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JEROME KLAPKA JEROME

lNRODUlON

cHAPTER 0N

The l}ecision

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Jos urris

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George's Hed Book

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R FOUR

ThB Unfriendly rs

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R FlVE

mrrssig Adventure

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Getting into rl

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CHAPTER SEVEN

Ruls and Signs

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R ElGHT

The Milk Gart l}og

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DOsslERs

The Golden Age of Bicycles

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The Black Frst

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lNTER1,1ET

PROJEcTs

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79,81,88,98,106, ]09
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30, 68, 79, 90

Jerome l{lapka Jerome

}rm Klapka }rm was r on 2 1859 in Walsall, in central

England, where there is now museum in his hur. His father

was Jerome Clapp, who later changed his m to }rm l
}rm, and his mother was Marguerite }ones. The middle name
Clapp was changed to Klapka, like the suIname of the Hungarian
general Cyorgy Klapka.

Young Jerome grw up in poverty in London. Although he liked

going to school, he had to quit his studies and find job after the
death of both parents i 1872. Fr four years he worked for the
London and North Western Railway, collecting the coal that fell
from the train along the railway.

I \877 }rm worked as an tr for few years/ but without any

success. left acting and decided to m journalist.

After while he started writing essays and short stories which wr

r published, and during the next few years he worked as
school teacher.

In 1885 he published the Stge - d Off, humorous book

inspired his experiences as tr, which had some success.
Encouraged the publication of his first book, Jerome published
collection of humorous essays in 1886 entitled Idle Thoughts of Idle
Fellolu.

gru ofpunters the hms (190).

In }une 1888 Jerome married Georgina Elizabeth Stanley Marris and

after their hone}rmoon on the River Thames he began wljrting hr

i Boat (1889). This funny story about the holiday and

adventures of three friends travelling on the Thames was
immediate success. The novel was so popular that the number of
boats on the Thames went up fifty percent the r following its
publication; the Thames soon became an important tourist attraction.
In 1898 Jerome visited Grm and was inspired to write Three

the umml (1900), another funTry story with the same characters
as those nThree i Boat.

In 1902 Jerome published ul Kelaer, novel which was mostly

autobiographical. His play The ssig of the Third Floor Back was
published in 1908, and book of essays and mmris, L d
Times, was publishe d i \926.

}rm died on 14 June 1927 d was buried r the river he loved,

the Thames.

@ Co-prehension check

Answer the following questions.

1
2

4
5
6
7

Whr did Jrm grw up?

Why did h leave school?
What was his acting rr like?

what was his first book about?

What was Jrm's most successful novel ut?
Why did h decide to wit Three onthe umm
Wh is the musum dedicated to Jrm?

Before you read

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Listening
Listen to part of htr and choose the rrt swr
r .

What did ris, Grg and J d?

! drink
[ di

"change

Whr was uril rfrmig'h Mad Hatter's rt'?

[ upstairs
downstairs
[ atthetheatre

Whr did the ug gir want to go ' business'?

[ Ld

[ vi
[ Bssex

Who was Captain Goyles?

[
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the skipper

thggi
Ceorge's thr

Why didn't J like the rir?

[ lt always rid the i.

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The rir ir was rthr damp.

lt was rig the ir.

What was the wthr always like in Scotland?

[
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It snowed.

lt was r hot,
It id.

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'What we need is change,' said rris, Iooking at Grg and m.

Harris had just finished his sentence wh his wife opened

the door, put hr head in and said to us, 'Rmmr that riI
wiII rfrmig "h Mad Hatter's rt" frm Alice in
Wonderlq.nd upstairs in just few mits. Don't late!'
uriI was rris's second child, bright eight-year-o[d.
'We'II upstairs immediateIy,' I said. As soon as rs is

had left, ris continued his interrupted sentence, 'Yu know

what l m, J, comp[ete change.'
'Yes, rris, but the question is hz,' I said.
'WeIl,' suggested Grg, 'we could say that w'r going away
" buSineSS"'.

Grg is not mrrid and thfr doesn't understand

rti things ut mrrig. I once knew ug gir
who told his wife h had to go to Vienna ' business'. His wife
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wanted to know what kind of business, and h told hr that he

had to visit the mines t in the r of the ustri capital and
wit rts. She insisted on going with him but h told hr that
mine was not the place fr beautiful young wm. She

agreed with him and decided to spend h time in Vienna

shopping and sightseeing, not accompanying him to the mines.
So fr ten long smmr days h had to visit the mines and in the
evenings he had to write rrts about them, which his wife
mailed to his m, which didn't want them.
'No, ,' I quickly said, 'let's save "usiss"

fr futur

I think we have to r ut this sort of thing.

l'Il simply tell Bthelbertha that m r rll values family
happiness until he is away frm it fr at least thr weeks.'
After agreeing this idea with ris and Grg, the next
question was: Whr should we go?
As usuI rris wanted to go to the sea and suggested tig
yacht 2 that we couId saiI rsIs. Gg and I knew
ut that rtilr yacht and we told him so. hr was
rtti frm the ri, it had trril smell and duig u
last trip George and I spent most of the time peeling potatoes
and washing u.
'WeII then,' said rris, 'Iet's rt expensive yacht with
skir.
'ris, Iet m tell you and Grg about m ri with

mrgis.

yacht and skipper,' I said calm[y. 'Wh I was ug and

1. mine

: m-md place with deep holes and tunnels udr the

grd whr people Iook for mirIs,

2. yacht:
. skipper : the captain of boat r ship.

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1 Decision
inexperienced I foolishly rtd yacht fr Ethelbertha and
myself. l had read interesting advertisement in magazine
and l immediately contacted the agent, r Pertwee, who proudly
showed me itur of the Rogue. asked m if I needed an
experienced skipper and I turIl said yes and thanked him. I
took the tri to the rt of Harwich in Essex and met Captain
Goyles, the skipper, who seemed enthusiastic t pIanning the
trip. When we started talking t food supplies I was quite
surprised, s the mt of food and drink Captain Goyles
suggested was huge. l didn't want to feed the tir British
Navy, but I didn't want to seem stingy,4 so I agreed. seemed
very pIeased.

'h day of drtur was Monday and Ethelbertha and I

w rd with ur w yachting clothes. After [h we sat on
the deck and waited fr the yacht to sail away. But we waited
util almost tea-time and nothing hd. Was the rw still
eating lh? Had they fallen asIeep? I went to look fr the
skipper, who was half as[eep, and asked him why we wr't
leaving the rt. said he could not sail s the wind was
blowing frm the [and and this was dangerous. insisted that

we had better wait for the right wind, fr the safety of

rd. The next day I talked to Captain Goyles again and he
was quite rus. explained that the wind was blowing frm

the sea and it was impossible to sail with such wind. WeIl, to
make long str short, we spent entire week waiting fr the
right wind to w i the right direction! Ethelbertha and I wr
quite gr and ended up taking the train back to London.'

4. stingy

stingy rs doesn't like spending m.

'WelI, then, what ut the ri?' said is, who was

[r[ discouraged.

'The rir isn't what it used to ,' l said. 'The ir ir is

rthr damp and it hurts m back.'
'I g with .J,' said Grg, 'and I don't sleep weII wh I'm
r ir.'

'What ut the muti air?' I suggested. 'We could take

walking tour in Scotland.'
'It always ris in Scotland,'said Grg
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'WeI[, then, what ut SwitzerIand?' suggested ris.
'ur wives wuld let us go to Switzerland ourselves,'
I repIied. 'It must [ whr woman r chiId couId
possibly live comfortabIy.'
'I have it!'exclaimed ris, ' bicycle tur!'
Grg was doubtful and said, 'Yu'r a[ways going uphill on
bicycle tur and the wind is against u.'
'But you also go downhill and the wind is behind you,' said
is, smi[ing. 'It's trul the best thing.'
'Yu'r right, ris,' I said.
'And I'll te[I you where,'said ris. 'hugh the Black Frst
in Grm.'

'But that's oll uphiII,'said Grg, complaining.

'Not all,' replied ris. 'Only about two thirds, and thr
little ilws going up those hills.'
The dr opened again and rs ris ud that il
had rfrmd'The Mad tt's Party'without us.
'See at the club tmrrw at fur, J', rris whispered to
m, and I passed the information to Grg as we went
upstairs.

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Gomprehension check

Fr questions 1-7, choose the swr which you think fits best
according to the text - , , r D.

Wh is going to rfrm 'The Mad Hatte's rt'?

