
Learn English with this funny English lesson
Date: Nov 08 2019
Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives
Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Okay, here’s a great joke for you: What did the zero say to the eight? Nice belt! Get it? The number eight looks like a zero wearing a belt! Ha ha ha ha!
Maybe you didn’t think that joke was so funny. It was a little silly. But there are many other kinds of jokes out there. There are riddles, which ask you to do a little problem-solving. There are knock-knock jokes, which usually involve some wordplay. There’s dry humor, too, which might not sound like a joke at first and might be a little mean and sarcastic. No matter what your sense of humor, chances are there is some joke out there that can crack you up.
Find out what gets Jeff and Devan laughing in this English lesson.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Devan: Hey, Jeff.
Jeff: What?
Devan: Knock, knock.
Jeff: Here we go. Yeah, OK. What is it?
Devan: You have to say, “Who’s there?” so I can get to the punchline. What’s the matter, you don’t like jokes?
Jeff: Not really. They just aren’t my thing.
Devan: Well, what kind of humor do you have? Do you have a dry sense of humor?
Jeff: You could say so, I guess. Very dry.
Devan: Are there any comedians that crack you up?
Jeff: Who’s that guy that talks real slow? Steven Wright, is that his name?
Devan: I’m not familiar with him. What kind of jokes does he tell?
Jeff: The very dry kind.
Devan: Is it a lot of bathroom humor, or…?
Jeff: I don’t really go for that kind of stuff. Just the dry kind.
Devan: Well, you’re a lot of fun, Jeff.
Jeff: Yeah? I’m not the funniest person you know?
Devan: Definitely not.
Jeff: Gee, thanks.
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Discussion
Devan is trying to tell Jeff a joke, but he’s not playing along. In fact, it seems to Devan as if Jeff might not have a sense of humor at all.
Jeff says that he does have a sense of humor, but that it’s very dry. He likes jokes that are told very slowly, and that might not seem like jokes at all. Devan doesn’t think that Jeff is very funny. It definitely seems as if their styles of humor are not compatible.
What kinds of jokes do you like to hear, or tell? Who do you think is funny?
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