Page 1 e The Effortless English Club Automatic English For The People Kaizen Mini-Story Text Hi this is AJ. Time for the mini-story for "The Kaizen Way." Are you smling and happy? You jumping around?

Kaizen Mini-Story Text

Hi this is AJ. Time for the mini-story for "The Kaizen Way." Are you smling and happy?

You jumping around? You're up, you're moving. Let's get started.

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Jan was a very rude woman. She was always rude to everybody. She was always

very harsh to everybody.

How was Jan?

Jan was rude. Jan was rude and harsh to everyone.

Who was very harsh and rude to everyone?

Jan, Jan was very harsh and was very rude to everyone.

Was Jan gentle and kind?

No. She was not gentle and kind. She was harsh. She was rude.

Was she rude and harsh to some people?

Not to some people, to everyone. She was rude and harsh to everyone.

People didn't like Jan. Nobody liked Jan.

Why not?

Well, because she was rude and harsh to everyone.

Jan always said rude comments to her friends. She always said harsh, rude

zingers.

Zinger? What's a zinger?

A zinger is something that's surprising or shocking. So a zinger of a comment means a

surprise comment. Jan always said rude zingers. She always gave rude zingers to her

friends. It means rude, surprising comments. So a rude zinger would be a rude,

surprising comment.