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A Business Loan

A businessman walked into a bank in San Francisco and asked for the loan officer. He told the officer that he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000. The bank officer explained that the bank needed some kind of security for such a loan.

 So the businessman handed over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checked out, and the bank agreed to accept the car as collateral for the loan. A bank employee drove the Rolls into the bank’s underground garage and parked it there. Two weeks later, the businessman returned, repaid the $5,000 with interest, which came to $15.41. The loan officer said,  "We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why would you bother to borrow $5,000? " The businessman replied,  "Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for only 15 bucks? "

شعر زير متعلق به دوست و استاد بسيار گرامي جناب آقاي محسن صادقي دبير منطقه جي اصفهان مي باشد كه اميدوارم مورد توجه شما فرار گیرد.

once upon a time there was a little girl	روزگاري دخترك زيبايي بود
as beautiful and charming as a pearl	به زيبايي و فريبايي يك مرواريد
in her neighborhood there was another child	در همسايگي او دخترك ديگري بود
but so ugly that was used to be riled	اما بقدري زشت كه موجب ناراحتي مي شد
the two girls grew up anyhow	در هر صورت هر دو دختر بزرگ شدند
one pretty and nice another I will tell you how	يكي زيبا و قشنگ و ديگري را خواهم گفت كه چگونه
the first one an angel so to speak	اولي چو گويي همانند فرشته اي
but the latter on the ugliness peak	اما دومي در اوج زشتي
one won many lad's hearts in the town	اولي قلب بسياري از پسرك هاي شهر را ربوده بود
another more akin to a circus clown	و ديگري بيشتر شبيه دلقك سيرك بود
one had blue eyes and blond hair	اولي چشمان آبي و موي بور داشت
another with a monkey you could compare	و دومي را مي توانستيد با ميمون مقايسه كنيد
one was svelte and sylphlike	اولي باريك اندام و زيبا بود
another had a long neck as a pike	و دومي مانند نيزه (اردك) گردني دراز داشت
one was the belle for moneymen	اولي دلارام سرمايه داران بود
another wasted her life cleaning a pen	و دومي عمر خود را صرف تمييز كردن اصطبل مي كرد
the pretty girl married a goldsmith	دختر زيبا با يك مرد زرگر ازدواج كرد
like an imaginary enchanting myth	مانند افسانه ي فريبنده ي خيالي
but the ugly one who could not bear	اما دختر زشت دومي كه نمي توانست تحمل كند
another heart rending nightmare	كابوس جانسوز ديگري را
she went to the church and entered the belfry	به كليسا رفت و وارد برج ناقوس كليسا شد
her life was in a dungeon and she wanted to be free	زندگيش در سياهچال بود و او مي خواست كه خود را برهاند
she threw herself down to the yard	او خودش را به پايين پرت كرد
prognosticating suicide was not very hard	پيش بيني خودكشي براي او خيلي سخت نبود
at the eleventh hour she did bawl	در لحظه آخر عمر او با صداي بلند داد زد
that the weakest goes to the wall	كه انسان بيچاره هميشه محكوم به شكست است (هر چي سنگه مال پاي لنگه)

Short Stories for Low Intermediate ESL Learners

New to America

A Haircut

The Yardman

Grab Your Umbrellas

Shopping for Bargains

Horses to Ride

Does Garlic Mean Garlic?

A Shower Injury

Pete's Sharp Knife

Provider Overbills Customer

A Good Sandwich

Sara’s Upset Stomach

Please Marry Me!

Laundry Day

A Noisy Neighbor

The New Realtor

The Fire Alarm

Eddie's Short Visit

Carbon Monoxide

A Visit to Asia

School Boys

The Loose Button

The Pile of Paper

Brushing and Flossing

Raising the Kids

A Clean Toilet Bowl

A Love Letter

Spock Saves His Dad

A Bird Attacks

A Daytime Robbery

The Motorcycle Rider

The Breakup

Famous Model Dies

Shopping Carts Everywhere

Four Slit Throats

Trick or Treat

A Jealous Girlfriend

Towns Hit by Snowstorms

Another Jealous Girlfriend

She Loves Her Son

The Doctor’s Exam

Hospitals Can Make You Sick

English Is So Hard

Hollywood Stars and Tourists

GEICO’s TV Lizard

Law and Order in LA?

Destruction of Iraq

Have You Seen This Man?

