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Ta s k1H o w O l d I s S h e?

A w o m a n w a s h a v i n g s o m e t r o u b l e w i t h h e r h e a r t,s o s h e w e n t t o s e e t h e d o c t o r.H e w a s a n e w d o c t o r,a n d d i d n o t k n o w h e r. S o h e f i r s t a s k e d s o m e q u e s t i o n s, a n d o n e o f t h e m w a s, "H o w o l d a r e y o u?"

"We l l,"s h e a n s w e r e d,"I d o n't r e m e m b e r,d o c t o r,b u t I w i l l t r y t o t h i n k."S h e t h o u g h t f o r a m i n u t e a n d t h e n s a i d,"Ye s.I r e m e m b e r n o w, d o c t o r! W h e n I m a r r i e d, I w a s e i g h t e e n y e a r s o l d, a n d m y h u s b a n d w a s t h i r t y.N o w m y h u s b a n d i s s i x t y,I k n o w.

A n d t h a t i s t w i c e t h i r t y.S o I a m t w i c e e i g h t e e n.T h a t i s t h i r t y-s i x,i s n't i t?"

Ta s k2B u t t h e C h i n e s e D i d!

O n e d a y To m s a i d t o o n e o f h i s f r i e n d s,"I'm g o i n g t o h a v e a h o l i d a y i n P e k i n g.B u t I d o n't s p e a k C h i n e s e,s o I'l l g o t o e v e n i n g c l a s s e s a n d h a v e C h i n e s e l e s s o n s f o r a m o n t h b e f o r e I g o."

H e s t u d i e d v e r y h a r d f o r a m o n t h,a n d t h e n h i s h o l i d a y s b e g a n a n d h e w e n t t o C h i n a.

W h e n h e c a m e b a c k a f e w w e e k s l a t e r,h i s f r i e n d s a i d t o h i m, "D i d y o u h a v e a n y t r o u b l e w i t h y o u r C h i n e s e w h e n y o u w e r e i n P e k i n g, To m?"

"N o, I d i d n't h a v e a n y t r o u b l e w i t h i t," a n s w e r e d To m. "B u t t h e C h i n e s e d i d!"

Ta s k3T h e r e I s S o m e t h i n g Ve r y N i c e I n s i d e Yo u r D r u m

I t w a s J i m m y's b i r t h d a y, a n d h e w a s f i v e y e a r s o l d. H e g o t q u i t e

a l o t o f n i c e

b i r t h d a y p r e s e n t s f r o m h i s f a m i l y, a n d o n e o f t h e m w a s a b e a u t i f u l b i g d r u m.

"W h o g a v e h i m t h a t t h i n g?" J i m m y's f a t h e r s a i d w h e n h e s a w i t.

"H i s g r a n d f a t h e r d i d,"a n s w e r e d J i m m y's m o t h e r.

"O h,"s a i d h i s f a t h e r.

O f c o u r s e, J i m m y l i k e d h i s d r u m v e r y m u c h. H e m a d e a t e r r i b l e

d u r i n g t h

e d a y,a n d J i m m y w a s i n b e d w h e n h e g o t h o m e i n t h e

e v e n i n g,s o h e d i d n o t h e a r t h e n o i s e.

m o r n i n g a f e w d a y s l a t e r,s h e t o o k a s h a r p k n i f e a n d w e n t t o J i m m y's h o u s e w h i l e h e w a s h i t t i n g h i s d r u m.S h e s a i d t o h i m, "H u l l o,J i m m y.D o y o u k n o w,t h e r e's s o m e t h i n g v e r y n i c e i n s i d e y o u r d r u m.H e r e's a k n i f e.O p e n t h e d r u m a n d l e t's f i n d i t."

Task 4 How did you lose Your Way?

Mrs. Brown's old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for

But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown's house at twelve o'clock, and two policemen helped Mr Brown to get out. One of them

telephoned to us for help, so we sent a car to bring him home.” Mrs. Brown was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they l eft.

