George Churchill

Jerry: Just outside this village there's a very dangerous bridge.

John: Yes. Charles told me two jeeps crashed on it in January. What happened?

Jerry: Well George Churchill was the driver of the larger jeep, and he was driving very dangerously, He'd been drinking gin.

John: George Churchill? Do I know George Churchill?

Jerry: Yes. That ginger-haired chap. He's the manager of the travel agency in Chester.

John: Oh, yes. I remember George. He's always telling jokes. Well, was anybody injured?

Jerry: Oh, yes. The other jeep went over the edge of the bridge, and two children and another passenger were badly injured.

John: Were both the jeeps damaged?

Jerry: Oh, yes.

John: And what happened to George?

Jerry: George? He's telling jokes in jail now, I suppose.

George's Jaw

— Ah, George, jolly good. Just exchange your jacket and jeans for these pyjamas, while I jot down your injuries in my register. Age, religion, that's the usual procedure.

— Well, Doctor Jones, I was just driving over the bridge on the edge of the village...

— Half a jiffy. Let's adjourn to the surgery. I've got a large sandwich and a jar of orange juice in the fridge. Join me?

— Jeepers! My indigestion... and my jaw! I shan't manage...

— A generous measure of gin — just the job!

— It's my jaw, Doctor. I was on the bridge at the edge of the village. I was just adjusting the engine when this soldier jumped out of the hedge...

— Imagine! He damaged your jaw, did he? I suggest an injection into the joint. Just a jiffy. I'll change the syringe.

— Oh jeepers! Gently, Dr Jones!

213. Read the rhymes and learn them.

1. I measure from top of my head to my toes,

I measure my arms starting here by the nose.

I measure my legs and I measure me all,

I measure to see if I am growing tall.

2. Jumping this way, jumping that,

Jumping gently like a cat,

Jumping sideways, jumping tall,

Jumping high like a bouncing ball.

214. Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.

1. Measure for measure.

2. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.

3. Jackdaw in peacock's feathers.

4. Jack of all trades and master of none.

5. Business before pleasure.

6. To measure another man's foot by one's own last.

215. Underline the words with the same consonant cluster as 1-3.

1 insect [ns]	2 orange [ndZ]	3 optician [Sn]
chance, designs, pens, inside, pins, John’s, answer, television, instructions, ancestors	range, sponge, lunch, stranger, much, ringer, French, exchange, bingo, lounge	intonation, electrician, lesson, illusion, expansion, Russian, Indonesian, fashion, television, unfasten

Sound [f]

216. Track 66. Tick the words a), b) or c) that you hear in the sentences.

     1 a) pin	□	b) fin	□
     2 a) peel	□	b) feel	□
     3 a) snipping	□	b) sniffing	□
     4 a) heel	□	b) feel	□
     5 a) harm	□	b farm	□
     6 a) pole	□	b) foal	□

217. Practise these six requests from the dialogue with the intonation going up. Read the sentences aloud.

1 Please phone my office after five days, Mrs Phillips.

2 Please give a friendly laugh.

3 Please use this felt-tipped pen, Mrs Phillips.

4 Please look … er ... soft and beautiful

5 Please sit on this sofa.

6 Please fill in this form.

218. Track 67. First listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound. Then read the dialogue and fill the gaps (a-f) with the requests (1-6) above. The first gap has been done as an example.

Listen to the dialogue again and check your answers.