Esperamos que nuestros amigos árabes no se ofendan porque, en este diálogo en inglés, una de las cosas que Jack tiene muy claro es que no quiere vivir en Arabia Saudí.
Bueno, esto no debería sorprendernos dado su amor por la cerveza. Esta declaración ocurre durante el diálogo en inglés hablando sobre diferentes países en el que descubrimos que Arabia Saudí no es el único país en el que el alcohol es ilegal.
Por increíble que parezca, descubrimos que otro sitio en el que el alcohol es ilegal es un país que pensamos que es el opuesto polar de Arabia Saudí (pero no queremos estropear tu experiencia al oír el diálogo…. así que te dejamos descubrirlo solo.)
Esta conversación incluye otros países y la reacción de Sofía ante la idea de vivir en suiza… no está muy entusiasmada. Descarga el dialogo ya.
Fragmento de la transcripción del dialogo
Jack: Okay, basically, the other day when we were talking about Greece, some issues emerged. So we thought we’d explore these issues by proposing various countries and asking if we’d live there.
Sofia: And let’s start with you, Jack, how about Saudi Arabia? Would you live in Saudi Arabia?
Jack: Well, moving to hot countries is usually an aspiration of most ex-pats, but I’ll admit that Saudi Arabia isn’t high on my list.
10 Sofia: Why wouldn’t you live there?
Jack: I wouldn’t live there because of the 3 Bs: birds, beer and bollocks.
Sofia: As you just used two slang words that not even our best students would understand… you should explain.
Jack: Well, I’ll start with the one they understand: beer. I would go crazy without beer. I’m accustomed to having a beer almost anywhere at anytime… what the hell would I do in Saudi Arabia when there’s no beer nowhere at no time, and if you do have one – it’s a crime. I would end up in jail – 20 especially when they discover the illegal brewery I’d start up in my attic.
Sofia: And the birds?
Jack: Well, ‘birds’ is a slang term for ‘women’ – another thing that would drive me mad in Saudi Arabia. I mean, I’m a loyal boyfriend, but I like to look at girls.
Sofia: Huh…I’d definitely agree with that.
Jack: Yeah, anyway, if all the women are partially covered up I don’t know what my eyes would do; they’d probably close from lack of stimulation. I’d get sleeping sickness. And what’s worse, 30 is that Saudi Arabian women are actually very beautiful so it would be very frustrating.