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[00:06.35]A Lesson to Learn
[00:08.65]John was the only son of a wealthy American businessman.
[00:13.35]Usually he was taken to school by the chauffeur in his father's beautiful car,
[00:17.55]before the chauffeur took John's father to his office.
[00:21.03]One evening his father told him that he had to go to the airport early the next day,
[00:26.20]so he would need the car at the time that John had to go to school.He said that John's mother,who possessed another car,
[00:33.41]would still be in bed at the time he had to leave the house.
[00:36.62]"Well,how will I get to school if you need your car and Mummy is still in bed?"John asked.
[00:42.76]His father thought this was a good opportunity to teach him a lesson about how hard life was for the less fortunate people of the world,
[00:51.23]so he answered,"You'll go in the same way as every other child in the world goes--in a taxi."
[00:58.54]Text B
[01:00.76]What's Going on Here?
[01:03.37]POLICEMAN:What's going on here?
[01:05.31]MAN:You mean,what'shappening?Well,constable,I'm trying to get out of the window and Fren here is helping me.
[01:13.14]POLICEMAN:Why are you climbing through the window and not leaving by the front door?
[01:18.24]MAN:Well,you see I can't find the key and I'm in a hurry.Come on,Fred,We're wasting time.
[01:24.01]POLICEMAN:Just a minute you two.I don't think you're telling me the truth.This isn't your house,is it?
[01:30.25]MAN:No,it's my brother's.I'm staying with him for a while.
[01:34.64]POLICEMAN:Is he at home?
[01:36.73]MAN:I'm afraid not.He's in jail for house-breaking at the moment.
[01:40.75]7.
[01:44.12]Read the following passage once.
[01:47.23]Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.
[01:53.14]Todd heard all the hammering behind the Marsey's house.
[01:57.97]He went to see what was going on.
[02:00.37]Jeff Marsey was making something from long pieces of wood.
[02:05.62]"What is it?"Todd asked.
[02:08.34]"A pair of stilts,"Jeff said.
[02:12.02]Todd knew that stilts could make you several feet taller.
[02:16.28]Jeff was putting blocks of wood on the stilts.
[02:19.81]These were for his feet to rest on.Once you got used to them,you could walk anywhere on stilts.
[02:28.09]"I'm also making a pair of long pants,"Jeff said.
[02:32.71]"They'll come all the way down and cover the stilts.I'll look like a giant."
[02:38.77]As the summer went on,Todd forgot all about the stilts.One night Todd was watching television.
[02:47.65]His cousin came running in the front door.He'd never seen her so excited.
[02:53.56]"You'd better call the police,"she said.
[02:56.82]"Why?"asked Todd.
[02:59.64]"I was walking home,"she said.
[03:02.78]"I looked up and saw a --a giant.
[03:06.64]He was following me.He wore big baggy pants.He was very stiff and straight.
[03:14.19]Each step was a huge step.I'm going to call the police."