At the lesson

Professor: What is the difference between the active voice and the passive voice?

Student: The active voice shows action and the passive voice shows passion.

It is not his business

Servant: Sir! The house is on fire!

Absent-minded professor: Say it to my wife - she looks after household affairs.

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– My wife has the worst memory in the world!

– She forgets everything, doesn't she?

– No, she remembers everything.

A BARKING DOG DOESN'T BITE

"Sam," says his father, "put on your cap and coat and let us go for a walk." Sam is happy. He likes to go out with his father. He puts on his cap and coat and says: "Father, I am ready."

Sam and his father go out in the street. Suddenly they see a big black dog. The dog begins to bark. Sam is afraid of the dog. He wants to run home. His father says: ‘Don't be afraid, Sam. Don't you know the pro­verb: "A barking dog does not bite?"’

"Oh, yes," says Sam, "I know the proverb, you know the proverb, but does the dog know the proverb?"

DEAR JOHN

A young soldier is far away from home. One day he gets a letter from his girlfriend. The letter says:

"Dear John, I am sorry but I have a new boyfriend. You have a very nice picture of me. Please send it back. I want to give it to my new boyfriend."

Maria

The soldier is mad. He asks his friends for pictures of women – aunts, sisters, girlfriends, or cousins. He puts the pictures of the women in a big box and sends the box to his girlfriend. In the box he also puts a letter. The letter says:

"Dear Maria, please, take your picture. I can’t re­member which picture is yours."

John

Exercise 32. a) Read the text and say how the little mouse helped the lion.

THE BIG LION AND THE LITTLE MOUSE

One morning a big lion meets a little mouse. The little mouse is afraid of the big lion. The lion says to the mouse. "I can kill you."

The mouse asks the lion not to kill her. And the lion does not kill the mouse. The mouse is very happy. She thanks the lion and says that some day she can help him. But the lion laughs. He does not understand how a little mouse can help a big lion.

One day a man wants to catch the lion. So he puts up a net. The lion is very hungry. He does not see the net and falls into it. Now he cannot get out and begins to roar.

The little mouse lives not far from that place. She hears the lion and runs out of her house. She sees the lion in the net and runs up to him.

The little mouse wants to help the big lion. She begins to bite off the cords with her teeth. The mouse bites off one cord. Then she bites off one cord after another. Now the lion is free.

So the little mouse helps the big lion.

b) Read the text again and answer the following questions.

1. Whom does the lion meet one morning?

2. What does the lion say to the mouse?

3. Does he kill the mouse?

4. What does the mouse say?

5. Why does the lion laugh?

6. Who comes to the wood where the lion lives?

7. What does the man put up?

8. Does the lion see the net?

9. Does the little mouse hear the lion?

10. What does she do to help him?

c) Retell the text.

QUESTIONNAIRE QUIZ

Do the quiz 'Test your diet to see how healthy it is'. Tick a, b, c or d depending what your eating habits are.

TEST YOUR DIET TO SEE HOW HEALTHY IT IS

1. How often do you eat a mixed salad (more than four vegetables), raw vegetables, or green leafy vegetables?

a most days

b 4-5 times a week

c once or twice a week

d seldom or never

2. How often do you eat a piece of fresh fruit?

a once or more a day

b three or four times a week

c three or four times a month

d seldom or never

3. Do you eat red meat or meat products:

a at least once a day?

b four or five times a week?

c once or twice a week?

d seldom or never?

4. How often do you eat three of four slices of wholemeal bread a day, or a main meal based on pulses: beans, lentils, etc?

a four or more times a week

b two or three times a week

c two or three times a month

d seldom or never

5. How often do you eat fish?

a oily fish (salmon, trout, mackerel, herring, tuna) twice or more a week

b oily and/or white fish and canned fish twice or more a week

c fish and chips once a week, or more

d seldom or never eat fish

6. What kind of breakfast do you eat?

a none, or just tea or coffee

b cereal with milk and sugar, or white toast and jam or marmalade

c wholemeal toast with polyunsaturated or low-fat spread

d whole grain cereal without added sugar and with low-fat milk

7. How many cake, biscuit or ice-cream snacks are there in your diet?

a more than two a day

b one a day

c one or two a week

d hardly any

8. How often do you eat fried food, or food roasted with added fat?

a once or more a day

b most days, or every other day

c three or four times a week

d once a week or less