英文短篇故事（纽约）490 I Cried Because I Had No Shoes

Gordon said, My elbow's killing me. I have tendinitis. Isaac said, A friend of mine lost both his arms. He doesn't even have an elbow. Gordon said, My back's killing me. I couldn't even get out of bed this morning. Isaac said, A friend of mine is par

英文短篇故事（纽约）491 The Girl Who Stopped Eating

Becky's mom was worried. She took Becky to the doctor's office. She told the doctor, Becky used to eat three times a day. Now she's not eating a thing. She says she's not hungry anymore. Of course, I don't believe her. I never heard of such a thing.

英文短篇故事（纽约）492 What Is That Blur?

He was watching TV. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something. It was a shadow. It seemed to be on the floor. He turned his head to get a better look. Whatever it was, it wasn't there anymore. Over the next few months, he saw the shadow several

英文短篇故事（纽约）493 How to Meet Girls

Jordan said, Every time I see you, you have a beautiful woman on your arm. How do you do that? What's your secret? Ryan said, Well, there's really no secret. It's simply a matter of being confident. Women like confidence. I meet women just by introdu

英文短篇故事（纽约）494 Take These New Shoes Back

Lisa entered a Blarks shoe store in midtown Manhattan. Blarks were her favorite shoes. She wanted a lightweight pair of shoes for work. She found a pair for $100. She bought them. Then she went to Macy's to see if Macy's had the same style in other c

英文短篇故事（纽约）495 Your Phone or Your Life

Noah worked for a pizza place in downtown Manhattan. At 11 p.m., a caller ordered an extra-large pizza with everything. When the pizza was ready, Noah put it in a delivery bag. He took the bag out to his new, $1,600 motorbike. The motorbike was so mu

英文短篇故事（纽约）481 Nice People Are So…Nice

On Planet Harmony, two Earthlings were talking. Nathan had just arrived from Earth. Simon said, I've been here for almost a year. I had heard about this place for many years. It always sounded too good to be true. But it's all true. People here are s

英文短篇故事（纽约）510 Action Movies Bore Brothers

For ninety minutes, the movie audience watched chases, crashes, and shootouts. Bullets and blood flew everywhere. There were enough dead bodies to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool. Leaving the theater, Brad said, Yawn. These action movies are getti

英文短篇故事（纽约）508 Free Money for Straphangers

The man on the M train said, Good morning, everybody. I'm going to keep this short and sweet. My name's Robin. I'm not here to ask for money. I'm not here looking for work. I'm not here to preach the Gospel. But I do have some good news. I've got a g

英文短篇故事（纽约）509 New, Improved EZ English

The President spoke two languagesEnglish and Brolese. After being elected, he married a woman from Brola. She was learning English. She told him, Irregular verbs make learning English very difficult. The next day, he announced to the nation, Effectiv

英文短篇故事（纽约）507 The Truth About a Tooth

He dreamed that one of his teeth had fallen out. He told his classmate. She said, In my country, such a dream means a relative is going to die soon. He asked, Really? Any particular relative? She said, Yes. It depends on which tooth falls out. He sai

英文短篇故事（纽约）506 Too Drive to Drunk

The silver Mercedes was weaving along the four-lane road. Two solid yellow stripes and embedded reflectors separated the lanes. The Mercedes driver was very well-dressed. He was also very drunk. He was driving with all the car windows open and the mu

英文短篇故事（纽约）505 Worried About His Wife

Grace worked seven days a week. Almost always, she left home at eight in the morning. She didn't return home until eight in the evening. After eating a late dinner and watching a little TV, she turned on her computer. She did research for several hou

英文短篇故事（纽约）504 Where Did All the Fish Go?

In the year 2525, Emma told her mom, My teacher said there used to be fish in the oceans. Where did they all go? Her mom said, The fish went where everything else went. They went into people's stomachs. A long time ago, people thought that the supply

英文短篇故事（纽约）503 Nothing Like the Real Thing

His wife asked, When are you ever going to take me somewhere? When we were in Los Angeles, you never took me to Universal Studios or Disneyland. Now we're in Manhattan. You still haven't taken me to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building.

英文短篇故事（纽约）496 Walk Around Me

Cameron was standing in line at Walbrowns. Two cashiers were at the counter. A huge man was standing in front of Cameron. About eight people were standing behind him. One cashier said, Step down, please. The big man went to the counter. A minute late

英文短篇故事（纽约）498 A Good Deal on a Cane

At the dollar store, he saw a folding cane. It was adjustable and only $7.99. It was a good buy in case of an emergency. A cane is like a flashlight, he thought. It's better to have one when you need it than to have to go buy one when you need it. Wh

英文短篇故事（纽约）499 A Lifetime of Stupidity

Aaron said, I can't believe all the stupid things I've done in my life. When I was a kid, I licked a metal ice cube tray. Of course, my tongue stuck to the tray. I panicked. I pulled the tray off my tongue. It started bleeding like crazy. I'm lucky I

英文短篇故事（纽约）500 Bump in the Night

She was walking fast. It was 9:20 p.m. She was hoping to catch the B train. It usually arrived at the station at 9:28. The Brooklyn sidewalk was hazardous at night. It was poorly lighted. Also, spreading tree roots had made sections of it rise abrupt

英文短篇故事（纽约）501 The Greatest Putt Ever Made

People will argue forever about who the world's greatest golfer is. But nobody can argue about who sank the most important putt ever made in the history of golf. It was Germany's Martin Kaymer. He sank a 5-foot putt on the last hole of the 2012 Ryder