Today in listening class, a funny thing happened because of a language misunderstanding. The class was listening to a tape of two people talking. After the conversation, we have to answer multiple choice questions.
The conversation went like this:
Guy: I will go buy drinks.
Girl: Don't go, you will miss the head.
The question was:
Where are the guy and girl most likely at?
A) Bus Station
B) Movie Theater
C) Restaurant
D) Post Office
I thought it might be a movie theater because that is where a guy could go to buy drinks. But that didn't explain the "head" part. So I started thinking that it might be C) Restaurant, because Chinese restaurants have fish heads, and if the guy gets up to buy a drink, he may miss getting to eat the fish head, which some think is the best part. So when the teacher asked, I said "C" and explained why. She laughed and told me I was wrong. The answer is "B." I guess the word "head" with the Beijing "er" on it (or tou2er 头儿), can also mean the beginning of a movie. Wow, I learned something new about the language.
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Bethany, you are the "joker".You sure make learning "fun"
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