Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Fun with Monologue

Our third grade teacher took advantage of a historic event and showed the inauguration ceremony to his class. After it was over, a couple of his students came to my classroom for ESL. We were waiting for the rest of the students, so I asked how they liked the video.

"Chaemi opso!" one young man exclaimed.

I explained what he said meant "It was boring."

"What's the opposite of boring?" the other student asked.

Interesting, I replied, then asked what he thought. Was it interesting?

"No. It was boring!"

He proceeded to give an impression of the speech. "Blah blah blah, yay!" , then he'd clap. He repeated a couple of times for emphasis.

Funny, I listen to speeches and hear the same thing.

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