GEORGE WOOLARD (1996), ”LESSONS WITH LAUGHTER”, THOMSON AND HEINLE PUBLISHING HOUSE
1. IDIOMS
Can
you complete these jokes? Try first without looking at the answers. Each answer
depends on a common English idiom. Do you understand each one?
1.
Why can't you play jokes on snakes?
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2.
When is an actor happy to become a thief?
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3.
My mother made a terrible mistake today. She
gave my father soapflakes instead of corn flakes for breakfast. Was he angry?
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4.
Two flies flew onto a cup and argued about who
arrived first and who should get to drink the cold coffee. Which one got angry
and left?
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5.
Why is it impossible to play tennis quietly?
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6.
How could you help a starving cannibal?
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7.
When does a patient find an operation funny?
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8.
Why did the tired man put his bed in the
fireplace?
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9.
When are the mosquitoes annoying?
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A.
When he steals the show
B.
He wanted to sleep like a log.
C.
Only foaming at the mouth.
D.
Give him a hand.
E.
Because you can never pull their legs.
F.
The one that flew off the handle.
G.
When it leaves him in stitches.
H.
When they get under your skin.
I.
Because you can't play it without raising a
racket.
ANSWER KEY
1.
E
2.
A
3.
C
4.
F
5.
I
6.
D
7.
G
8.
B
9.
H
Sursa:
GEORGE
WOOLARD (1996), ”LESSONS WITH LAUGHTER”,
THOMSON AND HEINLE PUBLISHING HOUSE
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