Lesson 40 Text A Learn to Eat Like a Grown-up MOTHER: The table's laid. Come along, both of you, and let us begin. FATHER: I'm ready; I feel quite hungry. CHRIS: So am I; I could eat a horse. MOTHER:...

Lesson 39 Text A My Father's Son It's hard being an astronaut's son. I mean, everybody expects you to be special or perfect, and I'm just an average elevenyear-old kid. I'm an average student, and I'm...

Lesson 38 Text A Can't She Type? The well-known banker, T. J. Ellington, was at one time in his younger days the manager of a New York office. His secretary had been with him for many years, and knew...

Lesson 37 Text A Do You Know Who I Am? Mr Smith is well known in Washington because of his many social blunders. He alwavs likes to attend the various social functions because he wants to expand his c...

Lesson 36 Text A Three Wishes Once upon a time , there lived a woodman and his wife. They were very poor, and they lived in a cottage on the edge of a forest. Every day, the woodman would set out earl...

Lesson 35 Text A A Proud Linguist Once upon a time there was an Austrian emperor who made it a rule to interview every one of his soldiers once a year. During the interviews he invariably asked three...

Lesson 34 Text A Stage Fright Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano recital ha.d turned out well, all except for his solo. He couldn't understand how it could have happened. He had practised for...

Lesson 33 Text A We Are Not Deaf ! Jane and Lise have had lunch with Uncle David and Aunt Janet. The two old people are deaf , and the girls are tired be- cause they have had to shout. They both want...

Lesson 32 Text A A Pocketful of Pigs Once there was no money. If people wanted to get something , they had to give something. This is the way it used to be. "I will give you my cow for your pig," a ma...

Lesson 31 Text A A Difficult Customer Dolores works in a shop selling gramophone records. One afternoon a middle-aged woman came in, sat on a stool in front of the counter, and smiled at her brightly....

Lesson 30 Text A The Bloody Thumb I met the old man at a cafe. I was a stranger in the town. "Did you hear the radio news yesterday?" he asked me. "I didn't," I said."Was there anything exciting?" "Ex...

Lesson 29 Text A Some Sausage Sandwiches One morning last summer Mrs Andrews made some sausage sandwiches for her husband's lunch. There was one sausage left over. Mrs Andrews didn't care for sausages...

Lesson 28 Text A Where to Find a Listener Mr Adamson enjoys playing the violin in his leisure time. He is often carried away by his music. But it is a terrible time for his neighbours when Mr Adamson...

lesson 27 Text A The Shopping List Mrs Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong th her, however, so he sent her to the loca...

Lesson 26 Text A What Are the Times of Meals? Mr and Mrs Williams had always spent their summer holidays in England in the past , in a small boarding-house at the seaside. One year, however, Mr Willia...