Language Barriers

Setting: At a Hotel. Actor 1 is choking Actor 2 calls 9-1-1 Actor 3 is receiver on the

other line

Actor2: Hola necesito una ambulancia!

Actor 3: Hello 9-1-1 what is the state of your emergency?

Actor 2: Mi amigo y yo comíamos cuando ella empezó a tragar!

Actor 3: I am sorry mam, can you please speak English

Actor 2: Que? Por favor mi amiga va a morir! Jesus! Eres pendejo o nomas te ases? No

es dificil comprender!

Actor 3: Okay mam please hold….

Actor 2: Por favor! Porque no me ayudas? Mi amiga está muriendo! Donde éstas?

Socorro! Socorro! Socorro! (or is it Ayuda?)
Actor 1: (Coughing and rolling on floor gasping for air)

Actor 2: (a Actor 1) Quiero ayudarte pero los americanos tontos no me comprenden! (a

Actor 3) Donde estás? Inútil! Idioto estúpido! Porque no me comprendes! Estoy

hablando en español! Trescientos treinta millónes personas hablan español! Y

tú no hablas español!? No tienes a alguien que hable español?! Dios mio! Ella va a

morir!

Actor 1: (se levanta del piso y está perfectamente) Estoy bromeando…. Estoy jugando

Estoy bien! Que?! Es una chiste!


Translated

Actor 2: Hi, I need an ambulance!

Actor 3: Hello 9-1-1 what is the state of you emergency?

Actor 2: My friend and I were eating when she started to choke!

Actor 3: I am sorry mam, can you please speak English

Actor 2: What? Please my friend is going to die! Jesus! Are you stupid or just

pretending? It’s not difficult to understand!

Actor 3: Okay mam please hold…

Actor 2: Please! Why aren’t you helping me? My friend is dying! Where did you go?

Help! Help! Help!

Actor 1: (Coughing and rolling on floor gasping for air)

Actor 2: (to Actor 1) I want to help you but the silly Americans they don’t understand

me! (to Actor 3) Where are you? Useless! Stupid idiot! Why don’t you

understand me? I am speaking in Spanish!! 330 million people speak Spanish!

You don’t have anyone who speaks Spanish?! My God! She is going to die!

Actor 1: (Gets up from the floor and is perfectly fine) I’m joking…I am playing. I am

fine! What! It’s a joke!