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СНАРТЕR FOUR

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CHAPTER SEVEN

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Ап ЕmЬаrrаssiпg Adventure

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The Golden Age of Bicycles

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Jerome l{lapka Jerome}еrоmе Klapka }еrоmе was Ьоrп on 2 Мау 1859 in Walsall, in centralEngland, where there is now а museum in his hопоur. His fatherwas Jerome Clapp, who later changed his паmе to }еrоmе Сlарр}еrоmе, and his mother was Marguerite }ones. The middle nameClapp was changed to Klapka, like the suIname of the Hungariangeneral Cyorgy Klapka.

Young Jerome grеw up in poverty in London. Although he likedgoing to school, he had to quit his studies and find а job after the

death of both parents iп 1872. Fоr four years he worked for the

London and North Western Railway, collecting the coal that fellfrom the train along the railway.

Iп \877 }еrоmе worked as an асtоr for а few years/ but without any

success. Не left acting and decided to Ьесоmе а journalist.

After а while he started writing essays and short stories which wеrе

печеr published, and during the next few years he worked as а

school teacher.

In 1885 he published Оп the Stпge - ппd Off, а humorous bookinspired Ьу his experiences as ап асtоr, which had some success.

Encouraged Ьу the publication of his first book, Jerome published а

collection of humorous essays in 1886 entitled Idle Thoughts of ап Idle

Fellolu.

А grоuр ofpunters оп the Тhаmеs (190В).

In }une 1888 Jerome married Georgina Elizabeth Stanley Marris andafter their hone}rmoon on the River Thames he began wljrting Тhrее

Меп iп а Boat (1889). This funny story about the holiday andadventures of three friends travelling on the Thames was апimmediate success. The novel was so popular that the number ofboats on the Thames went up fifty percent the уеаr following itspublication; the Thames soon became an important tourist attraction.

In 1898 Jerome visited Gеrmапу and was inspired to write Three Мепоп the Вummеl (1900), another funTry story with the same characters

as those nThree Меп iп а Boat.

In 1902 Jerome published Раul Kelaer, а novel which was mostlyautobiographical. His play The Раssiпg of the Third Floor Back waspublished in 1908, and а book of essays and mеmоriеs, Му Lф апd

Times, was publishe d iп \926.

}еrоmе died on 14 June 1927 апd was buried пеаr the river he loved,the Thames.

@ Co-prehension checkAnswer the following questions.

1 Whеrе did Jеrоmе grоw up?

2 Why did hе leave school?

З What was his acting саrееr like?

4 what was his first book about?

5 What was Jеrоmе's most successful novel аЬоut?6 Why did hе decide to wгitе Three Меп onthe ВummеР7 Whеге is the musеum dedicated to Jеrоmе?

Before you read

G О ListeningListen to part of Сhарtеr Опе and choose the соrrесt апswеr - А, Воr С.

What did Нагris, Gеоrgе and J пееd?

А ! а drink

в [ diппег

С П "changeWhеrе was Мuriеl реrfоrmiпg'Тhе Mad Hatter's Теа Раrtу'?

А [ upstairs

В П downstairs

С [ atthetheatre

Whеrе did the уоuпg епgiпееr want to go 'оп business'?

Л [ Lопdоп

В [ viеппа

С [ Bssex

Who was Captain Goyles?

а [ the skipper

В [ thеуоцпgепgiпеег

С [ Ceorge's Ьгоthеr

Why didn't J like the riчеr?

а [ lt always rаiпеd оп the гiчег.

В [ The riчеr аir was rаthеr damp.

С ! lt was Ьоriпg оп the гiчеr.

What was the wеаthеr always like in Scotland?

а [ It snowed.

В ! lt was чеrу hot,

с [ It гаiпеd.

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'What we need is а change,' said Наrris, Iooking at Gеоrgе and mе. GHarris had just finished his sentence whеп his wife opened

the door, put hеr head in and said to us, 'RеmеmЬеr that МцriеIwiII Ье реrfоrmiпg "Тhе Mad Hatter's Теа Раrtу" frоm Alice inWonderlq.nd upstairs in just а few miпцtеs. Don't Ье late!'

МuriеI was Наrris's second child, а bright eight-year-o[d.'We'II Ье upstairs immediateIy,' I said. As soon as Мrs Наггis

had left, Наrгis continued his interrupted sentence, 'Yоu knowwhat l mеап, J, а comp[ete change.'

'Yes, Наrris, but the question is hоиz,' I said.'WeIl,' suggested Gеоrgе, 'we could say that wе'rе going away

"оп buSineSS"'.

Gеоrgе is not mаrriеd and thегеfоrе doesn't understandсеrtаiп things аЬоut mаrriаgе. I once knew а уоuпg епgiпееrwho told his wife hе had to go to Vienna 'оп business'. His wife

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wanted to know what kind of business, and hе told hеr that he

had to visit the mines t in the аrеа of the Аustriап capital andwгitе героrts. She insisted on going with him but hе told hеr thatа mine was not the place fоr а beautiful young wоmап. Sheagreed with him and decided to spend hег time in Viennashopping and sightseeing, not accompanying him to the mines.So fоr ten long sцmmеr days hе had to visit the mines and in theevenings he had to write rероrts about them, which his wifemailed to his соmрапу, which didn't want them.

'No, по,' I quickly said, 'let's save "Ьusiпеss" fоr futurееmеrgепсiеs. I think we have to Ье Ьrаче аЬоut this sort of thing.l'Il simply tell Bthelbertha that а mап печеr rеаllу values familyhappiness until he is away frоm it fоr at least thrее weeks.'

After agreeing оп this idea with Наrгis and Gеоrgе, the nextquestion was: Whеrе should we go?

As usuаI Наrris wanted to go to the sea and suggested гепtiпgа yacht 2 that we couId saiI Ьу очrsеIчеs. Gеогgе and I knewаЬоut that раrtiсчlаr yacht and we told him so. Тhеrе was по

рrоtесtiоп frоm the rаiп, it had а tеrriЬlе smell and duгiпg оuгlast trip George and I spent most of the time peeling potatoesand washing uр.

'WeII then,' said Наrris, 'Iet's rепt ап expensive yacht with аskiрреr. З

'Нагris, Iet mе tell you and Gеоrgе about mу ехреriепсе withа yacht and а skipper,' I said calm[y. 'Whеп I was уоuпg and

1. mine : а mап-mаdе place with deep holes and tunnels uпdеr thegrочпd whеrе people Iook for miпеrаIs,

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З. skipper : the captain of а boat оr ship.

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inexperienced I foolishly rепtеd а yacht fоr Ethelbertha andmyself. l had read ап interesting advertisement in а magazineand l immediately contacted the agent, Мr Pertwee, who proudly

showed me а рiсturе of the Rogue. Не asked mе if I needed an

experienced skipper and I паturаIlу said yes and thanked him. I

took the trаiп to the роrt of Harwich in Essex and met CaptainGoyles, the skipper, who seemed enthusiastic аЬочt pIanning the

trip. When we started talking аЬочt food supplies I was quite

surprised, Ьесачsе the аmочпt of food and drink Captain Goylessuggested was huge. l didn't want to feed the епtirе BritishNavy, but I didn't want to seem stingy,4 so I agreed. Не seemed

very pIeased.

'Тhе day of dераrturе was а Monday and Ethelbertha and I

wеге rеаdу with оur пеw yachting clothes. After [чпсh we sat on

the deck and waited fоr the yacht to sail away. But we waiteduпtil almost tea-time and nothing hаррепеd. Was the сrеw stilleating lчпсh? Had they fallen asIeep? I went to look fоr theskipper, who was half as[eep, and asked him why we wеrеп'tleaving the роrt. Не said he could not sail Ьесацsе the wind wasblowing frоm the [and and this was dangerous. Не insisted thatwe had better wait for the right wind, fоr the safety ofечеrуЬоdу. The next day I talked to Captain Goyles again and he

was quite пеrчоus. Не explained that the wind was blowing frоmthe sea and it was impossible to sail with such а wind. WeIl, tomake а long stоrу short, we spent ап entire week waiting fоr theright wind to Ыоw iп the right direction! Ethelbertha and I wеrеquite апgrу and ended up taking the train back to London.'

4. stingy : а stingy реrsоп doesn't like spending mопеу.

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'WelI, then, what аЬоut the riчег?' said Наггis, who wasс[еаr[у discouraged.

'The riчеr isn't what it used to Ье,' l said. 'The гiчеr аir isrаthеr damp and it hurts mу back.'

'I аgгее with .J,' said Gеоrgе, 'and I don't sleep weII whеп I'mпеаr а гiчеr.'

'What аЬоut the mоuпtаiп air?' I suggested. 'We could take аwalking tour in Scotland.'

'It always rаiпs in Scotland,'said Gеоrgе EC}'WeI[, then, what аЬоut SwitzerIand?' suggested Нагris.'Оur wives wоuld печег let us go to Switzerland Ьу ourselves,'

I repIied. 'It must Ье а р[асе whеrе по woman оr chiId couIdpossibly live comfortabIy.'

'I have it!'exclaimed Наrгis, 'А bicycle tоur!'Gеоrgе was doubtful and said, 'Yоu'rе a[ways going uphill on а

bicycle tоur and the wind is against уоu.''But you also go downhill and the wind is behind you,' said

Наггis, smi[ing. 'It's trulу the best thing.''Yоu'rе right, Наrгis,' I said.'And I'll te[I you where,'said Наrгis. 'Тhгоugh the Black Fоrеst

in Gеrmапу.''But that's oll uphiII,'said Gеоrgе, complaining.'Not all,' replied Наrгis. 'Only about two thirds, and thеrе аге

little гаilwауs going up those hills.'The dооr opened again and Мrs Наrгis аппоuпсеd that Мчгiеl

had реrfоrmеd'The Mad Наttег's Теа Party'without us.'See уоч at the club tоmоrrоw at fоur, J', Наrris whispered to

mе, and I passed the information оп to Gеоrgе as we wentupstairs.

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* О Gomprehension checkFоr questions 1-7, choose the апswеr which you think fits bestaccording to the text - А, В, С оr D.

1 Whо is going to реrfоrm 'The Mad Hatteг's Теа Раrtу'?А [ Наrris

В ! Мrs Наrris

С [ Наrris's dаughtег

п [ the Mad наttеr

2 What did the уоuпg епgiпеег's wife decide to do in Viеппа?а [ write rерогts and mail thеm.

В [ Shop and go sightseeing.

с ! vislt the mines.

О ! Stayin hегhоtеI.

3 J decided to rепt а yacht fоr his wife and himselfа ! because he saw ап advertisement.

В ! because hе was Ьоrеd with life in Lопdоп.

С ! Ьесаusе Мг Pertwee told him аЬоцt it.

О [ and they had а wопdеrful trip at sea.

4 Why didJ go to Наrwiсh?

а [ Не wanted to meet Мг Pertwee.

В [ Не wanted to see the ships of the British Navy.с [ не had to buy food supplies.

П [ Не wanted to meet the skiрреr.

5 Why соцIdп't the Rоguе leave the рогt?а [ The wгопg wind was blowing.

В [ The сrеw was half asleep.

С [ Captain Goyles was пеrчоus.

О [ The wеаthеr was stоrmу.

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Л [ because it always rаiпеd thеrе.

В ] because the аir was always damp.

С ! because the wives would want to go with them.

О [ because it was ап uпсоmfоrtаЬIе place.

Whеге wеrе the thгее fгiends going to meet the пехt day?

а ! in the Black Fоrеst

В [ at the сluЬ

С [ at Наrris's house

D ! at the rаilwау station

*О The victorian l\geFоr questions 1-12 read the text below. Use thе wоrd given in capitalsat the end of each line to fоrm а word that fits in the space in thesame line. Тhеrе is ап ехаmрIе at the beginning (О).

This story takes place towards the end of theVictorian Age. Victoria Ьесаmе Quееп iп 18З7 at theage of eighteen and rulеd fоr 64 уеаrs,(О) ........]9П9еГ........ than апу оthег British mопаrсh.The British people loved hег Ьесаusе she was aninte[[igent, dedicated and геsропsiЬ[е queen whowas (1) ... iп а[[ aspects of British life.During hеr геigп Bгitain Ьесаmе а (2) .............

