How to Discuss a Story. Бунеева И.М - 42 стр.

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   9. Comment on the title of the story.

        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
The trouble was I couldn’t really 1)_______ much about that 2)_______ . The first
3)_______.was clear enough, but I had only a rather 4)_______ , surrealistic
impression of what had 5)_______ after that. No 6)_______ I made a fool of
myself in front of the 7)_______, I thought gloomily, remembering the 8)_______
noisy group I’d been with. Still, I was quite determined 9)_______ her again. I had
no 10)_______ what her name was, but it would be easy enough to 11)_______ .
I lay for a while, thinking, then 12) _______ myself together, and got up. After a
13)_______ and a shave I felt 14)_______. After a cup of coffee at the café on the
15)_______ I felt fine.


                                THE-SILLY-PUP
                  By Alan Marshall (from “How’s Andy Doing?”)

   I.     BEFORE LISTENING TASKS

        a. Have you heard about Alan Marshall? What do you know about this
           writer? (Use a dictionary)

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

Proper names
The-Silly-Pup
the Riverina sheep station
Ben Phillips, Mrs. Phillips
Mr. Morrison
Edith
Steve
Jack
Alice

Words and expressions
the air of one on a mission                     undersized insignificant pup
a litter                                        to lag behind the others