英文短篇故事（纽约）301 Can You Hear Me Now?

Tommy was on the N train. A little girl across the aisle was screaming bloody murder. Her mom ignored her. Tommy walked to the end of the car. The screaming continued. At the next station, he got into a different car. The train took off. Four young m

英文短篇故事（纽约）302 Flower Shop Fails to Deliver

She liked a certain plant in the Manhattan flower shop. The clerk said it was $400. She said, I want this delivered to a restaurant. Today is its grand opening. But I must be there before the plant arrives. So, can you call me at work when it leaves

英文短篇故事（纽约）303 She Loves One, Kisses Another

She and her boyfriend are actors. They've been together three years. She was recently seen kissing the director of her last movie. They were holding each other tightly. Photos of this kiss went on YouTube. She apologized. She said, I'm so sorry. Nels

英文短篇故事（纽约）304 Find a Queue That Moves

There were six lines in the supermarket. Five shoppers stood silently in five lines. Three shoppers stood silently in the sixth line. Bob went to the sixth line. The old man in the front of the line was talking to the cashier. The cashier nodded her

英文短篇故事（纽约）305 My Wife's Better Than Yours

They were at a small Japanese restaurant on Second Avenue. You're a very lucky man, said Sylvia. William said, Is that so? Sylvia asked, Do you know why you're a very lucky man? William said, I'm not sure. Because I have a good job? Sylvia said, Beca

英文短篇故事（纽约）306 Meet New People on the Subway

Patrick got on the R train. It was crowded. He saw a space to sit. It was next to a well-dressed, older woman. He squeezed in on her left. He started reading his magazine. She started digging in her left ear. She finished digging. She rolled somethin

英文短篇故事（纽约）308 The End of Graffiti?

He was riding the LIRR to Oyster Bay. He saw beautiful scenery everywhere. But he also saw graffiti everywhere. There must be a way to stop graffiti, he thought. He did some research. He developed a design for a graffiti-buster. He presented it to a

英文短篇故事（纽约）309 A World of Silent Humans

It started in Greenwich, England. Hour by hour, it traveled west. It hit all the Americas. Then it hit Asia. Then it hit Russia, eastern Europe, and eastern Africa. In just 24 hours, nobody in the world was talking. People were still moving their mou

英文短篇故事（纽约）310 Bad Breath, Dandruff, and Acne

The two friends were talking. Jon said, At dinner last night, your breath was killing everyone. Did you see Joe slide his chair away from the table when you talked? He told me he was never going to sit at the same table with you again. Brad said, Wha

英文短篇故事（纽约）311 A Grumpy DMV Clerk

He went to DMV at 8:30 a.m. to renew his learner permit. He stood in line. He received ticket B211. How can the number be so high the first thing in the morning, he wondered. He sat on a bench and looked at the electronic board. It said A345, B208, C

英文短篇故事（纽约）312 The Subway Push

Sally and Gene were running late. It was a hot summer evening. It was even hotter in the underground subway station. Finally, the train arrived. It was crowded. The doors opened. Nobody exited. Sally tried to get inside. But a woman was standing near

英文短篇故事（纽约）313 A Manager Without Manners

Horace was alone in the gym on the top floor of his apartment building. He was standing next to a treadmill. Silently and from behind, a man hurriedly brushed past Horace. Horace was startled. The man missed hitting him by an inch. The man went into

英文短篇故事（纽约）314 The Wrong Web Site

Connie works in real estate in Manhattan. Her listings were on Craigslist and other web sites. One day she decided to consolidate all her listings onto one site. That site was Naked Apartments. She called one of her new clients. She said, Please visi

英文短篇故事（纽约）315 His Computer Is His Master

He tried to open a music folder. A dialogue box said, You don't currently have permission to open this folder. Click Continue to access this folder. He clicked Continue. He got a new message: You have been denied permission to access this folder. To

英文短篇故事（纽约）422 Sidewalks You Can Eat Off

I love this city, he said. It's got so much energy. Just step outside and you can feel it almost everywhere. She said, Yes, Manhattan is full of people and their energy. He said, And, contrary to what you see in movies and on TV, it's full of nice pe

英文短篇故事（纽约）423 The Slide Rule Rules

On Alternate Earth, all the news was about Hiram Humboldt, the world's premier engineer. He had been caught cheating on his wifeagain! Hiram said, My marriage is already toast. I love my wife, but these young, beautiful women won't leave me alone. It

英文短篇故事（纽约）424 Sleeping with One Eye Open

He had the flu. He went to bed. Even under a heavy quilt, he was shivering. His wife, who normally slept in the other bedroom, decided to spend the night with him. He said, Honey, I'm not dying. I just have a bug. It'll go away in a few days. If you

英文短篇故事（纽约）425 Much Older Than He Looks

Sam, 54, looks like he's about 30. He's always looked very youthful. He likes to tell about his first development deal. He was sitting in a lawyer's office. The lawyer kept looking at his watch. Finally, Sam asked, Are we waiting for someone? The law

英文短篇故事（纽约）426 Opened Window, Closed Mouth

It was 38 degrees outside. Brad found a seat in the second floor classroom. It was near one of three huge windows. The windows overlooked 36th Street. No icy drafts blew past any window edges. If nothing else, it was a warm room with a view. Brad hop

英文短篇故事（纽约）427 Oranges All Day, Every Day

She walked into their apartment. Her nose crinkled. She asked, What's that smell? He said, They were giving these away on the street. They're promoting a new air freshener. She said, Air freshener? It doesn't smell like fresh air in here. It smells l