Romance
Childhood and adolescence
Exercise 6. Read and translate the text below. Then do the exercises to the text.
A Day with Granny
Exercise 5. Read and translate the following text. Then do the tasks below.
Two weeks ago, my cousin George and I decided to visit our grandmother in London.
We went up to London in the morning. After lunch we all three decided to sail down the Thames to Greenwich to have a look at the old ship-But suddenly it started raining, so we had to change our plans.
We made up our minds to visit Madame Tussaud's instead. George hadn't been there before.
We were lucky: we got a taxi — and there was no queue! It was great fun seeing all the wax figures. There were some new ones I hadn't seen before.
After an hour Granny felt a little tired and wanted to sit down and rest for a moment. She told us to go down and take a look at all the murderers in the cellar. We promised to be back again in half an hour.
When we came back we saw two American tourists standing in front of Granny. One of them was taking a photo of her.
We didn't understand why — but then we heard one of them say, "She sure looks like a real woman!" — You should have seen their face:, a moment later when Granny opened her eyes!
(After M. Cain)
Do the following tasks to the text:
- Explain why the young men and their grandmother decided to sail down to Greenwich.
- Say what mistake the American tourist made.
- Explain where in lies the humorous effect of the story.
Sam (on the right) was born in Scotland but when he was two, his father got a new job in Los Angeles, and he grew up in California. He went to university at 19 where ..................
... he metAnthea. He went out withher (=she was his
girlfriend;he was her boyfriend)for three years, but
towards the end they had lots of rows(= arguments)
and finally they split up(= separated/ended their
relationship). In his mid-twentieshe met Marie. They
fell in loveand ……………..