Lesson 28 Text A Where to Find a Listener
Mr Adamson enjoys playing the violin in his leisure time. He is often carried
away by his music. But it is a terrible time for his neighbours when Mr Adamson
plays as he does so badly.
One day Mr Adamson sat by a window and began te play the violin as usual. Mr
Adamson seems to be making noises instead of music. However, Mr Adamson was
absorbed. Just then, some stones were thrown out of the window under which Mr
Adamson was sitting, but he did not pay attention to it. The music continued.
After a little while, an empty bottle and a worn-out shoe were thrown out of
the window too. Mr Adamson knew that this was not the place for him. The
neighbours did not like his music . Mr Adamson was very sad. He was badly hurt.
Perhaps no living people can understand my music.I should go to a place where
people may appreciate my works. So he decided to go to a graveyard.
He came to a graveyard where there was no other sound ex cept the church to11.
The yard was a Heaven where dead people
rest. Mr Adamson sat at a graves and thought a lot, I must do my best to show
that my music is outstanding. He was inspired and began to play his violin.
Suddenly a barefoot stretched out from the grave amd gave Mr Adamson a kick
which sent him flying. His treasured violin also dropped frum his hand. Mr
Adamson felt very sad because his works was not accepted by anyone , not even
the dead.
Text B Don't Throw Paper on the Floor Bill Davidson is throwing some paper on
the floor. Miss Mead, his teacher, is looking at the paper. Mlss MEAD: Dont
throw paper on the floor, Bill.
BILL: Where shall I put it, miss
MISS ME.AD Put it in the waste-paper basket, please.
BILL: But Peter and Tony put all their paper in the basket a few .moments ago.
Now it's full
MISS MEAD: In that case, take the basket outside and empty it.
BILL: Yes , m iss. (He takes the basket out of the room and returns with it a
few
moments later. )
MIss MEAD: Where did you empty the basket, Bill
BILL: In the playground, miss.
MISS MEAD: Silly boyo ! The dustbin is at the back of the school. Now pick up
the paper
and put it in the dustbiri.
Question on Text B 7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words
while reading and retell the story to your partner. An Englishman, a Scotsman
and an Irishman each owed a friend of theirs a pound. The man died. They agreed
that their debts were debts of honour and must be paid, and that each one
should go to the dead mans house, leave a pound and ask that it should be
buried with him, as he had no relatives. The Englishman went and left a pound;
so did the Irishman. The Scotsman went to the house, took the two pounds, wrote
a cheque for three pounds and asked that it should be buried with the dead man.
But the undertaker (the man who arranges funerals) was a Welshman. He found the
cheque, cashed it and kept the money.
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