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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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