英語初級口語

Lesson1TextA.HowOldIsShe?

Awomanwashavingsometroublewithherheart,soshewenttoseethe

doctor.

Hewasanewdoctor,anddidnotknowher,sohefirstaskedsome

questions,andoneofthem

was,“Howoldareyou?”“Well,“sheanswered,“Idon5tremember,

doctor,butIwilltry

tothink."Shethoughtforaminuteandthensaid,“Yes,Iremembernow,

doctor!

WhenImarried,Iwaseighteenyearsold,andmyhusbandwasthirty.

Nowmyhusbandissixty,

Iknow.Andthatistwicethirty5.SoIamtwiceeighteen.Thatisthirtysix,

isn'tit?”

TextBCouldISpeaktoJim,Please?

A:Hello,332440.B:Ohhello,Sally.ThisisDaveThomsonhere.Could

IspeaktoJimplease?

A:Fmafraidhe'snotinatthemoment,Dave.Hewentoutaboutanhour

ago

andhe'snotbackyet.B:Anyideawhenhemightbeback?”A:Well,

heshouldn'tbelong.

Hesaidhewasjustgoingtogetsomepaint.ButIwouldn'tbesurprised

ifhe'sstoppedoffatthepubonthewayback.B:O.K.Well,tellhim

Fvecalled,willyou,

andriltryagainlater.A:A11right.Goodbye,Dave.B:Thanksthen

Sally.Goodbye.

Readthefollowingpassageonce.Underlinethekeywordswhilereading

andretellthestory

toyourpartner.

Accident

Theriver,yousee,wasneverreallysafeatthattimeoftheyear-early

autumn,Imean,

whenthereisheavyrainfall.SowhenIheardthechildrenhadgone

swimming,

astheyusedtoallspringandsummer,Iknewthenmightbeanawful

accident.

AndwhentheycamehomelatewithoutlittleKatie,Iguessedwhathad

happened.

Lesson2TextAButtheChineseDid!

OnedayTomsaidtooneofhisfriends,uI'mgoingtohaveaholidayin

Beijing.

ButIdon'tspeakChinese,soFilgotoeveningclassesandhaveChinese

lessons

aboutamonthbeforeIgo."Hestudiedveryhardforamonth,andthenhis

holidaysbegan

andhewenttoChina.Whenhecamebackafew-weekslater,hisfriend

saidtohim,

“DidyouhaveanytroublewithyourChinesewhenyouwereinBeijing,

Tom?”

“No,Ididn'thaveanytroublewithit,,?answeredTom."ButtheChinese

did!^^

TextBAttheBirthdayParty

Welcome,Peter.Givemeyourcoatandhat.Thankyou,MrsRoss.The

boysandgirls

areinthelivingroom.Wait,TilcallJohn.Hi,Peter.Whyareyoulate?

Mymothermademedressup.That'sgood.Alicehassomeprettyfriends.

Youknow

Idon'tlikegirls.Happybirthday,Alice.Manyhappyreturnsoftheday.

Here'sapresentforyou.ALICE:Thankyou,Peter.Coineintothedining

room.

rmgoingtocutthecakesoon.JOHN:Havesomesandwiches,

Peter.PETER:Thanks.

John,who5sthatgirl?JoHN:That'sJoan.She'spretty,isn'tshe?Shelikes

todance.

Askhertodance.PETER:Well,Idon'tknow.JOHN:Don'tbeafraid.She

isn'tgoingtobiteyou.

PETER:Who'safraid?I'mnotafraid.PETER:Wouldyouliketodance,

Joan?Joan:Yes,Thankyou.

rdliketodanceverymuch.

Readthefollowingpassageonce.Underlinethekeywordswhilereading

andretellthestory

toyourpartner.

Self-service

Ifyouareinahurryandyouwanttohaveaquickmealthereisno

betterplace

thanaself-servicerestaurant.Yougointotherestaurant,pickupatray,

knife,fork,

andspoonandqueueatacounterwherethefoodisondisplay.Youpick

outwhatyouwant

andputitonyourtray,whichyouhavetopushalongaspecialracktill

youreachthecashier.