[ rris

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Shop and go sightseeing.

vislt the mines.

Stayin hhtI.
himself

because he saw advertisement.

because h was rd with life in Ld.
us Pertwee told him t it.
and they had wdrful trip at sea.

Why didJ go to rwih?

the Mad ttr

J decided to rt yacht fr his wife and

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rris's dught

What did the ug gi's wife decide to do in Vi?

[ write rts and mail thm.

rs rris

wanted to meet Pertwee.

wanted to see the ships of the British Navy.

had to buy food supplies.

wanted to meet the skir.

Why Id't the Rgu leave the t?

[ The wg wind was blowing.

[
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The rw was half asleep.

The wthr was strm.

Captain Goyles was rus.

was against going to Switzerland

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because it always rid thr.

because the ir was always damp.
because the wives would want to go with them.
because it was umfrtI place.

Wh wr the th fiends going to meet the t day?

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at rris's house
at the rilw station

The victorian l\ge

Fr questions 1-12 read the text below. Use th wrd given in capitals
at the end of each line to frm word that fits in the space in the
same line. hr is mI at the beginning ().
This story takes place towards the end of the
Victorian Age. Victoria m Qu i 187 at the
age of eighteen and ruld fr 64 rs,
() ........]99........ than th British mrh.
The British people loved h us she was an
inte[[igent, dedicated and ssi[ queen who
was (1)
... i [[ aspects of British life.
During hr ig Bitain m (2) .............
utr d the British mi m the lagest
mir in the w[d, (3) ......................... one fifth of
the rth's sf. The British mir created
trd and wealth f millions of people.
With the (4) ......................... of the first national
postal system in 184 ltt could sent
wh in iti fr . h
(5) ......................... of the railway ought m great
(6) ......................... to travel and transportation.
Thanks to the ri[w Vitis started going
day tris and taking holidays at the sea.

 the middle of the nineteenth century mr

itish people lived in towns and cities than in the
countryside, us they had jobs in the ftis.

Cities m r (7) ................ dirty and

polluted, and living conditions f the wr
tri. Big families had to live in small, drk and
damp hms that wr (S) .................,....... iggr
than rm, and wr without heating and ruig
wt. h rih and middle classes went to live in
(9) ................ mftl homes with
gds in the suurs.

Charles Dickens wrt about social injustice and

(1) ...,.......... in his great novels, which
became (11) ......................... ulr and awakened
the pubIic conscience.
In 186 the fist underground ri[w opened in
London, which was iIIiant (12) ..............
to the traffic rlm in the streets. It was called
'the tube'.

@ peaKlng

Work in grs of thr: George, rris andJ.

y r trying to decide whr to go holiday. Think of usI

places and say wh you would like to go thr.

Act out the scene frm htr .

@ Discussion

h young engineer in J's story says h must go away' siss'. Do

you think he really hd to go and inspect the mines, r was this

us?

Before you rd
@ M.t"b

the following words (1-s) with their definition (-). Use

dictionary to help you.

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2

4
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irritl

suspicious
furius
get id of

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what someone te[[s u to.

Want sm r something to go away.

d-tmrd, tense.
t trusting.

Listening
Listen to the first part of Chapter Two and choose the rrt
swr

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What did

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decide to do wh he got home?

sit down and rI.

I his holiday.

irit[.

Ethelbertha said that

[ she would need change too.
! she wanted to start cooking di.

shemissedJ.

kate and Ir
wr the names of Ethelbertha's children.

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hdhs bythe seain Fo[kestone.

wr Ethelbertha's good frids.

rris's wife decided that

she wanted to rt hus i Folkestone.
] she needed to buy thr piano.

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she needed hg too.

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Wh I got hm in the evening I decided to bit irritable so that
Bthelbertha wId say something about my behaviour. I planned to
say that m brain was very tired and therefore I was irritable. what
I rII needed was long rest. I hoped that Ethelbertha might say

something like this: 'What u need is change, complete hg.

Please go away fr mth and don't ask m to come with you. You
need to with r friends; ask George and rris to go with you.
Your r ri is tired frm work and the family. Yu need to go to
some gr rr of the rth and simply rI.'

ut thlrth didn't even notice that I was irrit, so I said,

'Frgi m if I'm bit iritI; I'm not feeling r weII tonight.'

'Oh, I haven't noticed anything different,' she said. 'What's

the matter with you?'
'[t's m health,' I said. '[ don't have m fr it, but I have
strange feeIing of urst and russs.'

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EtheIbertha Iooked at m but didn't say anything, so

continued taIking.
'rhs I'm d with everyday life, and I need to get away
frm everything and v,' I said, hoping she wouId say
something kind. 'I need hg.'
'WelI,' she said, 'I wuld Iike to get away frm everything
sometimes frm youl But I don't wr about it.'
I had r hrd Ethelbertha speak like that fr and t felt
disappointed.
'That's not, r kind thing to say,' I said.
'I know it isn't,' she repIied. 'Yu m don't undestand that
we wm would like change too. I'd like to go t without
asking m where I'm going, why I'm going and r,rrhen l'll
back. Sometimes I'd like to cook l the things I Iike without
wrrig t what you like.'
I was r surrisd at what Ethelbertha said and asked hr,
'Do you want to get rid of m?'
'h, don't silIy,' she said, 'I on[y Want to get rid of you f

little while so that I can mm what dr m r and

stt missing u.'
I was suddenly wrrid; m wife was actually h that I
was going away fr thr r fu weeks!
'Vr well, thIrth,' I said, 'you wiII have ur wish: holiday
away frm m. And what do you plan to do during m absence?'
'The hi[dr and I will rt house at Folkestone, 1 'she said,

'and I'll invite kate and lr rris. we thr used to h

wdrfuI time together fr we got mrrid.'

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town the sea in Kent, in South-east England.

J'g rri
met rris at the [u in the ftr and said, 'Wel[, did
you tell u wife ut ur tri?'
'Yes, I did,' he replied, 'and she thought it was an excellent
idea. ut then she midd me that we need to hg the
kitchen stove, buy new things for the thrm and buy thr
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piano. It's going to

expensive.'

'Goodness!' I exclaimed, thinking ut m old kitchen stove

that needed changing. 'Yes, it's going to an expensive trip,'
At that moment Grg walked in looking r hrful.
'Well, how did it go?' he asked.
'How did what go?' I asked, bit irritated.
'Well, you had to te[I ur wives ut the trip...'
'Listen Grg,' l said firmly, 'u'r not mrid so you don't
know these things. But in mrid life wm obeys hr husd.'
Grg looked at us and asked, 'Wh we start?'

'We had better start as soon as possibIe,'said rris,

rI thinking of thr things his wife might want to buy.
'Alright,' l said, 'we'll Ieave next Wednesday.'

'What ut the ut?'skd rris.

'Let's take the boat to mrg,' said Grg, 'see rli and
Dresden and then go to the B[ack Frst and visit Nurmurg
and Stuttgart. I can id tandem bike 2 with rris and ,;
rid the single bike.'
'Just moment,' said rris firmI. 'Yu and J id the
tandem; I'Il ride the single.'
'I don't mind taking m tur,' l itrutd, 'but I'm not going
to r Grg II the way.'

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'light,' agreed is, 'we'lI take turs. But Gg must wrk.'

'What?' said Gg. 'Don't u want to get exercise?'

Tandems always rlm because two people must do

the wk tgthr, but Grg often doesn't g.
ris and his wife had an dvtur tandem sl
s g. h wr idig thugh Holland and the ds w
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'Sit tight,' said ris, withot turning his head to look at his
wife, who was sitting behind him.
Fr some rs rs rris thought he had said 'Jump off,'
and so she jumped off the tandem while rris continued riding.
She could not understand why he had said 'Jump off' and she r
to the top of the hiI1 and shouted, but he r tud his head.
She watched him disappear into wood and then sat down

the rd and stated rig. She didn't have any m and she
did not speak Dutch. Some people saw hr and took hr to
policeman in the rst village, who thought that m had
stoIen hr bicycIe.
rris continued riding his bicycle happiIy fr ut five miles
and said, 'I'm quite strong; this bicycle hasn't felt so light in
months. lt must the clean ir that's doing m good.' Suddenly
h tried to th his wife's hand ut he felt nothing. jumped

off and looked back at the rd * thr was nobody thr.

got the bicycle and d back up the hiII looking fr hr.

