Moulding Them Into Good Irish Lads

As some of you may know, Australia went through to the World Cup by knocking out Uaregay on penalties in the play-offs. In my class today, I could hear shouts of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!” from the next class. It was Ken. He must’ve been telling them the news.

I wasn’t having that, so I decided to teach them an Irish football chant. So, “Come On You Boys in Green” it was! And they loved it. Stuck in a bit of 中国队!加油! (Zhōngguó duì jiā yóu: come on, China) at the end to keep them sweet. This is why I like teaching a class full of lads, cos you can do stuff like that! I’ll have to teach “The Fields of Athenry” next! They’ve already been trained to respond “howaya”, when I say, “howaya” to them and “same old, same old”, when I ask “what’s the story?” They’ll have no problems communicating with the natives if their ship pulls into Dublin port!