misunderstanding

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Barbara Ann | 芭芭拉·安

A man explains to his wife that "Barbara Ann" on a paper is a racehorse's name, avoiding suspicio...

beginner dialogue humor
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Please Hang Up and Try Again | 请挂断重拨

A man calls home, mistakenly believes his wife is having an affair based on a conversation with a...

dark-comedy dialogue fiction
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Still Up in Bed | 还赖在床上

A boy repeatedly giggles when told his parents are "still up in bed," revealing he gave his fathe...

beginner dialogue family
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The Birthday Sex Certificate | 生日性爱礼券

A man, stumped for a birthday gift for his wife, follows his friend's suggestion to give her a ce...

birthday dialogue humor
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Weather Prediction | 天气预报

A film director hires a Native American man for his uncanny weather predictions, only to discover...

anecdote beginner humor
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The Great Lion Hunter | 伟大的猎狮者

A village hires a famed hunter to kill a man-eating lion. After a failed ambush, he disguises him...

beginner fiction humor
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The Terrorist Killer | 恐怖分子杀手

A garden centre employee spots a man with a concealed pistol and reports a potential terrorist to...

beginner everyday-life misunderstanding
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Tarzan and Jane | 泰山与简

A reporter seeking the legendary Tarzan in the jungle witnesses his primal behavior and offers he...

humorous-story joke jungle-adventure
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Anything | 任何事

A lonely forester's quest for companionship takes an unexpected turn when he rescues a woman, who...

beginner fiction folktale
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The Magic Light | 神奇的灯

A drunk man mistakes the fridge light for a toilet's automatic light, believing he has gained sup...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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The Throwaway Camera | 一次性相机

A couple forgets their camera for a wedding and asks a store owner for a "throwaway" camera, lead...

beginner dialogue humorous
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Bring Only One | 只能带一个人

A cannibal brings ten people to a team-building event, arguing that the instruction to 'bring you...

dark-comedy humor joke
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A Comedy of Errors | 一场语言误会

A newspaper editor and an English caller, each attempting to speak the other's language, end up i...

beginner dialogue humorous
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Two AA Batteries | 两节AA电池

A woman makes a witty pun in response to a clerk's direction in a hardware store. | 一位女士在五金店里对店员的...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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The $800 Debt | 八百美元的债务

A wife, answering the door in a towel, is offered $800 by her neighbor Bob to drop it. She does, ...

dialogue everyday-life humor
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The Sandwich Code | 三明治暗语

A couple uses sandwich meat names as a secret code during intimacy to avoid alerting the girl's y...

bilingual everyday-life humorous-story
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Whose Phone Is This? | 谁的手机

A man in a club locker room answers a ringing phone and has an extravagant conversation with a wo...

dialogue humorous intermediate
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Birthday Miracles | 生日奇迹

A man tries to uphold a family tradition of walking on water on his 21st birthday, only to nearly...

anecdote family-tradition humor
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Expands Six Times | 扩张六倍

A biology teacher's question about a body part that expands sixfold is misinterpreted by a studen...

biology-lesson classroom-dialogue educational-anecdote
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Free Kisses | 免费之吻

A gas station's "Free Kisses with Fill-Up" promotion involves a guessing game that a customer sus...

anecdote business-promotion dialogue
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