his officer brother and sergeant brothe...

beginner family humorous
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Your Coat Is on Fire | 您的大衣着火了

A teacher instructs his class to count before speaking to encourage thoughtfulness. The next day,...

beginner dialogue educational
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The Smart Old Lady | 聪明的老太太

A deaf old lady misunderstands a shopkeeper's price of seven dollars, first offering fourteen, th...

anecdote beginner dialogue
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Sunset | 日落

A father shows his friend a sunset painting by his daughter, who studied art abroad. The friend's...

art beginner culture
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Fast Asleep | 酣然入梦

A co-worker missing for hours is found fast asleep by the boss, who leaves a humorous yet pointed...

anecdote beginner english-learning
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Calm Down, Albert | 冷静,阿尔伯特

A man in a supermarket repeatedly tells "Albert" to calm down while soothing a crying baby. A wom...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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Patience | 耐心

A housekeeper repeatedly leaves work to allow parent birds to feed their nestlings in her car bum...

beginner dialogue life-lesson
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A Better Mailman | 一个更好的邮递员

A mailman who is afraid of dogs panics when confronted by one, throwing the mail over a fence. Th...

anecdote beginner humorous
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The Earthen Basin Peddler | 卖瓦盆的小贩

A peddler's demonstration backfires when he breaks an earthen basin, leading to a humorous disput...

beginner dialogue folktale
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Rope or Ox? | 绳子还是公牛?

A man in jail explains his misfortune: he picked up a seemingly abandoned rope, not realizing it ...

beginner dialogue humor
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One Piece of Meat | 只有一块肉

A customer complains about having only one piece of meat, and the waiter offers a humorous yet un...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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Don't Smoke! | 千万别抽烟!

A patient who drank gasoline is told by the doctor to simply avoid smoking. | 一位喝下汽油的病人被医生告知,接下来几...

beginner dialogue health
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The Extra Charge | 额外收费

A dentist explains to a mother that her son's tooth extraction costs twenty dollars instead of th...

anecdote beginner dialogue
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The Grocery Store Surprise | 超市里的意外

An elderly woman's pained shriek while picking tomatoes in a supermarket is humorously misinterpr...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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I Never Laid an Egg | 我从未下过蛋

A witty retort arguing that one can be a competent critic without being a creator, using the anal...

analogy beginner critique
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I Always Do | 我总是如此

A worker humorously explains his dismissal by claiming his foreman felt threatened when others mi...

beginner dialogue english-learning
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Is That Clock Right? | 这钟准吗?

A doorman tired of being asked the time puts up a clock, only to find people now question its acc...

beginner dialogue english-learning
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Why Is He Howling? | 他为何嚎叫?

A patient howls at the dentist not because of dental pain, but because the dentist is accidentall...

beginner dialogue humor
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Speeding Excuse | 超速的理由

A driver, pulled over for speeding, gives a humorous and illogical excuse to the police officer. ...

anecdote beginner dialogue
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Accuracy Above All | 准确至上

An editor obsessed with accuracy confronts a reporter over an unusual statistic, only to learn th...

anecdote beginner humor
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