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Three Big Rednecks | 三个大块头红脖子

A man in a bar attempts to tell a redneck joke to a group of three large men who identify as redn...

beginner culture dialogue
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Save Much More | 省得更多

A boy tells his mother he saved bus fare by running behind the bus to school. His mother humorous...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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What a Big Deal | 我是来装电话的

A new businessman pretends to close a big deal on the phone to impress a visitor, only to find ou...

beginner business embarrassment
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A Driving Debacle | 驾驶闹剧

A man is pulled over and awarded for safe driving, but his and his passengers' revealing comments...

absurd anecdote crime
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The Policeman and the Monkey | 警察与猴子

A policeman misunderstands his boss's order to take a stray monkey to the zoo, instead treating i...

anecdote beginner-english dialogue
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A Dollar Per Point | 一分一美元

A student attached $100 to his exam, offering "a dollar per point." The professor graded it and r...

anecdote education humorous
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Biblical Signs | 圣经的征兆

George W. Bush repeatedly tries to get Moses's attention in an airport, only to receive a cold sh...

biblical-humor dialogue intermediate
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The Tie and Water | 领带与水

A dying man in the desert is offered a tie instead of water, only to later be denied entry to a h...

absurdity allegory english-learning
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The Clever Sign | 巧妙的招牌

A shopkeeper outsmarts his price-slashing competitors by cleverly positioning his store as the ma...

business-strategy competition humorous
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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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What's Time to a Pig? | 时间对猪有何意义?

A city visitor questions a farmer's act of holding up a pig to eat apples, seeing it as inefficie...

beginner dialogue perspective
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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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Gallant Effort | 殷勤的失言

A shy young man attempts a gallant compliment at a dinner party but inadvertently insults his hos...

beginner dialogue humor
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To The Nines | 九的执念

A man encounters the number nine repeatedly on 9/9/99 and takes it as a lucky omen, leading him t...

fiction humor intermediate
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Managerial Mishaps | 管理者的窘境

A stressed manager sent to a farm for rest impresses the farmer by quickly completing physically ...

anecdote business-management humorous
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Blind, Blond & Ballsy | 盲人、金发与胆量

A blind man considers telling a blond joke in a bar but cleverly backs out upon learning multiple...

blindness blonde-stereotype dialogue
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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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Keep Feeding Him Nickels | 再喂他几枚镍币

A mother panics when her son swallows a nickel but coughs up two dimes. The father humorously sug...

anecdote beginner family
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Home Remedy | 家庭疗法

A man who lost his voice seeks a doctor's help. The doctor's unconventional "treatment" involves ...

beginner doctor-patient 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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