When he rhd small village he went to the police station,

whr the policeman gave him piece of and to[d him to

write description of his wife and whr he lost hr. did not
know whr he had lost hr ut he rmmrd the m of the
village whr they had had [uh. h police wr suspicious.
Was she rIl his wife? Had he r[I lost h? Why had he lost
hr? At Iast, i the evening, the police ught h to him

together with bilI fr expenses, and thir meeting was

unpIeasant us Mrs rris was furius.
'Now [et's decide what to pack,' said rris.
'I'lI write the usI list,' said Grg.

'That's right,' l said, 'always mk list fr beginning to

pack so that nothing will forgotten. That's what I Ird
frm m Uncle dgr rs ago. was suh well-oganized
man; what pity he always lost the [ist fr packingl'

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@ Comprehension check

swr the following questions.

1
2

4
5
6
7
8

What did J tell his wife wh he got home?

How did Ethelbertha rsd?
What did she I to do during J's absence?
Why was the ti going to expensive?
Why did ris want to strt his holiday as soon as possible?
What was the Im with tandems?
Wh did s ris jump off the bicycle?
How did rris finally find his wife?

@ Vocabulary
Find eight

words frm htr Two in the wrd qr.

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NIoTFJ
LcAcNU
HIEBUX
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Now s the words to complete these sentences.

1
2
3
4
5

rris and his wife w riding

in .................,..

h Dutch police wr very

rs rris was

....................

when she saw hr husband at the

poIice station.

Ethelbertha did not notice that hr husband was ....................

Uncle dgr always said, 'Make sur u wit Iist fr you

6 The w stove and the big i w quite

7 Duig the Victoian Age wives had to .................... their
husbands.

@ Vulry

Complete the sentences with the words in the .

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Wh uril rk the expensive glass vase hr mthr was

Ethelbertha did not notice that

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was

was

The hildr had

their thr.

The policeman

because h did not believe r tust

ris.

Ethelbertha wanted to .................... hr husd fr tittte while.

St trsrmtt

Fr questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that is has

similar meaning to the first sentence, using the wrd given. Do not
change the wrd given. Y mst us between two and five words,

including the word given. hr is example at the beginning ().

EtheIbertha had r sailing before.

first
That

....W99.-th9. f .9t.tj 1.?.........

Ethe rth had s ai

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g.

'Did u lose big suitcase?' rris asked Grg.

had
rris asked Grg

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big suitcase.

rris rfrrd riding [.

himself
rris rfrrd
'Is something wrg, dear?'J asked his wife.

mttr

'What's

dear?'J asked his wife.

Grg rmmrd to pack everything except his toothhush.

forgot
h l thing
[t

...........

.......

his tthrush.

was dk and foggy, so Captain Goyles couldn't sai[.

s
Captain Boyles couldn't sail

...............

'If I rmmr rtl the boat fr murg leaves at half past

,' said J.

Wrg
'If I'm

...........

half past ,' said .

the boat f murg leaves at

@ w.itl.,g

Y r rris and you r at the police station of Dtch town. The

policeman wants to writ physical description of Mrs Harris

and of the clothes she was wrig when u last saw hr. Writ
between 1-l2 words.

: GRADE 7

@ peaking: Health

J complains t his health. tells his wife that he's feeling

irritable and that he has strg feeling of rst and rsss.

Today we wId rI say that he is stressed the noise,

pollution and fast of modern life.

TaIk t stress and ways to rI with r class.

1
2

What causes stress in ur opinion?

How do you handle it?
Is

country life less stessful than city life? Why r why not?

Was life durig the Vitri Age less stressful than today? Why r
why not?

@ Discussion

Talk t the following sentences frm Chapter Two.

Ethelbertha says, 'Yu m don't understand that we wm
would Iike change too.'

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Do you gr with hr? Why why not?

Do u r feel that you

want'to get w'fr

while?

Whr would you like to go and with whom?

'Tandems r always rlm us two people must do the

wrk together.'

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Have u r ridden tandem with someone who didn't want

to do wrk?

What happened?

g to woIk and to go out at weekends into the l air of the

countryside. The bicycle caused changes in the social life of Great
Britain, because the working class could travel for pleasure
quickly and cheaply. This was new kind of freedom for m people.
The famous British author . G. Wells wrote comic ]', The
Wheels of h (1897), about ug m and wm who meet
duTing bicycle trip in England.
The bicycle was not the result of single invention; it was the result

of several different ideas and inventions. It took many years to

produce

bicycle that was safe and comfortable.

whose idea was it?

In 1817 German called
r1 Drais invented the
'running machine': twowheeled machine which
was pushed along with the
feet called th.e drisie.It
was made of metal and
wood. The draisine - also
called a 'velocipede'- was
introduced in Great Britain
in 1818 and was quite
expensive. Only members of

the nobility and the rich

could afford to buy one.
The Draisine r Celeripede
in drawing of l89.

F]]' EftElcH ciiilPro

In 1839 Scot named Kirkpatrick

Macmillan designed kind of

new wooden bicycle with
pedals, z but it weighed almost
25 kilogrammes and was
uncomfortable to ride.

About 1864 two Frenchmen,

ir Michaux and his son
Emest, built bicycle with pedals

attached to the front wheel,

which was easier to ride. soon
Michaux and his son opened
the first bicycle company; it
produced two hundred bicycles
with pedals each month in Paris.

soon mr than one hundred

bicycle companies opened all
FI,

]i:]i|.1]

..:

BlcrcLE

i]::'1i

The modern tlicycle of

PierTe Michaux (169).

r Fr.
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At the same time another

Frhm, Pierre Lallement,
was also working on bicycle

with pedals and went to America to present his ideas. The

popularity of the bicycle spread to the United States, particularly to
East Coast cities like New York, whr the first cycling paper The
Velocipedist was published. Bicycle production in Britain began in
1868 and 1874 the city of Coventry was the centre of the bicycle
industry.

2. pedals *

. spread

(h) moved quickly.

 lady and

gentleman riding

penny-farthing
bicycles (174).

The high-roheeler was introduced in England in 1873, It had huge

front whee1 which made the bicycle go fasteI and farther, but it was
unsafe and difficult to ride. the 1890s l didn't like the hzghzoheeler and called it the -frthig because the front wheel was

compared to the large British penny

much smaller farthing (quarter-penny).

4. British ournu ,

and the back wheel to the

h Safety Bicycle
In 1885 the Englishman John Starley invented new frame 5 for the
bicycle which made it stronger, lighter and safer. Starley's bicycle
was called the Rover Safety Bicycle d lig magazine said that
the Rover had 'set the pattern to the world', phrase that was used
in Rover's advertising for many years.

Starley not only improved the shape of the bicycle with the new
frame, but also improved the wheels. The final improvement was the
air-filled rur tyre,6 also called the pneumatic tyre, introduced in
1889, which was the

invention of scottish
doctor, John Boyd
Dunlop. This new kind

of tyre made riding

much smoother.
The new safety bicycle

was an immediate

success and was sold

around the world.

Advertising poster fr the

Rr Safety Bicycle
(about 18).

5. frm : the metal body of bicycle.

6. t ,

Society ladies cycling in Hyde Park, London (189).

Other manufacturers copied Starley's design and hundreds of bicycle

factories opened in Britain, the United States and Europe. In 1895
more than 800,000 bicycles were produced in Great Britain, wheIe
the bicycle was extremely popular. Posters advertising different

kinds of bicycles were seen rwhr. The tandem bicycle or

'bicycle built for two' also became very ulr during the 1890s.

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W'omen and the bicycle

As the bicycle m safer and cheaper mr women bought one
because it gave them greater personal freedom and cheap means of

transport. The bicycle became the symbol of the new woman of the
late 19th century in Great Britain and the United States.
Since it was difficult to ride bicycle with the traditional clothes of
the late 19th century/ many women dressed in bloomers

when they

went riding. Bloomers were, of course/ shocking to 19th century

society but they slowly became popular because they were
comfortable and perfect fr riding.

@ -.hsi check

swr the following questions.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Why wr bicycles so ul in Vitri riti?

What was the draisjne?

what did ir and rst ih do?

Why was the city of tr important?
Dsi the -frthig.
How was John Star[ey's bicycle different frm ths?

Why did John Dunlop's w tyre change the bicycle rid?

How did the bicycle affect wm of the 19th century?

@ Discussion

Discuss the following questions.

1
2

you think of thr cheap frm of transport which has

r[tiizd society?

Has it made diffr in ur life? If so, how?

