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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 01
Section 7 - Joke
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This section begins when the counter on your audio player is on (approximately) 14.55
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:
A chicken / a library / the counter / the librarian / “Book, book”.
The librarian / 2 books / the chicken’s head / out of the library.
One hour later / back into the library
It / the counter / the librarian / “Book, book”.
The librarian / the chicken 2 books and / out of the library.
An hour later / again.
“Book, book” / the chicken / out of the library / 2 books on its head.
But / the librarian / “Hmm / strange” / so she decides / the chicken.
She / the library and / the chicken.
The chicken / the road, / the street / the corner / until it / a lake.
Sitting by the lake / frog.
The chicken / the books / the frog and the frog / them and / “Read it, read it”.(remember – past tense!)
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Transcript
Gordon: OK then. Erm, right. A chicken walks into a library…
Ravi: A chicken?
Gordon: Yeah. A chicken walks into a library, walks up to the counter and says to the librarian “Book, book”. The librarian gives the chicken two books – she puts the books on the chicken’s head – and the chicken walks out of the library.
One hour later, the chicken walks back into the library. It walks up to the counter and says to the librarian “Book, book”. The librarian gives the chicken two books and the chicken walks out of the library.
An hour later, this happens again. “Book, book”, and the chicken walks out of the library with two books on its head. But this time the librarian thinks, “Hmm, this is strange” so she decides to follow the chicken. She goes out of the library and follows the chicken. The chicken crosses the road, walks along the street, turns the corner, until it comes to the lake. Sitting by the lake is a big, fat frog. The chicken gives the books to the frog and the frog looks at them and says “Read it, Read it”.
Tess: Oh Gordon, that’s terrible.
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