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The Bilingual Faucet | 双语水龙头

A customer in Montreal is scalded by a tap marked 'C', assuming it means 'cold'. The manager expl...

bilingualism culture humor
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What Did She Want? | 她要买什么

A store manager, horrified to hear a clerk tell a customer an item is out of stock, intervenes to...

beginner business-anecdote dialogue
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How Many Children? | 人口普查员的困惑

A census taker is surprised to learn a woman has three sets of twins, but her humorous reply reve...

census dialogue family
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Highway 22 | 22号公路

A patrolman stops an elderly lady driving too slowly, only to discover she mistook the highway nu...

anecdote dialogue everyday-life
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The Divorce Consultation | 离婚咨询

A farmer hilariously misunderstands every legal term during a divorce consultation, leading to th...

anecdote dialogue humor
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A Train Tunnel Incident | 火车隧道里的误会

Three passengers on a train experience a dark tunnel, a mysterious kiss sound, and a slap, leadin...

anecdote humor intermediate-english
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Salt Water | 盐水

A salesman, told salt water helps sore feet, goes to the sea but stays at a distant hotel to save...

beginner-english health-remedy humor
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The Itchy Midget | 发痒的矮人

A midget complains of itchy "balls" to a doctor, who performs a mysterious procedure involving sc...

dialogue humor joke
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The Oak Tree | 橡树

Two holidaymakers in an orchard are puzzled by a fruitless tree and offer a boy money for an expl...

beginner educational humorous
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The 22 MPH Confusion | 22英里的误会

A police officer stops a car for driving too slowly at 22 MPH, only to discover the elderly drive...

anecdote beginner dialogue
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Who Signed the Declaration of Independence | 《独立宣言》是谁签署的

A teacher asks a student who signed the Declaration of Independence. After the student's profane ...

anecdote dialogue education
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How to Remove the Gum? | 如何取出耳中的口香糖?

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

anecdote beginner humor
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Wrong-Way Driver | 逆向行驶

A worried wife warns her husband about a wrong-way driver on his route, only to receive the ironi...

anecdote dialogue driving
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The Old Hunter and the Compass | 老猎人与指南针

An old hunter, despite being given a compass, repeatedly gets lost because he misunderstands its ...

beginner folktale humor
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That Is Not My Dog | 那不是我的狗

A woman is bitten by a dog in a pet shop after the shopkeeper assures her his dog doesn't bite, l...

anecdote beginner-english dialogue
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What Did She Want? | 她要买什么?

A store manager, horrified to hear a clerk tell a customer an item is out of stock, intervenes to...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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Maternal Miracles | 母亲的奇迹

A young doctor's unconventional "diagnosis" of pregnancy for an elderly woman leads to a dramatic...

beginner dialogue health
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Two Blind Hunters | 两位盲目的猎人

Two blonde hunters, lost in the woods, repeatedly fire shots for help as instructed, only to real...

beginner blonde-joke humor
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Phone Book | 电话簿

A blonde woman returns a "boring" book to the library, complaining about its numerous characters ...

humor joke library
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I'll Never Understand Women | 我永远不懂女人

A dejected man at a bar explains his marital misunderstanding: after his wife offered him "anythi...

beginner dialogue humor
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