Lesson 31 Holiday photographs
Narrator: Father took lots of photographs during the holidays.
He’s sitting in an armchair.
He’s looking at them.
Mother: What are those photographs like, dear?
Father: Not too bad.
Father: This one’s fairly good.
Mother: Look at Sue!
She looks quite grown-up!
Father: This one’s very good.
It’s better than the last one.
Mother: Sandy’s eating candy-floss.
Father: This one’s very good indeed!
It’s the best.
You look very pretty, dear.
Mother: You took some good photos, Jim.
Father: This one of me is the worst!
It’s very bad indeed.
Who took it?
Mother: I did, dear!
Lesson 33 The best garden in the neighbourhood
Narrator: Timmy is helping his father in the garden.
Timmy is the youngest in the Blake family.
Mr Blake: You can dig a hole there, Timmy.
I’ll dig one here.
We can plant these two trees.
Timmy: Is this deep enough, dad?
Mr Blake: No. Dig a deeper hole, Timmy.
Timmy: Right you are, dad.
Mr Blake: There we are!
These trees will soon grow tall.
Timmy: Mine’s taller than yours, dad.
Timmy: Our garden looks very nice now.
Mr Blake: No, it doesn’t, Timmy.
It’s full of weeds.
Timmy: Still, it’s the nicest garden in the neighbourhood.
Mr Blake: The nicest garden?
Timmy: Yes.
Nobody’s grass is longer than ours!
Lesson 35 Television Day: Mass-production
TV Commentary:
Henry Ford built the world’s first mass-production car in 1908. Before 1908 cars were very expensive.
Look at these two cars. Which is the older? That’s an easy question. Of course, the car on the left is older than the one on the right.
The car on the left was expensive, difficult to drive, and it wasn’t very reliable. Only a few people could buy a car like this.
The car on the right is cheaper, lighter, faster and easier to drive. Millions of people can buy a car like this.
Why are modern cars so cheap and reliable? Because the makers build millions of cars and make them all exactly the same. We call this “mass-production”. Mass-produced things are usually cheap.
Lesson 37 Don’t be so greedy!
Mother: Here are some strawberries for you, Sue.
And here’s some cream.
Sandy: That’s not fair, mum!
Sue’s got more strawberries than I have.
And she’s got more cream, too.
Sandy: Look! I’ve got very few strawberries and very little cream.
She always gets more than I do.
Mother: Here you are, Sandy.
Sue: Now I’ve got fewer strawberries than Sandy and less cream!
That’s not fair.
Mother: Count your strawberries.
Sandy: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 strawberries.
Sue: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 strawberries.
Mother: See? You’ve both got the same.
Father: Don’t be so greedy both of you!
You always receive the most and your mother and I always receive the least!
Lesson 39 The protest march
Sue: Lend me some money please, Sandy.
I’m broke.
Sandy: I’m broke, too.
Sue: Let’s ask mum.
Sue: We haven’t got enough money, mum.
Sandy: May we have some more please?
Father: You get plenty of pocket-money.
You don’t need any more.
Sandy: What can we do now, Sue?
Sue: I know, Sandy.
Mother: Look at the children!
They’re on a protest-march!
Father: MORE POCKET--MONEY--
OR WE WILL GO ON STRIKE! |