- •Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •It's a lovely day, isn't it? Well, the Robert won, Mum!
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Lesson 7.
- •Lesson 8.
- •Lеsson 9
- •Lesson 10
- •Lesson 12
- •Lesson 13
- •Lesson 14
- •Lesson 15
- •Lesson 16
- •Lesson 17
- •Lesson 18
- •Lesson 19
- •Lesson 20
- •Lesson 21
- •If there’s anything a woman needs after looking over a house, it’s
- •Lesson 22
- •Lesson 23
- •Lesson 24
- •Lesson 25
- •Lesson 26
- •Lesson 27
- •Lesson 28
- •Lesson 29
- •Lesson 30
- •Lesson 31
- •Lesson 32
- •/Sound of bus starting up/
- •Meet the parkers
Lesson 12
Text of conversation:
Harry: Nora! Nora!
Nora: /Coming into the room/: Yes, what is it now, Harry?
Harry: Oh, there you are. Look here, Nora, I'm tired of lying here on my back with nothing to do. I hate doing nothing.
Nora: Don't be silly, Harry. you've got a temperature, and just be quiet, and stop preventing me from doing my housework.
Harry: No, seriously, Nora, I can't bear it. Lying flat on my back.
Nora: Well, then, try lying on your stomach for a change!
Harry: Stop being funny. I'm going to get up. There. Look, I'm standing up. I'm quite all right. What's the use of staying in bed?
Nora: I think you're being very silly. You'll only make your temperature go up again.
Harry: It's no use talking, Nora - being in bed doesn't suit me.
Nora: No - and trying to nurse you doesn't suit me!
Harry: Now don't be bitter about it. You know I'm grateful to you for looking after me. But you mustn't try to keep me in bed like a naughty boy.
Nora: Well, you begin it, by behaving like a naughty
boy!
Harry: I’m all against this staying in bed for no reason.
Nora: Harry, being ill is a reason… Now don’t stand by
that window and catch another cold… Let me see,
half past eleven –
Harry: Why do you keep looking at the clock?
Nora: I’m expecting Mother – she’s coming over for the
day.
Harry: Good heavens, I didn’t know that.
Nora: Yes, I think she has something she wants to talk to
you about.
Harry: Oh heavens! Has she? /groans/… You know, Nora, I
do feel a bit ill; perhaps I had better get back to
bed.
Nora: /Disingenuously/: Oh, what a pity! I thought
perhaps you night stay up to see her.
Harry: /To himself/: That’s the very reason I’m getting
back into bed!
Nora: What did you say?
Harry: Oh, her – nothing.
Lesson 13
Text of conversation
Nora: Harry … would you like to give me a hand before you go out?
Harry: Of course, Nora, I’d be please to. What do you want done?
Nora: Well, I want to turn out the drawing-room this morning, and I wondered if you would very much mind moving the china cupboard out from the wall.
Harry: The china cupboard! Why, that hasn’t been moved away from the wall since my mother gave it to us.
Nora: All the more reason for moving it now! I should like to sweep behind it – there must be a heap of dust that wants getting rid of.
Harry: Right you are. Do you mind if I finish my coffee first? / does/ Now then. Let’s see this cupboard. HM… Now Nora, would you mind putting your hand on it, just to steady it while I pull it forward. We don’t want it falling over.
Nora: Don’t you want the china taken first?
Harry: No, I think we can manage. It isn’t so very heavy. Ugh! It’s coming! Would you mind not pushing it back while I’m trying to pull it out?
Nora: You told me to steady it!
Harry: /Laughs/: Yes, darling – you’re doing very nicely. Ugh! Here she comes / a slight tinkle/ What was that?
Nora: Something fell down behind the cupboard. Oh, look, Harry! It’s your mother’s ring that she thought had been stolen. After all this time!
Harry: How marvelous! That’s your reward for cleaning the room so thoroughly.
Nora: It’s you who ought to have a reward for helping me move the cupboard.
Harry: Well, I can’t wear the ring – but I hope you will!