sex education class

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I onceUNE FOIS took a sex education class at university, and a funnyDRÔLE thing happened one day.

The teacher arrived and told us we'd beNOUS ALLIONS discussing sex positions that day, and asked us how many positions we knew. A young girl near me said, “seven.”

The professor said, “Very good.” But as he prepared to ask another student, a loudBRUYANTE voice from the back of the lecture hallAMPHITHÉÂTRE shoutedCRIA, “ninety-one!”

The professor looked overPAR-DESSUS his glasses but couldn’t really make outDISTINGUER who had spoken. Finally, he called on a guy in the front rowRANG, and the guy said, “five.”

And again from the back, the same voice shouted, “ninety-one!”

Finally, the teacher pointed to a shyTIMIDE-looking lady sitting not far from me. She hesitated, then said, “Only one, Sir.”

The teacher asked, “Well, that’s unusual, young lady. And what position is that?”

“The oneCELLE with the man on top and the woman under him,” she replied.

And from the back of the room, the same loud voice shouted, “ninety-two!”

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Vocabulary

Lecture hall: a large room where university lessons take place.

Shout: to speak very loudly.

A loud voice came from the back of the lecture hallAMPHITHÉÂTRE.

Someone suddenly shoutedCRIA the answer.

Grammar

The joke mainly uses past simple to narrate events, with past continuous ideas implied in the background action.

Past simple for narration: The teacher arrived and told us we’d be discussing something.

Modal in reported speech: He told us we would be discussing the topic that day.

Synonyms & Alternatives

Shouted: yelled, cried out.

Shy: timid, reserved.

Mini Dialogue

Amelia: Someone shoutedCRIA my name across the lecture hallAMPHITHÉÂTRE yesterday.

Oliver: Was it that shyTIMIDE new student?

Amelia: No, it was my brother trying to embarrass me.

Oliver: That sounds exactly like him!

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