Lesson One FAMILY (I)
Part B
Dialogue My Husband's Wonderful
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Jane Hello, Sally. Fancy meeting you here.
Sally Hello, Jane. Haven’t seen you for a long time. You've got married, haven't you?
Jane Yes, I have. I have. I got married four years ago.
Sally Oh, my congratulations! How's your husband?
Jane Oh, he's wonderful.
Sally Really? Is he?
Jane Yes, he's big, strong and handsome.
Sally Well, my husband isn't very big, nor very strong.., but he's very intelligent.
Jane Intelligent? What do you mean, Sally?
Sally He can speak six languages.
Jane Can he? What languages can he speak?
Sally He can speak French, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic and Japanese.
Jane Oh!... My husband's very athletic.
Sally Athletic?
Jane Yes, he can swim, ski, play football, cricket and rugby...
Sally Can he cook?
Jane Pardon?
Sally Can your husband cook? My husband can't play sports.., but he's an excellent cook.
Jane Is he?
Sally Yes, and he can sew, iron.., he's a very good husband.
Jane Really? Is he English?
Passage Tit for Tat
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Mr Jones had a quarrel with Mrs Jones the other day. So they were very angry with each other. For several days they did not speak to each other at all. One evening Mr Jones was very tired when he came back from work, so he went to bed immediately after dinner. Of course he did not say anything to Mrs Jones before he went upstairs. Mrs Jones washed the dinner things and then did some sewing. When she went up to bed much later than her husband she found a piece of paper on the small table near her bed. On it were the words, 'Mother -- Wake me up at 7 a.m. -- Father. '
When Mr Jones woke up the next morning, it was nearly 8 a.m. -- and on the small table near his bed he saw another piece of paper. He took it and read these words: 'Father Wake up. It is 7 a.m. " Mother. ' |