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The Nerd's Choice | 书呆子的选择

A nerd explains how he acquired a new bike after a woman offered him a choice between the bike an...

dialogue everyday-life humor
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Moving from the City | 从城市搬来

A city man inquires about local pastimes in rural West Virginia and receives a circular, humorous...

culture-clash dialogue humor
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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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New Boots | 新靴子

An elderly man, excited about his new alligator boots, tries in vain to get his wife to notice th...

dialogue everyday-life humor
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A Cucumber, A Carrot and a Banana | 黄瓜、胡萝卜和香蕉

A man with vegetables in his nose and ears seeks medical advice, only to receive a humorous diagn...

beginner-english doctor-patient food-pun
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Senioritis | 老年综合症

Two elderly friends discuss the pains of aging, with one humorously comparing his state to that o...

aging dialogue humor
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The Final Exam | 期末考试

Four unprepared students fake a car breakdown to postpone an exam, but the dean's clever test exp...

fiction humorous short-story
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Old Clyde | 老克莱德

An Alabama man finds a gorilla in his tree and calls a specialist. The catcher arrives with his d...

animal-rescue beginner fiction
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Excuse for Speeding | 超速的理由

Harry and Lloyd give a humorous and illogical excuse for speeding when pulled over by the police....

anecdote beginner-english dialogue
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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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A Lesson in Manners | 礼貌一课

Jack learns to prolong his bow by counting the months, but his excessive politeness leads to a hu...

anecdote beginner-english humor
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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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Twenty-Four Hours | 二十四小时

A patient is told he has only 24 hours to live, only to discover the doctor has been trying to de...

beginner dark-comedy dialogue
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A Whole Hour | 整整一小时

Mr. Brown arrives late for work, battered and bruised, claiming he fell from a ten-story window. ...

beginner-english dialogue humor
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The Hat | 帽子

Mr. Jones throws his bag out of the train window after his hat blows away, explaining that someon...

beginner-english fiction humorous
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We Close at Nine | 九点关门

An impatient diner complains about slow service, to which the waitress humorously replies that th...

beginner dialogue everyday-life
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Heaven or Hell? | 天堂还是地狱?

Bill Gates gets to choose between Heaven and Hell after death. Lured by a deceptive demo version ...

afterlife dialogue humor
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The Kangaroo's Escape | 袋鼠的逃脱

A zoo repeatedly increases the height of a kangaroo's enclosure to prevent its escape, only to fi...

animal-fable beginner-english dialogue
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The Poisoned Drink | 毒酒

A man at a bar, having suffered a series of catastrophic misfortunes, is preparing to drink poiso...

dark-humor fiction intermediate
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Too Late | 为时已晚

A medical student gives an incorrect drug dosage and asks to correct it a minute later, but the p...

beginner cautionary-tale dialogue
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