2. Mike, Myra and Violet

(Myra and Violet are typists in the library)

Myra: (smiling) Hello, Mike!

Mike: Hello, Myra. Hello, Violet. You're looking nice, Violet.

(silence)

Mike: Would you like some ice-cream, Violet?

Violet: No thanks, Mike. I'm busy typing. Talk to me some other time. I have ninety-nine pages to type by Friday.

Mike: Never mind. Do you like riding, Violet? Violet: Sometimes.

Mike: Would you like to come riding with we tonight, Violet?

Violet: Not tonight, Mike. I'm going for a drive with Nigel.

Mike: What about Friday?

Violet: I'm going climbing with Miles.

Mike: Hm! Oh, all right. Bye!

Myra: Violet, he's put something behind your typewriter.

V i о 1 e t: Is it something nice, Myra?

Myra: No. It's a spider.

87. Read the rhymes and learn them.

    1. Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day, Little Johnny wants to play. 2. Rain, rain, go to Spain, Never show your face again. 3. This is the way the ladies ride, Nim, nim, nim, nim. This is the way the gentlemen ride, Trim, trim, trim, trim. This is the way the fanners ride, Trot, trot, trot, trot. This is the way the huntsmen ride, A-gallop, a-gallop, a-gallop, a-gallop. This is the way the ploughboys ride, Hobble-dy-gee, hobble-dy-gee.

    4. There was a young lady whose eyes Were unique as to colour and size, When she opened them wide, People all turned aside. And started away in surprise. 5. There was a fat man of Bombay Who was smoking one sunshine day, When a bird called a snipe Flew away with his pipe, Which vexed the fat man of Bombay. 6. There was a young lady of Norway. Who casually sat on a doorway. When the door squeezed her flat, She exclaimed, "What of that?" That courageous young lady of Norway.

88. Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.

1. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day.

2. If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

3. No pains, no gains.

4. When the cat is away, the mice will play.

5. After dinner sit awhile after supper walk a mile.

6. Haste makes waste.

7. To make hay while the sun shines.

8. The blind leading the blind.

9. A stitch in time saves nine.

10. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

11. A cat has nine lives.

12. Out of sight, out of mind.

13. To call a spade a spade.

Sound [oi]

89. Track 29. Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences.

    1 a) corn	□	b) coin	□
    2 a) bawling	□	b) boiling	□
    3 a) all	□	b) oil	□
    4 a) aw	□	b) oi	□
    5 a) bore	□	b) boy	□
    6a) all	□	b) oil	□

90. Track 30. First practise the target sound [OI] in words from the dialogue. Read the words aloud.

    boy toy noise voice spoilt pointing destroyed employed appointment annoying disappointing

91. Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound.