Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who
was very rich and had no children of his own died and left him a lot of money,
so he decided to set up his own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and
moved in. he had only been there for e few hours when he heard someone coming
toward the door of his office.
“It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He quickly
picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important
call from someone in New York
The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He
came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone.
Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here
to connect your telephone”
Notes on the Spoof’s Generic Structure
Orientation: Dave was a lucky man. He suddenly
became a very rich man because of the death of his rich uncle who had no
children. He inherited his uncle’s money.
Event 1: Being rich, he wanted to set up his estate
company
Event 2: He had his new office. In his office, he
pretended to be a very successful businessman. He acted as had an important
client. He showed by making conversation on the phone.
Twist: The man whom he showed is a telephone
technician. He came to Dave’s office to connect that phone
Mathilde Loisel was one of those pretty and charming girls
born,and she let herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of
Education. One evening her husband came home with a large envelope in his hand,
an invitation card:
"The Minister of Education and Madame Ramponneau request the pleasure of the company of Monsieur and Madame Loisel at the Ministry on the evening of Monday, January the 18th."
Instead of being delighted, she flung the invitation petulantly across the table, murmuring.
"Why, darling, I thought you'd be happy. You never go out, and this is a great occasion."
She looked at him out of furious eyes, and said impatiently: "And what do you suppose I am to wear at such a party?"
Her husband had not thought about it. But soon he had bright idea and exclaimed "Why don't you go and see Madame Forestier and ask her to lend you some jewels. "
She uttered a cry of delight. "That's true. I never thought of it."
Next day she went to see her friend. Madame Forestier went to her dressing-table, took and opened a large box. Her heart began to beat covetously. She discovered a superb diamond necklace. Her hands trembled as she lifted it. She fastened it round her neck, upon her high dress, and remained in ecstasy at sight of herself.
The day of the party arrived. She was the prettiest woman present, elegant, graceful, smiling, and quite above herself with happiness. All the men stared at her, inquired her name, and asked to be introduced to her. She left the party aboutfour o'clock in
the morning. Arriving at home, She took off the clothes. But suddenly she
uttered a cry. The necklace was no longer round her neck. So her husband
returned to the party to find the necklace but he had found nothing. His face
lined and pale. "You must write to your friend," he said, "and
tell her that you've broken the clasp of her necklace and are getting it
mended. That will give us time to work and get money to replace the
necklace"
She came to know the heavy work. She washed the plates, dirty linen, the shirts and dish-cloths, and hung them out to dry on a string. Every morning she took the dustbin down into the street and carried up the water, stopping on each landing to get her breath. She went to the fruiterer, to the grocer, to the butcher, a basket on her arm, haggling, insulted, fighting for every wretched halfpenny of her money. While her husband worked in the evenings at putting straight a merchant's accounts, and often at night he did copying at twopence-halfpenny a page. This life lasted ten years and they had enough money to to buy and replace the necklace.
"The Minister of Education and Madame Ramponneau request the pleasure of the company of Monsieur and Madame Loisel at the Ministry on the evening of Monday, January the 18th."
Instead of being delighted, she flung the invitation petulantly across the table, murmuring.
"Why, darling, I thought you'd be happy. You never go out, and this is a great occasion."
She looked at him out of furious eyes, and said impatiently: "And what do you suppose I am to wear at such a party?"
Her husband had not thought about it. But soon he had bright idea and exclaimed "Why don't you go and see Madame Forestier and ask her to lend you some jewels. "
She uttered a cry of delight. "That's true. I never thought of it."
Next day she went to see her friend. Madame Forestier went to her dressing-table, took and opened a large box. Her heart began to beat covetously. She discovered a superb diamond necklace. Her hands trembled as she lifted it. She fastened it round her neck, upon her high dress, and remained in ecstasy at sight of herself.
