Crazy Conversations - Avatar Assistance

Crazy Conversations for Learning English - Thor May 2007

note: The scenes in these conversations are mostly a little crazy, silly or stupid. That makes them easier to remember ! Please act a bit crazy when you do them. Especially use extra stress in your intonation, and join phrases into tone groups. Do not speak word by word !

1. Avatar Assistance

+ Hello, hello. I need to talk. It's urgent.

- Who do you want to talk to sir?

+ A real, live person. Someone with a heart and brain. Not some damn machine.

- I'm afraid that's impossible sir. We have an avatar for every problem. What is your problem?

+ Alright. Listen carefully! My four year old child just tipped a bottle of shampoo into our fish tank

- I'll pass you to the child care avatar

+ No, no, you mechanical idiot! What can I do with 12 fish who can't stop blowing shampoo bubbles?

- I'll pass you to the fish recipe avatar. There are many ways to cook shampood fish.

+ Enough of this nonsense! I am cancelling my account with your help agency.

- I'll pass you to the mental problem avatar. You cannot cancel your account, ever.

+ Aaagh! Am I dreaming? Am I crazy ? Are there any humans in your company?

- No sir. Human beings are not reliable.

Crazy Conversations for Learning English by Thor May

2. Avatar Assistance

a) Speaker 1 ( + )

+ Hello, hello. I need to talk. It's urgent.
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+ A real, live person. Someone with a heart and brain. Not some damn machine.
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+ Alright. Listen carefully! My four year old child just tipped a bottle of shampoo into our fish tank
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+ No, no, you mechanical idiot! What can I do with 12 fish who can't stop blowing shampoo bubbles?
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+ Enough of this nonsense! I am cancelling my account with your help agency.
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+ Aaagh! Am I dreaming? Am I crazy ? Are there any humans in your company?
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Crazy Conversations for Learning English by Thor May

3. Avatar Assistance

b) Speaker 2 ( - )

+
- Who do you want to talk to sir?
+
- I'm afraid that's impossible sir. We have an avatar for every problem. What is your problem?
+
- I'll pass you to the child care avatar
+
- I'll pass you to the fish recipe avatar. There are many ways to cook shampood fish.
+
- I'll pass you to the mental problem avatar. You cannot cancel your account, ever.
+
- No sir. Human beings are not reliable.