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What instrument would you play in a rock band?
This set of questions has been written by Funky English member Johnny Simpson. Johnny is an English teacher and student of linguistics (the scientific study of languages). Johnny was a teaching colleague (a person you work with) of mine at Satree Phuket School in Thailand for many happy - and crazy - years. Here are Johnny's questions!
Permalink Reply by coco on June 28, 2012 at 22:43 1 - I would like to be the singer and I also would like to play electric guitar. 2 - I would like to visit both of them but I would be probably lost in these cities. 3 - I would ask him "You are not taking me with you, aren't you? 4 - It would be the horse. 5 - I prefer to stay at the present moment. Nice questions!

Hi Coco!
You will have to be very talented to play the guitar and sing. I think I would get confused very easily.
What would you do if the alien told you that he was taking you with him?
What questions would you ask a horse? Do you like being ridden?
Nice answers. :)
Permalink Reply by coco on June 29, 2012 at 15:17 Hi Teacher! Sure I need to be very talented but I can really imagine singing and playing guitar and jumping...that will be great. As you can see I have a big imagination... :) First of all if I see an alien I will be scared and I will freeze rigth there so I probably not talk or maybe I will try to hide under my bed... :) If it is a wild horse I will ask him to talk to me about freedom and how he feel to run free every where and also ask about the mountain, the river he saw....

You have a great imagination. Now I am imagining you jumping around on stage in front of many people!
I'm not sure I would be afraid of aliens. I imagine they would be very intelligent and want to learn about us. They will probably just eat me.
A horse must have some great stories. They have a nice life!
Permalink Reply by coco on June 29, 2012 at 23:44 Hehehehe... be eat by an alien must hurt, maybe he will begin by the toes. I am not sure it will be funny.... I am now imagine me on a stage too, hair in the air, jumping every where with my guitar, I will make a good show...it make me smile just imagine it ....Bye!!!

Permalink Reply by Johnny Simpson on June 30, 2012 at 11:07 Most welcome Coco, nice answers. It's good to get lost in these cities as that's when you find the interesting places + you'll always find your way again.
Permalink Reply by coco on June 30, 2012 at 11:18 You are right... Thank you! Your questions make great discussions on here.... Have a nice day.

Hey Vero,
I enjoyed reading your answers. Do you have a favourite drum solo? Being able to do a great drum solo is an awesome talent.
I don't know what dogs are trying to say. I suspect they are saying "I want food" or "Please take me for a walk". I would be surprised if they wanted to discuss politics!
We all make mistakes as we grow up. I'm not sure I would change anything either. I would love to go back and have a conversation with myself as a teenager. I'd probably be shocked at how much I have changed!
as for my regrets, i learned from them. it enlighten and enrichment my experiences in life.
as for my great moments, i enjoyed them, will remember them and the best is yet to come.
all those made me who i am today, so they said.
This is very nice Vero. Is this a famous quote or did you write it yourself?

It's really nice writing. Just to tidy up the sentences a little bit we could say -
as for my regrets, I learned from them. they enlightened and enriched my experiences in life.
as for my great moments, I enjoyed them, will remember them and the best is yet to come.
all those made me who I am today, so they said.
A really nice quote. Maybe you should be working for a greeting card company!

Permalink Reply by Johnny Simpson on June 30, 2012 at 11:11 Welcome Vero, cool answer and thinking to 5. There will always be regrets in life and to go back and change doesn't mean the future will be better.
Just have to make the best of what you have at the time you're in and enjoy :)

My answers...
1. I would play the keyboard. I can just stand in the background and play a few notes. That way I won't have to sing or dance!
2. I'll choose London because my brother lives there. I can pop in for a cup of tea! New York is an amazing city too.
3. I would ask the alien - "Do you think humans are doing a good job?"
4. I'd like to have a chat with a gorilla. They look very intelligent.
5. Backwards in time! I'd like to go back to the days before technology, internet and television. I think life would be simple and we'd have to make our own entertainment. Would I be bored or would I enjoy the simplicity of life?
Great questions John. :)
Permalink Reply by coco on June 29, 2012 at 15:27 During the days with no technology, the children played all the time outside. The children had a lot of imagination at that time and they also not need to have a lot of things to play with. I also remember when my grandpa had his first small black and white television and sat in front of it to watch it. I don't have the right to touch it. :) You would probably be bored with no technology.... but people can also have a simple and nice life today... but life at that time was not always easy for everyone....
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