法官：你在偷人家珠宝时，不 感到心里不安吗？
fǎguān ： nǐ zài tōu rénjiā zhūbǎo shí ， bù gǎndào xīn lǐ bùān má ？
小偷：先生， 老实说我当时心 里是很不安，因为我担心 偷到的是假货。
xiǎo tōu ： xiānshēng ， lǎoshí shuō wǒ dāngshí xīn lǐ shì hěn bù ān ， yīnwéi wǒ dānxīn tōudào de shì jiǎhuò
Judge:Didn’t you feel uneasy when you were stealing those jewels?
Thief: Yes sir. To be honest, I did. I was afraid that they could be fake.
Vocabulary:
法官 fǎguān judge
珠宝 zhūbǎo jewel
不安 bùān uneasy
假货 jiǎhuò fake goods
Source
Liang, Yanmin. 幽默汉语 ( Humorous Chinese). 让烹诗玄 包出版社 (Beijing Language and Culture University Press), 2004.
In this cartoon, a speaker vigorously haraunges a crowd. They all fall asleep except one person. When the speaker approaches that person enthusiastically, they respond, “Please don’t misunderstand. I have insomnia.” The cartoon is credited to Xu Pengfei. He has drawn thousands of cartoons, the first of which was published in 1979.
Sources
Cartoonist Xu Pengfei CCTV-International. http://english.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20100318/102933.shtml. Accessed 18 Feb. 2024.
“Xu Pengfei.” Lambiek.Net, https://www.lambiek.net/artists/x/xu-pengfei.htm. Accessed 18 Feb. 2024.