402. A BAD JOKE

A bad joke

Joke (chouk) en ingles signfica chiste o una broma.

En este caso, el titulo del texto "A Bad joke" significa "Una broma de mal gusto" 

As it was a nice morning, a University student and a teacher went for a walk to buy a snack.

All the students considered the teacher as a good friend because he was a very kind man.

As they were walking, they saw a pair of old shoes on the ground.

The shoes belonged to a man who was working in his field.

“Let´s play a joke on the man and hide his shoes. We can hide behind the bushes

so we can see the man´s reaction when he thinks that somebody took his shoes”.

“My dear friend, the teacher told the student.

We must never make fun of people who are poor.

You however are rich and can make this man happy.

Put a five dollar bill in each shoe?

We will hide behind the bushes and see his reaction”

The farmer finished his work and saw the money in his shoes.

He looked around but didn´t see anyone.

Then the man knelt down and looked up to heaven thanking God, explaining that his wife was ill and that sometimes it was difficult to feed his children.

The man also said thanks to the stranger, now he could buy food for his family.

The student who was very moved, started to cry.

Then, the teacher told the student: “Doesn´t it make you feel happier now?

How would the man feel if you had played that joke on him”?

Then the student said to the teacher: “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget.

Now I understand something that I didn´t understand before.

It´s better to give than to receive”

Gramatica

Let´s = VAMOS "Let´s play a joke" = hacemos una broma

LET es el verbo permitir o dejar

"Let me help you"  = Permítime (dejame) que te auyde

Pero "LET´S tambien se usa en frases imperativas (dando ordenes)

- Let´s go  = Vamonos

- Let´s go the beach  = Vamomos a la playa

- Let´s have a drink  = Vamos a tomar algo

- Let him talk  = Dejale que hable

-Let me see it  = Dejame que lo vea

-Let me know  = Hazmelo saber

-Let me pay the bill  = Dejame que pague la cuenta  

Expresiones con LET

-Let bygones be bygones (let baigans bi baigans)  = Lo pasado, pasado está

-Let sleeping dogs lie  = No remover el asunto

-Let´s call it a day  = Basta por hoy

-Let the cat out of the bag  = Decubrir el pastel

-Let me get this straight (let mi get dis streit)  = A ver si lo entiendo bien

-Let´s get moving  = En marcha

Vocabulary

As = mientras

Snack  = merienda

Kind  (kaind) = amable / bondadoso

Saw  = vieron

Ground  = suelo

Belonged  = pertenecia

Field  (fild) = campo

Let´s play a joke (lets plei a chouk)   = Le hacemos una broma

Hide  (haid) = escondernos

Bushes  = arbustos

So  = así

Took  = se llevaron 

Told  = le dijo

Make fun  (meik fan) = burlarse

However  (jauever) = sin embargo

Bill  = billete

Each  (ich)= cada

Hide  (jaid) = esconder

Finished = terminó

Saw  = vio

Looked around  = miró a su alreredor

Anyone  (eniwan) = nadie

Knelt down  (nelt daun) = arrodilló

Heaven (jeven) =   cielo

Ill  = enfermo

Sometimes  (samtaims) = aveces

Feed  = alimentar

Stranger  (streincher)  = desconocido

Could  (kud) = podia

Moved  (muvd) =  afectado

Then  = entonces

Cry (krai)  = llorar

Told  = dijo

Feel happier = sientes mas feliz

How would the man feel =  Que senteria el hombre

Played that joke on him = hecerle esa broma de mal gusto

Forget  = olvidaré

Understand  = comprendo

Better  = mejor

Elvis sings " Don´t be cruel