Monday, January 28, 2013

Adults can make stories too.

I have a new group of students, adults who want to improve their English in order to travel.  Some of them are planning a trip to Australia.

We often think that TPRS stories are for kids, but adults can have fun with them too.  Here is a story that my new students came up with.  I used Anne Matava's script "The Thirsty Boy".  The original structures were : is thirsty, goes to and I'm sorry. I suspected that my students were already familiar with I'm sorry, so I replaced it with an expression they will certainly hear often when they travel, What would you like to drink?  


There was a very handsome vampire.  His name was Edward and he looked like George Clooney.  He lived in a castle in Scotland near Loch Ness.  Edward was very thirsty.  He wanted to drink.

He took the Eurostar from London to Marmande.  Then he hitchhiked.  Angel was driving from Marmande in her yellow Ferrari and she saw the handsome vampire, so she stopped. 

“Where do you want to go?” she asked.

“I want to go to Aiguillon,” Edward answered.  “I’m very thirsty.”

So Angel drove Edward to Aiguillon and they stopped at the Terrace.
“What would you like to drink?” asked the waitress.

“I’d like some champagne,” said Angel.

“I’d like some blo….. cranberry juice,” said Edward.

The waitress brought a glass of champagne for Angel and a glass of cranberry juice for Edward.  Edward drank and said, “Yuck! This is horrible.”

So Edward and Angel left the Terrace and went to the Bierbel café.  “What would you like to drink?” asked the waiter.

“I’d like a glass of champagne,” said Angel.

“I’d like some ..... tomato juice,” said Edward.

The waiter brought a glass of Buzet for Angel and a glass of tomato juice for Edward.  Edward drank and said, “Yuck!!! This is awful!” 

So Angel and Edward went to the Ranch. “What would you like to drink?” asked the barman.

“I’d like some champagne,” said Angel.  “I’d like some pink champagne,” said Edward.

The waiter brought a big bottle of pink champagne.  Angel drank the whole bottle and Edward was very happy.  He likes champagne-flavored blood.

The End