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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
The adventurous piano-salesman stopped at the 1)_______ and thought, then he
passed the 2)_______ again and took a 3)_______ card from the black giant’s hand.
He read the same 4)_______ words written in exactly the same 5)_______, as it was
on the first card.
Rudolf picked up 6)_______ or 7)_______ cards, thrown down by the people, both
in front of and behind him, each one was a dentist’s card. He 8)_______ the Negro
again, but this time he 9)_______ no card. It even seemed to Rudolf that the black
giant turned away from him in 10)______ .
THE ADVENTURE OF MY AUNT
I. BEFORE LISTENING TASKS
a. Read carefully the following proper names, words and expressions.
Make sure you know what they mean
Proper names
Derbyshire
Words and expressions
a very manly woman
he was no match for my aunt
it undermined his health
enough to cure a whole hospital
all was in vain
to honour his memory
a miniature
a full-length portrait
to be stuck with the lonely appearance
of her house
she always saw to all things herself
her sigh was re-echoed
putting her hair in papers
to give her a wink
she overturned her workbox
as if in doubt whether to go
a red-hot poker
she liked to take the law into her own
hands
cleanliness
to draw the man through the
horsepond
to dry him with a wooden “towel” 
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       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
The adventurous piano-salesman stopped at the 1)_______ and thought, then he
passed the 2)_______ again and took a 3)_______ card from the black giant’s hand.
He read the same 4)_______ words written in exactly the same 5)_______, as it was
on the first card.
Rudolf picked up 6)_______ or 7)_______ cards, thrown down by the people, both
in front of and behind him, each one was a dentist’s card. He 8)_______ the Negro
again, but this time he 9)_______ no card. It even seemed to Rudolf that the black
giant turned away from him in 10)______ .


                          THE ADVENTURE OF MY AUNT

   I.     BEFORE LISTENING TASKS

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

Proper names
Derbyshire

Words and expressions
a very manly woman                            putting her hair in papers
he was no match for my aunt                   to give her a wink
it undermined his health                      she overturned her workbox
enough to cure a whole hospital               as if in doubt whether to go
all was in vain                               a red-hot poker
to honour his memory                          she liked to take the law into her own
a miniature                                   hands
a full-length portrait                        cleanliness
to be stuck with the lonely appearance        to draw the man through the
of her house                                  horsepond
she always saw to all things herself          to dry him with a wooden “towel”
her sigh was re-echoed

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