IV.
Read and enjoy the following funny stories (jokes)
The stories can also be:
a). read in chorus;
b). read individually;
c). analysed from the point of view of grammar and vocabulary;
d). learned by heart and reproduced;
e). acted.
1. One day an unknown youth asked Mozart to explain to him how to start to compose a symphony.
"You are young," answered Mozart. "In the beginning write a ballade, and if you like it, come to me."
"But you! At the age of ten you have composed a lot of music."
"But I didn't ask anybody how to do it".
2. The difference between dogs and cats. A dog thinks, " Hey, these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me...They must be gods!" A cat thinks, "Hey these people I live with feed me, love me, provide me with a nice warm, dry house, pet me, and take good care of me... I must be a god!
3. Some of the most tactful people on Earth are English. One office boss called a secretary in to give her the bad news that she was being fired.
He started the conversation with, "Miss Smith, I really don't know how we're going to get along without you, but starting Monday, we're going to try."
4. "I'm not going to school any more"
"Why?"
"On Monday, the teacher said 4 and 4 is 8. On Tuesday, she said 6 and 2 is 8. Today, she said 7 and 1 is 8. I'm not going back to school again until the teacher makes up her mind."
5. "And has your baby learned to talk?"
"Oh, yes! We are teaching him to keep quiet now."
