21. Read and translate the dialogue

A Little more gossip

Mrs. Jones: I hear that the new people at number thirty-five send their boy to a private boarding- school instead of the local school. What snobs they are!

Mrs. Smith: They are, aren't they? I wouldn't dream of sending my little boy away to some strange institution for months on end every year. I think it's cruel.

Mrs. Jones: It is, isn't it? It would break my heart every term. And the thing is that these private schools are of­ten not as good as free state schools.

Mrs. Smith: They aren't, are they? My nephew only went to his local grammar school and he's just been awarded a scholarship to study classics at Oxford.

Mrs. Jones: The Williams only send their boy away for the sake of appearances. They just like to show off.

Mrs. Smith: Yes, they do, don't they? Of course, some people say that a boarding-school education is good for children because it teaches them to have confidence in themselves and they learn to be less de­pendent on their parents. But I think it only turns them into snobs.

Mrs. Jones: It does, doesn't it? Still, I don't know what I'll do with my Trevor next year. I don't want him to go to that big new school. The children of all commonest people in the area go there.

Mrs. Smith: Well, they're closing all the old schools. If you don't like the new state school, you'll just have to pay to send him to a private school, won't you?

22. Correct the mistakes

1. Mrs. Jones sends her boy to a private boarding-school.

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2. Mrs. Smith's nephew went to the London University.

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3. A boarding-school education makes children lazy.

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4. You'll just have to pay to send him to a state school.

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5. Mrs. Smith sends her boy away for the sake of appearances.

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23. Read and translate the dialogue

Examination day

Victor: Hey, Maria! Have you finished your exam?

Maria: Yes, I have.

Victor: Was it difficult?

Maria: Well, it was quite hard.

Victor: Did you pass?

Maria: I don't know... she didn't tell me.

Victor: What questions did she ask?

Maria: First she asked me what my name was.

Victor: That was easy, wasn't it?

Maria: ...then she asked me where I came from, and how long I'd been studying at the school.

Victor.... and what else did she ask?

Maria: She asked when I had begun studying English, and she asked how I would use English in the future.

Victor: Go on...

Maria: Then she asked me if I liked the school, and if I lived with my parents.

Victor: Anything else?

Maria: Oh, Victor! I'm trying to remember…….oh, yes! She asked if I spoke any other languages.

Victor: Is that all?

Maria: Oh, there were a lot of other questions. She asked me what my hobbies were, and she asked me to tell her about them. Then she gave me a picture and asked me to describe it Oh, and then I was asked to read a passage.

Victor: What did she say at the end?

Maria: Ah! She asked me to tell you to go in…….. immediately.