7. mrs

**f*r y*u r**d

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Match the words (t-+) to the pictures (-).
1 tap

ft***;*g

3 slippers

i.-r**

hose

Look at the picture page 41 and swr the questions.

1
2

whr r the two friends?

What is the wr of the shop like?
Why is Grg looking at his book?

**ffi *d **&
George m to visit m few days before the trip. showed
m small rd book, which was guide to English conversation
fr Grm torists. The book started with ' boat' and
ended with 'At the doctor's'. h longest htr talked t
travelling tri with lot of impolite people. Some of the
examples in the book wr these:
'Can you please move frthr away frm m, sir?'
'It's impossible, madam, because m ighur is very fat.'
'I must insist that u mv little, madam, because I can
hardly rth.'
Then thr wr suggestions like, 'Always [ock the drm
dr at night and always rfuII count ur change in shops'.
'I wu[d't rmmd this book to Grm who wants
to visit England,' I said. 'ut ['ve rd books published in London

f EngIish tourists d which r just as si[Iy.'

'Yes, but [ buy them,' said Grg.

',' I lid, 'but nobody understands them.'

Grg said, 'Yu'r rI right. I'd like to use this rd

book and see if sm understands m. Let's go to London
rI on Wednesday and do little shopping using this book. r
boat doesn't leave until so that gives us enough time. hr
r two things I want to u; hat and pair of slippers. I'[I use
the sentences in the book when I talk to the shopkeepers and see
what happens.'
'lt sounds like fun,' I said. 'ris and I will m inside the
shops with you. And if ssr we'II protect u frm gr
shopkeepersl'
Tuesday evening Grg slept at ris's house. We
thought it would easier to wake Grg u this way, rather
than going to his house, whr waking him up becomes long,
tiring job. at ris's hs the children and the generaI
confusion wake up guest r rl in the mrig.
we rrid at waterloo station at ut nine o'clock and we
immediateIy started putting George's rimt into operation.
wanted to buy hat and slippers, but we saw lrg boot
shop r the station d we stopped in ft of it. Grg
isd his hat and said, 'Good mrig.'
The shopkeeper, who seemed quite unpleasant, did not
tur ud.
Grg looked at his small rd book and then said, ' friend,
r , rmmdd ur shop to m.'
The m should have said, 'r is fine gentleman and I'Il
r happy to s his friend.'
ut h said, 'I don't know him. I've vr hrd of him.'

We w surrisd. The book gave other methods of buying

boots. Gg had chosen the which talked about 'r ',
which seemed the most polite. ut this method did not seem to
wrk with the shopkeeper. With m like this Grg had to
hg method. quickly tud back to thr page and
chose thr sentence, which was very bad choice. lt said:
'I've been told that u sell boots hr.'
Fr the fist time the m looked at us and spoke in slow
voice.
'Why do u think I keep boots h to smell them?' was

of those m who begin quietly and m mr gr as

they go .
'What do you think l m,' h continued, ' boot [Itr? Do
u think I'm in love with boots? Do you think l hg them hr

to look at thm? Whr do u think u r - at

an
ittiI exhibition of boots? Do you think these boots r
histil colIection? Did you hr of man with boot
shop who didn't want to sell boots? Do u think I drt the
shop with them because th'r rtt? Do u think I'm
idiot?'
I h always believed that these rsti books r not
of us. At this point Gg chose the best sentence fr the
situation and said, 'I'II m again, when you h some mr
boots to show m. Until then, good-bye.'
We quickly got into ur and dr away. The m in the
boot shop stood at the dr saying srI things to us which we
did not hr, but the people who wr passing found them

interesting. Grg wanted to continue his rimt in

th shop because h needed new ir of slippers. ut we

Georqa's fied 8ooh

pesuaded him to tiu his rimt in foreign city whr
the shopkeepers r bit friendlier.
We rrid in murg Friday after pleasant voyage, and
fm thr we went to r u way to r[i. People

say that the best Grm is spoken in r, but the

rlm is that understands this exceIIent Grm
outside of r. So if you want to travel rud Grm
it's best to speak bad Grm that r udrstds.
We wr riding ur bicycles thugh the beautiful wood one
su Monday ftr with Iot of other cyclists frm
r. r was having wonderful time and we
noticed beautiful ug girl idig new bicycle. ris, wh is
tru gentleman, suggested that we stay r hr. ris has
daughters of his w and thrf is interested in aI[ beautiful
girls up to the age of about thirty-five, because they mid him
of hm.
we had ridden f about two miles when we saw m with
hose watering the roads with lot of water.
'What Ir method of wtig the rd,' said ris. 'lt's
muh ttr than the British method.'
'I don't g,' said Grg. 'The British method is mh
better. That m is going to get us wet. I'm going to stand behind
that big tr.'
Since l was on the tandem with Gg, I joined him. Suddenly
I hrd wm screaming. It was the beautiful young wm
rris had noticed fr. She rd h bicycle into the shwr
of wt and didn't know what to do; she was completely wet.
The m with the hose, who was either duk t r bIind,
1. drk : had too muh to drink.

contined urig wtr hr and didn't stop. The thr people

who wr riding bicycles got wet and started shouting at the
m, but he didn't stop.
ris wanted to do something and to the m, taking the
hose away frm him. ris should h turned off the tap,
which would have stopped the water, ut he didn't. fought
angrily with the m and the hose while r who was r
got wet. The tap, which had turned off, continued wetting
vr. People soon left thir bicycles the gud and r
into the wood, hiding behind the trees.
Finally Ir m rrid the scene and tud off the
tap; the water wr between ris and the m stopped. Some
r gr people started coming ut of the wood. rris was in
truI - big tru[. Grg to him and gave him his bicycle

saying, 'Get the bicycIe and go. They don't know w'r
together and we won't tell them. Get away fm hr as fast as
u can.'

In spite of the gr crowd, rris was able to get away

safely. We Wr glad to leave r that same evening, and
we rrid in rli in time fr dir and an evening walk.

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The text and d

Gmrhsi check

Read the text and decide which swr best fits each space
r D. hr is an example at the beginning ().

, ,

Grg went to visit J () ..2.. . wanted to (t) ....... him guide book
to EngIish conversation fr Grm trIlrs. They both (z) ....... the
book was foolish, but Grg wanted to have () ....... fu with it.
decided to go shopping in London and us the sentences in the guide
book with the shkrs.
h t day George, rris andJ went to boot shop in London and
Gg decided to tr his (4) .......with the small d book. h
shopkeeper WaS unpleasant m who got r (5) .......with Grg,
and he and his friends had to leave the shop quickly.
h three friends'fist bicycle rid (6) ....... in r, Grm
lovely ftr. During the rid th was m who was watering
the rd with long hose, and (z) ....... II the cyclists the d got
wet, so they went to hide i the wood. while ris and the m wr
(S) ....... , the hose wet vr us ris had not tud off the
tap.
At last thr m rd and tud off the tap. The cyclists,
who started coming out of the wood, wr g and started (9) .......
at rris. Frtutl Gg gave him his bicycte and h was [ to

get (1) .......

why
1Aexplain
2 rmmrd
3 Asome
4 Aattempt
5 tuId
6 took place
7 Ahastily
8 Arioting
9 Awatching
1 Aaway
46

if
Bshow
Bimagined
r

so
@because
rst
Dindicate
sidd Dthought
muh
Dm

investigation rimt D ri
Bannoyed Cvexed
Dprovoked
hd urrd D developed
idl
rmtl Dsuddenly
Bdisputing Cfighting
Dbattling
Bpointing
Cindicating Dseeing

Boff

Din

'The tap, which had turned off, continued wetting

everyone.'

'The man with the hose, who was either drk r blind,

continued pouring water her and didn't stop.'

when we want to add t ifmti to sentence we can use

non-defining relative clause.
the first sentence above, the middIe rt starting with which gives us
t ifmti which isn't essential to the main t of the sentence.
In

In the second sentence above, the middle rt starting with wh gives

us t information which isn't essentiaI to the mi rt of the

sentence. Non-defining relative clauses srtd fm the rest of
the sentence with commas r comma and full stop.

Non-defining rlti clauses begin with which f objects and places,

and with wh f people.

t*fiig relative *luss

Make sentences with non-defining relative clauses using who r
which.

Gg, rris and J wanted to go holiday. h wr rd.

Q.s,.|.i..q..d..J.,.wh9.w[.....t9d,.y.v.s.|:i.?.d..t9.9.q.s.!..h.?.ljdq,

The boot shop was smal[ and dk. It was r Wtrl Station.

thlrth wanted to rt house in Folkestone. She liked the sea.

