• The Nightingale and the Rose

    14-12-18 A young student loved a beautiful girl.He saidI am going to a dance tonight, and I am going to take the beautiful girl. But the girl said, I am not going to go to the dance tonight, because I haven't got a red rose. I went to a dance last week, and...

  • The important things life teaches you

    14-11-12 During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a careful student and had breezedthrough the questions until I read the last one: What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school? Surely this was some kind...

  • 东郭敞的许多愿望

    14-11-12 Dong guochang, a person of the state Qi, had always dreamt to be a millionaire, and planned how to spend the imaginary money. One of his students wanted to borrow some money from him because he could barely make a living. Not only did Dong Guochang...

  • A cheerful response 欣然回应

    14-08-05 A college student was taking a pre-Christmas examination. As he couldn't answer some questions, he complained and wrote the complaint on the examination paper as a message. It read: God only knows the answers to these questions, Merry Christmas. Whe...

  • Day after day 日复一日

    14-07-02 A teacher was always so involved in the text being studied that he never looked up . He would call on a student for translation and explanation, and-without realizing it-he often chose the same student day after day. Out of respect, the student woul...

  • Three days to live 只能再活三天

    14-06-16 One day, a professor asked his students: If you have only three days to live in this world, what will you do? Student A: I want to stay with my girl friend. Student B: I want to go back to see my parents. Student C: I will try my best to eat some de...

  • Civil rights 公民权利

    14-06-16 On the first day of an American history class, the professor assigned five chapters on civil rights. The next day, he asked one of my classmates to name ten of those rights. When the student made no response, the professor said, All right. Name five...

  • Keys? Kiss?

    14-06-12 A friend of mine was giving an English lesson to a class of adult who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table, he asked various members of the class to give him the ruler, the book,...

  • student rector 学生校长

    14-04-28 Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has been elected to the post of student rector at Glasgow University. 爆料者斯诺登被英国格拉斯哥大学的学生选举为学生校长。 学生校长(student rector)是格拉斯哥大学的高级职位之一,由学生选举产生,每届任期三年...

  • It's Too Late 太晚了

    14-04-14 A medical student was called on to state how much of a certain drug he would give to a patient. He promptly replied: Five grains. A minute later the student asked the professor, May I correct my answer? The professor looked at his watch and said: It...