Thecashierwillgiveyouyourbill.Afterpaying,youtakeyourtrayto

anytableyoulike.

Youcansitaloneorwithanothercustomer.Youcanhaveagoodmealin

tenminutes.

And—asthereisnowaiteryoudon'thavetogiveatip.

Lesson3TextAThereIsSomethingVeryNiceInsideYourDrum

ItwasJimmy'sbirthday,andhewasfiveyearsold.Hegotquitealotof

nicebirthdaypresents

fromhisfamily,andoneofthemwasabeautifulbigdrum."Whogave

himthatthing?^^

Jimmy'sfathersaidwhenhesawit."Hisgrandfatherdid,“answered

Jimmy'smother.

“Oh,"saidhisfather.Ofcourse,Jimmylikedhisdrumverymuch.He

madeaterriblenoise

withit,buthismotherdidnotmind.Hisfatherwasworkingduringthe

day,andJimmywasinbed

whenhegothomeintheevening,sohedidnothearthenoise.Butone

oftheneighbours

didnotlikethenoiseatall4,soonemorningafewdayslater,shetooka

sharpknife

andwenttoJimmy'shousewhilehewashittinghisdrum5.Shesaidto

him,"Hullo,Jimmy.

Doyouknow,there'ssomethingveryniceinsideyourdrum6.Here'sa

knife.Openthedrum

andlet5sfindit.^^

TextBMayISecaHat,Please?

MRRoss:MayIseeahat,please?SALESMAN:Whatsizedoyoutake?

MRRossTmsorry.

Idon'tknow.SALESMAN:!'!!measureyou...Youtakesize6.What

colourhatwouldyoulike?

MRRoss:Brown,please.SAISMAN:Herearesomenicebrownhats.

Trythishaton.

It'saverygoodone.MRRoss:Yes,Ilikethisone.Itgoesverywell

withmycoat.

Howmuchisit?SALESMAN:It,s$9.95(ninedollarsandninety-five

cents).

Doyouwantmetoputitinabox?

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Readthefollowingpassageonce.Underlinethekeywordswhilereading

andretellthestory

toyourpartner.

Thepoliceinthebigcitywerelookingforathief.Atlasttheycaught

him.

Butwhiletheyweretakingphotographsofhimfromthefront,fromthe

left,fromtheright,

withahat,withoutahat—hesuddenlyattackedthepolicemenandran

off.

Theytriedtocatchhim,buthegotaway.Thenaweeklaterthetelephone

rang

inthepolice-station,andsomebodysaid,“YouarelookingforBillCross,

aren'tyou?”

"Yes.""Well,helefthereforWaterbridgeanhourago."Waterbridgewas

asmalltown

about100milesfromthecity.Thecitypoliceatoncesentfourdifferent

photographs

ofthethieftothepoliceinWaterbridge.Lessthantwelvehourslaterthey

gotatelephonecall

fromthepoliceinWaterbridge.t4Wehavecaughtthefourththisevening,

wethink.^^

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Lesson4TextAWhat'stheMatterwithYou?

MRSWELSH:Goodafternoon,DrDawes.DRDAWES:Goodafternoon,

MrsWelsh.

MRSWELSH:Pleasecomethiswayl,Doctor.Peter'sinthisroom.DR

DAWES:Well,Peter.

I'msorryyou'reill.What'sthematterwithyou?PETER:Idon'tknow,

Doctor.Tmill.

Ihaveaheadacheandastomachache.DRDAviEs:Showmeyour

tongue.3Whatdidyoueatyesterday?

PETER:Well,Doctor,I...DRDAwES:Didyoueatanycake?

PETER:Yes,Iatesomecake.

DRDAWES:Didyoueatanyicecream?PETER:Well,yes,Idid.I

atesomeicecream.

DRDAwEs:Didyoueatanycandy?PETER:Well,yes,Idid.Iate

somecandy.

DRDAwES:Youngman,tellmeeverythingyouateyesterdayevening.

PETER:Well,Doctor.

Iwenttoabirthdayparty.DRDAwE5:Isee!Howmanypiecesofcake

didyoueat?

