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3.13: Interpreter

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    71252
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    Serves: 2

    Cook Time: 5—7 min

    Ingredients

    • Podium or Music Stand

    Instructions

    • 1 Player is a fictional foreign dignitary
    • 1 Player is the other player’s ‘interpreter’
    • The dignitary asks the audience for the name of a fictional country
    • The interpreter asks for a crisis affecting the world
    • The dignitary speaks in gibberish about the topic
    • The interpreter ‘translates’ whatever the dignitary is saying

    Notes

    One player is designated the leader of a fictional country with its own language (gibberish). The audience is asked to provide the name of the fictional country and a problem facing that country. The dignitary then begins to speak about the problem facing their country. The interpreter then translates what they dignitary is saying for the audience.


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