ASL Interpreting Drills - E–A consecutive - Discussing Character
Channel: Christopher Bratten
Date: 2020-04-08

This video is intended for beginning to intermediate ASL interpreting practice. It features short English sentences that you can practice translating to American Sign Language. The topic is "Describing Relationships." There's a spoken English audio source, and the text appears on screen. A few seconds of silence appears between each prompt. The prompts are numbered, and a full transcript can be found below.

DISCUSSING CHARACTER
1. The students in my class are all friendly. It’s great.
2. “Friendly” means “happy to meet and talk to other people.”
3. My neighbor is unfriendly.
4. My co-worker visited me a lot while I was in the hospital, which was really kind.
5. He’s warm, friendly, and always wanting to help other people.
6. I met Colin on vacation, and he’s a really nice guy.
7. My boss is a horrible person.
8. I love Karen. She’s a lot of fun. She makes me happy.
9. John is a funny man. He always makes me laugh.
10. My parents are pretty relaxed. They don’t get angry if I’m late.
11. Tom is clever—the best student in our class. He learns things quickly.
12. It’s not polite to call someone stupid.
13. She’s quiet and doesn’t really say much, but she can be funny.
14. I like our teacher, but she’s very serious. She thinks a lot and doesn’t laugh very much.
15. What’s Alex like?
16. He’s nice but a little odd.
17. Ana’s parents are pretty cool. Her mom’s great, I like her a lot.
18. Her dad’s okay. He’s smart, but he doesn’t really like people.
19. What was your grandmother like?
20. My grandma was a strong and caring woman.
21. Now, Gina is going to talk about her friend, Sophie.
22. I met Sophie at college. I was on my own, and she came up and talked to me. She’s like that.
23. What’s interesting is that we’re complete opposites. She loves meeting new people, but I’m really shy.
24. She’s very sociable; I’m quiet. She’s into sports, and I’m not.
25. But it wasn’t important. We became friends and shared an apartment for two years.
26. I’m very organized. Sophie’s not very tidy, and she can be lazy around the house.
27. But she’s a great cook and a really nice person.