Category: ENGLISH

  • Listening: A Wedding

    A Wedding “Tomorrow will be the best day of my life,” Betty said. “Yes, it will be,” said her mom. “I’m so happy for you. Paul is such a good man. He will make a great husband and father. And he’s so nice. Your dad and I both love him.” Betty met Paul after she…

  • Listening: Man Injured at Fast Food Place

    Man Injured at Fast Food Place A 79-year-old man was slightly injured on Saturday while waiting in his brand new convertible in a drive-through lane at Burger Prince restaurant. Herman Sherman of Northville suffered a mild burn about 9:00 p.m. when a young female employee accidentally spilled a cup of coffee into his lap. Sherman…

  • Listening: Lazy Husband

    Lazy Husband There was a girl name Tomoe. One day she took it upon herself to change her husband. Tomoe was very picky. She wanted the apartment to always be perfectly clean. But her husband was a lousy housekeeper. One day Tomoe said, “when you do the laundry, please sort the clothes by colour”. Tomoe…

  • Listening: Fishing For Girls

    Fishing for girls Wednesday night, Howard asked Glenn if he wanted to go fishing and girl-watching that weekend at Santa Fe Lake. “We’ll leave Friday morning and return late Sunday night, ”he said. Glenn said he had to clean out his garage, so Howard went by himself. Howard had also planned to lie around the…

  • Listening: Bus Accident

    Bus Accident There was a bus accident. The bus accident was near a dam. The bus ran off the road. The bus tipped over. Two people died. Eight people were hurt. The bus driver was going too fast. The road is a two-lane road. It is a narrow road. It isn’t a wide road. The…

  • Listening: Brush Your Teeth

    Brush Your Teeth She walked into the bathroom. She took the cap off the tube of toothpaste. She squeezed some toothpaste onto her toothbrush. She turned on the cold water. She brushed her upper teeth and spit out some toothpaste. She brushed her lower teeth and spit out some more toothpaste. She rinsed out her…

  • Listening: Book Him

    Book Him A man accused of failing to return more than 700 children’s books to five different libraries inthe county was released from jail yesterday after a book publisher agreed to post his bond of $1,000. The publisher said, “There’s a story here. This is a man who loves books. He just can’t let go…

  • Listening: Better To Be Unlucky

    Better To Be Unlucky Sam, an unemployed piano tuner, said it was only the second thing he had ever won in his life. The first thing was an Afghan blanket at a church raffle when he was 25 years old. But this was much bigger: it was $120,000! He had won the Big Cube, a…

  • Listening: A Drunk Pilot

    A Drunk Pilot There were 102 passengers on the plane. They were waiting for the plane to take off. But the plane was just sitting there. The plane could not take off without a pilot. The co-pilot was already on board. But the pilot was not. Where was the pilot? The flight attendants didn’t know.…

  • Listening: $100 Deposit

    $100 Deposit The well-dressed, gray-haired woman was crying her eyes out. She had just been fined $100 by the judge because a month ago her dog made a mess on the front lawn of the courthouse. “I just got out of the cab and I leashed Poopsie to the light pole. After I paid the…