Lettura e ascolto intermediate in inglese: For an Inglish Teecher

A poem byDoug MacLeod

Doug MacLeod (1959-2021) was an Australian writer of books, television, and theatre. MacLeod was a working writer for ABC Radio’s comedy department in the 1980s, before spending two years as head writer of Network Ten’s The Comedy Company. He was a writer on the sketch comedy programs Fast Forward and Full Frontal. He was the script editor of Kath & Kim while the series aired on the ABC. He co-wrote the animated children’s series Dogstar which won him the inaugural John Hinde Award for science fiction in 2008. In 2008 MacLeod won the Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy at the AWGIE Awards.

Per trarre il massimo beneficio dalla traccia audio, si consiglia di fare l’ascolto almeno una volta prima di passare alla lettura del testo.

To inglish teecher, Mr Grey,
My son is not at skool today.
He has the meazles, and his nose
Plays bagpipe music when it blows.

And in addition to this plight
He grew an extra leg last night.
He has a loud unplesant coff
And twice an hour his head falls off.

Forgive his absense from your klass.
I’m sure his suffering will pass
When you decline to teech my son
Them rotten plays what Shakespeer done.

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1. Can you spot the 9 spelling mistakes?
2. How should the last line be written in correct English?
3. Why does the author mention “Shakespeer”?