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The Joking Taxi Driver

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Wei Lan takes a taxi during a rainstorm and encounters a quirky driver who tells jokes, faces a traffic jam, but uses a secret shortcut with a surprising twist.

Added 12/15/2025 · 317 characters

Story text

16 sentences

  1. wèilán
    jīntiān
    yào
    rúpíng
    jiā
    chīfàn
  2. wàimiàn
    xià
    le
    juédìng
    chūzūchē
  3. liàng
    huángsè
    de
    chūzūchē
    hěn
    kuài
    tíng
    zài
    miànqián
  4. sījī
    shì
    pàng
    pàng
    de
    zhōngnián
    shūshū
    tóu
    shàng
    dài
    zháo
    dǐng
    cǎisè
    de
    shé
    mào
    kànqǐlái
    hěn
    huájī
  5. xiǎojiě
    nǎlǐ
    ā
    sījī
    xiào
    zháo
    wèn
  6. dōng
    chéngqū
    yángguāng
    xiǎoqū
    xièxiè
    shūshū
    wèilán
    zuò
    jìn
    chē
    shuō
  7. chūzūchē
    kāidòng
    le
    sījī
    dǎkāi
    shōuyīnjī
    fàng
    zháo
    lǎo
  8. yībiān
    kāichē
    yībiān
    chàng
    huán
    jiǎng
    le
    hǎoduō
    xiàohuà
  9. wèilán
    xiào
    qiányǎnghòuhé
    tiān
    juéde
    wúliáo
    le
  10. tūrán
    qiánmiàn
    de
    dǔchē
    le
    hěn
    duō
    chē
    yīdòngbùdòng
  11. āiyā
    máfán
    le
    wèilán
    zháojí
    shuō
  12. sījī
    zhǎ
    zhǎyǎn
    bié
    huāng
    zhīdào
    tiáo
    xiǎolù
    néng
    kuài
    diǎn
    dào
  13. chē
    kāi
    jìn
    tiáo
    zhǎi
    zhǎi
    de
    hútòng
    rào
    guò
  14. méixiǎngdào
    tāmen
    hěn
    kuài
    jiù
    dào
    le
    xiǎoqū
    ménkǒu
  15. wèilán
    le
    qián
    zhèng
    yào
    zǒu
    rúpíng
    kāi
    mén
    chūlái
    hǎn
    zěnme
    kāichē
    sòng
    lái
    le
  16. yuánlái
    sījī
    shì
    rúpíng
    de
    wèilán
    jīngyà
    xiào
    le

Quiz

Reading comprehension

Question 1 of 4

Question 1

What did the driver do while driving that made Wei Lan laugh heartily?

Narration

The Joking Taxi Driver