Lezioni di Inglese
I need some suggestions on what to teach my colleagues at work. One of them is going to London for August with his girlfriend. He will study at an Italian-language university and wants to get a part-time job as a bellboy. So far he's asked me to translate totally random sentences, like:
"Is there a werewolf in the forest?" - Confusing him, of course, because "were" is pronounced like "where."
"The coffee is brewing." - I had to explain that we use a special word for cooking hot drinks.
"Where can I find a brothel?" - Since I actually knew the word in Italian.
"Stick 'em up, this is a robbery." - In case he doesn't get a job after all.
And sundry other completely useless phrases. I could go the "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" route and teach him phrases like "Will you toss my salad?" but tell him it means, "It's nice to meet you." I don't want to be that mean, and I doubt I could keep a straight face through it. Mostly I just want to teach him random slang terms that I can translate into Italian for him. Tomorrow I plan to teach him the phrase "I'm going commando." But I need more suggestions for either useful or random phrases to teach this poor Italian guy before he leaves for a month in London.
"Is there a werewolf in the forest?" - Confusing him, of course, because "were" is pronounced like "where."
"The coffee is brewing." - I had to explain that we use a special word for cooking hot drinks.
"Where can I find a brothel?" - Since I actually knew the word in Italian.
"Stick 'em up, this is a robbery." - In case he doesn't get a job after all.
And sundry other completely useless phrases. I could go the "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" route and teach him phrases like "Will you toss my salad?" but tell him it means, "It's nice to meet you." I don't want to be that mean, and I doubt I could keep a straight face through it. Mostly I just want to teach him random slang terms that I can translate into Italian for him. Tomorrow I plan to teach him the phrase "I'm going commando." But I need more suggestions for either useful or random phrases to teach this poor Italian guy before he leaves for a month in London.
Comments
Beans, beans are good for your heart. / The more you eat, the more you fart. / The more you fart, the better you feel, / So why not have beans for every meal?
My colleagues absolutely loved my "poem." And they got to learn the word "fart" in English. I need to scour the web for more of these kinds of rhymes that I've forgotten since I was a kid. How about, "On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed..."
I see london I see france I see ___'s underpants.
I think there are a few more verses you can probably track down on the internet.
I'm rubber, you're glue? Sticks and stones?