The thr friends went riding in ilrid. lt was r's most

beautiful wood.

h boat to murg rid at midnight. It was hur [ate.

rris talked to the hotel mg in r. is spoke

Gm well.

Grg's f[at is r Piccadilly irus. It's r smal[.

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@ Hotes d Notices

Look at the text in each question. what does it say? choose the

correct explanation

, r .

[ Boots tr the
excIusive boot shop.

Boots allows only rti

clients to t his exclusive
boot shop.
AIl c[ients who want to t

the boot shop must have

witt permission.

yu must move out of the

luur flat Ju 1 at 4 m.
Yu cannot get ifmti
about the f[at weekends.

Someone is selIing luury

flat St Paul's Cathedral
June

at 4 m.

Ring shop bellif you like

bicycIes.

Yu must wrk fr the bicycle

shop f 5 s.
Ring shop bell if u r
looking f job.

Y wi[[ i 1 if u
know something about gold

watch.
The Dur ht wiIl give
you l if u find gold

watch.

An old gtlm wants to

buy 1 gold watch.

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Match the words (1-) with the pictures (A-D).

1

'

pigeon

nest

3 l

gmtri tts

LZ*t

Listen to part of Chapter Fr and swr the questions.

1
2
3
4
5
5

Wh was the busy time in li?

Who didn't get up I in the mrig?

Who introduced Grg, rris and; to the dri?
Who didn't like Grg, ris and J?
Who was wrig elegant white suit and hat?

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rli is the capital of Grm; big city with Iot of
entertainment: msms, theatres, r house, rt halls,
msi halls, art galleries, fs and rstrts. In rli the busy
time is frm midnight until three o'clock in the morning. Yet most
of the people wh stay up until the rI morning hrs r u
again at seven. I don't understand how they live without
sleep. I don't know of thr town where the people stay up
until the rI hours of the morning except St trsrg; but
people in St trsrg don't get rl in the morning.
We decided to stay in rli fr shrt time and then travel
to Dresden. The hotel rtr itdud us to dir who
could show us a[I the imtt sites in rli in mrig.
The drir was fid[, inteIligent and weIl-informed; his
Gm was easy to understand and he knew [ittle English.
was good m ut his hrs disliked us as soon as he saw us.
5l

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The hrs turd his head and Iooked at m with cold, glassy

, and then Iooked at thr hrs, frid of his, and

rl said, 'I see the stgst peopIe during the summr.'
h the hrs took look at Grg and turd to his friend
again and rl said, 'tdirl I suppose thr is some
place wh they grw people like these.'
1. gIassy:
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Grg and Igot into the and waited f rris, who

m mit 1tr, dssd in elegant white suit and hat.
The hs looked at him and rl said, 'Oh, heavens!', and
quickly stated trotting 2 down the street, Ieaving is and the
drir behind. h di shouted, 'Stop! Stop!' but the hrs
didn't listen and continued trotting away. The dri d is
2. trotting: moving quickly with sht, fast steps.

r ftr us, and I understood few things the drir shouted in

Gm to his hrs: 'I've got to r m living somehow. Yu
know, I didn't ask fr ur opinion!'
The hrs kept going and I think he said something like this
to the driver: 'Don't talk so muhl Let's get the job done, and
frm now let's stay in the back streets and not in frt of
nice hotels.'At last the horse stopped and rris and the drir

got the , and the tur we wr Iooking fwd to

started.
The drir tried to stop in frt of imrtt tourist sites and
explain them to us, but the hrs moved quickly. seemed
to say: 'They've seen the imrtt things, haven't they? WeII,

that's enough. And fr the thr sites, you don't rll know
what u'r saying and they wouldn't understand you if you did.
Rmmr, you speak Grm - they don't!'
We rd quickly down the famous tree-lined Utr den
Linden Street in the city tr and the hrs seemed to say,
'What these felIows want is to go home d telI thir friends
they've seen these things. And if I'm wrong, and th'r mr
intelligent than they look, they get better infomation frm
guide book. Who wants to know how high building is? Yu
fgt the information after few minutes anyway. Let's go
hm d have [uh!'
don't know, hs that ufidI hs was right.
As we sat the tri ur way to Drsd, Grg was
looking ut of the window.
'I wdr why Grms t the letter-box high u on tr?'
I

. tree-Iined : with trees

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both sides of the street.

 0nfriendly l,lorEa
he said. 'Why don't they put it r the frt dr as we do in

Britain. Think of the postman who has to cIimb u the t.

hs Grms use pigeons to dIi letters. But then why
don't they train the birds to deIiver the Ietters Isr to the
ground?'

l looked out of the window and said, 'Gg, those r't

letter-boxes, th'r irds' nests.'
'What!' excIaimed Grg.'Birds' nests?'
'Yes, ids' nests,' I said, looking at Grg. 'Rmm,
Grms Iove irds but they Iove tfdy birds. bird wuId
mII buiId untidy nest whr and dr rubbish
whr. Grm wouldn't like this and would say to the id,
"I like to Iook at u and l like to hr you sing. But ur ways
r untidy. Yu can [ive in this little with ur family and
keep ur ruish inside wh [ can't see it; m out when you
want to sing. Is that [?"'
Grms love rdr and tidiness. Germans love their gardens.
They tie each flower to stick so that it will grw staight, and
they cut hir grass in geometric patterns.
h fuit Grm tr is the Ir us it grws
straight, just like good tr shouId.
Grms want tur to h and set good example to
the hildr; and they love sigs, rtiulrl those that tell
them what t to do. This makes them feel safe and sr.
Grm is tidy land.

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Match the beginnings in Im with the endings in Im .

hr r four endings in Im that you do not need to s.

1
2

4
5

h was lot of entertainment in the Gm capital,

People in St trsug
Gg, rris and.; took
hr was nothing wg with th drir

when the hs saw rris

ftr lively conversation between the dri and his hrs,
Gg confused birds' nests

Tidiness and rdr

F
G

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J

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ut his hrs didn't like the thr friends.

got up late in the mig.
he immediate[y started trotting away with Grg and.; in the .

with ltt boxes.

whr people stayed up until thr in the mig.
the tr of the city started ut didn't last long.
us they wanted to see the sites of the capital.
ut his hrs was old and slow.
w found rywhr in Grm.
to get to the tri station.

wr disliked the Grms.

Berlin
Fr questions 1-11, d the text below. Use the wrd given in capitals
at the end of some of the lines to frm word that fits i the gap in the
same line. hr is example at the beginning ().
The earliest evidence of () ....99Jtl99r..t.... in the
r of rli dates frm (1)
... |192.
rli is city that has seen m
(2) ......................... events. It suffered almost total
(3) ......................... during the Second Wrld W,

and in 1961 long wall was uilt rud West

rli, which separated it frm East rli and East
Grm. The rli WaII usd much suffrig
and international (4)
I November 1989 the rli Wa[[ was
(5) ......................... t down and the people of
rIi wr very happy. The (6) ......................... of
East and West Grm took place in 199 and
today [i is the capital of unified Grm.
Today about ,5, (7)
... Iive in
()
Ii and the city's m is
............
in the service sector. urism, education d the
rts r growing in (S) ...........
. h rli

hiIhrmi rhstr has w itrti[

(1) .............. as of the best rhstrs in
the wId. rli has mr than fifty theatres and
hudrd and fifty-thee musums, some of
which r rt of sum Island, in the
rth rt of the city. usum Island has been
(11) ......................... as UNESCO Wr[d itg
Site.

t trfrmtiR

Fr questions 1-7, complete the second sentence so that it has

similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not
hg the word given. Y mst s between two and five wrds,
including the wrd given. hr is example at the beginning

().

Gg was ugr than rris.

Wasn't
Geo rg

...I/.q.9.|.

t.

uriI looked Iike child ut also like A[ice in Wonderland.

both
uriI looked like

9..9.|..g... ri s.

...............

'lt's thr o'clock d thr's nobody hrl' said rris.

isn't
'It's thr o'clock and

Alice in Wonder[and.

thr

hrl' said is.

h rd the guide book and then began the tur ofthe city.

reading

ftr

...........

they began the tur of the city.

'I'd love to go holiday, but I haven't got m,' said the

drir sad[y.

wish

...................

'I

the drir sad[y.

holiday, but I haven't got any money,'said

They visited town with ancient castle and musum.

which
h visited

town

an ancient castle and

mSUm.
'I

wish Grg wr not so lazy,'thought rris.

Wr
'If

.................

[azy,'thought rris.

'We must decide what to do today,' said J to his friends.

make
'We

must

what to do today,' said J to his friends.

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Match the words (r-a) with the pictures (-).

1 moustache

2 helmet

veil

r glasses

Listening
FiIl in the gaps with the words in the . h Iisten to the beginning
of Chapter Five and check your answers.

Wednesday evening and stayed thr utiI

Sunday. Dresden is rhs the most (1) ........................ town in
Grm. It has interesting museums and t galleries, beautiful
palaces, magnificent cast[es and [ovely grds. h is also lot of
exceIIent musical (2) ........................ .
Dresden's e[ectric tms r mjr () ........................ attraction. They
move thrugh the streets at gt speed d u must get out of thi
way. If you don't get t of thir way and u'r still (+)
wh someone picks u, you wi[[ get (5)
.. because
u wr i their way.
Grg had fu dtur in Dresden. is very (6) ........................
of old ut in England and h wrt hr long letters every day and
sent hr rSt frm town wh we stopped.
Saturday h left us after luh saying he wanted to u lovely
(Z) ........................ fr his ut. We waited fr him f long time and
when he turd he didn't have the ushi.
'We[[, whr's the ushi fr
ur aunt?' I asked.
'I changed m mind,'he said, 'and I didn't buy it.' But I knew something

was (8)

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We arrived in Dresden Wednesday evening and stayed thr

til Sd. Dresden is rhs the most attractive town in

Grm. It has interesting msms and art galleries,
beautiful palaces, magnificent castles and lovely gardens. hr
is also lot of excellent musical entertainment, like the r
and smh concerts; Dresden is city of Itr.

Dresden's electric tms r [ mj tourist

attaction. They move thrugh the streets at grt speed and
u mst get t of thi way. If you don't get out of their way
and u' still alive when someone picks u, you wi[I get
fine us u wr in thi way.
Gg had funny dtu in Dsd. is r fond of
an old aunt in England and he wrote hr long Ietters day
and sent hr rst fm vr town whr we stopped. I
t

don't gr with this kind of hiu, because his aunt talks to

thr aunts and soon all uts wiII want Iong letters and
presents fm their nephews.
On Sturd h left us ft lunch saying he wanted to buy
lovely ushi for his ut. We waited fr him fr long time
and wh he rturd he didn't have the ushi.
'WeIl, whr's the ushi fr u t?' I asked.
'I changed m mind,' he said, 'and l didn't u it.' ut l knew
something was wg.

When Grg and I w aIone in the evening he said,

'Something strange happened to m this afternoon.'

'What happened?' I asked, hoping to find t mr.
'WelI, thr w fur cushions in the window of shop and each
one cost twenty mks. t I rliz I don't speak Grm perfectly,
but [ usually drstd m. I went into the shop and ug
girl m and asked m what I wanted. I put twenty mrks on the
utr

and said in Grm, "Please give me cushion."

'sh was r surisd and strd at m gril. she said I

must making big mistake. I didn't want to start
convesation in Grm so I pointed at the twenty mrks the
utr and repeated that I wanted twt-mk cushion.
thr girl m to the utr and the first girt told h what l
wanted. She seemed r excited and asked m, ''Did u Say
you wanted cushion?" I answered that I wanted twt-mrk
shi. She looked at m and said I uld not have .
' this time IWaS annoyed and said, "1 wantthq.t cushion/''
third bight-eyed gil m to the tr and the first two girls
1,

marks : Grm m of the 1gth and zoth tiS, til the

introduction of the u.

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started explaining th matter to hr. h third girl started

giggIing and then they started taIking, Iooking at m and
felt tike clown giving private frm. The third
girl m u to m and said, "If you get it, will you go away?"
'I told hr I wou[d go away after getting the cushion - l rll
wanted that ushi. h the stangest thing hd. The two
thr girls got behind the third girl and pushed hr towards m.
She put hr hands m shoulders and kissed m. I was r
surrisd. She then r off followed the second girl. The fist
girl opened the dr fr m and since l was completely confused, l
[eft the shop without the ushi and without m twenty mrks. I
didn't mid the kiss, but I wanted the cushion and not the kiss.'
I looked at Grg and said, 'What did u ask fr?'
' cushion,' h said.
'What Grm wrd did you use?' l asked.
'Kuss,' he replied.
'h!' I said, smiIing. 'In Grm the wrd fr ushi is lc[ssen.
giggling.

Yu asked fr kuss, which is kiss! Yu mixed up the two

wrds - I'm sur people have done it f. Yu asked fr
twenty-mark kiss... Anyway, I won't teII rris. I think he has
ut too.'

'Please don't,'said Grg, who seemed mrrssd.

We wr ur way to rgu and wr waiting fr ur train

at the Dresden station. Grg had gone to bookstaII d

rtud with wild look in his eyes.
'I've seen itl'he said excitedly.

'What have u seen?'

asked.

. gigglig : laughing in childlike way.

ut he was too excited to swr inteIligently.

'lt's hr! It's coming this way. I'm t joking; it's the real thing.'
Recently the papers had written t mysterious sea
st, ut since we wr in the middle of ur, ut thr
hudrd miles frm the sea, this was not possible, I thought.
Suddenly Grg took m rm and said, 'Look!'
l turned ud and saw what few Englishmen have seen
fr; the travelling English gentleman accompanied his
daughter, aS Seen the Continental comic press. They wr
perfect in r detaiI. The m was talI and thin with Iight
rw hir, big nose and big moustache. gr suit he
wr long, Iight rt. on his head he had white helmet
with gr veil; ir of r glasses hung his side.
wr rI gloves and rid talI walking stick, although
thr r no mountains Dsd. His dught was tall and
not attractive, with teeth that looked Iike rit's.
rris wanted to take thi picture and looked fr his mr

which, of rs, he couIdn't find. The gentIeman and his

dught walked rud rig guide book and staring at
thig they saw. They wr quite funny sight. t was able to

have five-minute conversation with them, and the gentleman

said he m frm hstr, but did not seem to know what
rt of hst. I asked him whr he was going but he didn't
know. I asked him why he had veil his helmet and h said
that he used it when the flies annoyed him.
m I met later in Frkfurt said he had seen them in paris
and rli. I think they wr ts who worked fr the Bitish
Grmt and their urS Was to t laughter and
international mg u nations.

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Fr questions t-6, choose the swr which you think fits best

according to the text

rris, Grg and

, , r D.
decided to leave Dsd

byboat.

! onSunday.
ltri tram.

bicycle.

what attracted tourists the most in Dresden?

!
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h magnificent castles.
The interesting musums.
h electric trms.
The musical entertainment.

Why didn't J like Gg's hiur with his old ut?

h news of George's hiur would get rud to

[
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th uts.
was spending too muh m rsts.

spent r night writing hr lttrs instead of sleeping.

; disliked Grg's old ut.

The girls in the ushi shop

[
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didn't udrstd George's Grm.

wanted to seII him something else.

aian't like Grg.

wanted mr m f the cushion.

George was excited when he m back frm the book sta[[

! because he had rd ut mysterious sea srt in
the rs.

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because he had fd lovely cushion fr his old aunt.

and told rris to get his mr rd.
because he had seen funny-Iooking gtlm with his

dughtr.

ft visiting Dsd, the th fids wanted to take the tri to

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rli

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@ Vulry
Look at the following

definitions. What is the word that is being

defined? Complete the Ietters to make the rrt wrd. Y have
given the first letter of h . AIl words have used in
Chapters 1-5.
I

[ in which the words sug

to music.
2

s, bad-tempered.

Vr gr.

________

4 bicycle that two people ride.

ut clothes in suitcase.

6 Do what someone te[[s you.

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7 Vr happy about something.

8 Not tusting.
9 Moving quickly with sht, fast steps.
1

Not smooth.

r____

Now write five sentences using some of the wrds above.

@ Biscussion

Discuss the following questions.

George had an mrrssig ri us he did not know

the rrt Grm wd for cushion.
Have u r had suh i with frig [anguage?
If so, teII the class t it.

Wh do you think the English gentleman and his daughter wr?

Why?

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Grg, rris and,J visited Dresden, city of ultr.

It is of Grm's most tifI cities. hr r interesting

musms, art galleries, castles and mrus rt haIIs.
Life in city is certainly different from life in village.
TaIk t village and city life with ur class.
Use these questions to help you.

