Speak about Syktyvkar

Exercise 8.

Read the conversation between Nora and Harry Parker.

Lesson 33

Harry: I thought I was to be given some fish for supper, Nora?

Nora: Harry, I meant to get you some, but I was prevented from going

out. You see, Tommy Wood next door was taken ill last night and

this morning he had to be taken to hospital.

Harry: Poor little chap! What's the trouble?

Nora: Well, I was told by Mrs Wood that it was diphtheria.

Harry: Good heavens! That's bad. Anyhow, he'll be well looked after at

the hospital. I suppose his mother went there with him?

Nora: Yes, you see I was asked to stay in and keep an eye on the other

children. Her husband is away, so she was left to deal with

everything.

Harry: Which doctor did she have?

Nora: Dr. Williams.

Harry: He's said to be very good. What a life doctors have! Fancy being

called out in the middle of the night.

Nora: Well, as a matter of fact, he wasn't called until this morning.

Harry: Why not? A doctor ought to be sent for at the first sign.

Nora: I know – but then the Woods are rather careless.

Harry: It seems to me that their children are badly looked after.

Nora: Yes, perhaps their children have been neglected.

Harry: So it's only to be expected if one of them catches diphtheria.

Nora: Oh, but it wasn't really diphtheria.

Harry: What? I thought you told me …

Nora: Oh no, I didn't finish the story. Mrs Wood thought it might be diphtheria, but the doctor himself wasn't sure; and when they

get Tommy to hospital they found it was only a bad sore throat.

Assignments after the text:

I

Say

1) What happened to Tommy Wood last night.

2) Why Nora was asked to keep an eye on the Woods’ children.

3) What Mr. Parker thinks about the way the Woods take care of their children.

II

How can Mrs. Wood tell her husband about what happened to their son last night?

III

Make up a dialogue by analogy with this conversation.

Sport and Games

Exercise 1.

What Makes all People Kin

People all over the world are very fond of sports and games. That is one thing in which people of every nationality and class are united.

The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting, hockey and, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow—skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping.

Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and many other sports. Among outdoor games football takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all the countries of the world. The other games that have firmly established themselves in favour in different countries are golf, lawn-tennis, cricket, volley-ball, basket-ball, and so on. Badminton is also very popular.

All the year round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and field events. Scores of young girls and women go in for callisthenics.

Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table tennis, draughts and some others, but the great international game is chess, of course. The results of chess tournaments are studied and discussed by thousands of enthusiasts in different countries.

So we may say that sport is one of the things that makes all people kin.

Assignments after the text.

I

1. Speak about different sports and games

2. Now lets speak about sports and games popular in the world:

a) Say everything that you know about winter sports and games.

b) Say everything you know about summer sports and games.

c) Say everything you know about sports and games, that people can do all the year round.

II

1. Say what kinds of sports and games are popular in different seasons

a) in our republic

b) at our Institute

2. Say what kinds of sports are popular in the group (say if students of your group have been doing this or that kind of sport for a long time, if they have made progress in it; if they have ever taken part in any competition, when).

3. Say what kinds of sport are popular in Judy’s college.

4. Say what kinds of sports you do.

Exercise 2.

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