Relaxed English

By Jennifer Farr on Friday, October 24, 2008

I spent 6 solid hours under bright, hot stage lights. It took 360 minutes to execute 345 lines, saying things like this:

226. Have you got the bad guy?
227. Yes, I have got the bad guy.
237. Somebody has to do it.
280. Do you go home?
322. I have my voice heard.
326. I have my facial done.
336. You are going to have your job lost.

Now, not all of the lines were this grammatically dysfunctional, or forced. After all, I was shooting a video for “relaxed” English.

I felt relaxed on certain lines, like:

17.  Did you go to the crime scene at that time?
85.  I will be taking you to my factory in China.
100. Your English comes up to the standard.
140. I will be sending the goods to your office by nine tomorrow.

Well, maybe not.

But I did learn a few things through this whole production:

  1. Don’t question the producer or the director. It simply wastes time.
  2. Styling clay is my new favorite beauty product.
  3. I have a “sweet” voice.
  4. I feel really bad for people learning English as a second language.

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Join Jenny and Aaron as they travel across the globe and start a new life and new company in China. This travelogue captures the story to share with family and friends.