What Are They Saying?

Look at these photos. What are the people saying? What are they thinking?

1. Green car dude

1. And then the genie said to avoid drying up all I had to do was hold this magical green car and since then I haven't stopped talking...
2. You might be thinking, why do I have a green car in my hand? Well, my blue car went astray. Hello? Is this microphone on?
3. You might be wondering why I have this large green toy car. To be honest my presentation will be quite boring and I thought this would liven things up a bit.

Options 1 and 2 make sense grammatically, but they are very silly. The third one is a bit more realistic. A BIT.

2. The woman on the right

1. I can give you a slight discount if you pay cash. (I can talk these guys round. I know I can!)
2. I can give you a slight discount if you pay cash. (I can come between these guys. I know I can!)

It's possible that the saleswoman is trying to steal the man from his wife, in which case the first step would be to come between them. But more likely she's just trying to sell some insurance.

By the way, any insurance salesmen taking this course should contact my girlfriend. She LOVES buying insurance.

3. This old lady

1. If you don't take up a new hobby you'll regret it!
2. Answer me back one more time and I'll put an actual curse on you!

She might want to encourage you to start a new hobby, but it's unlikely she'd be so angry about it. She WOULD be angry about some no-good punk kids giving her cheek.

4. This attractive young person talking about her date last night

1. When I arrived at the bar he made up for me and said 'Your hand looks heavy. Here, let me hold it for you."
2. He looked a bit nervous, and the first thing he blurted out was, 'You must be Jamaican, because Jamaican me crazy.'
3. He looked a bit nervous, and before I could introduce myself he answered back, 'I'm no photographer, but I can picture us together.'

#1 could work if he said 'made for me' which is like 'walked towards me'. As you know, make up for has a different meaning.

#3 doesn't work because you can't answer back until someone has said something!

To understand #2 you have to think that 'Jamaican' in a Jamaican accent sounds like 'You're making'. Imagine Usain Bolt saying, 'You're making me crazy!'

Note that pickup lines and flirting techniques are unlikely to be tested in your Cambridge exam.

5. "Hey girl, are you Wifi? Because we have a connection."

1. "Is he asking me out?"
2. "Is it just me or is his nose shriveling up?"

It's possible she's thinking about his nose getting smaller and thinner, but I'd say the odds are a trillion to one. (i.e. very unlikely.)

He IS getting ready to ask her on a date, and they'll get married, and 3 years later when she wants a divorce she'll say 'We lost the connection' and he won't understand because he'll have forgotten this day completely.

6. The lady with the wine

1. "Another man not wearing socks! Don't men know that socks liven up their feet?"
2. "I'm going to dry this glass up. All the way up!"
3. "I'm not going to let anyone come between me and my soulmate. I'll break her legs!"

#1 is correct, but it doesn't seem to be what the woman is thinking RIGHT NOW.

#2 isn't the right way to use 'dry up'.

7. The woman in the bottom-left

1. "Being picked on... again. Why does always happen to me?"
2. "I give up this company. They're all bad people here."

#1 is correct even though when I showed this to my girlfriend she didn't think it was a good example of being picked on. I think if a group doesn't let you talk to them, that's a kind of bullying. I THINK IT WORKS I AM THE COURSE CREATOR I DECIDE.

#2: Because we're talking about a relationship it would be correct to say: I give up ON this company.

You CAN say 'give up' on its own. For example: 'I gave up smoking' which means 'I quit smoking'.

8. The woman on the left

1. She might be my sister but I hate the way she answers me back! I KNOW I wrote the wrong date.
2. She might be my sister but I hate the way she talks down to me! I KNOW I wrote the wrong date.
3. She might be my sister but I hate the way she always shows me how her hands shriveled up in the bath.

#3 is POSSIBLE but HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

If I had to describe the look on the woman on the right's face I would say 'patronising'. So I think #2 is a good fit.

9. These people, who had an argument

1. "How are we going to patch things up if we can't even do a handshake right?"
2. "How are we going to exchange protein molecules if we don't even touch each other?"

I saw this picture and thought it was really funny. What kind of handshake is that? There's like 4 metres of space between their hands.

All 9 questions completed!


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