《妙语短篇》(D1)“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阅读理解能力，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。

Uint 1 The Prize Winner
Uint 2 The Wrong Date
Uint 3 Sales talk
Uint 4 As Good as New
Uint 5 You Can''t Change the Future
Unit 6 Sweet Music
Unit 7 The Last Word
Unit 8 A Foreign Language
Unit 9 The Bet
Unit 10 Not on the Menu
Unit 11 Water! Water!
Unit 12 The Movie-goer
Unit 13 In Agreement
Unit 14 Six Months to Live
Unit 15 Check!
Unit 16 Odd Man Out
Unit 17 Child''s Eye View
Unit 18 The Right Place
Unit 19 Not So stupid
Unit 20 A Little Knowledge