www.learnenglishfromtext.blogspot.com: Spoof Text 1A-B-C ; 1A: Who was getting hard of hearing? what did the doctor suggest her husband to check her hearing 1B: Was Willy a smart boy? IC : What would you do if you were Nasruddin ? Would you do the same as Nasruddin or do you have another idea to give morality to the host and the guest

Text 1A

A Small Experiment

An elderly gentlemen of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one day he called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The doctor made an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks. Meanwhile, there was a simple informal test the husband could do to give the doctor some ideas of the state of her problem.

“Here’s what you do, “said the doctor, “start about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal conversational speaking tone, see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, and so on until you get a response.”

That evening, the wife was in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he was in the living room. He said to himself, “I am about 40 feet away, let’s see what happens.”

Then, in a normal tone he asked, “Honey, what’s for supper?”No response.

So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and repeated. “Honey, what’s for supper?” still no response.

Next, he moved into the dining room where he was about 20 feet from his wife and asked, “Honey, what’s for supper?”

For the fifth time. CHICKEN!

Text 1B

Last week I took my five-year old son, Willy, to a musical instrument store in my hometown. I wanted o buy him a set of junior drum because his drum teacher advised me to buy him one. Willy likes listening music very much. He also likes asking me everything he wants to know. Even his questions sometimes seem precocious for a boy of his age. He is very inquisitive.

We went there by car. On the way, we saw a policeman standing near a traffic light regulating the passing cars and other vehicles. He blew his whistle now and then.

Seeing the policeman blowing his whistle, Willy asked me at once.’ Dad, why is the policeman using a whistle, not a drum?”

Hearing his unexpected question, I answered reluctantly, “Because he is not Phil Collins!”

Text IC

One day Nasruddin had been invited to th dinner party. He want to the party by wearing old clothes. When he arrived in the party, nobody looked at him and gave him a seat. He got no food in the part so he went home and and changed his clothes.

Next he put on his best clothes. He wore his newest coat and went to the party again. The host at once got up and came to meet him. The guests offered him the best table and gave him a good seat and served him the best food.

Nasruddin sat and put off his coat. He put his coat and said ,"Eat the food, Coat!" the host and the guests were very surprised and asked Nasruddin, "What are you doing?" Nasruddin replied calmly; "When I came here with my old clothes, nobody looked at me. Then I went home and put on my best clothes. I came back in my newest coat and you all give me this best food and drink. So, you give food to my coat instead of me, "Getting Nasreddin's answer they just shook the head.

The generic structure analysis

Orientation	One day Nasruddin was invited to dinner party.
Event 1	He was in the party with his old cloth.
Event 2	He was in the party with his best newest clothes.
Twist	Among the host and guests, he asked his coat to eat the served food

Spoof is types of story which has a twist (funny parting in the end of the story). It contains unpredictable event which makes the story funny. The main character of the twist i the story should be unpredictable and funny. It consists of the following elements:

The beginning story or orientation. It contains the introduction of the characters and the setting of the story.
Series of events. It contains what happens to the characters.
Twist. It contains unpredictable funny ending of the story.

The social purpose of this type of text is entertaining readers using twist.

Source:

Detik-detik Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris Program.2009. IPA/IPS/KEAGAMAAN SMA/MA2009. klaten: Intan Pariwara.
Cicik Kurniawati, MartaYuliani. 2010 Detik-detik Ujian Nasional Bahasa Inggris Program IPA/IPS/KEAGAMAAN SMA/MA. Klaten: Intan Pariwara.
Cici. 2008. Speaking material performance at SMAN 3 Yogyakarta

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