соuпtrу апd the British Еmрiге Ьесаmе the laгgestеmрirе in the wог[d, (3) ......................... one fifth ofthe Еаrth's sцгfасе. The British Еmрirе createdtrаdе and wealth fог millions of people.With the (4) ......................... of the first nationalpostal system in 184О а lеttег could Ье sentапуwhеге in Вгitаiп fоr а реппу. Тhе(5) ......................... of the railway Ыought mапу great(6) ......................... to travel and transportation.Thanks to the rаi[wау Viсtогiапs started going опday triрs and taking holidays at the sea.

Ву the middle of the nineteenth century mоrеВгitish people lived in towns and cities than in thecountryside, Ьесаusе they had jobs in the fасtогiеs.Cities Ьесаmе чеrу (7) ................ dirty andpolluted, and living conditions fог the роог wеrеtеrгiЫе. Big families had to live in small, dаrk anddamp hоmеs that wеrе (S) .................,....... по Ьiggеrthan а rооm, and wеrе without heating and ruппiпgwаtег. Тhе riсh and middle classes went to live in(9) ................ соmfогtаЬlе homes withgагdепs in the suЬurЬs.Charles Dickens wrоtе about social injustice and(1О) ...,.......... in his great novels, whichbecame (11) ......................... рорulаr and awakenedthe pubIic conscience.In 186З the fiгst underground rаi[wау opened inLondon, which was а ЫiIIiant (12) ..............

to the traffic рrоЬlеm in the streets. It was called'the tube'.

@ ýpeaKlngWork in grочрs of thrее: George, Наrris andJ.yоч аrе trying to decide whеrе to go оп holiday. Think of чпusцаIplaces and say whу you would like to go thеrе.Act out the scene frоm Сhарtеr Опе.

@ DiscussionТhе young engineer in J's story says hе must go away'оп Ьцsiпеss'. Doyou think he really hаd to go and inspect the mines, оr was this апехсusе?

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@ M.t"b the following words (1-s) with their definition (А-Е). Use аdictionary to help you.

1 irritаЬlе2 оЬеуЗ suspicious4 furiоus5 get гid of

А П Vеrуапgrу.В [ Оо what someone te[[s уоu to.

С П Want sоmеопе оr something to go away.

О ! Ваd-tеmреrеd, tense.в ! шоt trusting.

Listen to the first part of Chapter Two and choose the соrrесtапswеr - А, В оr С.

1 What did J decide to do whеп he got home?а [ sit down and rеIах.

в [ вIап his holiday.С ! ве irгitаЬ[е.

2 Ethelbertha said thatа [ she would need а change too.В ! she wanted to start cooking diппег.

С ! shemissedJ.

з kate and сIаrаа fl wеrе the names of Ethelbertha's children.В П hаdаhоцsе bythe seain Fo[kestone.

С [ wеrе Ethelbertha's good friепds.

4 Наrris's wife decided thatА [ she wanted to rепt а hоusе iп Folkestone.В ] she needed to buy апоthеr piano.

С ! she needed а сhапgе too.

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Whеп I got hоmе in the evening I decided to Ье а bit irritable so that GBthelbertha wоцId say something about my behaviour. I planned tosay that mу brain was very tired and therefore I was irritable. whatI rеаIIу needed was а long rest. I hoped that Ethelbertha might saysomething like this: 'What уоu need is а change, а complete сhапgе.Please go away fоr а mопth and don't ask mе to come with you. Youneed to Ье with уочr friends; ask George and Наrris to go with you.Your рооr Ьrаiп is tired frоm work and the family. Yоu need to go tosome grееп соrпеr of the еаrth and simply rеIах.'

Вut ЕthеlЬеrthа didn't even notice that I was irritаЫе, so I said,'Fоrgiче mе if I'm а bit iгritаЬIе; I'm not feeling чеrу weII tonight.'

'Oh, I haven't noticed anything different,' she said. 'What'sthe matter with you?'

'[t's mу health,' I said. '[ don't have а паmе fоr it, but I have аstrange feeIing of uпrеst and пеrчоusпеss.'

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EtheIbertha Iooked at mе but didn't say anything, so I

continued taIking.'Реrhарs I'm Ьогеd with everyday life, and I need to get away

frоm everything and еvегуопе,' I said, hoping she wouId saysomething kind. 'I need а сhапgе.'

'WelI,' she said, 'I wоuld Iike to get away frоm everythingsometimes ечеп frоm youl But I don't wоrгу about it.'

I had печеr hеаrd Ethelbertha speak like that Ьеfоrе and t feltdisappointed.

'That's not, а чеrу kind thing to say,' I said.'I know it isn't,' she repIied. 'Yоu mеп don't undeгstand that

we wоmеп would like а change too. I'd like to go очt withoutапуопе asking mе where I'm going, why I'm going and r,rrhen l'll Ьеback. Sometimes I'd like to cook опlу the things I Iike withoutwоrrуiпg аЬочt what you like.'

I was чеrУ surрrisеd at what Ethelbertha said and asked hеr,'Do you want to get rid of mе?'

'Оh, don't Ье silIy,' she said, 'I on[y Want to get rid of you fог аlittle while so that I can геmеmьег what а dеаr mап уоч аrе andstагt missing уоu.'

I was suddenly wоrriеd; mу wife was actually hарру that I

was going away fоr thrее оr fоuг weeks!'Vеrу well, ЕthеIЬеrthа,' I said, 'you wiII have уоur wish: а holiday

away frоm mе. And what do you plan to do during mу absence?''The сhi[drеп and I will rепt а house at Folkestone, 1 'she said,

'and I'll invite kate and Сlаrа Наrris. we thrее used to hаче аwопdеrfuI time together Ьеfоrе we got mаrriеd.'

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1. Folkestone : а town оп the sea in Kent, in South-east England.

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I met Наrris at the с[uЬ in the аftеrпооп and said, 'Wel[, did

you tell уоu wife аЬоut оur triр?''Yes, I did,' he replied, 'and she thought it was an excellent

idea. Вut then she геmiпdеd me that we need to сhапgе the

kitchen stove, buy new things for the Ьаthrооm and buy апоthеrpiano. It's going to Ье expensive.' @

'Goodness!' I exclaimed, thinking аЬоut mу old kitchen stove

that needed changing. 'Yes, it's going to Ье an expensive trip,'

At that moment Gеоrgе walked in looking чеrу сhееrful.

'Well, how did it go?' he asked.

'How did what go?' I asked, а bit irritated.'Well, you had to te[I уоur wives аЬоut the trip...'

'Listen Gеоrgе,' l said firmly, 'уоu'rе not mаrгiеd so you don'tknow these things. But in mаrгiеd life а wоmап obeys hеr husЬапd.'

Gеоrgе looked at us and asked, 'Whеп сап we start?''We had better start as soon as possibIe,'said Наrris,

рrоЬаЬIу thinking of оthеr things his wife might want to buy.'Alright,' l said, 'we'll Ieave next Wednesday.''What аЬоut the гоutе?'аskеd Наrris.'Let's take the boat to НаmЬчrg,' said Gеоrgе, 'see Веrliп and

Dresden and then go to the B[ack Fоrеst and visit NurеmЬurgand Stuttgart. I can гidе а tandem bike 2 with Наrris and ,; сап

ridе the single bike.''Just а moment,' said Наrris firmIу. 'Yоu and J гidе the

tandem; I'Il ride the single.''I don't mind taking mу turп,' l iпtегruрtеd, 'but I'm not going

to саrгу Gеоrgе аII the way.'

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the wогk tоgеthеr, but Gеоrgе often doesn't аgгее.наrгis and his wife had an аdvепturе оп а tandem sечегаl

уеагs аgо. Тhеу wеrе гidiпg thгоugh Holland and the гоаds wегечеrу гоugh.

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Fоr some rеаsоп Мrs Наrris thought he had said 'Jump off,'and so she jumped off the tandem while Наrris continued riding.She could not understand why he had said 'Jump off' and she rапto the top of the hiI1 and shouted, but he печеr tuгпеd his head.She watched him disappear into а wood and then sat down Ьу

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did not speak Dutch. Some people saw hеr and took hеr to аpoliceman in the пеаrеst village, who thought that а mап had

stoIen hеr bicycIe.

Наrris continued riding his bicycle happiIy fоr аЬоut five milesand ечеп said, 'I'm quite strong; this bicycle hasn't felt so light inmonths. lt must Ье the clean аir that's doing mе good.' Suddenlyhе tried to tоцсh his wife's hand Ьut he felt nothing. Не jumpedoff and looked back at the rоаd * thеrе was nobody thеrе. Не

got оп the bicycle and гоdе back up the hiII looking fоr hеr.When he rеасhеd а small village he went to the police station,

whеrе the policeman gave him а piece of рарег and to[d him towrite а description of his wife and whеrе he lost hеr. Не did notknow whеrе he had lost hеr Ьut he rеmеmьеrеd the паmе of thevillage whеrе they had had [uпсh. Тhе police wеrе suspicious.Was she rеаIlу his wife? Had he rеа[Iу lost hег? Why had he losthеr? At Iast, iп the evening, the police Ьгоught hег to himtogether with а bilI fоr expenses, and thеir meeting wasunpIeasant Ьесаusе Mrs Наrris was furiоus.

'Now [et's decide what to pack,' said Наrris.'I'lI write the usцаI list,' said Gеоrgе.'That's right,' l said, 'always mаkе а list Ьеfоrе beginning to

pack so that nothing will Ье forgotten. That's what I Iеаrпеdfrоm mу Uncle Роdgеr уеаrs ago. Не was suсh а well-oгganizedman; what а pity he always lost the [ist Ьеfоrе packingl'

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@ Vocabulary

@ Comprehension checkАпswеr the following questions.

1 What did J tell his wife whеп he got home?

2 How did Ethelbertha rеsропd?

З What did she рIап to do during J's absence?

4 Why was the tгiр going to Ье expensive?

5 Why did Нагris want to stаrt his holiday as soon as possible?

6 What was the ргоЬIеm with tandems?

7 Whу did Мгs Наrгis jump off the bicycle?

8 How did Наrris finally find his wife?

А Find eight words frоm Сhарtеr Two in the wоrd ýqцаrе.

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В Now чsе the words to complete these sentences.

1 Наrris and his wife wеге riding а in .................,.. .

2 Тhе Dutch police wеrе very

3 Мrs Наrris was .................... when she saw hеr husband at thepoIice station.

4 Ethelbertha did not notice that hеr husband was .................... .

5 Uncle Роdgеr always said, 'Make surе уоu wгitе а Iist Ьеfоrе you

The пеw stove and the big рiапо wеге quite

Duгiпg the Victoгian Age wives had to .................... theirhusbands.

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2 Ethelbertha did not notice that J was

З The сhildrеп had to their tеасhеr.

4 The policeman was because hе did not believe оr tгustНаrгis.

5 Ethelbertha wanted to .................... hеr husЬапd fоr а tittte while.

GO Sепtепсе trапsтоrmаttопFоr questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that is has аsimilar meaning to the first sentence, using the wоrd given. Do notchange the wоrd given. Yоц mчst usе between two and five words,including the word given. Тhеrе is ап example at the beginning (О).

О EtheIbertha had печеr Ьееп sailing before.

firstThat ....W99.-th9. f г.9t.tj п1.?......... Ethe I Ье rth а had Ьее п s ai I i п g.

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@ VосаЬulаryComplete the sentences with the words in the Ьох.

.l:i]1,,]1iriitabJý,],],,;bey suspicioцs *"ioцg1,1llфtiiii!16fl,',';,,

t Whеп Мuriеl Ьrоkе the expensive glass vase hеr mоthеr was

1 'Did уоu lose а big suitcase?' Наrris asked Gеоrgе.

had

Наrris asked Gеоrgе ................... а big suitcase.

Наrris рrеfеrrеd riding а[опе.

himself

Наrris рrеfеrrеd'Is something wrопg, dear?'J asked his wife.

mаttеr

'What's , dear?'J asked his wife.

Gеоrgе rеmеmЬеrеd to pack everything except his toothhush.forgot

Тhе опlу thing ........... ....... his tооthЬrush.

[t was dагk and foggy, so Captain Goyles couldn't sai[.

Ьесачsе

Captain Boyles couldn't sail ...............

'If I rеmеmЬеr согrесtlу the boat fоr НаmЬurg leaves at half pastпооп,' said J.

