meeting a grizzly bear

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Two campers are walking through the forest when a huge grizzly bear OURS GRIZZLI suddenly appears in a clearing CLAIRIÈRE about 50 metres in front of them. The bear sees the campers and begins to move toward them.

The first camper drops his backpack SAC À DOS , takes out a pair of sneakers BASKETS , and frantically FRÉNÉTIQUEMENT starts putting them on.

The second camper says, “What are you doing? Sneakers won’t help you outrun COURIR PLUS VITE QUE that bear.”

“I don’t need to outrun COURIR PLUS VITE QUE the bear,” the first camper says. “I just need to outrun COURIR PLUS VITE QUE you.”

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Vocabulary

Outrun: to run faster than someone or something.

Frantically: in a hurried, panicked, or desperate manner.

He tried to outrun COURIR PLUS VITE QUE the danger.

She packed her bag frantically FRÉNÉTIQUEMENT when the storm hit.

Grammar

The joke mainly uses the present continuous to create immediacy and describe ongoing action, then shifts to the present simple in dialogue for clarity and humour.

Present continuous: Two campers are walking through the forest.

Present simple: The first camper says, “I just need to outrun you.”

Synonyms & Alternatives

Frantically: hurriedly, desperately.

Outrun: outpace, overtake.

Mini Dialogue

Emma: I ran frantically FRÉNÉTIQUEMENT to catch the bus this morning!

Ben: Well, you can’t outrun COURIR PLUS VITE QUE traffic, can you?

Emma: True, but I did outrun COURIR PLUS VITE QUE the rain at least!

Ben (smiling): That’s one victory, at least.

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