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10) Mr Jones
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10) Mr Jones
Mr Jones was very angry
with his wife, and she was very angry with him. For several days they did not
speak to each other at all. One evening Mr Jones was very tired when he came
back from work, so he went to bed soon after dinner. Of course, he did not
say anything to her before he went upstairs. She washed the dinner things and
then did some sewing. When she went up to bed much later than her husband,
she found a piece of paper on the small table near her bed. On it were the
words, “Mother. – Wake me up at seven a.m. – Father.” When he woke up the
next morning, it was nearly eight a.m. – and on the small table near his bed
he saw another piece of paper. He took it and read these words: “Father.
- Wake up. It is seven a.m. – Mother.”
Why did Mr and Mrs Jones
not speak to each other for several days? Why did he go to bed soon after
dinner? Did he speak to his wife
before he went upstairs? What did
she do after dinner? When did she
go to bed? What did she find when
she went to bed? Where did she
find it? What did she read? At what time did he wake up the next
morning? What did he read? Why did he not wake up at seven a.m.?
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Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2015
Dienstag, 9. Juni 2015
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9) The artist
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9) The artist
An artist went to a beautiful
part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he
went out with his paints and his brushes and painted from morning to evening.
And then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner
before he went to bed. At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer,
but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money – but give me one of your
pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting
will still be here.” The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for
saying such kind things about his paintings. The farmer smiled and answered,“
It is not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he
comes home next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not
want to be an artist any more, I think.”
Where did the artist go
for his holiday? Where did he
stay? What did he do every
day? What did he do when it got
dark? What did the farmer say when
the artist wanted to pay him? What
did the painter thank the farmer for?
Why did the farmer want the artist’s painting? Did the farmer want his son to
become an artist?
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Montag, 8. Juni 2015
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8) Electric motor-car
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8) Electric motor-car
A man was trying to build
an electric motor-car. He worked in an office in the town during most of the
week, but on Saturdays and Sundays he stayed at home in the country and
worked on his electric car. Every Monday he told his friends at the office
about his work on the car, but his news about it was never very good. Then at
last one Monday morning he came to the office and said to his friends, “I
have done it! I have driven from my home to here by electricity!” His friends
were all very glad. “How much did it cost to get here by electricity?” they
asked. “Three hundred and two pounds,” he answered. “Two pounds for the
electricity, and three hundred pounds for the electric wires from my house to
the car.”
What was the man in this
story trying to do?
What did he do most of the week? What did he do on
Saturdays and Sundays?
What did he do every Monday? What was his news about the
car like? What happened at
last one Monday morning? How
did his friends feel?
What did they say?
What did the man answer?
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Montag, 25. Mai 2015
7) Helen’s eyes
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7) Helen’s eyes
Helen’s eyes were not
very good, so she usually wore glasses. But when she was seventeen and she
began to go out with a young man, she never wore her glasses when she was
with him. When he came to the door to take her out, she took her glasses off,
and when she came home again and he left, she put them on. One day her mother
said to her, “But Helen, why do you never wear your glasses when you are with
Jim? He takes you to beautiful places in his car, but you don’t see
anything.” “Well, Mother,” said Helen, “I look prettier to Jim when I am not
wearing my glasses – and he looks better to me too!”
What did Helen usually
wear? Why did she do
this? What did she begin to do when
she was seventeen? What did she
do when she was with the young man?
Why did the young man come to the door? What did Helen do then? What did she do when she came
home? What did her mother say to
her one day? What did Helen answer?
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Dienstag, 19. Mai 2015
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6) Grandfather
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6) Grandfather
Mrs Brown’s old
grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk
in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch. But one morning
a police car stopped outside Mrs Brown’s house at twelve o’clock, and two
policemen helped Mr Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs Brown, “The
poor old gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned us for help, so we
sent a car to bring him home.“ Mrs Brown was very surprised, but she thanked
the policemen and they left. “But, Grandfather,” she then said, “you have
been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your
way there?” The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, “I didn’t quite lose
my way. I just got tired and didn’t want walk home!”
Who lived with Mr and Mrs
Brown? What did he do every
morning? When did he come
home? What did he come home for? What happened one morning? At what time did it happen? What did the two policemen do? What did one of them say to Mrs
Brown? How did Mrs Brown
feel? What did she do? What did she say to her grandfather? What did the old man do? What did he say?
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Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2015
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5) Bears
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5) Bears
Old Mr Black loved
shooting bears, but his eyes were not good any more. Several times he nearly
shot people instead of bears, so his friends were always very careful when
they went out shooting with him. One day a young friend of his wanted to have
a joke, so he got a big piece of paper and wrote on it in very big letters ‘I
am not a bear’. Then he tied it to his back and went off. His friends saw it
and laughed a lot. But it did not save him. After a few minutes Mr Black shot
at him and knocked his hat off. The young man was frightened and angry.
