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 continued to speak only abou't the dress, and at last, after
a week, he said, "Oh, buy the dress! Here is the money!" She
was very happy.
But the next evening, when Mr Jones came home and asked,
"Have you got the famous dress?" she said, "No. "
"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. "
Text B
Which Bus
Shall 1 Take?
Jane Foster
has just met Henry Taylor.Jane is on her way to the hospital to see
her friend, Susan Green.
HENRY:
Where are you going,
Jane?
JANE:
I'm going to the hospital
to see Susan Green.
HENRY:
I saw her yesterday.
She was a little better.
JANE:
Must I catch a number
7 bus to get there?
HENRY:
No , you needn't. A
number 13 bus will also take you to the hospital.
JANE:
Number 13 buses run
much more frequently, don't they?
HENRY:
Yes. I caught a number
7 bus yesterday, and I had to wait for half an hour at
the bus stop.
JANE:
Thank you, Henry. I'll
get a number .
HENRY:
But number 13 buses
leave from the centre of town. You'll have to walk two miles
to
catch one.
Questions on Text B
7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading
and retell the story to your partner. Mrs Jones was still cleaning the house when
her husband came back from work. She was wearing dirty, old clothes and
no stockings, her hair was not tidy, she had dust on her face, and she
looked dirty and tired. Her husband looked at her and said, "Is this
what I come home to see after a hard day's work?"
Mrs Jones's neighbour, Mrs Smit.h, was there. When
she heard Mr Jones's words , she quickly said. goodbye and ran back to
her house. Then she washed, brushed and combed her hair carefully, put
on her best dress and her prettiest stockings, painted her face, and waited
for her husband to come home.
When he arrived, he was hot and tired. He walked slowly
into the house, saw his wife and stopped. Then he shouted angrily, "And
where are you going this evening?"