Wrопg

'If I'm ........... the boat fог НаmЬurg leaves athalf past пооп,' said К.

@ w.itl.,gYоч аrе Наrris and you аrе at the police station of а Dцtch town. Thepoliceman wants уоч to writе а physical description of Mrs Harrisand of the clothes she was wеаriпg when уоu last saw hеr. Writеbetween 1оо-l2о words.

т: GRADE 7

@ ýpeaking: HealthJ complains аЬоцt his health. Не tells his wife that he's feelingirritable and that he has а strопg feeling of чпrеst and пеrчоцsпеss.Today we wоцId рrоЬаЬIу say that he is stressed Ьу the noise,pollution and fast расе of modern life.

TaIk аЬоцt stress and ways to rеIах with уочr class.

1 What causes stress in уоur opinion?

2 How do you handle it?

З Is country life less stгessful than city life? Why оr why not?

4 Was life duriпg the Viсtоriап Age less stressful than today? Why оrwhy not?

@ DiscussionTalk аЬоцt the following sentences frоm Chapter Two.

Ethelbertha says, 'Yоu mеп don't understand that we wоmепwould Iike а change too.'. Do you аgrее with hеr? Why ог why not?. Do уоu ечеr feel that you want'to get аwау'fоr а while?. Whеrе would you like to go and with whom?

'Tandems аrе always а рrоЬlеm Ьесаusе two people must do thewоrk together.'. Have уоu ечеr ridden а tandem with someone who didn't want

to do апу wоrk?. What happened?

зо

gо to woIk and to go out at weekends into the сlеап air of the

countryside. The bicycle caused changes in the social life of Great

Britain, because ечеп the working class could travel for pleasurequickly and cheaply. This was а new kind of freedom for mапу people.

The famous British author Н. G. Wells wrote а comic поче]', The

Wheels of Сhапсе (1897), about а уоuпg mап and wоmап who meet

duTing а bicycle trip in England.

The bicycle was not the result of а single invention; it was the result

of several different ideas and inventions. It took many years to

produce а bicycle that was safe and comfortable.

whose idea was it?

In 1817 а German calledКаr1 Drais invented the

'running machine': а two-wheeled machine whichwas pushed along with the

feet called th.e drпisiпe.Itwas made of metal andwood. The draisine - alsocalled a 'velocipede'- was

introduced in Great Britainin 1818 and was quiteexpensive. Only members of

the nobility and the richcould afford to buy one.

The Draisine оr Celeripedein а drawing of l8б9.F]о]'а таЕ EftElcH ciiвilProý

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In 1839 а Scot named KirkpatrickMacmillan designed а kind ofnew wooden bicycle withpedals, z but it weighed almost

25 kilogrammes and wasuncomfortable to ride.

About 1864 two Frenchmen,рiетrе Michaux and his sonEmest, built а bicycle with pedals

attached to the front wheel,which was easier to ride. soonMichaux and his son openedthe first bicycle company; itproduced two hundred bicycles

with pedals each month in Paris.

soon mоrе than one hundredbicycle companies opened allочеr Frапсе.

At the same time anotherFrепсhmап, Pierre Lallement,was also working on а bicycle

with pedals and went to America to present his ideas. Thepopularity of the bicycle spread З to the United States, particularly toEast Coast cities like New York, whеrе the first cycling paper The

Velocipedist was published. Bicycle production in Britain began in1868 and Ъу 1874 the city of Coventry was the centre of the bicycleindustry.

FIс, 7 ТнЕ МФЕж BlcrcLE]i:]i|.1] , ..: i]::'1i :\*"1ааа

The modern tlicycle ofPierTe Michaux (1В69).

2. pedals * З. spread : (hеге) moved quickly.

А lady and аgentleman ridingpenny-farthingbicycles (1В74).

The high-roheeler was introduced in England in 1873, It had а huge

front whee1 which made the bicycle go fasteI and farther, but it was

unsafe and difficult to ride. Ву the 1890s реорlе didn't like the hzgh-

zoheeler and called it the реппу-fаrthiпg because the front wheel was

compared to the large British penny Ц and the back wheel to the

much smaller farthing (quarter-penny).

4. British ournu , ý

Тhе Safety BicycleIn 1885 the Englishman John Starley invented а new frame 5 for the

bicycle which made it stronger, lighter and safer. Starley's bicyclewas called the Rover Safety Bicycle апd Сусliпg magazine said that

the Rover had 'set the pattern to the world', а phrase that was usedin Rover's advertising for many years.

Starley not only improved the shape of the bicycle with the newframe, but also improved the wheels. The final improvement was the

air-filled ruЬЬеr tyre,6 also called the pneumatic tyre, introduced in1889, which was the

invention of а scottishdoctor, John BoydDunlop. This new kindof tyre made ridingmuch smoother.

The new safety bicyclewas an immediatesuccess and was soldaround the world.

Advertising poster fоr theRочеr Safety Bicycle

(about 1ВВ8).

5. frаmе : the metal body of а bicycle. 6. tуге , ý

Society ladies cycling in Hyde Park, London (189б).

Other manufacturers copied Starley's design and hundreds of bicycle

factories opened in Britain, the United States and Europe. In 1895

more than 800,000 bicycles were produced in Great Britain, wheIe

the bicycle was extremely popular. Posters advertising differentkinds of bicycles were seen ечеrуwhеrе. The tandem bicycle or'bicycle built for two' also became very рорulаr during the 1890s.

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W'omen and the bicycleAs the bicycle Ьесаmе safer and cheaper mоrе women bought one

because it gave them greater personal freedom and а cheap means oftransport. The bicycle became the symbol of the new woman of the

late 19th century in Great Britain and the United States.

Since it was difficult to ride а bicycle with the traditional clothes ofthe late 19th century/ many women dressed in bloomers 7 when theywent riding. Bloomers were, of course/ shocking to 19th centurysociety but they slowly became popular because they werecomfortable and perfect fоr riding.

@ Discussion

@ Со-р.еhепsiоп checkАпswеr the following questions.

1 Why wеrе bicycles so рорulаг in Viсtоriап Вritаiп?2 What was the draisjne?

3 what did Рiеrге and Еrпеst Мiсhацх do?

4 Why was the city of Сочепtrу important?5 DеsсгiЬе the реппу-fаrthiпg.6 How was John Star[ey's bicycle different frоm оthегs?7 Why did John Dunlop's пеw tyre change the bicycle ridе?8 How did the bicycle affect wоmеп of the 19th century?

Discuss the following questions.

1 Сап you think of апоthеr cheap fоrm of transport which hasrечо[цtiопizеd society?

2 Has it made а diffеrепсе in уоur life? If so, how?

7. Ыооmеrs :

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@ У***ЬаэЕ*вуMatch the words (t-+) to the pictures (а-П).

1 tap 2 саЬ 3 slippers 4 hose

@ ft***;*зg рiсЁя.-вr**Look at the picture оп page 41 and апswеr the questions.

1 whеrе аrе the two friends?

2 What is the оwпеr of the shop like?

З Why is Gеоrgе looking at his book?

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й**ужffiýж Ж*d Ж**&

George саmе to visit mе а few days before the trip. Не showed Gmе а small rеd book, which was а guide to English conversationfоr Gеrmап toцrists. The book started with 'оп а boat' andended with 'At the doctor's'. Тhе longest сhарtеr talked аЬочttravelling оп а trаiп with а lot of impolite people. Some of theexamples in the book wеrе these:

'Can you please move fаrthеr away frоm mе, sir?''It's impossible, madam, because mу пеighЬоur is very fat.''I must insist that уоu mоvе а little, madam, because I can

hardly Ьrеаthе.'

Then thеrе wеrе suggestions like, 'Always [ock the Ьеdrооmdооr at night and always саrеfuIIу count уоur change in shops'.

'I wоu[dп't rесоmmепd this book to апу Gеrmап who wantsto visit England,' I said. 'Вut ['ve rеаd books published in Londonfог EngIish tourists аЬгоаd which аrе just as si[Iy.'

'Yes, but реор[е buy them,' said Gеоrgе.'МауЬе,' I герliеd, 'but nobody understands them.'Gеоrgе said, 'Yоu'rе рrоЬаЬIу right. I'd like to use this rеd

book and see if sоmеопе understands mе. Let's go to LondonеаrIу on Wednesday and do а little shopping using this book. Очrboat doesn't leave until пооп so that gives us enough time. Тhеrе

аrе two things I want to Ьuу; а hat and а pair of slippers. I'[I use

the sentences in the book when I talk to the shopkeepers and see

what happens.''lt sounds like fun,' I said. 'Нагris and I will соmе inside the

shops with you. And if песеssаrу we'II protect уоu frоm апgrуshopkeepersl'

Оп Tuesday evening Gеоrgе slept at Наrгis's house. Wethought it would Ье easier to wake Gеоrgе uр this way, ratherthan going to his house, whеrе waking him up becomes а long,tiring job. at Нагris's hоцsе the children and the generaIconfusion wake up апу guest чеrу еаrlу in the mоrпiпg.

we аrriчеd at waterloo station at аьоut nine o'clock and weimmediateIy started putting George's ехреrimепt into operation.Не wanted to buy а hat and slippers, but we saw а lаrgе bootshop пеаr the station апd we stopped in fгопt of it. Gеоrgегаisеd his hat and said, 'Good mоrпiпg.'

The shopkeeper, who seemed quite unpleasant, did not ечепturп агоuпd.

Gеоrgе looked at his small rеd book and then said, 'Му friend,Мr Х, rесоmmепdеd уоur shop to mе.'

The mап should have said, 'Мr Х is а fine gentleman and I'Il Ье

чеrу happy to sегче his friend.'Вut hе said, 'I don't know him. I've пеvеr hеаrd of him.'

4о

We wеге surрrisеd. The book gave other methods of buyingboots. Gеогgе had chosen the опе which talked about 'Мr Х',which seemed the most polite. Вut this method did not seem towоrk with the shopkeeper. With а mап like this Gеоrgе had toсhапgе method. Не quickly tuгпеd back to апоthеr page andchose апоthеr sentence, which was а very bad choice. lt said:'I've been told that уоu sell boots hеrе.'

Fоr the fiгst time the mап looked at us and spoke in а slowvoice.

'Why do уоu think I keep boots hеге - to smell them?' Не wasопе of those mеп who begin quietly and Ьесоmе mоrе апgrу asthey go оп.

'What do you think l аm,' hе continued, 'а boot со[Iесtоr? Do

уоu think I'm in love with boots? Do you think l hапg them hеrеto look at thеm? Whеrе do уоu think уоu аrе - at aniпtегпаtiопаI exhibition of boots? Do you think these boots аrе аhistогiсаl colIection? Did you ечег hеаr of а man with а bootshop who didn't want to sell boots? Do уоu think I dесоrаtе theshop with them because thеу'rе рrеttу? Do уоu think I'm апidiot?'

I hаче always believed that these сопчеrsаtiоп books аrе notof апу usе. At this point Gеогgе chose the best sentence fоr thesituation and said, 'I'II соmе again, when you hаче some mоrеboots to show mе. Until then, good-bye.'

We quickly got into оur саЬ and drоче away. The mап in theboot shop stood at the dооr saying sечеrаI things to us which wedid not hеаr, but the people who wеrе passing Ьу found theminteresting. Gеоrgе wanted to continue his ехреrimепt inапоthег shop because hе needed а new раir of slippers. Вut we

Georqa's fied 8ooh

peгsuaded him to сопtiпuе his ехреrimепt in а foreign city whеrе

the shopkeepers аrе а bit friendlier.We аrriчеd in НаmЬurg оп Friday after а pleasant voyage, and

fгоm thеrе we went to Наппочеr оп оuг way to Веr[iп. People

say that the best Gеrmап is spoken in Наппочеr, but the

рrоЬlеm is that по опе understands this exceIIent Gеrmапoutside of Наппочеr. So if you want to travel аrоuпd Gеrmапу

it's best to speak bad Gеrmап that ечеrуопе uпdеrstапds.We wеrе riding оur bicycles thгоugh the beautiful wood one

suппу Monday аftеrпооп with а Iot of other cyclists frоmНаппочеr. Ечеrуопе was having а wonderful time and wenoticed а beautiful уоuпg girl гidiпg а new bicycle. Наrгis, whо isа truе gentleman, suggested that we stay пеаr hеr. Нагris has

daughters of his оwп and thеrеfоге is interested in aI[ beautifulgirls up to the age of about thirty-five, because they геmiпd him

of hоmе.

we had ridden fог about two miles when we saw а mап with а

hose watering the roads with а lot of water.'What а сIечеr method of wаtегiпg the rоаd,' said Нагris. 'lt's

muсh Ьеttеr than the British method.''I don't аgгее,' said Gеоrgе. 'The British method is mчсh

better. That mап is going to get us wet. I'm going to stand behind

that big trее.'