1
2

What r some of the differences between village and city life?

Wh would you rfr to Iive and why?

What r the advantages and disadvantages of both?

Why do some settlements m cities and thrs rmi
villages?

Dresden

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E*isteing
Listen to part of htr Six and choose the rrt swr

What did the policeman in Stuttgat look Iike?

How m marks was ris's fine?

What was ris not used to reading?

What did J steal in Isuh?

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After visiting rgu, the capital of Czechoslovakia 1 and ot
the most interesting and tifl cities in r, we travelled
to Nrmrg on r way to the Black Forest. AlI thr of s
managed to get into trI between Nrmrg and th Black
Forest.
In the IoveIy town of Stuttgart, ris calIed poIiceman
stupid, which is not allowed in Gm. ris didn't know he
was talking to poIiceman because the m Iooked Iike
fifight. This is what happened: rris was in the town park
and he did not Ieave it through the main gate; he simply stepped
vr wir into the street.
policeman, who was standing r the gate, stopped is
and pointed to the sign that said Durhgg Verbotenl (Going
1. Czechoslovakia : now the Czech Republic; Slovakia was
czechoslovakia.

t of

through hr is not allowed!) is thanked him and walked

away. The policeman followed him and told rris that he had to
go back into the town rk the main gate, which was the
r tr, and then m out again frm the same gate,
which was the rr exit. Harris was annoyed and called the
m stupid. The policeman g him forty mrk fine. rris
was not used to reading signs, but ft this experience he soon
got used to reading them!
In rlsruh

got into truI s

stole bicycle. I didn't

want to steal it; I was trig to useful. I was at the tri
station and the tri was ut to leave, when l noticed that
rris's bicycle was still the tri. I quickly jumped on and
took the bicycle off. Immediately after l noticed that ris's
bicycle was standing against wall, so the bicycle I had taken off
the tri was not ris's; it belonged to sm else. What
situationI
In England I wouId have gone to the station mst and
I

explained m mistake. t in Grm it's not so simpIe,

because they take you rud and u have to explain the st

to haIf dozen m, which always takes r long time. l

decided to hide the bicycle in small hut r the station, ut
unfortunately railway guard with big d hat saw m.
'What r u doing with that bicycle?' he asked.
'I'm going to put it in this shed,' I said, thinking h wouId
thank m fr putting the bicycle away.
looked at me siusl d asked, 'Is it ur bicycle?'
'No, not exactly,' I replied.
'Whose is it?'he asked.
'I 't tell u,' I said. 'I don't know the wr of the bicycle.'

'Whr did you get it?' he asked in suspicious tone of voice.

'I took it ut of the train mistake,' l said calmly.

immediately blew his whistle 2 and things got wrs fr

m. Frtutl, I have Grm fiend in rlsruh who was
[ to get m ut of this trril situation.

After the unpleasant dtu l was confused and wanted to

Ieave rslruh as quickly as possible, so I jumped the first
train with rris and we lost Grg. This was big mistake
us Grg had waiting outside the police station fr
Iong time, but we didn't know. Wh Grg rturd to the
tri station we had lrd left with his luggage. rris had his
ticket and I had most of the m, so he only had few coins in
his pocket. This was the beginning of Grg's crimina[ rr.
Travelling tri in Grm is bit complicated. Yu buy
ticket at the station fr ur destination and you think that's all
you need. But it's not. Wh u tr to get train the guard

wants to see ur ticket. explains to you that ticket itself

is not ugh; u must go back to the booking-office and buy
thr ticket called a'schnellzug ticket'. Once you have bought
ur'schnelJzug ticket'you tr and get on the ti again. With
this ticket u can get th ti, but you t sit down
whr and you must not stand r m rud whr. So
what do you do? Yu must buy th ticket called the 'plotz
ticket', and this gives you place the train.
I have often wdd about the rs who buys I
ticket. uld he ru behind the tri? could he traveI in the

2. whistle,

. 'schnellzg'ticket

ticket for fast ti.

And what ut the rs who buys the 'schellzug

ticket' ut doesn't buy the 'plotz ticket'? Would the gurd let him
lie in the umrll rk? 5
Grg had only enough m to buy third-class slow
train ticket to Baden-Baden. avoid the gurd he waited until
the tri was moving and then jumped . These w his
ims:
goods van?

1
2

got on train that was moving.

traveIled in second-class even though he onIy had

third-cIass ticket.
refused to the difference wh the gurd asked
him to do so. (Grg said he did not rfus; he simply

told the guard h didn't h the m. ffd to go

into the third-class, ut the tri did not have .
ffrd to travel in the goods van, but the guard did
not allow it.)
4 sat i seat without paying fr it.
5 walked rud in the rridr. (Since he uld not sit
down without paying, he did not know what else h could
do.)

George's explanations wr not accepted in Grm and so

his jur frm rlsruh to Baden-Baden was rhs one of
the most expensive rrd, because of the huge fine he had to
.

goods van : rt of the ti whr big packages, boxes and bicycles

r kept.

mll rk : speciaI pIace above th seats whr mlIs r

kept.

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swr the following questions.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

What city did the thr friends visit fr going to Nurmrg?

How did rris get into tru[?
What did rris start doing after his ri in Stuttgart?
Whr did J get into tul?
Why did.1 take the bicycle off the tri?
How did he I to get rid of the bicycle and who saw him?
Who helped.J get out of trul in rlsruh?
Why did Grg have rms buying train ticket?
Why was travelling tri complicated in Grm?

1 What wr 'schnellzug tickets' and'platz tickets'?

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What wr George's 'crimes'?

Why was Grg's journey so expensive?

@ Vocabulary
Find the opposites
1
2

4
5
6
7

ugly
allowed
fortunate[y
tusting
wdrful
simple
cheap

of the following words in Chapter Six.

Now fill in the gaps with of the words given page 76 r one
of the opposites you have fd.
George couldn't buy tri ticket us it was too
... and he didn't have m.
2

rgu is of the

most

...

cities in ur.

The rilw gud with the rd hat spoke to J with

...

tone of voice.

4 IIig tri in Grm was not

5

was in ......................... situation after taking the bicycle off

the train and meeting the ilw guard.

...

J had Gm frid in rlsrh who helped

him.
h sign at the park said that passing through was

'rris was not used to reading signs, but ftr this experience
he soon got used to reading them!'
Look at these sentences to udrstd the us of to sd to and to
get used to.

rris wont miss the

.m. train. is r.rsed to getting up early.

' is used to doing something' ms that h often does it and it is

easy fr him.

At first George'did't

wearingfasses

ow he hrs|got sd to

them.

At first it,a strange fr Grg to wr glasses; h h got u;ed,to

wig them; it m mI and easy f him.
Notice that we use the -ing frm of the ft to used to and to
get used to.

&* :.s*# f* ay:d f* gief :sd *

'" this convesation between Ethelbertha and J.
Read

Ethelbertha is going to take the children to the sea in Folkestone

while J goes to the Black Forest. J is bit worried t hr and the
children.
FiII in the gaps with the words in the and sd to rgt used to.
l ,', l,

J:

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you su u can look ftr the hild urslf at Folkestone?

Ethelbertha: Of urs, J, don't wrr. I'm

(1) .........................

them

day.
J:

And what about buying heavy groceries?

won't th to help you.

Ethelbertha: I'II (2)

... the milk, the rd, the fruit, the
vegetables, the eggs and the meat! I'm stg wm, you know!

J: We[[, I

hope you'II (3) ......................... the beach ud the hot sun

f hurs.

Ethelbertha: Don't wr,

J:

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always wr hat fr protection.

What about the hi[d?

Ethelbertha: h' (4) ......................... utdrs udr the su.

J: And what about doing the huswk? Yu' not used to doing
housework.
Ethelbertha:

I'II

(5)

gt holidayl

...,

d the hildr h[ m. It will

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Y r Harris and you have to write an articIe for the traveI

magazine Touring Two \lhls. In 15-18 words write ut the
adventures , George and .; had while travelling between
Nurmrg and the Black Forest. IIud the folIowing information.

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Yu dt in the town k in Stuttgat.

J's adventure in lsuh with the bicycle.
Gg's 'rims' while trig to get tri.
Some advice to Bitish tllrs who l to take train in Grm.