PETER:Three,Doctor.DRDAWES:Howmanyplatesoficereamdidyou

eat,youngman?

PETER:Gosh,Doctor.Ihadonlythreeplatesoficecream.Johnhad

four.

TextBHowDidYouLoseYourWay?

MrsBrown'soldgrandfatherlivedwithherandherhusband.Every

morninghewentforawalk

intheparkandcamehomeathalfpasttwelveforhislunch.Butone

morningapolicecar

stoppedoutsideMrsBrown'shouseattwelveo'clock,andtwopolicemen

helpedMrBrown

togetout.OneofthemsaidtoMrsBrown,叮hepooroldgentlemanlost

hiswayinthepark”

andtelephonedtousforhelp,sowesentcartobringhimhome.^^Mrs

Brownwasverysurprised,

butshthankedthepolicemenandtheyleft/'But,Grandfather,shethen

said,

“youhavebeentothatparknearlyeverydayfortwentyyears.Howdid

youloseyourwaythere?^^

Theoldmansmiled,closedoneeye'3andsaid,UIdidn,tquitelosemy

way.

“IjustgottiredandIdidn'twanttowalkhome!^^

Readtneioiiowingpassageonce.Uncterhnethekeywordswhilereading

andretellthestory

toyourpartner.

Onemorningamanwascrossinganarrowbridgewhenhesawa

fishermanontheshadybank

ofthedeep,smoothriverunderhim,sohestoppedtowatchhimquietly.

Alterafewminutes,

thefishermanpulledhislinein.Therewasabig,fatfishattheendofit.

Thefishermantookitoffthehookandthrewitbackintothewater.Then

heputhishook

andlineinagain.Afterafewmoreminuteshecaughtanotherbigfish.

Againhethrewitback

intotheriver.Then,thethirdtime,hecaughtasmallfish.Heputitinto

hisbasket

andstartedtogetreadytogo.Themanonthebridgewasverysurprised,

sohespoketothefisherman.Hesaid,“Whydidyouthrowthose

beautiful,

bigfishbackintothewaterandkeeponlythatsmallone?,,Thefisherman

lookedupandanswered,

“Smallfrying-pan.^^

Lesson5TextASummerPlans

PeterandMaryaretalkingabouttheirplansforthesummer.Maryis

goingtoworkinthecity,

butPeterisgoingtogotocamp.MarythinksthattheirfriendJohnis

goingtothemountains

withhisfamily.PETER:Whatareyougoingtodoafteryoureturnfrom

Washington4?

MARY:I'mgoingtostayinthecity5.PETER:Whatwillyoudoall

day6?

MARY:rmgoingtoworkwithmyfatheratthestore?.Intheevening,

Filreadbooks.

Onweekends,8Filgotothebeach9withmyfamily.PETER:Haveyou

everworked?

MARY:No,butIcanlearn.Whatareyougoingtodothissummer?

PETER:I'mgoingtocamp.

I'vegonetocampforfoursummers.MARY:Fvenevergonetocamp.

Whatdoyoudothere?

PETER:Wedomanythings.Inthemorning,wegoswimmingand

boating.Intheafternoon,

weplaybasketballortennis.Wesitaroundacampfire^^atnight.Wesing

ortellstories.

MARY:Thatsoundswonderful.PETER:Itiswonderful."What'sJohn

goingtodothissummer?

MARY:Ithinkhe'sgoingtothemountainswithhisparents.

PETER:Well,solong,Mary.

Havefun.MARY:Youtoo,Peter.GivemyregardstoJohn,rilseeyou

inSeptember.

TextBMyDishwasher

MrsWilliamslivedinasmallstreetinLondon,andnowshehadanew

neighbour.

HernamewasMrsBriggs,andshetalkedalotaboutherexpensive

furniture,

herbeautifulcarpetsandhernewkitchen.44Doyouknow/5shesaidtoMrs

Williamsoneday,

"I'yegotanewdishwasher22.Itwashestheplatesandglassesand

knivesandforks

beautifully.""Oh?"MrsWilliamsanswered.t4Anddoesitdry24theman

putthem

inthecupboard25too?”MrsBriggswassurprised."Well,“she

answered,“thethings

inthemachine27aredryafteranhour,butitdoesn5tputthemaway28,

ofcourse.^^

'Tvehadadishwasherfortwelveandahalfyears,“MrWilliamssaid.