"But, Grandfather, “she then said, "you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?"

The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, "I didn't quite lose my way.

I just got tired and I didn't want to walk home! "

Task 5 My Dishwasher

Mrs. Williams lived in a small street in London, and now she had a new neighbour. Her name was Mrs Briggs, and she talked a lot about her expensive furniture, her beautiful carpets and her new kitchen.

dishwasher. It washes the plates and glasses and knives and forks beautifully."

"Oh?" Mrs Williams answered. "And does it dry them and put them in the cupboard too?"

Mrs Briggs was surprised. "Well," she answered," the things in the machine are dry after an hour,but it doesn't put them away, of course. "

"I've had a dishwasher for twelve and a half years," Mrs Williams said.

"Oh?" Mrs Briggs answered. "And does yours put the things in the cupboard when it has washed them?" She laughed nastily.

"Yes , he does," Mrs Williams answered. "He dries the dishes and puts them away. "

Task 6 How to Make Everybody Happy

Peter's uncle lived in the country. Once Peter went to stay with him for a few weeks. Whenever they went for a walk or for a drive in the car and they passed somebody, his uncle waved. Peter was surprised, and said, "Uncle George, you know everybody here. Where did you meet them all?"

"I don't know all these people," said his uncle.

"Then why do you wave to them?" asked Peter.

"Well, Peter," answered his uncle, "when I wave to someone and he knows

But when I wave to someone and he doesn't know me, h e is surprised and says to himself `Who is that man? Why did he wave to me?' So he has

journey seem shorter. So I make everybody happy. "

Task 7 After a Heavy Snowstorm

One night there was a heavy snowstorm, and in the morning Mr Smith's garden was full of deep snow. Mr Smith wanted to take his car out, so he paid a man to clean the path from his garage to his gate. He said to this man, "Don't throw any snow on that side, because it will damage the bushes in my garden; and don't throw any snow into the street, or the police will be angry."

When he came back, the path was clean and the snow from it was not on the bushes, or the fence, or the street. Mr Smith was very pleased-until he

the snow from the path, and his car was somewhere under it all!

Task 8 Interesting Pictures

"Food really tastes good cooked over an open fire," Lloyd remarked as he took another bite of his hot dog.

"It sure does," replied Fred. "I wish this weren't the last night of our camping trip, but school starts next week."

A couple of days after returning home, Lloyd and Fred took the e xposed

were told that the pictures would be ready Thursday. Thursday was just two days away. Fred and Lloyd could hardly wait to see how their pictures came

school was back in session.

Fred and Lloyd felt very pleased when they showed their teacher the pictures they had taken on their vacation. She said that they were some of the most interesting pictures she had seen.

Task 9 Stop Eating Fried Potatoes

Mrs Jenkins went to her doctor one day, because her heart was giving her trouble.

Then he said, "Well, Mrs Jenkins, stop smoking, and then you'll soon be quite all right again."

like smoking. "

"Oh, well," said the doctor, "then don't drink any more alcohol. "

"But I don't drink alcohol," answered Mrs Jenkins at once.

"Stop drinking tea and coffee then," the doctor said to her.

"I only drink water," answered Mrs Jenkins. "I don't like tea or coffee."

The doctor thought for a few seconds and then said,

"Well,. . . er. . . do you like fried potatoes?"

"Yes, I like them very much," answered Mrs Jenkins.

goodbye to Mrs Jenkins.

A Beautiful Dress

One day Mrs Jones went shopping. When her husband came home in the evening, she began to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress. "I saw it in a shop this morning," she said, "and..."

"And you want to buy it," said her husband. "How much does it cost?"

"Forty pounds."

"Forty pounds for a cotton dress? That is too much!"

But every evening, when Mr Jones came back from work, his wife

"Oh, buy the dress! Here is the money!" She was ver y happy.

But the next evening, when Mr Jones came home and asked, "Have you

"Why not?" he said.

"Well, it was still in the window of the shop after a week, so I thought, nobody else wants this dress, so I don't want it either. "