Comedy for ELT - Englishman in Paris 2

[To get a free worksheet (+KEY, +Script) just click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByC3... ] In this sequel to the previous sketch, we see the same phenomenon of linguistic assimilation, only this time it's squared! Two Englishmen (one living in France, the other in Germany) who have all but forgotten how to speak their native language! The result -- total communication breakdown! Topic: Language / Cross-cultural Communication Level: B2-C1 Taken from the BBC Series 'The Armstrong and Miller Show' [NB: I do not own the copyright to this video clip. I have uploaded it here for educational purposes]. SCRIPT T: (writes in his diary) January the vingt-et-un, vingt-et-un twenty and one. * It is very hard for me to write in English cause I'm speaking so much the French now. * I'm living in the Paris since the 6 months and my old life in Reading is like a long, distance memory... I adore the France! Her art, her culture -- and anyway I was never really happy at ...?... * P: English? T: Oui bien sûr Oh -- I'm so sorry... Yes -- yes, of course... P: My train goes not, so I must in nearby street reasonable price young man hostel find. * Can you to me a nearby street reasonable price young man hostel recommend, or is there no nearby street reasonable price young man hostel ...?... * T: Apologies -- my English is very bad... What is this thing that is this thing that is this thing that you ask? * P: Slowly please, since two months I'm in Germany and my English is very, very, very, very tiny. * T: Sorry, sorry... I can't even get the gist... P: Originally came I from Norwich -- now am I in Munchen living. T: Ah! You wish to make a pee-pee -- it's to the other side of the bar! * P: That is ok, I will go and see if I can find someone more good English speaking. T: Desolated! P: No matter! Do we see each other. Thanks. T: Nothing! P: Can you lend me twenty Euros?