James Doyle and the Boilermakers' Strike

Old Gentleman: I say, boy! What's all that frightful noise? Boy: It's the boilermakers from Tyneside. They're on strike. I'm on my way to join them.

Old Gentleman: You a boilermaker?

Boy: Me? No, I slave for United Alloys. But I'll add my voice to anyone fighting for his rights.

Old Gentleman: Wait! Why are they striking this time?

В о у: A rise in wages mainly — and overtime for nights.

Old Gentleman: Why don't they use their brains? A rise in pay means rising prices and greater inflation. What's the point? Who gains?

Boy: That's blackmail, mate. There's high unemployment in Tyneside and the employers exploit the situation. They pay a highly trained boilermaker starvation wages. It's a disgrace.

Old Gentleman: What's your name?

Boy: James Doyle. I come from a line of fighters. My Aunt Jane chained herself to the railings in 1809. She was quite famous.

Old Gentleman: I'll be highly annoyed if you tie yourself to mine!

97. Read the rhymes and learn them.

    1. Taffy was born On a moonshiny night, His head in a pipkin, His heels upright. 2. Cry, baby, cry, Put your finger in your eye, And tell your mother it wasn't I.	4. There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger, They returned from the ride With the lady inside, And the smile on the face of the tiger.
    3. This is the grave of Mike O'Day, Who died, maintaining his right of way. His right was clear, his will was strong But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong.	5. There was an old person of Troy, Whose drink was warm brandy and soy, Which he took with a spoon, By the light of the moon, In sight of the city of Troy.

98. Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.

1. Let bygones be bygones..

2. A blind leader of the blind.

3. He gives twice who gives in a trice.

4. No joy without alloy.

5. Since Adam was a boy.

6. The voice of one man is the voice of no one.

7. Choice of the end covers the choice of means.

Sound [aV]

99. Track 31. Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences.

    1 a) car	□	b) cow	□
    2 a) grass	□	b) grouse	□
    3 a) bra	□	b) brow	□
    4 a) ha	□	b) how	□
    5 a) ah	□	b) ow	□
    6 a) tarn	□	b) town	□

100. Track 32. First practise the sound [aV] in words from the dialogue. Read the words aloud.

ow! now how shouting house mouse couch loudly town down frown brown round found lounge ground somehow mountain around pronounce upside down

Correction: there are six items to change in the dialogue. Read the dialogue and listen to the recording at the same time. Make the words the same as the recording.

Mouse in the House

MR BROWN: (shouting loudly) I’ve FOUND A MOUSE!

MRS BROWN: Ow! You're shouting too loudly. Sit down and don't frown.

MR BROWN: (sitting down) l've found a mouse in the house.

MRS BROWN: A town mouse?

MR BROWN: Yes. A little round mouse. It’s running around in the lounge.

MRS BROWN: On the ground?

MR BROWN: Yes. lt's under the couch now.

MRS BROWN: Well, get it out.

MR BR0WN: How?

MRS BROWN: Turn the couch upside down. Let it out somehow. We don't want a mouse in our house. Ours is the cleanest house in the town!

Practise reading the corrected dialogue.

101. Track 32a. Listen to the dialogue and act out. Mind pronunciation of sounds.