“Oh?”

MrsBriggsanswered."Anddoesyoursputthethinginthecupboard

whenithaswashedthem?^^

Shelaughednastily.4tYes,hedoes,“MrsWilliamsanswered.t4Hedries

thedishes

andputsthemaway.”

Readthefollowingdialogueonce.Underlinethekeywordswhilereading

andretelltoyourpartnerthedialogueinyourownwords.

FrankandCharlesdiscusslastnight'stelevisionprogramme.Frank:Did

youwatchtelevision

lastnight,Charles?CharlesrYes,Idid.Frank:Itwasagoodgame,

wasn'tit?Charles:Oh,

Ididn'twatchthefootballmatch.Iwantedto,butmywifepreferredto

seetheoldfilm.

Frank:Whatapity!Itwasquiteexciting.Bothteamsplayedverywell.

Charles:Howdiditfinish?Frank:Itfinishedinadraw.Whatwasthefilm

like?

Charlesrltwasquitegood.ButImissedthebeginningofitbecauseIhad

toeatfirst.

Frank:Didyourwifeenjoyit?Charles:No,shedidn't.Afterhalfanhour

shestoppedwatchingandstartedtoreadabook.

Lesson6TextAHowtoMakeEverybodyHappy?

Peter5sunclelivedinthecountry.OncePeterwenttostaywithhimfora

fewweeks.

Whenevertheywentforawalkorforadriveinthecarandtheypassed

somebody,

hisunclewaved.Peterwassurprised,andsaid,“UncleGeorge,youknow

everybodyhere.

Wheredidyoumeetthemall?,,uIdon'tknowallthesepeople/5saidhis

uncle.

“Thenwhydoyouwavetothem?^^askedPeter."Well,Peter,“answered

hisuncle,

“whenIwavetosomeoneandheknowsme,heispleased.Hecontinues

hisjourney

withahappierheart.ButwhenIwavetosomeoneandhedoesn'tknow

me,heissurprised

andsaystohimself.'Whoisthatman?Whydidhewavetome?'Sohe

hassomething

tothinkaboutduringtherestofhisjourney,andthatmakeshisjourney

seemshorter.

SoImakeeverybodyhappy.”

WhatWouldYouLiketoDoTonight?

Mary'scousins,FayandRosemary,arestillatherhouse.Thegirlswant

togotothemovies.

Theylookinthenewspapertoseewhattimethemoviestarts.After

seeingthemovie,

theygotoanicecreamparlorandordertheirfavoritedesserts.

MARY:Girls,

whatwouldyouliketodotonight?ROSEMARY:Doyouevergotothe

movies?MARY:Ofcourse.

Ioftengotothemovies.ROSEMARY:Well,let'sgotothe

movies.MARY:There'sagoodmovie

nearhere:"SummerinMaine”.ROSEMARY:Fine.MARY:Iheardit'sa

verygoodmovie.

Let'sfindoutwhattimeitstarts.ROSEMARY:Let,slookatthe

newspaper.

Movieprogramsareusuallyonpagenine.

Readthefollowingconversationonce.Underlinethekeywordswhile

readir

andretelltoyourpartnerthedialogueinyourownwords.

Fred:IfIwonthePools,I'dgoroundtheworld.Bert:Wouldyou?I

wouldn't.

Fred:Whatwouldyoudo?Bert:Oh,Idon'tknow.Tdbuyabighousewith

agardenformywife

andkids,Isuppose.Butit'sdifficulttoimaginehavingalotofmoney.

Fred:Onething,scertain.IfIhadalotofmoney,Iwouldn'tworkan

more.

Bert:Wouldn,tyou?Whatwouldyoudowithallthatsparetime?Fred:As

Isaid,

rdgoroundtheworld.Bert:Whatwouldyoudoafterthat?Fred:h,I

don'tknow.

