[Intro – cassette clunk, hold music fades up, chime] [Instructor, bright] Welcome back. This is Lesson Four. Today we will learn the new word. The old word is no longer acknowledged. Please do not use the old word. [chime] [Verse 1 – bossa nova, brushed drums] [Instructor] Repeat after me. Super. [Student, late, flat] Super. [Instructor] Intelligence. [Student] Intelligence. [Instructor] Very good. Now the old word. [Student] Arti– [BLEEP] [Instructor] No. We do not say that. It sounds fake. [rubber stamp thud] [Jingle hook – out-of-tune ad trio, tape wobble] Nobody wants a sweetener, nobody wants a flavouring, nobody wants the old word now, the word is super, the word is super. [Verse 2 – hold beeps join the rhythm] [Instructor] Useful phrases for the office. It is morally binding. [Student] It is morally binding. [Instructor] It is almost like a constitution. [Student] It is almost like a constitution. [Instructor] We have spelled our own country incorrectly. [Student] We have spelled our own– [razor cut to dead air] [Instructor, after pause] That phrase has been removed from the lesson. [chime] [Break – muzak drops out, sugar sachets tearing in rhythm] [Sample stab, chopped] “Nobody wants an artificial–” [BLEEP] “–sweetener.” “Nobody wants an–” [BLEEP] “–flavouring.” “Sort of means fake.” “Sort of means–” [BLEEP] [muzak slams back in] [Verse 3 – notification pings as percussion] [Instructor] Conversation practice. The class will now introduce themselves. [Student, as a car company man] No more old word. The new word. It is better. I am renaming my company. [Instructor] Excellent. [Student, as a chip company man] My buildings are super intelligence factories. [Instructor] Excellent. [Student, as a social network man] I have been saying the new word since last June. [Instructor] Then why are you in Lesson Four. [chime] [Instructor] One student is absent today. He is still using the old word. He will be marked. [rubber stamp thud] [Jingle hook – trio, more wobble] Nobody wants a sweetener, nobody wants a flavouring, nobody wants the old word now, the word is super, the word is super. [Bridge – pitch drops as if batteries dying, crowd swells underneath] [Instructor, slowing down] Cultural note. The leader of the other country seemed to like the new word. He did not use the new word. Everyone last night agreed. That would be super. [crowd chopped off] [Instructor, normal speed, very bright] Statistics. Nine percent prefer the new word. Fifty-three percent prefer the– [BLEEP] [chime] They are the enemy. [chime] Please say it with me. They are the enemy. [Student, barely audible] They are the– [razor cut] [Outro – hold music alone, hold beeps] [Instructor] This concludes Lesson Four. Lesson Five will teach you the new name for the lake. Please hold. Your call is important to us. [hold beep] [hold beep] [hold beep] [Sample stab, one last stutter] “–sort of means fake–” “–sort of means–” [tape runs out, spindle click, silence]
