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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 08
Section 7 - Joke
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Section 7 is a joke. A joke is normally a funny story you hear and tell someone else. But you can also describe funny things that happen to you. The most important thing is to watch your friends to see if they are enjoying the story or not – then you can make it longer or shorter.
Suggestion: Listen to the joke on your computer/mp3 player. Then put the lines in the right order. Then look at the notes and tell the story without looking at the script... Then, think of a funny story that you know. Write down the most important words in English (use a dictionary?). Then try telling the joke.
Practice materials - Exercise 1
Read sentences and put them in the right order to tell the joke
Practice materials - Exercise 2
Now try to tell the joke yourself. You can use these words to help you. When you see a slash (/) it means that one or more words are missing:
Tom’s tip
When we tell jokes we sometimes use the past tense and we sometimes use the present tense. Gordon told this joke in the past tense. You can use either the past or the present when you tell it.
There / two married couples and one couple / the other / dinner one night.
They / meal and after dinner the two men / kitchen doing the washing up and chatting and the two women / living room, / a chat.
One of the men / the other, “We / restaurant last week – / a fantastic meal. The best Indian food I / in ages. Excellent. And really cheap too”.
And the other man says “Sounds great. I / Indian food. What / called?” And the first man says, “Oh gosh. My / terrible. Now, / think for a minute. You know that flower? It’s red – / nice. Romantic – you / people you / Valentine’s Day. What / call it?”
“A rose” says the other man.
“Yes! That’s /!” and he / into the living room, “Rose! What / name / Indian restaurant we / Saturday?
Transcript
Ravi: Is it time for your joke now? Come on then. I hope it’s a good one.
Gordon: They’re all good, Ravi. Ready for it?
Ravi: Go on.
Gordon: OK then. There were these two married couples, OK? And one couple invited the other for dinner one night. So, they have a lovely meal and after dinner the two men were in the kitchen doing the washing up and chatting and the two women were in the living room, having a chat.
One of the men says to the other, “We went to a great restaurant last week – had a fantastic meal. The best Indian food I’ve had in ages. Excellent. And really cheap too”.
And the other man says “Sounds great. I love Indian food. What was the restaurant called?”
And the first man says, “Oh gosh. My memory’s terrible. Now, let me think for a minute. You know that flower? It’s red – smells nice. Romantic – you give it to people you love on Valentine’s Day. What do you call it?”
“A rose” says the other man.
“Yes! That’s it!” and he shouts into the living room, “Rose! What was the name of the Indian restaurant we went to last Saturday?”
Tess: My dad’s like that. His memory’s awful.
Ravi: Yeah, mine too. Actually I forget things as well. Thanks for the joke …erm … what’s his name again?
Tess: Very funny Ravi. Thanks Gordon.
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