Cutting Off with a Shilling
Sheridan, the famous English playwright, wanted his son Tom to marry a young woman of a large fortune. The youth was in love with a penniless girl and refused pointblank to obey his father.
Out of patience with his son, Sheridan threatened him: “If you don’t immediately obey me, I shall cut you off with a shilling.” “When you really make up your mind to cut me off with a shilling,” said the youth, “you will have to borrow it first, sir.”
Sheridan burst out laughing and dropped the subject altogether.
Aesop and the Traveller
Aesop was a clever man who lived many hundreds of years ago in Greece. He wrote a lot of fine stories. He was well known as a man who was fond of jokes. One day, as he was enjoying a walk, he met a traveller who asked him, “My good man, can you tell me how soon I shall get to town?” “Go!” Aesop answered. “I know that I must go,” protested the traveller, “but I should like you to tell me how soon I shall get to town.” “Go!” Aesop said again. The traveller went on. After he had gone some distance, Aesop shouted after him, “You will get to town in two hours.” The traveller turned round in surprise. “Why didn’t you tell me that before?” he asked. “How could I have told you that before,” Aesop answered, “if I did not know how fast you could walk.”
4. Read these jokes. Define what intonation patterns should be used to convey humour
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