“Didn’t you see this piece of paper?” he shouted to Mr Black. “Yes I did,”
said Mr Black. Then, he went nearer, looked carefully at the paper and said,
“Oh, I am very sorry. I did not see the word ‘not’.”
What did Mr Black love? What was the matter with
him? What happened several
times? What did his friends do when they went out
shooting with him? What did one
of his young friends want to do one day?
What did he do? What did he
write on the piece of paper?
What did he do then? What
did his friends do? What happened
then? Did the paper save the young man? How did he feel? What did he shout? What did Mr Black do? What did he say?
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Samstag, 2. Mai 2015
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4) Two glasses of beer
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4) Two glasses of beer
A man always went to the
same bar at the same time every day and asked for two glasses of beer. He
drank them and then asked for two more. One day the man behind the bar said
to him, “Why do you always ask for two glasses of beer? Why don’t you get one
big glass instead?” The man answered, “Because I do not like drinking alone.
I drink with my friend.” But a few days later the man came in and asked only
for one beer. “Oh,” said the barman, “has your friend died?” “Oh, no,” said
the man. “He is very well. This beer is for him. But I have stopped drinking
beer. My doctor doesn’t want me to drink anymore because it is dangerous for
me.”
What did the man in the
story do every day? What
did he ask for? What did he do
then? What did the man behind the bar say one day? What did the man answer? What happened a few days later? What did the man ask for this time? What did the barman ask? What did the man
answer?
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Donnerstag, 30. April 2015
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3) The old shed
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3) The old shed
Nasreddin had an old
shed. It had no windows, so it was very dark, and it was full of old things.
One day Nasreddin went into this shed to get a ladder, but slipped on
something and fell against a big garden fork. The fork hit him on the head
and knocked him down. Then it fell on top of him and hit him hard on the left
leg. The end of the fork then went into his long beard. He fought with the
fork fiercely, and at last threw it off him, jumped up and ran out of the
shed. He was very angry. He had an old sword under his bed, and he now ran
and got this. Then he ran back to the shed, opened the door suddenly and shouted
in a terrible voice, “All right, come out and fight, you and all the other
forks in the world! I’m not afraid of you!”
What did Nasreddin
have? What was it like
inside? Why was it dark? What happened one day? Why did Nasreddin go into the shed? What did he do inside the shed? What did the fork do? What did it do after that? What did the ends of the fork
do? What did Nasreddin do? How did he feel? What did he have under his bed? What did he do now?
What did he shout?
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Freitag, 17. April 2015
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2)
Telephone
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2) Telephone
Mrs Jones was waiting for
an important telephone call, but she had no bread in the house, so she left
the baby at home and said to his five-year-old brother, “I am going to the
shops, Jimmy, and I will be back in a few minutes.” While she was out, the
telephone rang, and Jimmy answered. “Hullo,” said a man, “is your mother
there?” “No,” answered Jimmy. “Well, when she comes back, say to her, ‘Mr
Baker telephoned’.” “What?” “Mr Baker. Write it down. B-A-K-E-R.” “How do you
make a B?” “How do I make …? Listen, little boy, is there anybody else with
you? Any brother or sister?” “My brother Billy is here.” “Good, I want to
talk to him, please.” “All right.” Jimmy took the telephone to the baby’s bed
and gave it to Billy. When their mother came back, she asked, “Did anyone
telephone?” “Yes,” said Jimmy, “a man. But he only wanted to talk to Billy.”
What was Mrs Jones
waiting for? Why did she go
out? What did she do with the
baby when she went out? What did
she say to Jimmy? How old was
he? What happened while she was
out? What did Jimmy do? What did the man say? What did Jimmy say? What did Jimmy answer? What did the man say then? What did Jimmy say? What was the man’s answer? What did Jimmy ask him then? What did the man say then? What did Jimmy answer? What did the man say? What did Jimmy say? What did he do? What did Jimmy’s mother do when she came
home? What did Jimmy answer?
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Montag, 6. April 2015
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1) Christmas
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1) Christmas
It was two weeks before Christmas, and
Mrs Smith was very busy. She bought a lot of Christmas cards to send to her
friends and to her husband’s friends, and put them on the table in the
living-room. Then, when her husband came home from work, she said to him,
“Here are the Christmas cards for our friends, and here are some stamps, a
pen and our book of addresses. Will you please write the cards while I am
cooking the dinner?” Mr Smith did not say anything, but walked out of the
living-room and went to his study. Mrs Smith was very angry with him, but did
not say anything either. Then a minute later he came back with a box full of
Christmas cards. All of them had addresses and stamps on them. “These are
from last year,” he said. “I forgot to post them.”
When was Mrs Smith very busy? What did she do? Why did she buy the cards? Where did she put them? What did she say to her
husband? What did Mr Smith
say? What did he do? How did Mrs
Smith feel? What did she
say? What did Mr Smith do a minute
later? What did he say?
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