| Tongue twister (virelangue) Répetez trois fois……. She sells sea shells on the sea shore (elle vend des coquilles au bord de la mer) |
Daft joke
What do you call a fish with no eyes?
A fsh.
1 Pouvez-vous trouver les 15 erreurs qui se cachent dans ce texte amusant?
Retirement
Working peoples often ask retire people what they do to make their days interessant.
Well, for example, the other day I go into town and went in a shop. I was only in there for about 5 minutes. When I comed out there were a policeman writing out an parking ticket.
I went up to him and say. “Come on man, how about give a senior citizen a break?”
He ignored me and continued to writing the ticket.
I called him a nitwit and he wrote another ticket for having worn tyres.
I called him a mean, uncaring pig but he finishing the second ticket, put it in the windscreen, and started write a third ticket.
This went along for about 20 minutes.
The more I abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, I didn’t care. I came into town by bus.
I try have a little fun each day now that I’m retired. It’s important at my age!!
| Origines intéressantes good-bye – originally a contraction of ‘God be with ye (you)’; ‘God’ developed into ‘good’, in the same style as good day, good evening, etc.; |
2 Dog words and phrases
Troves la bonne définitiion
1 Sick as a dog
2 Hair of the dog
3 Dog tired
4 Raining cats and dogs
5 In the doghouse
6 Let sleeping dogs lie
7 Dog-eared
8 Dog paddle
a) boisson alcoolisé recommandée pour chasser la gueule de bois
b) écorné
c) très fatiqué
d) pleuvoir très fort
e) tomber en disgrâce
f) Nager comme un chien
g) malade
h) Ne réveillez pas le chat qui dort
| Strange expression warts and all – y compris les défauts – eg I love you warts and all |
Completez les idioms
1 Do as I say,
2 Beggars can’t…..
3 Fight fire…..
4 You can’t tell a book….
5 Two heads….
a) are better than one
b) be choosers.
c) with fire.
d) by its cover.
e) and not as I do.
Maintenant, trouvez la bonne définition pour chaque phrase complétée
Faites ce que je dis, pas ce que je fais
Combattre le feu avec le feu
Deux avis valent mieux qu’un
À cheval donné, on ne regarde pas la bride
l’habit ne fait pas le moine
| Famous Brit Quotes Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde |
ANSWERS
1 Retirement
Working people often ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
Well, for example, the other day I went into town and went into a shop. I was only in there for about 5 minutes. When I came out there were a policeman writing out a parking ticket.
I went up to him and said. “Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?”
He ignored me and continued to write the ticket.
I called him a nitwit and he wrote another ticket for having worn tyres.
I called him a mean, uncaring pig but he finished the second ticket, put it on the windscreen, and started to write a third ticket.
This went on for about 20 minutes.
The more I abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, I didn’t care. I came into town by bus.
I try to have a little fun each day now that I’m retired. It’s important at my age!!
2 1g 2a 3c 4d 5e 6h 7b 8f
3 1 e Faites ce que je dis, pas ce que je fais
2 b À cheval donné, on ne regarde pas la bride
3 c combattre le feu avec le feu
4 d l’habit ne fait pas le moine
5 a Deux avis valent mieux qu’un
