life-lesson

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The Streaks on the Window | 窗上的污痕

A woman criticizes her neighbor's untidy habits, only to discover the dirt she sees is on her own...

beginner life-lesson moral
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Perfect Match | 绝配

An eccentric matron demands her bedroom walls match her antique vase. A painter succeeds by paint...

fiction humorous intermediate
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When to Stop? | 何时停下?

An 85-year-old man complains to his doctor about severe exhaustion after climbing each floor to h...

dialogue health humorous
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Honesty in Insurance | 保险中的诚实

A man is denied life insurance for truthfully reporting his parents' early deaths. After being ad...

dialogue honesty humor
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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 Photo in My Pocket | 口袋里的照片

A man uses his wife's photo as a humorous gauge for his sobriety, telling the bartender he'll hea...

anecdote dialogue humor
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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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Never Learned to Spend | 没学会花钱

A frugal elderly woman, when told her savings would last until age 100, worried about what would ...

dialogue frugality intermediate
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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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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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Always Share | 分享一切

A young man offers to buy more food for an elderly couple who are meticulously sharing a single m...

dialogue humorous intermediate
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Things Have Been Okay | 一切都很好

A four-year-old boy who had never spoken suddenly talks to point out burnt toast, explaining his ...

dialogue family humor
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I'm Not Even Thirsty | 我一点都不渴

A dying man shares his secret: he gave up a life of luxury to start a family on a friend's advice...

dialogue family humorous
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A Penny in a Second | 一秒钟的一便士

A man asks God about the value of a million dollars and a million years, then makes a request bas...

beginner dialogue humorous
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A Welcome Guest | 受欢迎的听众

A two-year-old wanders into a college calculus class and is allowed to stay by the professor, who...

education heartwarming inspirational
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Parking Fee | 停车费

A millionaire businessman cleverly uses a bank loan, secured by his Rolls Royce, as an inexpensiv...

business-anecdote humorous intermediate-english
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Three Doctors at Heaven's Gate | 三位医生在天堂门口

Three doctors present their credentials to St. Peter at heaven's gate. The punchline humorously i...

beginner dialogue english-learning
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The Pretentious Scholar | 自命不凡的学者

A pretentious scholar belittles a boatman for lacking academic knowledge, only to be confronted w...

dialogue fable humor
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The Smartest Kid | 最聪明的孩子

A barber tries to prove a boy is foolish by offering him a choice between a dollar and two quarte...

beginner dialogue humor
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