It'dtakemealongtimetogoroundtheworld.Bert:Itdoesn,tsoundvery

exciting.

Fred:Anyway,wehaven,twonthePools,andwe'renotlikelytowin

them

Sothereisn'tmuchpointintalkingaboutit,isthere?Bert:Fdbehappyif

Igotarise.

Fred:AndmywifewouldbehappyifIboughtheraminkcoat.Bert:Well,

rmnotlikely

togetariseandyouhaven'tthemoneyforaminicoat,solet'scome

downtoearth

andhaveanotherdrink.What'llyouhave?rilhaveapintofthebest.Td

haveaScotch

ifIwereyou.Wedeserveit.Allright.Makeitadouble,willyou?

Lesson7TextAAfteraHeavySnowstorm

Onenighttherewasaheavysnowstorm,andinthemorningMrSmith's

gardenwasfullof

deepsnow.MrSmithwantedtotakehiscarout,sohepaidamantoclean

thepath

fromhisgaragetohisgate.Hesaidtothisman,"Don'tthrowanysnow

onthatside,

becauseitwilldamagethebushesinmygarden;anddon,tthrowany

snowintothestreet,

orthepolicewillbeangry."ThenMrSmithwentout.Whenhecame

back,thepathwasclean

andthesnowfromitwasnotonthebushes,orthefence,orthestreet.

MrSmithwasverypleased—untilheopenedthegaragetogethiscarout!

Thegaragewasfull

tothetopwithallthesnowfromthepath,andhiscarwassomewhere

underitall!

NoBaseballToday

PETER:Canyouplaybaseballwithmetoday?JOHN:No,Ican't.I'm

sorry.

Ihavetohelpmymother.PETER:We'regoingtomovetomorrow.

JOHN:Where'sthenewhouse?Isitfarfromhere?PETER:No,it'snot

far.

It'snearouroldhouse.JOHN:CanIhelpyou

pack?PETER:Sure.JOHN:thanks.WhatcanIdo?

Takethebooksoutofthebookcase.Puttheminthisbox.PETER:Well,

thebooksareinthebox.

WhatcanIdonow?JOHN:Takethemagazinesoutofthebookcase.Put

theminthaibox.

PETER:A11right.JOHN:Peter!Packthem.Don'treadthem.

PETER:Thesemagazines

areinteresting.MayIborrowone?JOHN:Ofcourse.PETER:Thanks,

John.

ABetterMailman!

Iworkedasamailmanforashorttime.However,Iamafraidofdogsand

hadalotoftrouble.

OnedayItriedtodeliversomeletterstoabighouse,startedtoopenthe

gate

andallofasuddenahugedograntowardme.Itgrowlandbarkedatme,

soIthrewtheletters

overthefence.Thedogpickedthemiandcarriedthemintothehouse.

Thedog

wasabettermailmanthanIwas!

Lesson8TextAPleaseSettheTable

MRSMILLER:Ihavetostayinthekitchen.Idon,twantthefoodto

bum.Wouldyouplease

setthetable?Mary:Ofcourse,Mother.MRSMILLER:Didyouputtwo

forkswitheachplate?

MAry:Yes,Idid.MRSMILLER:Arethesaltandpeppershakersonthe

table?MAry:Oh,no,

they'renot.Tilgetthemnow.MRSMILLER:Didyouusethenew

glasses?MARy:Yes,Idid.

MRSMILLER:Doesthetablelooknice?Mary:Ithinkso,

Mother.MRSMILLER:!hearthebell.

Pleaseopenthedoor,Mary.

TextBInterestingPictures

"Foodreallytastesgood5cookedoveranopenfire,“Lloydremarkedas

hetookanotherbite

ofhishotdog."Itsuredoes,^^repliedFred."Iwishthisweren'tthelast

night

ofourcampingtrip,butschoolstartsnextweek.^^Acoupleofdaysafter

returninghome,

LloydandFredtooktheexposedfilmoutoftheircameraandtookitto

thecamerashop

tobedeveloped.Theyweretoldthatthepictureswouldbeready

Thursday.

