英文短篇故事（纽约）502 Young Ballplayer Hates Gravity

Connor went running into the house. He was upset. His dad asked what was wrong. Connor said, My baseball went down the sewer drain. That was the same ball that I caught at the Mets game last week. His dad said, Well, don't worry. I'll take you to ano

英文短篇故事（纽约）497 Little Pill for Big Brother

Tyler said, The government is developing a super pill. It'll record and play back everything you see and do. If you forget where you put your keys, close your eyes. Think 'keys,' and you'll see an audio-video of when you last used your keys. If you f

英文短篇故事（纽约）461 Barefoot with Hand Out

Warren was exiting the chilly subway station. A man in tattered clothes was sitting on the landing. His bare feet were black with dirt. As Warren approached, the man extended a dirty, raggedy NY Yankees cap. He said, Please, sir! Please, sir! His ton

英文短篇故事（纽约）451 Dirty Bathroom Angers Wife

She said, You are so lazy. I think we should get a divorce. He said, You don't divorce someone just because they're a little bit lazy. What is it this time? She said, Go look at the faucet spout in the bathroom. Look at your soap dish. He went into t

英文短篇故事（纽约）452 A Free Magazine Subscription

She got a computer magazine in the mail. She hadn't ordered it. In fact, she'd never even heard of it. The expiration date was on the address label. It was 12 months away. She read the whole magazine within the next few days. A while later, her uncle

英文短篇故事（纽约）453 Teacher Frets About Handout

Al took the 6 Train to Hunter College. The Math Teachers Society was having its annual conference. Al was a new member. He had created a handout for the other teachers. It described his new math website. His site had hundreds of math exercises and ga

英文短篇故事（纽约）454 Is There a Largebone Too?

Lester was walking along East 65th Street. A store window's fancy lettering caught his eye. It said, Smallbone of Devizes. Underneath that, it said, Hand-made English Cabinetry. He understood cabinetry. But Smallbone of Devizes? What in the world was

英文短篇故事（纽约）455 Standing on the Corner

The young woman was standing on the corner near Bloomingdale's. Yellow stickers on her hat said, Try This! He asked, Try what? She said, I'm handing out samples of a new facial cream. I'm fresh out, but they're bringing me more. Would you like some f

英文短篇故事（纽约）456 Stomach Trumps Heart

He got home from work at 10 p.m. His wife was still at work. A note was on the refrigerator. It said, I was home for lunch. There are leftovers in the fridge. Just heat and eat. Enjoy! What an angel, he thought. She was always thinking of him. He put

英文短篇故事（纽约）457 Did You Wash Your Hands?

He walked into the kitchen. Breakfast dishes had dried in the dish rack on top of the counter. He opened a kitchen cabinet. He grabbed a dish. It touched another dish as he pulled it out of the rack. His wife was in the living room. She heard the cla

英文短篇故事（纽约）459 Bedbugs Be Gone!

He was making the bed. He shook out the quilt. He laid it flat on the mattress. He noticed a brown speck on the quilt. The speck was moving! He took a closer look. It was a bedbug. So that explained the two red marks on his forearm. He flushed the be

英文短篇故事（纽约）460 Put on Your Thinking Cap

The speaker was addressing a roomful of teachers. He said, 'Thinking' and 'thinking critically' aren't the same. For example, if you're thinking about what day it is, that's not thinking critically. He instantly heard some murmuring. A teacher said,

英文短篇故事（纽约）458 NYC Is So Exciting

His niece visited him in New York City. He took some time off from work. It was her first visit to the Big Apple. When she left, she said, You're so lucky to live here. I'm going to move here after college. There's just so many places to go and thing

英文短篇故事（纽约）465 Those People Will Never Change

On Alternate Earth, there are Stripers and Checkers. The Stripers have stripes. The Checkers have checks. Stripers and Checkers with only two colors are rich and powerful. Those with fifty colors are the middle class. Those with 100 colors are often

英文短篇故事（纽约）464 Tattoo You

The owner of a Manhattan firm has offered his employees a 15-percent raise. All they have to do is tattoo themselves with the firm's logoDD. The name of the firm is Double Down. It makes pillows. The owner claims his pillows contain twice as much dow

英文短篇故事（纽约）463 The Fast Food Worker

He was dog-tired. He plopped onto the worn sofa. His sister said, You look beat. Did you just run a marathon? He said, I wish. I can run a marathon in less than four hours. I just finished my shift. It was eight and a half hours. No lunch, no breaks.

英文短篇故事（纽约）462 Drink Your Own Tea

The waiter at IchiUmi asked if they wanted anything to drink. His wife and her friend wanted tea. His wife asked, Do you want tea, too? He said, No. Water's fine. After the waiter left, they all rose. They grabbed clean plates and visited the buffet

英文短篇故事（纽约）217 A Cable TV Problem

He pressed Select on his remote. He selected On Demand on his TV screen. He selected ABC. He selected Jeopardy. He selected Play. Error 100 appeared onscreen. He called Time Warner. He described his problem to the representative. She said, Turn off y

英文短篇故事（纽约）215 Time to Pay Taxes

It was late February. It was time for Luke to pay his taxes. He gathered his three W-2s. Each W-2 stated his income for each job. Then he gathered his various bills and receipts. He had computer expenses. He had medical expenses. He had transportatio

英语听力短文16 Teacher Laid Off

Sam had lost his new teaching job. His supervisor had told him, I'm sorry. When we don't get enough new students, I have to lay off the newest teachers. But Sam was the only new teacher who'd been laid off. All the other new teachers were still worki