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Follow this procedure:
- Read the texts and pick out 3 of them and give them a quick read.
- Now breathe in and breathe out several times and relax your body.
- Create the audio and...
- Do not edit or correct it! Leave the version as it is.
- Listen to your audio with a sympathetic ear and list the positive and negative features you spot. Remember, positive and negative.
- Decide which you´ll keep and which you´ll change.
- Suggest a technique for the latter option.
- Next... we´ll compare our lists, together in class.
So now here go the texts
Double Meanings
a) How did the farmer know his pony had a
cold?
Because it was a little hoarse.
Because it was a little hoarse.
b) Why couldn´t the tennis player light his
cigarette?
Because he kept losing his matches.
Because he kept losing his matches.
c) Who won the race, the Malaysian od the
Filipino?
Neither. It was a Thai.
Neither. It was a Thai.
d) Why can´t leopards escape from the zoo?
Because they´re always spotted.
Because they´re always spotted.
e) What is the fastest thing in the universe?
Milk, because it´s pasteurised before you even see it.
Milk, because it´s pasteurised before you even see it.
f) What´s the difference between a cat and a
comma?
One´s got claws at the end of its paws, and the other´s a pause
at the end of a clause.
One´s got claws at the end of its paws, and the other´s a pause
at the end of a clause.
See you!