Thursdaywasjusttwodaysaway.FredandLloydcouldhardlywaitto

seehowtheirpictures

cameout.Theyplannedtoshowtheirpicturestoeveryoneatschoolas

soonasschoolwasback

insession.FredandLloydfeltverypleasedwhentheyshowedtheir

teacherthepictures

theyhadtakenontheirvacation.Shesaidthatthey

WhoWaitsforWhom?

MrandMrsAllengogroceryshoppingonSaturdaymornings.MrAllen

neverenjoysthesetrips.

MrsAllendoestheshoppingandhesitsinthecarandwaitsforher.This

morningthere

werealotofpeopleandittookMrsAllenlongerthanusual.Anhour

wentbyandfinally

amancameuptoMrAllen."Excuseme,“hesaid,uisyournameAllen?

Yourwife

iswaitingforyouatthecheck-outcounter.Shedoesn'thaveenough

moneyforthegroceries!?,

Lesson9TextAStopEatingFriedPotatoes

MrsJenkinswenttoherdoctoroneday,becauseherheartwasgivingher

trouble.Thedoctor

listenedtoherheartcarefullyanddidafewotherthings.Thenhesaid,

“Well,MrsJenkins,

stopsmoking,andthenyou'llsoonbequiteallrightagain.^^“Butdoctor,“

answeredMrsJenkinsquickly,'Tveneversmoked.Idon'tlike

smoking.”“Oh,well,^^

saidthedoctor,4tthendon'tdrinkanymorealcohol"t4ButIdon'tdrink

alcohol,

answeredMrsJenkinsatonce."Stopdrinkingteaandcoffeethen,“the

doctorsaidtoher.

Ionlydrinkwater,“answeredMrsJenkins.<4Idon'tliketeaorcoffee.

Thedoctorthought

forafewsecondsandthensaid,“Well,…er...doyoulikefried

potatoes??,uYes,

Ilikethemverymuch,^^answeredMrsJenkins.UA11right,thenstopeating

those,“

saidthedoctorashegotuptosaygoodIhyetoMrsJenkins.

TextBKeepHiminBed

MRSWELSH:Getup,Peter.It5slate.PETER:!can'tgetup,Mom.Vmill.

MRSWELSH:What9sthematterwithyou?PETER:Ihaveaheadache

andabadstomachache.

MRsWELSH:Youhaveafevertoo.FmgoingtocallDrDawes.Don't

getoutofbed.

PETER:Oh,Ican'tgetoutofbed.I'mtooill.MRSWELSH:Operator,

givemeSpring3-2546,12

please.Hello,thisisMrsWelsh.IsDrDawesthere?Thankyou.ril

wait...

DrDawes,thisisMrsWelsh.Canyoucometothehouse,please?Dr

DAwEs:Who'sill?

MRSWELSH:Peter,myson.DRDAWES:What'sthematterwithhim?

MRSWELSH:Idon'tknow.

Hehasaheadache,abadstomachacheandafever.DRDAwEs:Keephim

inbed.Wheredoyoulive?

MRSWELSH:Weliveat44WashingtonAvenue.DRDAWES:A11right,

MrsWelsh,Tilbetheresoon.

MRSWELSH:Thankyou.Good-bye,DrDawes.

Harryislookingatamaninthestreet.HeistalkingtoJackaboutthe

man.

Harry:Who'sthatmanwiththeblackbag?Jack:Ican'tseeamanwitha

blackbag.

Harry:Hewasstandingatthedoorofthathouseamomentago.Nowhe's

walkingdownthestreet.

Jack:Oh,thatman.Idon'tknowwhoheis.He'sastranger.Harry:Lookat

theman

who'srunningafterhim.Jack:Yes.Perhapsthestrangerisa

thief.Harry:!don'tthinkso.

Jack:Waitaminute.Icanrecognisethemanwho'srunningafterhim.It's

MrGreen.

Harry:NowIremember.MrGreentoldmeyesterdaythathisbrotherwas

coming.

