A. Do you know any good jokes?
Do you often tell jokes or do you know someone who does? Can you translate them into English? Would it be funny in English? What's the topic of your favourite kind of jokes? Do you like jokes about men and women, old or young people, different nationalities? Or do you have jokes that are unique to your country or culture? |
B. Read the joke.
Do you get it? Is it funny? Why or why not? http://www.jokes.com/funny-school-jokes/wmlo80/einsteinium |
C. Read the joke again and answer these questions.
Write you answers in full sentences. 1. Who is the joke about? 2. Who invited Einstein to dinners and what did he have to do? 3. What was unusual about Einstein's driver? 4. Why did Einstein not want to give a speech that evening? 5. What did the chauffeur suggest? 6. What went wrong? 7. What did the chauffeur do next? |
Check your answers here.
1. Who is the joke about? It's about Albert Einstein and his chauffeur. 2. Who invited Einstein to dinners and what did he have to do? We don't know who invited him. He had to give a speech. 3. What was unusual about Einstein's driver? Einstein's driver looked exactly the same as him. 4. Why did Einstein not want to give a speech that evening? He didn't want to give the speech because he was bored of giving the same speech. 5. What did the chauffeur suggest? He suggested that he would give the speech because he knew it very well. 6. What went wrong? A professor asked the chauffeur a question he didn't know the answer to. 7. What did the chauffeur do next? He said his chauffeur would answer it, the real Einstein! |