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LearnEnglish Elementary Podcast Magazine No. 02
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:
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson / camping / countryside
/ night / Holmes and Watson / their backs / stars / sky
Sherlock Holmes / “Doctor Watson / look / stars / tell me / important question / ask”
Doctor Watson / “Well, OK. / millions and millions / stars / sky
No-one / exactly how many
/ planets / no-one has seen / a telescope
Maybe / somewhere / planet that / Earth
I / the question / ask / “life / another part / universe?”
Sherlock Holmes / “idiot!”
“The question we / ask is / “TENT?”
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Transcript
Well, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are on a camping trip in the countryside. Late at night, Holmes and Watson are lying on their backs looking up at all the stars in the sky. Sherlock Holmes says, “Doctor Watson, look at all the stars and tell me what important question we have to ask.” Doctor Watson says, “Well, OK. There are millions and millions of stars in the sky. No-one knows exactly how many. There are planets out there that no-one has seen with a telescope. Maybe there is a planet somewhere that is just like Earth. I think the question we have to ask is, “Is there life in another part of our universe?”
And Sherlock Holmes says, “Watson, you idiot! The question we have to ask is “WHERE IS OUR TENT?”
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