Since l was on the tandem with Gеогgе, I joined him. SuddenlyI hеаrd а wоmап screaming. It was the beautiful young wоmапНаrris had noticed Ьеfоrе. She rоdе hег bicycle into the shоwеrof wаtег and didn't know what to do; she was completely wet.

The mап with the hose, who was either dгuпk t оr bIind,

1. drчпk : had too muсh to drink.

continцed роuriпg wаtеr оп hеr and didn't stop. The оthеr peoplewho wеrе riding bicycles got wet and started shouting at themап, but he didn't stop.

Наrгis wanted to do something and гап to the mап, taking thehose away frоm him. Наrгis should hаче turned off the tap,which would have stopped the water, Ьut he didn't. Не foughtangrily with the mап and the hose while ечеrуопе who was пеаrgot wet. The tap, which по опе had turned off, continued wettingеvеrуопе. People soon left thеir bicycles оп the gгоuпd and rапinto the wood, hiding behind the trees.

Finally а сIечеr mап аrriчеd оп the scene and tuгпеd off thetap; the water wаr between Нагris and the mап stopped. Someчеrу апgrу people started coming оut of the wood. Наrris was intrоuЬIе - big trоuЬ[е. Gеоrgе гап to him and gave him his bicyclesaying, 'Get оп the bicycIe and go. They don't know wе'rеtogether and we won't tell them. Get away fгоm hеrе as fast as

уоu can.'

In spite of the апgrу crowd, Наrris was able to get awaysafely. We Wеrе glad to leave Наппочеr that same evening, andwe аrriчеd in Веrliп in time fоr diппеr and an evening walk.

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The text and Ьеуопd

фО Gоmрrеhепsiэп checkRead the text and decide which апswеr best fits each space - А, В, Соr D. Тhеrе is an example at the beginning (О).

Gеоrgе went to visit J (О) ..2.. Ь. wanted to (t) ....... him а guide bookto EngIish conversation fоr Gеrmап trачеIlеrs. They both (z) ....... thebook was foolish, but Gеоrgе wanted to have (з) ....... fuп with it. Неdecided to go shopping in London and usе the sentences in the guidebook with the shорkеереrs.тhе пехt day George, Наrris andJ went to а boot shop in London andGеогgе decided to trу his (4) .......with the small геd book. тhеshopkeeper WaS ап unpleasant mап who got чеrу (5) .......with Gеоrgе,and he and his friends had to leave the shop quickly.Тhе three friends'fiгst bicycle ridе (6) ....... in Наппочеr, Gеrmапу оп аlovely аftеrПооп. During the ridе thеге was а mап who was wateringthe rоаd with а long hose, and (z) ....... аII the cyclists оп the гоаd gotwet, so they went to hide iп the wood. while Наrгis and the mап wеrе(S) ....... , the hose wet еvеrуопе Ьесаusе Наrгis had not tuгпеd off thetap.At last апоthеr mап арреаrеd and tuгпеd off the tap. The cyclists,who started coming out of the wood, wеrе апgгу and started (9) .......at Наrris. Fоrtuпаtеlу Gеогgе gave him his bicycte and hе was аь[е toget (1о) ....... .

О А why В if С so @because1Aexplain Bshow Срrеsепt Dindicate2 АrеmеmЬеrеd Bimagined Ссопsidегеd Dthought3 Asome Вчеrу Сmuсh Dmапу4 Aattempt В investigation С ехреrimепt D ехреriепсе5 АtгоuЬIеd Bannoyed Cvexed Dprovoked6 А took place В hаррепеd С оссurrеd D developed7 Ahastily Вгарidlу Срrоmрtlу Dsuddenly8 Arioting Bdisputing Cfighting Dbattling9 Awatching Bpointing Cindicating Dseeing

1О Aaway Boff Соп Din

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'The tap, which по опе had turned off, continued wettingeveryone.''The man with the hose, who was either drчпk оr blind,continued pouring water оп her and didn't stop.'

when we want to add ехtга iпfогmаtiоп to а sentence we can use а

non-defining relative clause.

In the first sentence above, the middIe раrt starting with which gives us

ехtга iпfогmаtiоп which isn't essential to the main рагt of the sentence.

In the second sentence above, the middle раrt starting with whо gives

us ехtга information which isn't essentiaI to the mаiп раrt of thesentence. Non-defining relative clauses аге sераrаtеd fгоm the rest ofthe sentence with commas оr а comma and а full stop.

Non-defining rеlаtiче clauses begin with which fог objects and places,

and with whо fог people.

@ Гtоп*Сеfiпiпg relative *lаusеsMake sentences with non-defining relative clauses using who оrwhich.

О Gеогgе, Наrris and J wanted to go оп holiday. Тhеу wеrе Ьоrеd.

Qэрг.sе,.|ргг.i.е.q.л.d..J.,.wh9.wе[с..Ь.о..t9d,.y.v.s.|:i.?.d..t9.9.q.s.!..h.?.ljdqу,

1 The boot shop was smal[ and dагk. It was пеаr Wаtеrlоо Station.

2 ЕthеlЬеrthа wanted to rепt а house in Folkestone. She liked the sea.

З The thrее friends went riding in Еilепridе. lt was Наппочеr's mostbeautiful wood.

4 Тhе boat to НаmЬurg агriчеd at midnight. It was ап hоur [ate.

5 Наrris talked to the hotel mапаgег in Наппочеr. Наггis spokeGегmап well.

6 Gеоrgе's f[at is пеаr Piccadilly Сirсus. It's чеrу smal[.

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@ Hotes апd NoticesLook at the text in each question. what does it say? choose thecorrect explanation - А, В оr С.

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АП

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Оп[у Мг Boots сап епtеr theexcIusive boot shop.

Мг Boots allows only сеrtаiпclients to епtег his exclusiveboot shop.

AIl c[ients who want to епtегthe boot shop must havewгittеп permission.

yоu must move out of theluхurу flat Ьу Juпе 1 at 4 рm.Yоu cannot get iпfогmаtiопabout the f[at оп weekends.

Someone is selIing а luхuryflat пеаг St Paul's Cathedralоп June 1 at 4 рm.

Ring shop bellif you likebicycIes.

Yоu must wоrk fоr the bicycleshop fог 5 уеагs.Ring shop bell if уоu аrеlooking fог а job.

Yоц wi[[ гесеiче €1ОО if уоuknow something about а goldwatch.

The Dгurу Тhеаtге wiIl giveyou ДlОО if уоu find а goldwatch.

An old gепtlеmап wants tobuy а €1ОО gold watch.

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Listen to part of Chapter Fочr and апswеr the questions.

1 Whеп was the busy time in Вегliп?

2 Who didn't get up еагIу in the mоrпiпg?

3 Who introduced Gеоrgе, Наrris and; to the саЬ driчег?

4 Who didn't like Gеоrgе, Наrгis and J?

5 Who was wеаriпg ап elegant white suit and hat?

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Веrliп is the capital of Gеrmапу; а big city with а Iot of Gentertainment: mцsечms, theatres, ап ореrа house, сопсеrt halls,mцsiс halls, art galleries, саfёs and rеstацrапts. In Веrliп the busytime is frоm midnight until three o'clock in the morning. Yet mostof the people whо stay up until the еаrIу morning hоцrs аrе uрagain at seven. I don't understand how they сап live withoutsleep. I don't know of апу оthеr town where the people stay upuntil the еаrIу hours of the morning except St РеtеrsЬцrg; butpeople in St РеtеrsЬчrg don't get чр еаrlу in the morning.

We decided to stay in Веrliп fоr а shоrt time and then travelto Dresden. The hotel роrtеr iпtгоduсеd us to а саЬ dгiчеr whocould show us a[I the imрогtапt sites in Веrliп in опе mоrпiпg.The driчеr was fгiепd[у, inteIligent and weIl-informed; hisGегmап was easy to understand and he knew а [ittle English. Неwas а good mап Ьut his hоrsе disliked us as soon as he saw us.

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еуе, and then Iooked at апоthеr hоrsе, а friепd of his, and

рrоЬаЬlу said, 'I see the stгапgеst peopIe during the summеr.'Тhеп the hоrsе took а look at Gеоrgе and turпеd to his friend

again and рrоЬаЬlу said, 'Ехtгаогdiпаrуl I suppose thеrе is someplace whеге they grоw people like these.'

1. gIassy: Iooked Iike glass.

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Gеоrgе and Igot into the саЬ and waited fог Наrris, whoсаmе а miпцtе 1аtеr, dгеssеd in ап elegant white suit and hat. @The hогsе looked at him and рrоЬаЬlу said, 'Oh, heavens!', and

quickly staгted trotting 2 down the street, Ieaving Наггis and the

driчеr behind. Тhе dгiчег shouted, 'Stop! Stop!' but the hоrsеdidn't listen and continued trotting away. The driчег апd Наггis

2. trotting: moving quickly with shогt, fast steps.

rап аftеr us, and I understood а few things the driчеr shouted inGегmап to his hоrsе: 'I've got to еаrп mу living somehow. Yоuknow, I didn't ask fоr уоur opinion!'

The hоrsе kept going and I think he said something like thisto the driver: 'Don't talk so muсhl Let's get the job done, andfrоm now оп let's stay in the back streets and not in frопt ofnice hotels.'At last the horse stopped and Наrris and the driчеrgot оп the саЬ, and the tоur we wеrе Iooking fогwагd tostarted.

The driчеr tried to stop in frопt of imроrtапt tourist sites andexplain them to us, but the hоrsе moved оп quickly. Не seemedto say: 'They've seen the imроrtапt things, haven't they? WeII,

that's enough. And fоr the оthеr sites, you don't rеаllу knowwhat уоu'rе saying and they wouldn't understand you if you did.RеmеmЬеr, you speak Gеrmап - they don't!'

We rоdе quickly down the famous tree-lined З Uпtеr denLinden Street in the city сепtrе and the hоrsе seemed to say,'What these felIows want is to go home апd telI thеir friendsthey've seen these things. And if I'm wrong, and thеу'rе mоrеintelligent than they look, they сап get better infoгmation frоmапу guide book. Who wants to know how high а building is? Yоufогgеt the information after а few minutes anyway. Let's go

hоmе апd have [uпсh!'

I don't know, регhарs that uпfгiепdIу hогsе was right.As we sat оп the trаiп оп оur way to Drеsdеп, Gеоrgе was

looking оut of the window.'I wопdеr why Gеrmапs рцt the letter-box high uр on а trее?'

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he said. 'Why don't they put it пеаr the frопt dооr as we do inBritain. Think of the postman who has to cIimb uр the tгее.Регhарs Gеrmапs use pigeons to dеIiчег letters. But then whydon't they train the birds to deIiver the Ietters сIоsеr to theground?'

l looked out of the window and said, 'Gеогgе, those аrеп'tletter-boxes, thеу'rе Ьirds' nests.'

'What!' excIaimed Gеоrgе.'Birds' nests?''Yes, Ьiгds' nests,' I said, looking at Gеоrgе. 'RеmеmЬег,

Gеrmапs Iove Ьirds but they Iove tfdy birds. А bird wоuIdпогmаIIу buiId ап untidy nest апуwhеrе and drор rubbishапуwhеrе. А Gеrmап wouldn't like this and would say to the Ьiгd,

"I like to Iook at уоu and l like to hеаr you sing. But уоur waysаrе untidy. Yоu can [ive in this little Ьох with уоur family and

keep уоur ruЬЬish inside whеге [ can't see it; соmе out when you

want to sing. Is that с[еаг?"'

Gеrmапs love оrdеr and tidiness. Germans love their gardens.

They tie each flower to а stick so that it will grоw stгaight, andthey cut hеir grass in geometric patterns.

