Lánctörténet 1: 2. The engineer

Chain story, a lánctörténet. Az angol nyelvben (is) számos olyan szerkezet van, ami jól tanulható lánctörténetek segítségével. A Lánctörténet lényege, hogy mindig onnan folytatjuk, ahol abbahagytuk: az új mondat első fele mindig az előző mondat vége.

Az első szettet a Feltételes módnak szenteljük, mégpedig olyan történeteknek, amelyek reálisan megtörténhetnek: Ha Tom a hétvégén horgászni megy, fog egy nagy halat. Ha fog egy nagy halat, hazaviszi. És így tovább.

Ez a videó, a nagydumás mérnökről szól, aki állásinterjúra készül

A videó alatt természetesen megtalálod azokat a jegyzeteket, amelyeket követve reprodukálni tudod a történetet, majd lejjebb a teljes történetet is, amivel ellenőrizheted magad. Mindezt a videóban megmutatom, hogyan tudod használni.

Mivel a Lánctörténetek célja, hogy a szerkezetekre rálátást adjon, a tartalmi értés megszerzése után (azaz amikor a történet összeállt), érdemes több ízben végignézni a videókat, hogy a formára/szerkezetekre is ráérezz.

Végül pedig mondd el a történetet a videó alatti jegyzetek segítségével. Íme a lánctörténet:

Videó 1.

The Chain Story and the NOTES

Meet Jason. He’s an excellent engineer but talks too much. He’s between jobs for now, but he has got an appointment for an interview tomorrow.

(he) go to the interview – answer a lot of questions well

(he) answer a lot of questions well – get a good job offer

(he) get a good job offer – take the job

(he) take the job – go to his new office the next day

(he) go to his new office the next day – meet his lovely colleages

(he) meet his lovely colleages – (they) talk too much

(they) talk too much – (he) not work hard enough

(he) not work hard enough – (the company) lose profits

(the company) lose profits – (the boss) have a talk with him

(the boss) have a talk with him – (he) deny everything

(he) deny everything – (the boss) grow angry and fire him

The engineer (the full story)

Meet Jason. He’s an excellent engineer but talks too much. He’s between jobs for now, but he has got an appointment for an interview tomorrow.

(he) go to the interview – answer a lot of questions well
If he goes to the interview, he will answer a lot of questions well.

(he) answer a lot of questions well – get a good job offer
If he answers a lot of questions well, he will get a job offer.

(he) get a good job offer – take the job
If he gets a good job offer, he will take the job.

(he) take the job – go to his new office the next day
If he takes the job, he will go to his new office the next day.

(he) go to his new office the next day – meet his lovely colleages
If he goes to his new office the next day, he will meet his lovely colleages.

(he) meet his lovely colleages – (they) talk too much
If he meets his lovely colleages, they will talk too much.

(they) talk too much – (he) not work hard enough
If they talk talk much, he won’t work hard enough.

(he) not work hard enough – (the company) lose profits
If he doesn’t work hard enough, the company will lose profits.

(the company) lose profits – (the boss) have a talk with him
If the company lose profits, the boss will have a talk with him.

(the boss) have a talk with him – (he) deny everything
If the boss has a talk with him, he will deny everything.

(he) deny everything – (the boss) grow angry and fire him
If he denies everything, the boss will grow angry and fire him.