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9. Why did Elinor decide to clutch the one chance if there was any?
10. How did she feel after the operation?
11. How was the ability to hear coming back to Elinor?
DETAILED COMPREHENSION
a. Listen to the story another time. Are these statements true or false?
Give reasons
1. Elinor was deaf, mute and dumb and couldn’t communicate with people.
2. The girl was an invalid since childhood.
3. Jack worked for Elinor’s father and was good and kind to his daughter.
4. Jack and Elinor lived in a little house with Elinor’s father.
5. The little girls preferred the company of their father because it was easier to
communicate with him.
6. Beryl and Peggy could sing beautifully like primadonnas.
7. Elinor had been deaf for about 20 years before she was operated on.
b. Explain the words and expressions given in part I and reproduce the
situations in which they were used
III. SPEAKING
a. Retell the story as close to the text as you can
b. Talking points
1. Do you think Jack married Elinor only because he was sorry for her and her
father had some money?
2. Doesn’t it seem to you that Beryl and Peggy, the twins, were unkind and
egoistic preferring their father’s company to their mother’s?
3. What were the reasons that made Elinor take the risk of the operation? What
“song in thequiet world” did she hear in her dreams?
4. What happened when Elinor came home after the operation? Continue the
story bringing it to a suitable end.
c. 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
By the time they were 1)_______ years old they were sweet little 2)_______,
flaxen-haired , pink- faced, 3)_______.and exactly 4)_______ , and to Elinor who 
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   9. Why did Elinor decide to clutch the one chance if there was any?
   10. How did she feel after the operation?
   11. How was the ability to hear coming back to Elinor?

           DETAILED COMPREHENSION

        a. Listen to the story another time. Are these statements true or false?
           Give reasons
   1.   Elinor was deaf, mute and dumb and couldn’t communicate with people.
   2.   The girl was an invalid since childhood.
   3.   Jack worked for Elinor’s father and was good and kind to his daughter.
   4.   Jack and Elinor lived in a little house with Elinor’s father.
   5.   The little girls preferred the company of their father because it was easier to
        communicate with him.
   6.   Beryl and Peggy could sing beautifully like primadonnas.
   7.   Elinor had been deaf for about 20 years before she was operated on.

        b. Explain the words and expressions given in part I and reproduce the
           situations in which they were used

   III.    SPEAKING

        a. Retell the story as close to the text as you can

        b. Talking points
   1.   Do you think Jack married Elinor only because he was sorry for her and her
        father had some money?
   2.   Doesn’t it seem to you that Beryl and Peggy, the twins, were unkind and
        egoistic preferring their father’s company to their mother’s?
   3.   What were the reasons that made Elinor take the risk of the operation? What
        “song in thequiet world” did she hear in her dreams?
   4.   What happened when Elinor came home after the operation? Continue the
        story bringing it to a suitable end.

        c. 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
By the time they were 1)_______ years old they were sweet little 2)_______,
flaxen-haired , pink- faced, 3)_______.and exactly 4)_______ , and to Elinor who

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