Тhе fачоuгitе Gеrmап trее is the рорIаr Ьесаusе it grоwsstraight, just like а good trее shouId.

Gеrmапs want паturе to Ьеhаче and set а good example tothe сhildrеп; and they love sigцs, раrtiсulаrlу those that tellthem what поt to do. This makes them feel safe and sесцrе.Gеrmапу is а чегу tidy land.

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В got up late in the mогпiпg.

С he immediate[y started trotting away with Gеоrgе and.; in the саЬ.

D with lеttег boxes.

Е whеrе people stayed up until thrее in the mогпiпg.

F the tоцr of the city started Ьut didn't last long.

G Ьесаusе they wanted to see the sites of the capital.

н Ьut his hоrsе was old and slow.

I wеге found ечеrywhеrе in Gеrmапу.

J to get to the trаiп station.

К wеrе disliked Ьу the Gеrmапs.

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Тhеге was а lot of entertainment in the Gегmап capital,

People in St РеtеrsЬuгg

Gеогgе, Наrris and.; took а саЬ

Тhеrе was nothing wгопg with thе саЬ driчеr

when the hогsе saw Наrris

Аftеr а lively conversation between the саЬ driчег and his hоrsе,

Gеогgе confused birds' nests

Tidiness and оrdеr

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The earliest evidence of (о) ....99Jtl9П9r.З.t.... in theаrеа of Веrliп dates frоm (1) ... |192.Веrliп is а city that has seen mапу(2) ......................... events. It suffered almost total(3) ......................... during the Second Wоrld Wаг,and in 1961 а long wall was Ьuilt аrоuпd WestВеrliп, which separated it frоm East Веrliп and EastGеrmапу. The Веrliп WaII саusеd much suffеriпgand international (4)

Iп November 1989 the Веrliп Wa[[ was(5) ......................... tогп down and the people ofВеrIiп wеrе very happy. The (6) ......................... ofEast and West Gеrmапу took place in 199О andtoday Вег[iп is the capital of unified Gеrmапу.Today about З,5ОО,ООО (7) ... Iive inВегIiп and the city's есопоmу is (В) ............

in the service sector. Тоurism, education апd theаrts аrе growing in (S) ........... . Тhе ВеrliпрhiIhаrmопiс оrсhеstrа has wоп iпtеrпаtiопа[(1О) .............. as опе of the best оrсhеstrаs inthe wогId. Веrliп has mоrе than fifty theatres andопе huпdrеd and fifty-thгee musеums, some ofwhich аrе раrt of Мцsеum Island, ап агеа in theпоrthегп раrt of the city. Мusеum Island has been(11) ......................... as а UNESCO Wоr[d НегitаgеSite.

фО ýепtепсе trапýfоrmаtiоRFоr questions 1-7, complete the second sentence so that it has аsimilar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do notсhапgе the word given. Yоц mчst чsе between two and five wоrds,including the wоrd given. Тhеrе is ап example at the beginning (О).

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1 МuriеI looked Iike а child Ьut also like A[ice in Wonderland.bothМuriеI looked like ............... Alice in Wonder[and.

2 'lt's thrее o'clock апd thеrе's nobody hеrеl' said Наrris.isn't'It's thrее o'clock and thеrе hеrеl' said Наггis.

3 Тhеу rеаd the guide book and then began the tоur ofthe city.readingАftеr ........... . they began the tоur of the city.

4 'I'd love to go оп holiday, but I haven't got апу mопеу,' said the саЬdriчеr sad[y.

wish'I ................... оп holiday, but I haven't got any money,'saidthe саЬ driчеr sad[y.

They visited а town with ап ancient castle and а musеum.whichТhеу visited а town an ancient castle and аmцSеUm.

'I wish Gеоrgе wеrе not so lazy,'thought Наrris.Wеrе

'If ................. [azy,'thought Наrris.

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Wednesday evening and stayed thеrе uпtiISunday. Dresden is реrhарs the most (1) ........................ town inGеrmапу. It has interesting museums and агt galleries, beautifulpalaces, magnificent cast[es and [ovely gаrdепs. Тhеге is also а lot ofexceIIent musical (2) ........................ .

Dresden's e[ectric tгаms аrе а mаjоr (з) ........................ attraction. Theymove thrоugh the streets at gгеаt speed апd уоu must get out of thеiгway. If you don't get очt of thеir way and уоu'rе still (+)

whеп someone picks уоц uр, you wi[[ get а (5) .. becauseуоu wеrе iп their way.Gеоrgе had а fuппу аdчепturе in Dresden. Не is very (6) ........................of ап old аuпt in England and hе wrоtе hеr long letters every day andsent hеr а рrеSепt frоm ечегу town whеге we stopped.Оп Saturday hе left us after luпсh saying he wanted to Ьuу а lovely(Z) ........................ fоr his аuпt. We waited fоr him fог а long time andwhen he геturпеd he didn't have the сushiоп.'We[[, whеrе's the сushiоп fоr уоur aunt?' I asked.'I changed mу mind,'he said, 'and I didn't buy it.' But I knew somethingwas (8)

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We arrived in Dresden оп Wednesday evening and stayed thеrе Gцпtil Sцпdау. Dresden is реrhарs the most attractive town inGеrmапу. It has interesting mцsецms and art galleries,beautiful palaces, magnificent castles and lovely gardens. Тhеrеis also а lot of excellent musical entertainment, like the ореrаand sуmрhопу concerts; Dresden is а city of сцItчrе.

Dresden's electric tгаms аrе ргоЬаЬ[у а mаjог touristattгaction. They move thrоugh the streets at grеаt speed and

уоu mцst get оцt of thеiг way. If you don't get out of their wayand уоu'ге still alive when someone picks уоц uр, you wi[I get аfine Ьесаusе уоu wеrе in thеiг way.

Gеогgе had а funny аdчепtuге in Dгеsdеп. Не is чеrу fond ofan old aunt in England and he wrote hеr long Ietters ечегу dayand sent hеr а рrеsепt fгоm еvеrу town whеrе we stopped. I

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don't аgrее with this kind of Ьеhачiоuг, because his aunt talks toоthеr aunts and soon all аuпts wiII want Iong letters andpresents fгоm their nephews.

On Sаturdау hе left us аftег lunch saying he wanted to buy аlovely сushiоп for his аuпt. We waited fоr him fоr а long timeand whеп he rеturпеd he didn't have the сushiоп.

'WeIl, whеrе's the сushiоп fоr уоuг ачпt?' I asked.'I changed mу mind,' he said, 'and l didn't Ьuу it.' Вut l knew

something was wгопg. @When Gеоrgе and I wеге aIone in the evening he said,

'Something strange happened to mе this afternoon.''What happened?' I asked, hoping to find оцt mоrе.'WelI, thеrе wеге fоur cushions in the window of а shop and each

one cost twenty mагks. t I rеаlizе I don't speak Gеrmап perfectly,but реор[е usually цпdеrstапd mе. I went into the shop and а уоuпggirl саmе and asked mе what I wanted. I put twenty mаrks on theсоuпtеr 2 and said in Gеrmап, "Please give me а cushion."

'shе was чеrу surргisеd and stаrеd at mе апgrilу. she said I

must Ье making а big mistake. I didn't want to start аconveгsation in Gеrmап so I pointed at the twenty mаrks оп theсоuпtеr and repeated that I wanted а twепtу-mагk cushion.Апоthеr girl саmе to the соuпtеr and the first girt told hег what l

wanted. She seemed чеrу excited and asked mе, ''Did уоu Sayyou wanted а cushion?" I answered that I wanted а twепtу-mаrkсцshiоп. She looked at mе and said I соuld not have опе.

'Ву this time IWaS annoyed and said, "1 wantthq.t cushion/'' Аthird bгight-eyed giгl саmе to the сочпtеr and the first two girls

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started explaining thе matter to hеr. Тhе third girl startedgiggIing З and then they started taIking, Iooking at mе andgiggling. I felt tike а clown giving а private регfоrmапсе. The thirdgirl саmе uр to mе and said, "If you get it, will you go away?"

'I told hеr I wou[d go away after getting the cushion - l rеаllу

wanted that сushiоп. Тhеп the stгangest thing hаррепеd. The two

оthеr girls got behind the third girl and pushed hеr towards mе.

She put hеr hands оп mу shoulders and kissed mе. I was чеrу

surрrisеd. She then rап off followed Ьу the second girl. The fiгstgirl opened the dооr fоr mе and since l was completely confused, l

[eft the shop without the сushiоп and without mу twenty mаrks. I

didn't miпd the kiss, but I wanted the cushion and not the kiss.'

I looked at Gеоrgе and said, 'What did уоu ask fоr?''А cushion,' hе said.

'What Gеrmап wоrd did you use?' l asked.

'Kuss,' he replied.

'Оh!' I said, smiIing. 'In Gеrmап the wоrd fоr сushiоп is lc[ssen.

Yоu asked fоr а kuss, which is а kiss! Yоu mixed up the twowоrds - I'm surе people have done it Ьеfоге. Yоu asked fоr а

twenty-mark kiss... Anyway, I won't teII Наrris. I think he has ап

аuпt too.''Please don't,'said Gеоrgе, who seemed еmЬаrrаssеd.

We wеrе оп оur way to Рrаguе and wеrе waiting fоr оur trainat the Dresden station. Gеоrgе had gone to а bookstaII апdrеtuгпеd with а wild look in his eyes.

'I've seen itl'he said excitedly.'What have уоu seen?' I asked.

З. giggliпg : laughing in а childlike way.

Вut he was too excited to апswеr inteIligently.'lt's hеrе! It's coming this way. I'm поt joking; it's the real thing.'Recently the papers had written аЬочt а mysterious sea

sегрепt, Ьut since we wеrе in the middle of Еurоре, аЬоut thrееhuпdrеd miles frоm the sea, this was not possible, I thought.

Suddenly Gеоrgе took mу аrm and said, 'Look!'l turned агоuпd and saw what few Englishmen have ечег seen

Ьеfоrе; the travelling English gentleman accompanied Ьу hisdaughter, aS Seen Ьу the Continental comic press. They wеrеperfect in ечеrу detaiI. The mап was talI and thin with Iightьrоwп hаir, а big nose and а big moustache. Очег а grеу suit hewоrе а long, Iight очеrсоаt. on his head he had а white helmetwith а grееп veil; а раir of ореrа glasses hung Ьу his side. Неwоrе рчrрIе gloves and сагriеd а talI walking stick, althoughthеrе аrе no mountains пеаг Dгеsdеп. His dаughtег was tall andnot чегу attractive, with teeth that looked Iike а rаЬЬit's.

наrris wanted to take thеiг picture and looked fоr his саmеrаwhich, of соцrsе, he couIdn't find. The gentIeman and hisdаughtег walked аrоuпd сагrуiпg а guide book and staring atечегуthiпg they saw. They wеrе quite а funny sight. t was able tohave а five-minute conversation with them, and the gentlemansaid he саmе frоm Мапсhеstеr, but did not seem to know whatраrt of Мапсhеstег. I asked him whеrе he was going but he didn'tknow. I asked him why he had а veil оп his helmet and hе saidthat he used it when the flies annoyed him.

А mап I met later in Frапkfurt said he had seen them in parisand Веrliп. I think they wеrе асtогs who worked fоr the BгitishGочеrпmепt and their рurроSе Was to сгеаtе laughter andinternational реасе аmопg Еuгореап nations.

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Наrris, Gеоrgе and J decided to leave Dгеsdеп

л ! byboat.В ! onSunday.С П Ьу еlесtriс tram.П ! оп bicycle.

what attracted tourists the most in Dresden?а ! Тhе magnificent castles.В ! The interesting musеums.С ! Тhе electric trаms.О ! The musical entertainment.

Why didn't J like Gеогgе's Ьеhачiоur with his old аuпt?а [ Тhе news of George's Ьеhачiоur would get аrоuпd to

оthег аuпts.

В ! Не was spending too muсh mопеу оп рrеsепts.С [ Не spent ечеrу night writing hеr lеttеrs instead of sleeping.D П ; disliked Gеоrgе's old аuпt.

The girls in the сushiоп shopА П didn't uпdеrstапd George's Gеrmап.В [ wanted to seII him something else.с [ aian't like Gеоrgе.

D I wanted mоrе mопеу fог the cushion.

George was excited when he саmе back frоm the book sta[[

а ! because he had rеаd аЬоut а mysterious sea sеrрепt inthe рареrs.

В ! because he had fоцпd а lovely cushion fоr his old aunt.С ! and told Наrris to get his саmеrа rеаdу.П ! because he had seen а funny-Iooking gепtlеmап with his

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А р[ау in which the words аге suпgto music.

Тепsе, bad-tempered.

Vеrу апgrу.

А bicycle that two people сап ride.

рut clothes in а suitcase.

Do what someone te[[s you.

Vеrу happy about something.

Not tгusting.

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@ BiscussionDiscuss the following questions.

1 George had an еmЬаrrаssiпg ехреriепсе Ьесаusе he did not knowthe соrrесt Gеrmап wогd for cushion.Have уоu ечеr had suсh ап ехрегiепсе with а fоrеigп [anguage?If so, teII the class аЬоцt it.

2 Whо do you think the English gentleman and his daughter wеrе?Why?

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Gеоrgе, Наrris and,J visited Dresden, а city of сultцrе.It is опе of Gеrmапу's most ЬеацtifцI cities. Тhеrе аrе interestingmusецms, art galleries, castles and пцmеrоus сопсеrt haIIs.Life in а city is certainly different from life in а village.TaIk аЬоцt village and city life with уоur class.Use these questions to help you.

1 What аrе some of the differences between village and city life?

2 What аrе the advantages and disadvantages of both?

З Why do some settlements Ьесоmе cities and оthеrs rеmаiпvillages?

4 Whеге would you рrеfеr to Iive and why?

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1 What did the policeman in Stuttgaгt look Iike?

2 How mапу marks was Наrгis's fine?

3 What was Наrгis not used to reading?

4 What did J steal in СагIsгuhе?

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After visiting Рrаguе, the capital of Czechoslovakia 1 and опе ot Рthe most interesting and Ьеацtifчl cities in Ечrоре, we travelledto NчrеmЬеrg on оцr way to the Black Forest. AlI thrее of цsmanaged to get into trочЬIе between NчrеmЬеrg and thе BlackForest.

In the IoveIy town of Stuttgart, Наrгis calIed а poIicemanstupid, which is not allowed in Gегmапу. Наrгis didn't know hewas talking to а poIiceman because the mап Iooked Iike а

fiгеfightег. This is what happened: Наrris was in the town parkand he did not Ieave it through the main gate; he simply steppedоvеr а wirе into the street.

А policeman, who was standing пеаr the gate, stopped Наггisand pointed to the sign that said Durсhgапg Verbotenl (Going

1. Czechoslovakia : now the Czech Republic; Slovakia was опсе рагt ofczechoslovakia.

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through hеrе is not allowed!) Наггis thanked him and walkedaway. The policeman followed him and told Наrris that he had togo back into the town раrk Ьу the main gate, which was the

ргореr епtrапсе, and then соmе out again frоm the same gate,which was the рrореr exit. Harris was annoyed and called themап stupid. The policeman gаче him а forty mаrk fine. Наrriswas not used to reading signs, but аftег this experience he soongot used to reading them!

In Саrlsruhе I got into trоuЬIе Ьесачsе I stole а bicycle. I didn'twant to steal it; I was trуiпg to Ье useful. I was at the trаiп @station and the trаiп was аЬоut to leave, when l noticed thatНаrris's bicycle was still оп the trаiп. I quickly jumped on andtook the bicycle off. Immediately after l noticed that Нагris'sbicycle was standing against а wall, so the bicycle I had taken offthe trаiп was not Наrгis's; it belonged to sоmеопе else. What аsituationI

In England I wouId have gone to the station mаstег andexplained mу mistake. Вчt in Gеrmапу it's not so simpIe,because they take you аrоuпd and уоu have to explain the stогуto haIf а dozen mеп, which always takes а чеrу long time. l

decided to hide the bicycle in а small hut пеаr the station, Ьutunfortunately а railway guard with а big геd hat saw mе.

'What аrе уоu doing with that bicycle?' he asked.'I'm going to put it in this shed,' I said, thinking hе wouId

thank mе fоr putting the bicycle away.Не looked at me sегiоuslу апd asked, 'Is it уоur bicycle?''No, not exactly,' I replied.'Whose is it?'he asked.'I сап't tell уоu,' I said. 'I don't know the оwпеr of the bicycle.'

'Whеrе did you get it?' he asked in а suspicious tone of voice.'I took it оut of the train Ьу mistake,' l said calmly.Не immediately blew his whistle 2 and things got wоrsе fоr

mе. Fоrtuпаtеlу, I have а Gеrmап fгiend in Саrlsruhе who wasаЬ[е to get mе оut of this tеrriЬlе situation.

After the unpleasant аdчепtuге l was confused and wanted toIeave Саrslruhе as quickly as possible, so I jumped оп the firsttrain with Наrris and we lost Gеоrgе. This was а big mistakeЬесаusе Gеоrgе had Ьееп waiting outside the police station fоr аIong time, but we didn't know. Whеп Gеоrgе rеturпеd to thetrаiп station we had аlrеаdу left with his luggage. Наrris had histicket and I had most of the mопеу, so he only had а few coins inhis pocket. This was the beginning of Gеоrgе's crimina[ саrееr.

Travelling Ьу trаiп in Gеrmапу is а bit complicated. Yоu buy аticket at the station fоr уоur destination and you think that's allyou need. But it's not. Whеп уоu trу to get оп а train the guardwants to see уоur ticket. Не explains to you that а ticket Ьу itselfis not епоugh; уоu must go back to the booking-office and buyапоthеr ticket called a'schnellzug ticket'. З Once you have bought

уоur'schnelJzug ticket'you trу and get on the tгаiп again. Withthis ticket уоu can get оп thе tгаiп, but you саппоt sit downапуwhеrе and you must not stand оr mоче аrоuпd апуwhеrе. Sowhat do you do? Yоu must buy апоthег ticket called the 'plotzticket', and this gives you а place оп the train.

I have often wопdегеd about the реrsоп who buys опIу опеticket. Соuld he ruп behind the trаiп? could he traveI in the

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goods van? 4 And what аЬоut the реrsоп who buys the 'schellzug

ticket' Ьut doesn't buy the 'plotz ticket'? Would the guаrd let himlie in the umЬrеllа rасk? 5

Роог Gеоrgе had only enough mопеу to buy а third-class slowtrain ticket to Baden-Baden. То avoid the guаrd he waited untilthe trаiп was moving and then jumped оп. These wеге hisсгimеs:

1 Не got on а train that was moving.

2 Не traveIled in second-class even though he onIy had а

third-cIass ticket.Не refused to рау the difference whеп the guаrd askedhim to do so. (Gеоrgе said he did not rеfusе; he simplytold the guard hе didn't hаче the mопеу. Не оffегеd to go

into the third-class, Ьut the trаiп did not have опе. Неечеп оffеrеd to travel in the goods van, but the guard didnot allow it.)Не sat iп а seat without paying fоr it.Не walked аrоuпd in the соrridоr. (Since he соuld not sitdown without paying, he did not know what else hе coulddo.)

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George's explanations wеrе not accepted in Gеrmапу and sohis jоurпеу frоm Саrlsruhе to Baden-Baden was реrhарs one ofthe most expensive оп rесоrd, because of the huge fine he had toрау.

goods van : а раrt of the tгаiп whеrе big packages, boxes and bicyclesаrе kept.чmЬгеllа rасk : а speciaI pIace above thе seats whеrе чmЫеlIаs аrеkept.

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1 What city did the thrее friends visit Ьеfоrе going to NurеmЬеrg?

2 How did Наrris get into trоuЬ[е?

3 What did Наrris start doing after his ехреriепсе in Stuttgart?4 Whеrе did J get into tгоuЬlе?

5 Why did.1 take the bicycle off the trаiп?6 How did he рIап to get rid of the bicycle and who saw him?

7 Who helped.J get out of trоuЬlе in Саrlsruhе?

8 Why did Gеоrgе have рrоЫеms buying а train ticket?9 Why was travelling Ьу trаiп complicated in Gеrmапу?

1О What wеrе 'schnellzug tickets' and'platz tickets'?11 What wеrе George's 'crimes'?

t2 Why was Gеоrgе's journey so expensive?

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1 ugly

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В Now fill in the gaps with опе of the words given оп page 76 оr oneof the opposites you have fочпd.

George couldn't buy а trаiп ticket Ьесаusе it was too... and he didn't have апу mопеу.

Рrаguе is опе of the most ... cities in Еurоре.

The rаilwау guагd with the rеd hat spoke to J with а... tone of voice.

ТгачеIIiпg Ьу trаiп in Gеrmапу was not

J was in а ......................... situation after taking the bicycle offthe train and meeting the гаilwау guard.

... J had а Gегmап friепd in Саrlsrцhе who helpedhim.

Тhе sign at the park said that passing through was

'Наrris was not used to reading signs, but аftеr this experiencehe soon got used to reading them!'

Look at these sentences to uпdеrstапd the usе of to Ье цsеd to and toget used to.

Ноrris wont miss the 5 а.m. train. Не is r.rsed to getting up early.

'Не is used to doing something' mеапs that hе often does it and it iseasy fоr him.

At first George'didл't Иkе wearingfasses Ьшt п ow he hсrs|got йsеd tothem.

At first it,йaý strange fоr Gеоrgе to wеаr glasses; Тhеп hе got u;ed,towеагiпg them; it Ьесаmе погmаI and easy fог him.

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Read this conveгsation between Ethelbertha and J.Ethelbertha is going to take the children to the sea in Folkestonewhile J goes to the Black Forest. J is а bit worried аЬочt hеr and thechildren.FiII in the gaps with the words in the Ьох and Ье иsеd to оrgеt used to.

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J: Аге you suге уоu can look аftеr the сhildгеп Ьу уоursеlf at Folkestone?

Ethelbertha: Of соursе, J, don't wоrrу. I'm (1) ......................... themечегу day.

J: And what about buying heavy groceries? I won't Ье thеге to help you.

Ethelbertha: I'II (2) ... the milk, the Ьrеаd, the fruit, thevegetables, the eggs and the meat! I'm а stгопg wоmап, you know!

J: We[[, I hope you'II (3) ......................... оп the beach uпdег the hot sunfог hоurs.

Ethelbertha: Don't wоrгу, I'lI always wеаr а hat fоr protection.

J: What about the сhi[dгеп?

Ethelbertha: Тhеу'ге (4) ......................... оutdооrs uпdеr the suп.

J: And what about doing the hоusеwогk? Yоu'ге not used to doinghousework.

Ethelbertha: I'II (5) ..., апd the сhildrеп сап hе[р mе. It willЬе а gгеаt holidayl

&О зfrЕtý*gYоч аrе Harris and you have to write an articIe for the traveImagazine Touring оп Two \Лlhееls. In 15О-18О words write аЬоut theadventures уоц, George and .; had while travelling betweenNurеmЬеrg and the Black Forest. IпсIudе the folIowing information.

. Yоuг аdчепtцге in the town рагk in Stuttgaгt.

. J's adventure in Сагlsгuhе with the bicycle.

. Gеогgе's 'сrimеs' while trуiпg to get оп а trаiп.

. Some advice to Bгitish tгачеllеrs who рlап to take а train in Gеrmапу.

Yоu can begin like this:

Эtчttgоrt э а Ьеочt luJ town iп эоu-lh-wеЕt Оеrmопу. 1 wаэ аmаzеd Ьу lheпцrпЬег ol1ovely роrkэ апdl dесidеd to vst опе аэ 5ооп а5 qaI theгe.,.

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George had quite а Iot of trоuЬIе travelling Ьу train in GеrmапуЬесачsе hе wasn't used to the system. Не didn't know hоwcomplicated it was.National customs сап Ье surprising and difficult to get used to. TelIthe class аЬочt ап ехреriепсе you had with national customs whепvisiting апоthеr соuпtrу. Use these questions to help уоu.

1 What соuпtrу wеrе уоu visiting and why?2 What national customs seemed strange оr complicated to you?З How wеге you involved?4 Was уоuг ехреriепсе а positive оr negative опе?

\t"Ъ INTERNET pRoJEcT @&77.Рlап а holiday iп Prague!Prague is one of the world's most beautiful and historical cities. ltsentire historica| сепtrе is part of UNESCO's World Cultural andNatural Heritage Register. Read about Рrаguе on UNESCO'ý website.

Now work with а раrtпеr and рlап а week-long holiday in Prague.Decide whеп you want to go, how you рlап to get there апd what youwant to see and do.

Discuss your holiday with the class.

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1 Нighlапdег 2 bald З beetle 4 donkey

Listen to the first part of Chapter Seven and choose the correctanswer - А, В оr С.

1 Тhе Highlander got into trоuЬIе

Л [ and was рut iп ргisоп.В [ becauseofhisclothes.С ! because hе insulted а policeman.

2 J's friепd and his family соuld not walk to the theatre togetherа [ because thеrе wеге too mапу people in thеir grоцр.

В fl so they decided to stay hоmе.

С ! sotheytookthree cabs.

3 In Gеrmапу walking оп the grass

а ! is not allowed in public раrks and gаrdепs.

В ! is not allowed ап5rwhеrе in the соuпtrу.С ! is опlу allowed at night.

4 What path doesn't the old lady want to take?а [ the path fоr children

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It's very easy to get into trоuЬlе in Gеrmапу, but it takes а lot of Ghаrd work to get into trочьIе in EngIand. when уочпgEnglishmen decide to insult а policeman, hе doesn't even knowhе is being insulted; and if he knows, he doesn't саrе. So theуочпg mеп don't get into trouble, although they tried.

In the Gеrmап Police Guide thеrе is а long tist of things thatаrе interesting and exciting, and wiII get уоu into trоuь[еimmediately. And in the guide уоu сап see what the fine is fоreach опе.

Fоr example, in Gеrmапу уоu mцSt not Wеаr Strange clothesin the street. А friend of mine who is а Highlander spent the fiгstdays of his holiday arguing with the police. They asked him whyhe was wеаriпg those uпusuаI cIothes. Му friend is not а vегуfriendly mап and said that hе was wearing them because hewanted to keep wаrm. Тhе poIice did not beIieve him and sent

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him back to his hotel in а саЬ so that nobody could see him. АBritish Gочеrпmепt official spoke to the police and explainedthat in Scotland mапу Highlanders dress in that way. The police

accepted the British official's expIanation, but did not аgrее withthose kinds of c[othes.

Апоthеr thing you саппоt do in the streets of Gеrmап townsand cities is to feed horses оr donkeys. If you want to feedsomebody else's hоrsе, уоu must make an appointment with the

animal and feed him in the рrорег place.

In Gеrmап towns уоц must not walk аrоuпd after dаrk in big

grоuрs. I аm not sцrе how mапу people mаkе а big grоuр. АGеrmап friепd of miпе was happily getting геаdу to go to thethеаtге with his wife, his mother-in-law, five children of his own,

his sister and hеr boyfriend and two nieces. Like all Gеrmапs, mуfriепd and his family love the theater, the ореrа and сопсеrts. lnGеrmапу tickets аrе cheap and so this kind of entertainment is

чеrу рорu[аr. l rеmiпdеd him аЬоut the гulе and hе said, 'Oh, I

don't think thеrе will Ье any рrоЬlеm; wе'rе all one family.''Вцt the гulе doesn't say anything about а family; it simply

says а "big grоuр"', I rерliеd.

His wife began getting wоrriеd and suggested going to thethеаtrе in small grоuрs and then meeting inside the theatre.Ечеrуопе agreed that this was а good idea.

In Gегmапу по опе must ечег walk оп the grass. Even dogsrespect Gеrmап grаss and Gеrmап signs. I saw а Gеrmапgаrdепеr саrеfuIIу rеmоче а bIack beetle that was walking оп thegrass and the beetle looked ashamed of himself as hе hurriеdaWay.

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In Gеrmап рагks there аге separate paths with big signs fоrdifferent kinds of people. Тhеrе аrе special paths fоr 'bicyclists','foot-goers', 'horse-riders', 'children' and 'young ladies who аrеalone'. Тhеrе аrе по раrtiсulаr paths fоr bald mеп. In Dresden l

met an o[d Bnglish lady who didn't know whеrе to go.

'Ехсusе me, sir,' she said, looking at the different signs,'would you mind telling mе what I аm and whеrе I must go?'

I looked at hеr саrеfullу and said, 'Yоu'rе а "grоwп-uр" and а"foot-goer", so уоu had better take the "foot-goer" path.'

She looked at it and was disappointed. 'But I don't want to gothеrе,' she said. 'I want to go the other way.'

'Oh по!' I exclaimed. 'That path is fоr children.''But I won't huгt them,' she replied. 'I like сhildгеп.''I believe you, mаdаm,' I rерIiеd, 'Ьut if you take the children's

path you wiII сегtаiпIу get а big fine and you might end up inрrisоп.'

'But I don't want to go in that direction,' said the рооr oldIady.

'I'm sоrrу, but уоu hаvе to go in that direction,'I said, andwalked away.

Gеrmапs аrе certainly а law-abiding t people.

In the lovely town of Baden-Baden we planned а detailed tendays' tоur of the Black Fоrеst, whеге the DапuЬе River begins.we wеrе чеrу excited аьоut visiting this beautifuI аrеа ofGеrmапу with its talI trees, grееп valIeys and сIеап air. Ноwечег,We Wеrе not able to complete the entire рrоgrаmmе. We plannedto get uр at five in the mогпiпg, have а light breakfast and start

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Опе day as we wеге going uр апd down the hitts of theЬеачtiful Black Fоrеst, Gеоrgе asked Наrris, 'What bicycle didуоц say this was?'

'What do you mеап, George?'said Наrris.'What's the Ьrапd паmе 2 of уоur bicycle?' asked Gеоrgе.'I forgot the Ьrапd паmе,' said Нагris. 'Does it make апу

difference?''Yes, it makes а diffeгence,'said George, who Iooked tired.'Мау I ask why?' said Наrris, who WaS а bit irritated with

George's question.

'WeIl, the роStегs that аdчегtisе most Ьrапds of bicycles showа mап sitting on the bicycle and not doing any work. He's justhappily enjoying the гidе as the bicycle does all the wоrk. Thisbicycle of уоurs, Наrris, is а lazy machine - it's сruеl. I have todo all the work and it does nothfng,' complained Gеоrgе, as heсопtiпuеd going uphilI.

I suppose Gеоrgе was right, since most posters show wel[-dressed mеп and wоmеп riding their shiny bicycles оп suппуdays оп drу, flat rоаds in the green countryside, and they aI[ Iookh"рру and fit.

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Аr I rt was difficult to get into tгоuЬIе

Z ! If you got into trоuЬ[е in Gеrmапу

З П lt was not allowed

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5 П ln Gеrmапу animals could оп[у Ье fed

6 П ; wasn't surе аЬоut

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С Ьесаusе it didn't do апу of the wоrk fоr him.

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F because it was uпсоmfоrtаьIе to ride.

G in England.

Н the police put уоu in рrisоп.I how mапу реор[е make а drоче.

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О Тhеге аrе things that Gеоrgе doesn't discuss with his friепds.eveqrthing

Gеоrgе doesn't ...dК.чЯЭ..gУ.q.tУt'hrЛg... with his friends.

1 Наrris hasn't seen his ацпt in ten years.

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It .................. Наrris saw his aunt.

2 If you don't оЬеу the rulеs, you wiII get а fine.чпlеss

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'Yоu ............. саrеfullу Ьеfоrе swimming in that coldmountain lake,' said J to Наrris.

5 А big firе destroyed the trees in the fоrеst.Wеrе

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6 It is difficult to predict the wеаthеr in the Black Forest.tends

The wеаthег uпрrеdiсtаЫе in the Black Fоrеst.

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Gеоrgе, Нагris and J.

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'Yоu сап Ьогrоw mу пеw саmеrа саrеful withit,'said Наrris.

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Now write а sentence аЬоцt what happened to the three mеп in eachof the eight cities.

@ Wora ýqчаrеEight Gеrmап cities have Ьееп mentioned so far in the story. Can youfind them all in the word square?

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In Сhарtеr Seven George, Наrris and; аrе excited about visiting theBlack Forest.At the end of the 19th сепtцrу the Black Fоrеst did not have thepollution problems of today: acid rаiп, саr emissions, industrialpollution. Pollution has severely damaged the trees, the wildlife andthe eco-system of the forest.

Give а short talk аЬоut the different kinds of pollution in уочr аrеа оrуоцr соцпtrу, and what is being done to stop them.Say what оur planet wiII Ье Iike in ten yeafs if we don't fightpoIIution.Discuss ways of stopping pollution; for exampIe, recycling, education,better laws.

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тhе Вluсk ForestThe Black Forest, а wooded 1 mountain region in south-westGermany, has been one of the country's most interesting and variedtourist attractions for the past 130 уеаrs.Its name refers to the thick dark forests of fir trees that grow on the

mountains. There are also many gleen valleys, lakes, waterfalls,castles and villages in the аrеа.

Unfortunately, а laTge пumЬеr of trees in the Black Forest has been

damaged Ьу acid rain, car emissions and industrial pollution. The

timber 2 industry has also damaged а large part of the forest.

1. wooded : with mапу big forests.2. timber : wood that is used fог building houses and making fuгпiturе.

Рапоrаmiс: view of Baden-Baden.

The highest mountain in the Black Forest is the Feldberg (1,49Зmetres) in the southern part. Numerous rivers including the Danubeand Neckar start in the Black Forest. There are mапу mineralsprings З and famous health centres such as Baden-Baden andWildbad. The mineral springs of Baden-Baden wеrе well knownduring the Roman Empire and the remains of the ancient Romanbaths can still Ье seen near the old castle. The word Ьаdеп mеапs'tоbathe'in German.

There аrе many long distance paths for outdoor activities likecycling, hiking and horse-riding. The Black Forest Association,

з. mineral springs : wаtеr that comes fгоm the grоuпd and containsspeciai miпеrаls that аrе important to health.

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founded about 130 years аgо/ has created over 23,000 kilometres of

walking paths and over 8,000 kilometres of cycling paths, all of

which are clearly marked. In the winter, skiing is the most popularsport.

FTeiburg, the area's biggest city, was founded in 1120 and is аcultural and historical centre with sечеrаl medieval buildings. It is

one of the sunniest and warmest cities in Gеrmапу and an important

tourist attraction.

Т1rе Schzuarzzoalder Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbпuerпhof is an open-airmuseum пеаr Hausach, а small town in the Black Forest. It shows

the life of 16th and 17th century farmers of the аrеа and there are

several reconstTucted Black Forest farmhouses that you can visit.

Тhе Black Forest.

The biggest cuckoo clock of thе world" Triberg.

Although the cuckoo clocka was invented in Augsburg, Germany Ьуа nobleman called Phitipp Наiпhоfеr, several small clock-makersopened shops in the Black Forest and started making all kinds ofcuckoo clocks between 1740-50, The Black Forest became the centrefor the production of cuckoo clocks, which are sold all over theworld.In the lovely town of Triberg you сап see the world's largest woodencuckoo clock, built in the shape of а typical Black Forest house, andvisit the Black Forest Museum. The beautiful Triberg Waterfalls near

the town are the most famous in Gеrmапу.

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Furtwangen is another interesting town, known for its musical clockswhich play а musical melody every hour. These musical clocks are

famous а11 очеr the world. At the German clock and watch Мusеumyou can see historical and modern clocks and watches of ail sizes.

Hohenzollern Castle is а big 15th century castle about 50 kilometres

south of Stuttgart, which is visited Ьу more than

300,000 tourists ечеrу year. Тhеrе are severai

оthеr smaller castles in the Black Forest,

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What has pollution done to the Black Fоrеst?

а ! lt has made it black.

в [ Дlthе talltrees have died.

С ! It has damaged the trees.

П ! It has Ьrоught heavy гаiпs.

Why is Ваdеп-Ваdеп fаmоus?

а ! Because thеrе аrе mапу riчегs in the town.

В ! Because thеrе аrе fаmоus health сепtrеs with miпеrаIsрriпgs.

С ! Because thеrе is ап old Rоmап castle оп the hill.

О [ Because it was Ьцilt on the FеtdЬеrg Mountain.

What has the Black Forest Association done in the past 1ЗО

уеаrs?а ! rt has built а lаrgе сuсukоо clock fог tourists.

В ! It has сгеаtеd the Black Fогеst Chocolate Cake.

С ! rt has created thousands of kilometres of walking andcycling paths.

О ! rt has protected the Black Forest against pollution.

What сап уоц see in ТriЬеrg?

а ] Тhе wоrld's largest wooden сuсkоо clock.

В [ The Gеrmап Clock and Watch Мusеum.

С [ Тhе Ноhепzо[lеrп Castle.

П ! ап ореп-аir musеum with гесопstruсtеd Black Fоrеstfarmhouses.

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1 In Gегmапу а[[ dogs look a[ike.

2 Gеrmап dogs аге печег Ьоrеd.

З The dog that pulled the milk саrt barked а lot.

4 The old lady's dog said hе was asking аЬоut the weather.

5 The old lady wanted to go hоmе Ьесацsе it was гаiпiпg.

6 The tгаm гап очеr the old man and the milk саrt dog.

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1 DеsсгiЬе the stгееt уоu see.

2 What is the milk саrt dog doing?

З What do the two dogs look like?

4 Why is the old lady апgrу?

5 What do you think the man is saying?

Look at the picture on page 1О5 апd answer the questions.

1 Why аrе the thгее friепds uпdеr the big tгее?2 Who is the mап with the umЬгеllа?

3 What is he saying to the thrее friends?

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Gеrmапs hate laziness iп any living thing and their dogs loveto wоrk. The life of the typical English dog must Ье misегаЬlе fоrhim. Imagine а strопg, intelligent dog with а lot of епеrgу thatspends the епtiге day doing nothing. Не gets into trоuЬIеЬесаusе he's tеггiЬIу Ьогеd.

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уоu about the dog that pulled the milk саrt; 2 he didn't do апуrеаl work Ьесаusе the mап pushed the cart and he barked loudly.

'The old mап can't Ьаrk, Ьut he can push the саrt,' the dogthought. 'Vеrу weII!'

The dog took great interest in the business. When апоthеrdog passed Ьу and made а nasty comment аЬоut the milk, hestopped and said, 'Раrdоп mе, what did you say about оuг milk?'

'Оh, l said nothing аЬоut уоur milk,' answered the оthег doggently, 'l was saying that it's а fine day and I wanted to ask youthe рriсе of chalk.'

'Oh, so you want to know the рriсе of chalk?' asked the milkсаrt dog nervously.

'Yes, thanks, I thought you might know. If I had known theрriсе, I wouldn't have asked.'

'Yоu'ге right, I know the рriсе of chalk. It's -' said the milkсагt dog.

'Oh, соmе a[ong!' said the old lady, who was the оwпеr of theоthеr dog. Shе was hot and tired and rеаdу to go hоmе.

'Let's go,' said the oId mап to the milk саrt dog. 'It's gettingIate.' But the dog didn't mоче.

'Just а minute,' said the milk cart dog to the old mап, 'did youhеаr what hе said аЬоut оur milk?'

'Оh, печег mind himl' said the old mап. 'Look, there's а trаmcoming аrоuпd the соrпеr and it's going to rцп us очеr!'

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go home.'

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that was pulling а Ьrеаd саrt wanted to Ье раrt of the discussion. @А small crowd of people was watching the sсепе and а policeman

was ruппiпg to see what was hаррепiпg.'Chalk is worth just twenty times as muсh as you'll Ье wоrth

аftег fighting уоu,' said the miIk cart dog angrily.'Оh, do уоu think so?' replied the оthеr dog.

'Yes, I do, уоu grandson of а Frепсh poodle, you silly...''That's enough,' said the old mап with the milk саrt. 'Look at

what's happeningI'

Тhеrе was а scene of noise and confusion, and five minutesIater the policeman walked away with the паmе and address ofeverybody оп the street. They wеrе аII in trоuЬlе.

Тhе milk саrt dog Iooked аrоuпd and said рrоudlу, 'WeIl, I

think t told him the рriсе of chalk. I'm surе he won't make апуmоrе nasty соmmепts about оur milk.'

'I'm surе he won't,' said the old mап as he looked at the spiltmilk оп the rоаd and stагtеd pushing the milk саrt while the dogbarked loudly.

One thing that аппоуеd us during оur hoIiday was theрrеsепсе of Gеrmап restaurants ечеrуwhеге. Оп top of аbeautiful mountain, in а grееп valley, Ьу а tall waterfall, оr пеаrа romantic lake in the hills you will always find а rеstаurапt withIong wooden tabIes, big chairs and the strong smelI of roastmeat and spinach.

Опе day we decided to cross а wood and cIimb а talImоuпtаiп.

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'I'm surе we'll find апоthеr big rеstаurапt with people eatinghugе quantities of food up there,' said Наrris angrily.

'Do уоu think so?' asked Gеоrgе.'Of соursе,' апswеrеd Наrris. 'It's almost impossible to find а

place whеrе уоu can go and think poetic thoughts.''\MeIl,' I said, 'it's а sunny mоrпiпg; Iet's go.'

We walked through the wonderful grееп forest and weenjoyed the clean, cool аir. Тhеп we climbed uр to the top of the

mountain. It was а wonderful walk in the middle of паturе. whепwe got to the top we looked at each оthеr with satisfaction.

'Great view, isn't it?' said Наrris cheerfulIy. 'Yоu can see fоrmiles аrоuпd Ьесаusе it's such а сlеаr day.'

'Yes, magnificent,' said Gеоrgе. 'l feel Iike I'm оп top of theworld. This is the best!'

'And thеrе's по rеstоurопt up hеrе to spoil the view,' I added.'Аrе we surе thеrе isn't апу restaurant?' asked George.'WelI, I suрроsе we could Iook fоr one,' said Наrris, looking

аrоuпd.'Вut it seems that this is the only square miIe inGеrmапу without а rеstаurапt.'

'And we thrее fоuпd itl' I said proudly,'What good luckl' said Наrris сhееrfullу. 'Now we can аdmirе

паturе in аII its beauty.'

After а few minutes of siIence George said, 'Speaking ofпаtцrе, which road should we take to go down?'

I Iooked in оuг guide book and said, 'The rоаd to the left.'Storms соmе quickly in the Black Fоrеst and after а quаrtеr

of ап hоur it started гаiпiпg hаrd, чеrу hагd. Оur clothes wеrеgetting wet and we didn't know what to do.

'At this point I wish thеrе wеrе а rеstаurапt up hеге,' saidНаrris, Iooking аrоuпd.

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'This way wе'rе wet ond hungry!'said Gеоrgе.Suddenly we hеаrd а voice coming frоm а big gentleman who

stood at а distance frоm цs uпdеr an umьrеllа.'\Mon't уоu соmе inside?' he asked in а lоud voice.'Inside whеrе?' l shouted. I thought hе was tгуiпg to Ье fuппу.'Inside the rеstаurапt,' he апswегеd.

We rап to him as he said, 'I called you frоm the window Ьutyou рrоЬаЬIу didn't hеаr mе. This stоrm could last fоr апоthегhоur and you'll get чеrу wet.'

Не was а kind old gentleman who seemed wоrriеd about us.'Thank you, siг, уоu'ге чеrу kind,' I said. 'We didn't know thеrе

was а геstаurапt hеrе because it's hidden Ьу the trees.''That's why I саmе out,' гер[iеd the old gentleman smiling.We stopped at the rеstачrапt fог а couple of hours, dried

ourselves, ate а good meal and talked about the view.

We wеrе seated in the gагdеп of the hotel in Вопп, Iookingdown at the lights оп the Rhine Riчеr the last evening of оurЬummеI. It was а beautifu[, саlm night. We planned to catch theеаrIу mоrпiпg train the next day and start оur trip back toBritain.

'This has been а wопdеrful ЬummеI on the whole,' Наrris said,'а bit tiring at times, but чегу inteгesting.'

'\Л/е'vе all had the сhапgе we needed,' I said.'\Л/е'vе sееп а [ot of beautifцI places and we've lеаrпеd а lot

аЬоut Gеrmапу and its peopIe,' said Gеоrgе.'Yes, it'S Ьееп чеrу pleasant,' I said. 'I'm sоrrу it's очеr, but

I'm glad wе'rе going home.'

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1 Gеrmап dogs had always fascinated J

а ! and he decided to buy опе.В [ because they wеrе so big.

С [ because thеrе wеге so mапу different kinds.О ! because they wеrе lazy.

2 What did Нагris want to рhоtоgгарh?а ! The old mап who was pushing а сагt.в ! The dog that looked tike а fish and а poodle.с ! The milk cart dog.

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3 Typical English dogs wеrе uпhарру Ьесаusеа ! they wеrе always Ьоrеd.В [ they wеrе always huпgгу.С ] thеуwогkеdtооhаrd.О ! they didn't have а mаstег.

4 What was the job of the milk-caгt dog?а ! Не pushed the milk сагt.В ! Не pulled the milk саrt.с ! не fought with оthеr dogs.о [ не Ьаrkеd toudly.

What аппоуеd Gеогgе, Наrris and.J duriпg their Gеrmап holiday?а ! The tandem bicycle.В ! The паrrоw uphill roads.С [ The presence ofGerman rеstаuгапts ечеrуwhеrе.О ! Thefoggyweather.

Who could finally аdmirе паtuге in аII its beauty?а ! НаrrisВ fl GеоrgеС ! the thrее friendsП ! the big gentleman

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7 Whеrе did the thrее friends spend their last night in Gеrmапу?

а fl Оп а boat on the Rhine Riчег.

В ! ln а геstаurапt on top of а mоuпtаiп.

С [ ln а trаiп station.О ! ln а hotel iп Вопп.

'Look, there'S а trаm coming around the соrпеr and it's goingto run us очеr!'

Rчп очеr is а phrasal чеrЬ and like all рhrаsаI чеrЬs it is а combinationof а чеrЬ and ап аdчеrЬ оr preposition, which tоgеthеr have а раrtiсulагmeaning.

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А Finish one's supply of something.

В Meet difficulties.С Find оr meet Ьу сhапсе.

D Knock down and pass очеr the top.

Е Go away, leave.

F Steal and саrrу off something.

Now цsе the correct phrasal чеrЬ in the following sentences.

1 After five уеаrs, Мrs Наrris ап old friепd.

2 'l'm busy поw,' said Ethelbertha to hеr сhildгеп, 'please ............... .'

3 Gеоrgе mапу difficu[ties in the cushion shop.

4 Yеstегdау the gгеепgrосеr iп Folkestone ............... vegetables.

5 ЕthеlЬеrthа was сгуiпg because а thief hеr suitcase.

6 Тhе пеwsрареr said that а tram ап old cat last night.

@ Гtrrasal уеrЬsА Look at the phrasal verbs (1-6) and match them with thеir

meaning (Д-Г). Use а dictionary to help уоч.

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. Yоur ехрегiепсе in London with the оwпег of the boot shop оп theday of уоur dераrturе.

. Yоur еmЬагrаssiпg ехреriепсе in the cushion shop that only Jknows about.

. Yоur thoughts about posters that advertise bicycles and whyНаrгis's bicycle is а сгuе[ machine.

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Iп this сhарtег the milk сагt dog has а job and hе is рrоud of it.What оthеr jobs do dogs do?Do уоu think they enjoy their wоrk?Which оthеr animals wоrk? What do they do and why is thеiг wоrkimрогtапt?Аrе thеrе jobs that only animals сап do?What аrе animals' гights? How do you feel about protectinganimals'rights?What сап we do to protect animals'rightsZ

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Think of words to put in the balloons when the сhаrасtеrs аrеspeaking оr thinking. Do not цsе the words that wеrе used in thisbook!

Тhеп write at least а sепtепсе цпdеr each picture to паrrаtе what ishappening.

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All the structures used in the previous levels, plus the following:

yеrь tenses

Present Perfect bimple: the first l sесопd etc. time that .,.

Present Perfect Continuous: unfinished past with./or or siпсе(duration fогm)

YеrЬ fогms and patternsPassive fоrms: Present Perfect SimpleReported speech introduced Ьу precise гeporting verbs

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Modal чеrЬs

Ве l get used to + -йg: habit formation

Had better: duty and wаrпiпg

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3rd Conditional: f + Past Perfect, would(п't) have

Conditionals with mау l might

Non-defining relative clauses with: which, whose

Clauses of concession: еvеп though; iп spite of; despite

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