Lesson 15 Text A A Welcome Surprise Let's now visit Mary Miller. Mary and her
mother are happy today. The postman has brought a letter from Mrs Millers
brother. Hes coming to visit the Millers with his family. Mary and Mrs Miller
have to plan meals and festivities. Mary offers to go shopping to help her
mother. MRs McLLER: Mary, please go to the door. I hear the bell.
MARY: It's the mailman, Mother. Heres a letter from Uncle George.
MRS MILLER: Give it to me ... How wonderful! Hes coming to visit us.
MARY: Whens he coming
MRS MILLER: Hes coming by car on the twenty-fourth. Hes staying from the
twenty-fourth to the twenty-sixth.
MARY: Let me look at the calendar. Good! The twenty-fourth is a Saturday. Is he
coming alone
MRS MILLER: No, he's coming with Aunt Cynthia and the girls.
MARY: Mother, I don't remember the girls. How old are they
MRs MILLER: Your cousin Fay is fifteen. Rosemary is older than Fay. Shes
seventeen.
MARY: Are they going to stay here with us
MRS MILLER: Of course. The girls can stay in your room with you.
MARY: Mother, may we have a party
MRs MILLER: If you like, but now we have to think about meals and many other
things.
MARY: Prepare the list, Mother. I can go shopping. I can go to the small
stores.
Everyone knows me there.
Text B I'll Start in Three Months Time Rose left school when she was seventeen
and went to a college for a year to learn to type. She passed her examinations
quite well and then went to look for work. She was still living with her
parents.
A lot of people were looking for typists at that time, so it was not difficult
to find interesting work. Rose went to several offices, and then chose one of
them. It was near her parents house. She thought, I'll walk there every
morning. I won't need to go by bus.
She went to the office again and said to the manager, I want to work here, but
what will you pay me
Well pay you 27 pounds now, the manager answered, and 30 pounds after three
months.
Rose thought for a few seconds before she answered. Then she said, All right,
then I'll start in three months time. Questions on Text B 7. Read the
following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the
story to your partner. What a Language! First Frenchman: I once heard someone
shout, Look out. I put my head out of a window and a bucketful of water fsll on
me. It seems that look out may mean don't look out.
Second F: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout, All hands on deck.
I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them. .
Third F: I once called early on an English friend and the maid who came to the
door said, Hes not up yet. Come back in half an hour. When I went again for
him, she said, Hes not down yet. I said , If he's not up and he's not down,
where is he She said, Hes still in bed. When I say Hes not up I mean he
has not yet got np,so he has not yet come downstairs.
What do these phrases mean in their respective contexts
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