to make a monkey out of me

8/19/2019 To Make a Monkey Out of Me

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Li

Hello and welcome to The English We Speak. I'm Li…

Rob

1. _______________, I'm Rob

Li

So!, I didn't hea that.

Rob

I" I #$st take this head o""… can !o$ hea %. ______________ now& Hello

Li

That's bette b$t wh! ae !o$ weaing a li"e(si)e monke! cost$me Rob&

Rob

Well Li.. *! "iend said I sho$ld wea it to his +. ________________________ this moning

his son lo-es . __________________ and it wo$ld make his bithda! eall! special i" he

saw one

Li

Well, that's -e! kind o" !o$ Rob and how did the /. ___________________ &

Rob

Well that's the poblem. 0. _________________ can see, I 1. ________________ like a

monke!, 2. _________________ acoss London on the b$s and thee was no pat!

Li

Ha ha no pat! It 3. ________________ like !o$ "iend has been 'making a monke! o$t

o" !o$

Rob

*aking a monke! o$t o" me& 4es, that's a -e! good phase. 4o$ mean he's t!ing to make

me look "oolish o to 56. ___________________ me.

Li

He's 55. ____________________ done that

Let's hea some e7amples o" the phase in action.

Examples

*a! made a monke! o$t me b! telling to me to ask 5%. _______________________ o$t on

a date she 5+. ______________________

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*! bo!"iend's alwa!s making a monke! 5. _____________________ b! getting d$nk at

paties.

Sid 5/. ____________________ monke! o$t o" 8a$l b! telling him to wea a s$it to the pat!

e-e!one else 50. _____________________ #eans

Li

So 'making a monke! o$t o" someone' is 51. __________________ thing to do. 4o$ can also

sa! 'making a "ool o$t o" someone'. So Rob, 52. _________________ ang! beca$se he's

made a "ool o$t o" !o$&

Rob

4es that's ight This phase doesn't #$st appl! to people who dess $p like 53.

____________________.

It can appl! to an! sit$ation whee somewhee has been made to look "oolish

%6. __________________ like me.

9$t Li, this phase compaes someone to a monke! beca$se monke!s look like the!

%5. ______________________. Isn't that ight&

Li

:o. In the ;hinese c$lt$e,Rob, a monke! %%. ____________________ as a cle-e animal

and is o"ten compaed to a cle-e peson.

Rob

<h eall!& Well, in that case I %+. ___________________ wea this monke! cost$me "o a

little bit longe. How does it make me look& ;le-e, smat&

Li

=$ite smat and >$ite handsome too.

Rob

<h thank !o$ -e! m$ch

Li

9!e.

Rob

9!e.

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Answer Key.

5. ?nd hello

%. me bette

+. son's bithda! pat!. monke!s

/. pat! go

0. ?s !o$

1. dessed $p

2. ta-elled

3. It looks

56. H$miliate

55. ;etainl!

5%. he best "iend

5+. said no

5. o$t o" himsel" 5/. made a

50. was weaing

51. not a nice

52. !o$'e

19.monke!s tho$gh

%6. o idic$lo$s

%5. ae "ooling ao$nd

%%. is seen

%+. might

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St$mming m! pain with his "inges,

singing m! li"e with his wods,

killing me so"tl! with his song,


telling m! whole li"e with his wods,

killing me so"tl! with his song

I head he sang a good song, I head he had a st!le.

?nd so I came to see him to listen "o a while.

?nd thee he was this !o$ng bo!, a stange to m! e!es.






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I "elt all "l$shed with "e-e, embaassed b! the cowd,

I "elt he "o$nd m! lettes and ead each one o$t lo$d.

I pa!ed that he wo$ld "inish b$t he #$st kept ight on.







He sang as i" he knew me in all m! dak despai

and then he looked ight tho$gh me as i" I wasn't thee.

?nd he #$st kept on singing, singing clea and stong.

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