The day of the party arrived. She was the prettiest woman present, elegant, graceful, smiling, and quite above herself with happiness. All the men stared at her, inquired her name, and asked to be introduced to her. She left the party about
She came to know the heavy work. She washed the plates, dirty linen, the shirts and dish-cloths, and hung them out to dry on a string. Every morning she took the dustbin down into the street and carried up the water, stopping on each landing to get her breath. She went to the fruiterer, to the grocer, to the butcher, a basket on her arm, haggling, insulted, fighting for every wretched halfpenny of her money. While her husband worked in the evenings at putting straight a merchant's accounts, and often at night he did copying at twopence-halfpenny a page. This life lasted ten years and they had enough money to to buy and replace the necklace.
She went to meet Madame Forestier.
"You remember the diamond necklace you lent me?. Actually I lost it"
"How could you? Why, Well, you meet me to return the necklace now?"
"Yes, I bring you another necklace just like it. And for the last ten years we have been working hard for it. You realise it wasn't easy for us; we had no money. Well, it's paid for at last, and I'm glad indeed."
Madame Forestier smiled in proud and innocent happiness. She deeply moved and said;
"Oh, my poor Mathilde! But mine was imitation. It was only worth at five hundred francs!"
Ra lp h and Edna
Ralph and Edna were both patients in a
mental hospital. One day
while day were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Ralph
suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of
the pool and stayed
there. Edna
quickly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and
pulled Ralph
out. When the Head Nurse
Director became aware of Edna’s
heroic act she
immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital as
she now
considered her to be mentally stable.
When she went to tell Edna the news said,
“Edna , I have good news
and bad news. The good news is you’re being discharged; since
you were able to rationally respond to crisis by jumping
in and saving the life of another patient, I have concluced that
your that your act displays sound
mindedness. The bad news is , Ralph, the
patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom right
after you saved him. I am sorry, but he is dead.”
Edna replied,
‘He didn’t hang himself, I put him there to dry. How
soon can I go
home?”
Came lQuesti ons
Te little camel
went to his mother and asked,
“Mother, why do we
camels have such
big eyes?”
She looked on him
lovingly and replied, “You see, my soon, when we
are walking in the
dessert and the wind starts
to blowing and there’s sand
everywhere, we need these big eyes to keep an eye on
one another so that we
don’t get lost.”
“Oh!” he said. And why do we have such huge feet?
“Well,” she said, “ they allow us to walk easily in the dessert sands
“Oh!” he said. And why do we have such huge feet?
“Well,” she said, “ they allow us to walk easily in the dessert sands
and help us avoid sinking into the dunes.”
“Wow.” He said,
“great equipment. What the heck is this stuff on our
backs for?”
“You see,” his
mother informed, “we can walk for days, even weeks
without food or water, so we use it to store fat during
those times. But why
do you ask me all
these obvious questions?”
“Well, mother,” said the young camel, “I was just
wondering, if we’ve
got all of this
great stuff, what are we doing
in the zoo?”
Contoh-contoh
Spoof
Penguin in the Park
Once a man was walking in a park when
he across a penguin. He took it to a policeman and said; "What should I
do?" The policeman replied; "Take it to the zoo!".
The
next day, the policeman saw the man in the same park. The man was still
carrying the penguin. The policeman was rather surprised and walked up to the
man and asked; "Why are you still carrying the penguin? Didn't you take it
to the zoo?" The man replied; "I certainly did. And it was a great
idea because the penguin really enjoyed it. So, today I am taking it to the
movie".
Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation;introducing
participants: "He" and Penguin. They were in the park
Event1;
The man tended to take the penguin to the park
Event;
The following day, the man were still carrying the penguin
Twist;
Even, finally the man would take the penguin to the movies
Language
Feature Analysis
Focusing
on certain certain participants; He, penguin, policeman
Using
action verb; carry, walk up
Using
adverb of time and place; once, in the park
Told
in chronological order; chronological order by days, the next day.