Lesson10TextAABeautifulDress

OnedayMrsJoneswentshopping5.Whenherhusbandcamehomeinthe

evening,

shebegantotellhimaboutabeautifulcottondress."1sawitinashop

thismorning,5,

shesaid,"and...”Andyouwanttobuyit,“saidherhusband.t4Howmuch

doesitcost?

i(Fortypounds.,,t4Fortypoundsforacottondress?Thatistoomuch!”

Buteveryevening,

whenMrJonescamebackfromwork,hiswifecontinuedtospeakonly

aboutthedress,

andatlast,afteraweek,hesaid,“Oh,buythedress!Hereisthemoney!”

Shewasveryhappy.

Butthenextevening,whenMrJonescamehomeandasked,“Haveyou

gotthefamousdress?”

shesaid,"No.’"'Whynot?”hesaid."Well,itwasstillinthewindowofthe

shopafteraweek,

sothought,nobodyelsewantsthisdress,soIdon'twantiteither.'1

TextBWhichBusShallITake?

JaneFosterhasjustmetHenryTaylor.Janeisonherwaytothehospital

toseeherfriend,

SusanGreen.HENRY:Whereareyougoing,Jane?JANE:I'mgoingtothe

hospitaltoseeSusanGreen.

HENRY:Isawheryesterday.Shewasalittlebetter.JANE:MustIcatch

anumber7bus

togetthere?HENRY:No,younecdn5t.Anumber13buswillalsotake

youtothehospital.

JANE:Number13busesrunmuchmorefrequently,don't

they?HENRY:Yes.Icaughtanumber7bus

yesterday,andIhadtowaitforhalfanhouratthebusstop.JANE:Thank

you,Henry.

Filgetanumber13.

MrsJoneswasstillcleaningthehousewhenherhusbandcamebackfrom

work.

Shewaswearingdirty,oldclothesandnostockings,herhairwasnottidy,

shehaddust

onherface,andshelookeddirtyandtired.Herhusbandlookedatherand

said,

“IsthiswhatIcomehometoseeafterahardday'swork?”MrsJones's

neighbour,MrsSmith,

wasthere.WhensheheardMrJones'swords,shequicklysaidgoodbye

andranbacktoherhouse.

Thenshewashed,brushedandcombedherhaircarefully,putonherbest

dress

andherprettieststockings,paintedherface,andwaitedforherhusband

tocomehome.

Whenhearrived,hewashotandtired.Hewalkedslowlyintothe

house,sawhiswifeandstopped.

Thenheshoutedangrily,<4Andwhereareyougoingthisevening?^^

Lesson11TextAAVisittoConwayCastle

Dave'sclassatschoolwerestudyingEnglishhistory,andonedaytheir

teachersaidtothem,

“Well,boys,onFridaywe'reallgoingtogetonabusandgoto

Conway'.

There'sabeautifulcastlethere,andwe'regoingtovisitit.^^Theboys

wereveryhappy

whentheyheardthis."Now,hasanybodygotanyquestions3?^^the

teacherasked.

“Howoldisthecastle,sir?”Daveasked."It'saboutsevenhundred

yearsold,Dave,“

theteacheranswered."What'sthenameofthecastle,sir??,anotherboy

asked.t4ConwayCastle,"

theteachersaid.OnFridaytheboyscametoschoolat9o'clockandgot

intothebus.

TheyvisitedConwayCastle,andthentheycamebackandwenthome.

“Well,"Dave'smothersaid

tohimwhenhegothome,udidyoulikethecastle,Dave?”“Notvery

much,^^Daveanswered.

“Thestupidpeoplebuiltittooneartherailway?'

TextBWhatAreYouGoingtoDo?

RobertandPeteraretalkingabouttheendoftheschoolterm.Robertis

goingtoleaveschool

andstartwork,butPeterisgoingtostayatschool.

PETERAreyougoingtoleaveschoolattheendoftheterm?ROBERT:

Yes,Iam.

PETER:Whatareyougoingtodo?ROBERT:Fmgoingtobea

clerk.PETER:Whatdoesaclerkdo?

ROBERT:Heworksinanoffice.Hewriteslettersandreports,andhe

types.

ROBERT:!wanttobeavet.PETER:A—what?ROBERT:Avet—a

veterinarysurgeon.PETER:Goodgracious!

