“上外-朗文学生系列读物”是专门为学生编写的一套阅读理解教学参考图书。内容循序渐进，适合中学与大学不同年级的学生及不同程度的英语自学者，其目的在于帮助读者提高英语新闻记者理解能力，增加词汇量及增进对英语语法和句型的认识。每册的课文都是一些妙趣横生的故事和西方家喻户晓的笑话。通过阅读，读者还能增进对西方幽默感的理解。

1. The Three Tortoises

2. An Old Friend

3. Not Here

4. A Bad Doctor

5. Nothing to Complain About

6. A Good-Bye Gift

7. Good Value

8. Not funny

9. The Right Tools for the Job

10. Paid in Full

11. The Wrong Question

12. Bananas Are Bad for You

13. Big John

14. The Wrong Medicine

15. Something in the Ear

He was taller and fatter than two men together and he had two guns on his hips.

He had hands the size of shovels,a thick,black beard and evillooking eyes.

He stood by the door and looked around the room,then slowly he walked towards the bar.

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