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Abu Nawas and the King Aaron
The king wanted to test Abu Nawas’ smartness. So he invited Abu Nawas to the palace. “You want me, your Majesty?” greeted Abu Nawas. “Yes, you have fooled me three times and that’s too much. I want you to leave the country. Otherwise you will have to go to jail” said the king. “If that is what you want, I will do what you said” said Abu Nawas sadly. Then “Remember, from tomorrow you may not step on the ground of this country anymore” the king said seriously. Then Abu nawas left the king palace sadly.
The
following morning the king ordered his two guards to go to Abu Nawas’ house.
The guards were very surprised found Abu Nawas still in his house. He had not
left the country yet. Instead leaving the country, Abu Nawas was swimming in
small pool in front of his house. “Hey Abu Nawas, why haven’t you left this country
yet? The king ordered you not to step on the ground of this country anymore,
didn’t he?” said the guards. “Sure he did” answered Abu Nawas calmly. “But look
at me! Do I step on the ground of this country? No, I do not step on the
ground. I am swimming on the water” continued Abu Nawas.
The
guards were not able to argue with Abu Nawas so they left Abu Nawas’ house and
went back to the palace. The guards reported what they had seen to the king.
The king was curious on Abu Nawas’ excuse not to leave the country. Therefore
the king ordered his guard to call Abu Nawas to come to the palace.
Abu
Nawas came to the palace on stilts. The king wondered and said “Abu, I will
surely punish you because you haven’t done what I have said. You have not left
this country”. The King continued “And now, look at you. You walk on stilts
like a child. Are you crazy? The king pretended to be furious.
“I
remember exactly what you said, Your Majesty” Abu Nawas answered calmly. “This
morning I took a bath in the small pool in my house so that I had not to step
on the ground. And since yesterday, I have been walking on this stilts. So you
see, Your Majesty, I do not step on the ground of this country”. The king was
not able to say anything.
Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation:
Introducing Abu Nawas and the King on the counteracts about leaving and staying
in the country
Event
1: Abu Nawas was swimming on the pool
Event
2: Abu Nawas was walking on the stilts
Twister:
Abu Nawas explained that swimming in the pool and walking on the stilts meant
not stepping on the ground of the country.
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Nasreddin’s Coat
One
day Nasreddin had been invited to the dinner party. He went to the party by
wearing old clothes.
When
he arrived in the party, nobody looked at him and nobody gave him a seat. He
got no food in the party so he went home and change 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 host offered him the
best table and gave him a good seat and served him the best food
Nasreddin
sat and put off his coat. He put his coat and said; “Eat the food, Coat!” the
hosts and guests were very surprised and asked Nareddin; “What are doing?”
Nasreddin 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.
Generic Structure Analysis
Orientation: one day, Nasreddin
was invited to a dinner party
Event 1: He was in the party with
his old cloth
Event 2: He was in the party with
his best newest coat
Twist: Among the hosts and
guests, he aske his coat to eat the served food.
That phone is off,
Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich
and had no children of his own died and left him a lot of money, so he decided
to set up his own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and
moved in. he had only been there for e few hours when he heard someone coming
toward the door of his office.
“It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He quickly
picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important
call from someone in New York
The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He
came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his conversation on the phone.
Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the telephone company and I was sent here
to connect your telephone”
Notes on the Spoof’s Generic Structure
Orientation: Dave was a lucky man. He suddenly
became a very rich man because of the death of his rich uncle who had no
children. He inherited his uncle’s money.
Event 1: Being rich, he wanted to set up his estate
company
Event 2: He had his new office. In his office, he
pretended to be a very successful businessman. He acted as had an important
client. He showed by making conversation on the phone.
Twist: The man whom he showed is a telephone
technician. He came to Dave’s office to connect that phone.
Last week I
took my five-year old son, Willy, to a musical instrument store in my hometown.
I wanted to buy him a set of junior drum because his drum teacher advised me to
buy him one. Willy likes listening to 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 Collin!”
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