Amusing stories from my lessons in the past 20 years.

“This guy certainly has got balls!!!!“

Translate the Text: Übersetzen:

Susann, Andreas, Nadine, Heike, Reiner, Simone.

DINING OUT:

Möchtest du italienisch oder griechisch essen?

Ich möchte später italienisch essen.

Ich möchte am Wochenende italienisch essen.

Ich möchte ein glas Milch Trinken.

Möchten Sie das Sandwich mit Käse bestellen?

Ich möchte lieber Schnitzel essen.

Ich möchte ein Mineralwasser bestellen.

Möchtest du lieber Pizza oder Fisch essen?

Ich kann nicht ich esse kein Fleisch.

Sie trinkt ein Bier am Samstag.

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Amusing Story One:

Once in the VHS in an English lesson, I asked a female student to read the part of a person in the text learning vocabulary.

The dialogue read, “Oh! My ankle (Knöchel) is killing me!“

Unfortunately, she read, “Oh! My uncle is killing me!“

NOTE: Interestingly enough, the English word for Uncle, is not the same as the English word Ankle.

Wit, Wit, Wit

Witz, Witz, Witz

“One reassuring thing about modern art is things can’t be as bad as they are painted.”

Quote Walthall Jackson.

 

Amusing Story Two:

This year, whilst teaching English at a University in Germany, I taught on the subject of “Business English” in two separate groups/lessons.

I just finished marking their examination papers a couple of days ago. To the question regarding what measures the British Government was taking to make education in Universities available to everyone in society. One of the answers was that the Government would give a voucher (Gutschein) to students from poorer families so that they could go to University.

One student wrote that the British Government would give a student a Vulture (Geier) so that they could attend a University. Can you picture a person walking into the campus of a University with a Vulture sitting on their outstretched arm?

Amusing Story Three:

I asked my students what clue in this picture shows that an American wrote/produced this picture?  I was looking for the answer: the word, Ma’am, which is a very typical way of addressing a woman in the USA. One student commented that all the people in the picture were fat!

 

 

 

 

Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:

“Be open-minded, but not so open-minded that your brains fall out.”

Quote by Groucho Marx

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