Telling stories
1. Tell us some experiences that happened to you or your friends
2. Tell us a story your parents or grandparents told you, and you will never forget.
3. Tell us a funny story or ask a riddle to your friends
4. Tell us some funny or interesting videos or news that you saw on TV or the internet
5. Tell us the story of your favourite book or movie
Bonus: tell us a joke
Related Words: once upon a time, the other day, once, during, while, when, after, before, until, in fact, actually, as soon as, whenever, that day, that morning, then
EXAMPLE ANSWERS: Telling stories
1. One time, my wife couldn’t get off the underground train in London, and we had no internet on our phones. I waited at the same station. She came back to the station with the next train. It was a little scary, but we laughed about it later.
2. My grandmother once told me about how she walked 15 km to school every day when she was a child. I will never forget that because it was so hard for her.
3. Here is a funny story: I tried to make cold coffee with milk, but accidentally used salt instead of sugar. The coffee was very salty, and we all laughed a lot.
4. I saw a funny video of a cat trying to catch a laser pointer, but it kept missing it. It was very funny!
5. My favourite movie is “The Lion King.” It is about a young lion named Simba. He grows up and learns to be brave. He becomes king and saves his home.
Bonus: Here’s a funny joke:
Why did the bicycle fall over?
Because it was two-tyred!
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
On April 1, 1974, a local man named Oliver Bickar burned 70 old tyres in the crater of Mount Edgecumbe in Alaska for an April Fools’ Day joke. The dark smoke rising from the crater convinced residents that the volcano was erupting. After phone calls from the locals to the police station, a helicopter flew up to the top of the mountain. The pilot told the officers, “The son of a gun looks fantastic.” The hoax was revealed and “April Fool” was spray-painted in 15 m letters. The Guardian reports that Bickar had been planning the prank for four years, and lists it as the best April Fools’ hoax of all time.
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Do you have funny people around you? Who is the funniest person you know? Do you know any other pranks like Olivar’s?
If someone’s heart is in their mouth, they are feeling extremely nervous:
“My heart was in my mouth when I opened the letter.”
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Did you get surprised recently? What surprised you so much? Tell us the story.