Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Writing station 8 Talk about the topic: What makes me laugh 9 Jokes are normally meant to be told, so when you write one down you should try and keep to an informal style. • There are two usual ways of starting a joke: • Tell the story using present tenses. • Use phrasal verbs when possible. • Punctuate the narrative with “so” and “anyway”. • Always use contracted forms (“hasn’t”, “isn’t”, etc.). • You can find lots and lots of jokes on the Internet. There are even sites with jokes about Austrians. Imagine you want to set up a website with jokes. Get together in groups and write down some of the jokes you would put on it. For sentences 1–5 choose the option which describes you best. Complete sentences 6–8 about yourself. There’s this man/crocodile/Austrian and he’s looking for ... A man/crocodile/Austrian is looking for ... There’s this Austrian and he’s trying to sell his old car. But he has a big problem because the car’s got 900,000 km on it. So one day he tells an Italian who is working in the same factory about his problem. The Italian tells him “There is a possibil- ity to make the car saleable. But it is not legal.” “That doesn’t matter,” replies the Austrian, “as long as I can sell the car.” “OK,” says the Italian. “Here is the address of a friend of mine in Milan. He owns a car repair shop. If you give him my regards, he will turn the clock in your car back to 50,000 km. Then it shouldn’t be a problem to sell your car anymore.” So the following weekend the Austrian makes a trip to Milan. Anyway, about a month later the Italian asks the Austrian “Have you sold your car?” “No,” replies the Austrian, “why should I? It’s only got 50,000 km on the clock.” An Austrian walks up to a Coke machine and puts in a coin. A Coke pops out. The Austrian looks amazed and runs away to get some more coins. He returns and starts feeding the ma- chine madly and of course the drinks keep popping out. A Swiss walks up behind the Austrian and watches him for a few minutes before stopping him and asking if someone else can have a go. The Austrian spins around and shouts “Can’t you see that I’m winning?” 1 a I like to think I have a good sense of humour. b I’m afraid I don’t have much of a sense of humour. 2 a I can always be counted on for a good joke. b I never remember any of the jokes I hear. 3 a I’m pretty good at telling jokes. b I’m useless at telling jokes. I always get the punch line wrong. 4 a I love playing practical jokes on my friends. b I think practical jokes are childish. 5 a I think my friends would describe me as being funny. b I think my friends would describe me as being a bit serious. 6 My favourite type of humour is . 8 The funniest person in the world is . 7 My least favourite type of humour is . 9 The least funny person in the world is . saleable: (gut) verkäuflich clock: hier: Kilometerzähler he spins around: er dreht sich jäh um Talk about the questions with a partner. Explain the reasons for your choices. 131 1 Compact unit 1: What a laugh! Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv