How to Discuss a Story. Бунеева И.М - 17 стр.

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c. Choose one of the talking points and sum up the discussion in pairs
d. Improve your listening / pronunciation skills
Listen to the following passage from the story; fill in the blanks;
intone the passage; learn it by heart.
You have told me your sister was a 1)_______ . She scrubbed the floors of offices
and 2)_______. Now I want to ask you a question: where do people lose 3)_______
most often? In the theatres, of course. Look at that piece of 4)_______, Mr. Meeks.
Do you notice something round has been 5)_______ in it? I think it was a ring
perhaps a 6)_______ ring. My 7)_______ is this: Mrs. Snyder found the ring while
scrubbing the floor in the theatre. Then she tore off a piece of a programme,
wrapped the ring and took it 8)_______. Next day she 9)_______ it. Then she
10)______ to a first-class boarding house. If everything I have told you
11)_______, we may find your sister in 12)_______ Avenue 13)_______. Lets
hurry there.
THE GREEN DOOR
I. BEFORE LISTENING TASKS
a. Read carefully the following proper names, words and expressions.
Make sure you know what they mean
Proper names
Rudolf Steiner
Words and expressions
a true adventurer
in search of an adventure
to lead into trouble
the victim of clever swindlers
handed the dentists cards to passers-by
the Hand of Fate
as if in a faint
brought back some of her colour
small wages and big fines
cant get rid of me
piano-tuner
a first-rate show
stopped for a glass of beer and a cigar
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        c. Choose one of the talking points and sum up the discussion in pairs

       d. ►Improve your listening / pronunciation skills
          Listen to the following passage from the story; fill in the blanks;
          intone the passage; learn it by heart.
“You have told me your sister was a 1)_______ . She scrubbed the floors of offices
and 2)_______. Now I want to ask you a question: where do people lose 3)_______
most often? In the theatres, of course. Look at that piece of 4)_______, Mr. Meeks.
Do you notice something round has been 5)_______ in it? I think it was a ring –
perhaps a 6)_______ ring. My 7)_______ is this: Mrs. Snyder found the ring while
scrubbing the floor in the theatre. Then she tore off a piece of a programme,
wrapped the ring and took it 8)_______. Next day she 9)_______ it. Then she
10)______ to a first-class boarding house. If everything I have told you
11)_______, we may find your sister in № 12)_______ Avenue 13)_______. Let’s
hurry there.

                                THE GREEN DOOR

   I.      BEFORE LISTENING TASKS

        a. Read carefully the following proper names, words and expressions.
           Make sure you know what they mean

Proper names
Rudolf Steiner

Words and expressions
a true adventurer
in search of an adventure
to lead into trouble
the victim of clever swindlers
handed the dentist’s cards to passers-by
the Hand of Fate
as if in a faint
brought back some of her colour
small wages and big fines
can’t get rid of me
piano-tuner
a first-rate show
stopped for a glass of beer and a cigar