英语播客中级版That's Funny!

M: Hello English learners! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco.

E: And I’m Erica.

M: And today we’re gonna have a fun… funny lesson.

E: That’s right. So, I think this lesson’s gonna be a little bit different than most of our lessons, right?

M: Right, today we’re gonna be looking at jokes, which is a very important part of English speaking culture.

E: Yeah, so, we’re actually… we’re gonna teach you a few, um, pretty hilarious jokes.

M: Hehe.

E: But we’re also gonna teach you some language related to jokes, funny things and, um, that sort of stuff.

M: Alright, so, in order for us to understand a little bit better the jokes that we’re gonna be looking at, why don’t we take a look at “vocabulary preview”?

Voice: Vocabulary preview.

E: Two of these words you’ll hear in the dialogue, but one you won’t, but you still need to know this word, so you can understand the jokes.

M: Alright, so, the word that we’re talking about is not really a word, it’s a sound.

E: Yeah.

M: Moo.

E: Moo.

M: So, moo is the sound that cows make.

E: That’s right, M-O-O.

M: Right, they go “moooo”.

E: Very nice, Marco.

M: Uh, I could do a good cow.

E: Yep. Alright, so, we all know now that that’s what cows say.

M: Exactly, so, it’s gonna be important for the joke and you’ll see why.

E: Okay, now, another word that you need to understand is a dam.

M: So, a dam.

E: A dam.

M: A dam is, uh, is… is like a big wall, right?

E: Well, it’s a wall in water that stops the river from flowing.

M: Okay, so, usually they’ll build dams in rivers and then the water can pass or not.

E: Yeah, it’s something that you use to generate electricity, right?

M: Very good, but there’s another word that sounds exactly the same way, but it’s just spelled a little differently.

E: That’s right and… and we might hear someone say “Oh, damn!”

M: And that’s an interjection which basically means…

E: “Oh, no!”

M: Right.

E: “That’s terrible!”

M: Aha.

E: Yeah.

M: Damn… I can say “Damn, I forgot my keys”.

E: Uhu. “Damn, we’re late for the movie”.

M: Okay, so, it’s an interesting interjection and we’ll also see it in one of our jokes. And now, let’s move on to our last word.

E: Nostrils.

M: Okay, nostrils.

E: Nostrils.

M: So, a nostril or your nostrils…

E: Are the two holes in your nose.

M: Right, you breathe through your nostrils.

E: Uhu.

M: Alright, so, now that we’ve taken a look at these three words, why don’t we listen to our comedian for the first time and then we’ll come back and talk a little bit more.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

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