UNIT SEVENTEEN: AN ANECDOTE

UNIT SEVENTEEN

AN ANECDOTE

An Englishman went into a restaurant in China where nobody spoke English.

The waiter brought him a dish of food. It didn’t look like beef, lamb, weal or chicken. The Englishman wanted to know what it was and said:

“Quack, quack?”

The waiter answered: “Bow-wow!”

The Englishman left.

Quack, quack – cry of a duck

Bow-wow – a dog’s bark

REVISION

Reading comprehension

Rahman Davy is a young man from India. He was poor at home and he wanted a good job.

Four years ago he came to London and looked for a job. It was difficult to find a good job, because his English was rather poor.

Then he went to evening classes to learn English. Afterwards he got a good job.

Now he speaks English very well. Last year he started studying medicine. He wants to be a doctor and go back to India one day to help his people. Rahman and Bob are good friends. They study together.

Which sentence is true?

1.       Rahman started studying medicine in India.

2.       Rahman is a doctor.

3.       Rahman is going to be a doctor.

PLASTIC STARS

He’s world-famous. His records are always in the Top 20.He’s 22 years old; he’s Bob Dunsten; and he’s star. He stays in an expensive hotel. He has breakfast in bed at noon. Outside the hotel hundreds of teenagers shout.

The Star finishes his breakfast, puts on a pink suit and combs his green hair. He talks nonsense at a press conference for thirty minutes. He has nothing to say, but the reporters write down everything.

A car arrivers at the back of the hotel. The chauffeur opens the door. The Star, his manager, his photographer, his make-up man and his thirteen-year old girls and boys listen to him. Five hundred policemen are there too.

After the concert he leaves the stadium. There’s $1000 in the manager’s pocket
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