LA Traffic Report

LA Radio News

متن ترانه‌ي مشهور The simple truth ) حقيقت ساده)

از كريس دي‌برگ ترانه‌سرا، گيتاريست و خواننده‌ي بزرگ انگليسي

ترانه‌اي عميق و انساني كه همه‌ي ما را به تفكر وا مي‌دارد. اين آهنگ  در سال‌  تلخ و ظلماني 1988 براي كودكان آواره‌ي كرد عراقي خوانده شده و گوياتر از هزاران خبر و تحليل است.

The simple truth

Chris de Burgh

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اين شعر متعلق به يك كودك افريقايي است كه نامزد دريافت جايزه بهترين شعر سال 2005 شد

When I born, I Black

 When I grow up, I Black,
 When I go in Sun, I Black,
 When I scared, I Black,
 When I sick, I Black,
 And when I die, I still black.

And you White fella,

When you grow up, you White,

When you go in Sun, you Red,
 When you cold, you blue,

When you scared, you yellow,

 When you sick, you Green,
And when you die, you Gray

And you calling me colored??

Time to Get Up

Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. "Get up, son. It's time to go to school!"
"But why, Mom? I don't want to go."
"Give me two reasons why you don't want to go."
"Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!"
"Oh, that's no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready."
"Give me two reasons why I should go to school."
"Well, for one, you're 52 years old. And for another, you're the Principal.

Time and Love

Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived:

Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love.

One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. All the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed.

 She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last possible moment.

When the island was almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help.

Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked Richness, "Can I come with you on your boat?" Richness answered, "I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere."

Love then decided to ask Vanity, who was passing in a beautiful vessel, for help. Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." "I can't help you," Vanity said, "You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat."

Next Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, "Sadness, please let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but I just need to be alone now."

Then Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, "Happiness, please take me with you." But Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love calling to him.

Love began to cry. Then she heard a voice say, "Come Love, I will take you with me." It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder.

Love then found Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?" "It was Time," Knowledge answered. "But why did Time help me when no one else would?" Love asked. Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."

Some Interesting Limericks

The limerick is a humorous, nonsense verse consisting of a triplet and couplet, which results in the person creating a five line poem.
Often, limericks begins with "There once was" or "There was a."
Lines 1, 2, 5 are the triplet and rhyme; lines 3, 4 form a rhyming couplet.

1.     There was an old lady from Clyde
Who ate forty apples and died
The apples fermented
inside the lamented
and made cider inside her insides

One person wrote a letter to his wife: "Dear Sweet Heart, I can't send my salary this month, so I am sending 100 kisses. You are my sweetheart" His wife replied back after some days to her husband: "Dearest sweetheart, Thanks for your 100 kisses, I am sending the expenses details.

1. Milk man was agreed on 2 kisses

2. Teacher agreed on 7 kisses

3. Our house owner is coming every day and taking two or three kisses of mine

4. Vegetable and food shop keeper was not agreeing with kisses only, so I have given some other items to him ...........

5. Others 40 kisses.

Please don't worry for me, I have balance 35 kisses and I hope I can complete this month. Shall I plan same way for next months?

Please advise,

Your Sweet Heart

The mercy of Allah

A man woke up early in order to pray the morning prayer in the mosque. He got dressed, made his ablution and was on his way to the mosque.

On his way to the mosque, the man fell and his clothes got dirty. He got up, brushed himself off, and headed home. At home, he changed his clothes, made his ablution, and was, again, on his way to the mosque.

2nd time, on his way to the mosque, he fell again and at the same spot! He, again, got up, brushed himself off and headed home. At home he, once again, changed his clothes, made his ablution and was on his way to the mosque.

On his way 3rd time to the mosque, he met a man holding a lamp. He asked the man of his identity and the man replied "I saw you fall twice on your way to the mosque, so I brought a lamp so I can light your way." The first man thanked him profusely and the two where on their way to the mosque.

Once at the mosque, the first man asked the man with the lamp to come in and pray morning with him. The second man refused. The first man asked him a couple more times and, again, the answer was the same. The first man asked him why he did not wish to come in and pray.

The man replied "I am Satan."

The man was shocked at this reply. Satan went on to explain, "I saw you on your way to the mosque and it was I who made you fall. When you went home, cleaned yourself and went back on your way to the mosque, Allah forgave all of your sins. I made you fall a second time, and even that did not encourage you to stay home, but rather, you went back on your way to the mosque. Because of that, Allah forgave all the sins of the people of your household. I was afraid if I made you fall one more time, then Allah will forgive the sins of the people of your village, so I made sure that you reached the mosque safely."

Think yourself about it's purpose.

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