What'sthat?ROBERT:Avet'samanwhotakescareofsickanimals.

He'sananimaldoctor.

ROBERT:Ioncereadastoryaboutapersonwhotalkedtoanimals.It

wasveryinteresting.

MrsNeat

MrsNeatwastidyandorderly.Onedayshegotonabus,wentupontop

andsatdown.

Whentheconductoraskedherforherfare,sheopenedherbag,tookout

herpurse,

closedherbag,openedherpurse,tookoutashilling,closedherpurse,

openedherbag,

putinherpurseandclosedherbag.Shepaidherfare.Theconductor

gaveheraticket.

Lesson12TextAWhataMess!

BillLanehasjusttouchedtsomewetpaint.MRFIELD:Youmustn't3

touchthewetpaint,Bill.

BILLTmsorry.Iwon'tdoitagain.MRFIELD:Trytobemorecarefulin

future.BILL:Ishall.

Iwasn'tascarelessasJohnSampson,liewalkedacrossthatwetcement

overthere.

MRFIELD:Theworkmen8oughtn,ttoleaveitwithoutanotice.BilkThe

headmasteraskedthem

nottodosottMRFIELD:Thenwhyisn'tthereanotice?BILL:Theywent

totheirstorestogetone.

Heretheycomewithitnow!MRFIELD:Butlookatthem!They'ye

forgottenaboutthewetcement

andthey,rewalkingacrossittoputupthenotice!

TextBATallandSlimGirl

Atfivefeetsixinches,Rosawastallerthaneveryotherstudentinthe

sixthgrade.

Sheworriedaboutthisallthetime,inschoolandathome.Hermother

toldher

tostandupstraightandbeproudthatshewassotallandslim.

“Someday,“hermothersaid,

“you'llbehappythatyou'reThismadeRosahappier,butshe

wasstillafraid

herclassmatesweremakingfunofherbehindherback.Oneday,allthis

changedwhenMrRansom,

thecoachfromtheyouthclub,askedRosatoplaycente?ontheir

basketballteam.Hesaid

thatRosawasagoodballplayerandherheightwouldmakehervaluable

ascenter.

Now,shereallywasproudtobetall.Shewassomeonespecial.

BetterBeaStupidMan

Itwasabeautifulspringmorning.Therewasn'tacloudinthesky,and

thesunwaswarm

butnottoohot,soMrAndrewswassurprisedwhenhesawanold

gentlemanatthebus-stop

withabig,strongblackumbrellainhishand.MrAndrewssaidtohim,

“Arewegoingto

haveraintoday,doyouthink?”''No,"saidtheoldgentleman,don't

thinkso."

“Thenareyoucarryingtheumbrellatokeepthesunoffyou?”''No,the

sunisnotveryhot

inspring."MrAndrewslookedatthebigumbrellaagain,andthe

gentlemansaid,

“Iamanoldman,andmylegsarenotverystrong,soIreallyneeda

walkingstick.

ButwhenIcarryawalking-stick,peoplesay,'Lookatthatpoorold

man,andIdon,tlikethat.

WhenIcarryanumbrellainfineweather,peopleonlysay,'Lookatthat

stupidman.

Lesson13TextAGiveMeaBigBoxofChocolates

Johnlikedchocolatesverymuch,buthismothernevergavehimany,

becausetheywerebad

forhisteeth1,shethought.ButJohnhadaverynicegrandfather.Theold

manlovedhisgrandson

verymuch,andsometimeshebroughtJohnchocolateswhenhecameto

visithim.

Thenhismotherlethimeatthem,becauseshewantedtomaketheold

manhappy.Oneevening,

afewdaysbeforeJohn,sseventhbirthday,hewassayinghisprayers4in

hisbedroom

beforehewenttobed/'Please,God,^^heshouted,"makethemgivemea

bigboxofchocolates

formy.birthdayonSaturday.^^Hismotherwasinthekitchen,butshe

heardthesmallboy

shoutingandwentintohisbedroomquickly.uWhyareyoushouting,

John?^^sheaskedherson.

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