Yu can begin like this:

tttgrt t

town i u-lh-wt rm. 1 w mzd lhe

r ol1ovely rk dl didd to vst 5 5 qaI thee.,.
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George had quite Iot of truI travelling train in Grm

s h wasn't used to the system. didn't know hw

complicated it was.
National customs surprising and difficult to get used to. TelI
the class t ri you had with national customs wh
visiting thr utr. Use these questions to help u.

1
2

What utr wr u visiting and why?

What national customs seemed strange r complicated to you?
How w you involved?
Was u ri positive r negative ?

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l holiday i Prague!
Prague is one of the world's most beautiful and historical cities. lts
entire historica| tr is part of UNESCO's World Cultural and
Natural Heritage Register. Read about rgu on UNESCO' website.
Now work with rtr and l week-long holiday in Prague.
Decide wh you want to go, how you l to get there d what you
want to see and do.

Discuss your holiday with the class.

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Match the words (1-) with the pictures (-).

1 ighld

bald

beetle

donkey

Listening

Listen to the first part of Chapter Seven and choose the correct
answer

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h Highlander got into truI

[
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and was ut i is.

becauseofhisclothes.
because h insulted policeman.

J's frid and his family uld not walk to the theatre together
[ because thr w too m people in thir gr.

fl so they decided to stay hm.

! sotheytookthree cabs.

In Grm walking the grass

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is not allowed in public rks and grds.

is not allowed 5rwhr in the utr.
is l allowed at night.

What path doesn't the old lady want to take?

[ the path fr children

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the path fr g ladies who r alone

the path fr [ on foot

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It's very easy to get into trul in Grm, but it takes lot

of G
hrd work to get into trI in EngIand. when g

Englishmen decide to insult policeman, h doesn't even know

h is being insulted; and if he knows, he doesn't r. So the
g m don't get into trouble, although they tried.
In the Grm Police Guide thr is long tist of things that

r interesting and exciting, and wiII get u into tru[

immediately. And in the guide u see what the fine is fr
each .

Fr example, in Grm u mSt not Wr Strange clothes

in the street. friend of mine who is Highlander spent the fist
days of his holiday arguing with the police. They asked him why
he was wrig those uusuI cIothes. friend is not v
friendly m and said that h was wearing them because he
wanted to keep wrm. h poIice did not beIieve him and sent

RIs and iqs

him back to his hotel in so that nobody could see him.
British Grmt official spoke to the police and explained
that in Scotland m Highlanders dress in that way. The police
accepted the British official's expIanation, but did not gr with
those kinds of c[othes.
thr thing you t do in the streets of Grm towns
and cities is to feed horses r donkeys. If you want to feed
somebody else's hrs, u must make an appointment with the
animal and feed him in the r place.
In Grm towns must not walk rud after drk in big
grus. I m not sr how m people mk big gru.
Grm frid of mi was happily getting d to go to the
tht with his wife, his mother-in-law, five children of his own,
his sister and hr boyfriend and two nieces. Like all Grms, m
frid and his family love the theater, the r and rts. ln
Grm tickets r cheap and so this kind of entertainment is
r u[r. l rmidd him ut the ul and h said, 'Oh, I
don't think thr will any rlm; w'r all one family.'
't the ul doesn't say anything about family; it simply

says "big gru"',

rlid.

His wife began getting wrrid and suggested going to the

thtr in small grus and then meeting inside the theatre.
r agreed that this was good idea.
In Gm must walk the grass. Even dogs
respect Grm grss and Grm signs. I saw Grm
grdr rfuII rm bIack beetle that was walking the
grass and the beetle looked ashamed of himself as h hurrid
aWay.

In Grm ks there separate paths with big signs fr

different kinds of people. hr r special paths fr 'bicyclists',

'foot-goers', 'horse-riders', 'children' and 'young ladies who r

alone'. hr r rtiulr paths fr bald m. In Dresden l
met an o[d Bnglish lady who didn't know whr to go.
'us me, sir,' she said, looking at the different signs,
'would you mind telling m what I m and whr I must go?'
I looked at hr rfull and said, 'Yu'r "grw-u" and
"foot-goer", so u had better take the "foot-goer" path.'
She looked at it and was disappointed. 'But I don't want to go
thr,' she said. 'I want to go the other way.'
'Oh !' I exclaimed. 'That path is fr children.'
'But I won't hut them,' she replied. 'I like hild.'
'I believe you, mdm,' I rIid, 'ut if you take the children's
path you wiII tiI get big fine and you might end up in
ris.'
'But I don't want to go in that direction,' said the r old
Iady.

'I'm srr, but u hv to go in that direction,'I said, and

walked away.
Grms r certainly law-abiding t people.

of Baden-Baden we planned detailed ten

days' tur of the Black Frst, wh the Du River begins.
we wr r excited ut visiting this beautifuI r of
Grm with its talI trees, gr valIeys and I air. w,
We Wr not able to complete the entire rgrmm. We planned
to get u at five in the mig, have light breakfast and start
In the lovely town

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w sleepy and quite irritI. As the days went we always

got up bit ltr, util we decided that we needed to sleep until
seven. hrf, we had less time fr u rgrmm.
day as we w going u d down the hitts of the
tiful Black Frst, Grg asked rris, 'What bicycle did
say this was?'
'What do you m, George?'said rris.
'What's the rd m 2 of ur bicycle?' asked Grg.
'I forgot the rd m,' said ris. 'Does it make
difference?'
'Yes, it makes diffeence,'said George, who Iooked tired.
' I ask why?' said rris, who WaS bit irritated with
George's question.
'WeIl, the Sts that dtis most rds of bicycles show

m sitting on the bicycle and not doing any work. He's just
happily enjoying the id as the bicycle does all the wrk. This
bicycle of urs, rris, is lazy machine
- it's rul. I have to
do all the work and it does nothfng,' complained Grg, as he
tiud going uphilI.
I suppose Grg was right, since most posters show wel[dressed m and wm riding their shiny bicycles su
days dr, flat rds in the green countryside, and they aI[ Iook
h" and fit.

2. rd m : the specific m given to bicycle

mfturr.

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6
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rt was
If

difficult to get into tuI

you got into tru[ in Grm

lt was not allowed

J', friend the ighldr

ln Grm animals could [ fed
; wasn't sur ut

Ceorge, rris and

worked the details of their tu

The thr friends didn't have lot of time fr thir rgrmm

rg complained ut rris's bicycle

F
G

I
J

to wr strange clothes the street.

us Grg was ill.

in the ight place.

us it didn't do of the wrk fr him.

m frm Scotland.
us they decided to sleep untiI seven r mig.
because it was umfrtI to ride.
in England.
the police put u in ris.
how m [ make dr.
in the town of Baden-Baden.
u would have to the fine that is printed in the Police Guide.
in town rks.

S lrsrmtr
Fr questions 1-8 complete the second sentence so that it has
similar meaning to the first sentence, using the wrd given. Do not
hg the word given. Yu must s between two d five words,
including the wrd given. hr is example at the beginning ().

h r things that Grg doesn't discuss with his frids.

eveqrthing
Grg doesn't

...d...g.q.tt'hrg...

with his friends.

rris hasn't seen his t in ten years.

since
It

..................

you don't the ruls, you wiII get fine.

lss
If

Yu will get

rris saw his aunt.

fine

the ru[s.

uriI could not eat sweets fr dir.

alIow

uiI

eat sweets f di.

'I advise u to think full f swimming in that cold

mountain lake,' said J to rris.

better
'Yu .............
rfull fr swimming in that cold
mountain lake,' said J to rris.

big fir destroyed the trees in the frst.

Wr

h trees in the

big fire.

difficult to predict the wthr in the Black Forest.

tends
It is

The

forest

wth

urdit in the Black Frst.

Gg, rris and.J wr being followed someone.

foIIowing
Grg, ris and J.
'Yu rrw my new mr, but u must fl with it,'
said ris.
Iong
'Yu rw m w

it,'said rris.

mr

rful with

@ Wora qr

Eight Grm cities have mentioned so far in the story. Can you
find them all in the word square?

STUTTGARTKE
ANDGRWLKUlB
TEUOFJADOEA
BHGRSRCPOBD
FAMXENLFJXE
MNFHAMBURGN
XNGYTDBDOXB
OOIPUCIUHUA
YVURVNFDRSD
SEZBIGBUEGE
BRPLRNMBVON

Ayws

UEVAEXBROKO
BSCARLSRUHE
DEUYOUPRBSO

Now write sentence t what happened to the three m in each

of the eight cities.

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In htr Seven George, rris

and; r excited about visiting the

Black Forest.

At the end of the 19th tr the Black Frst did not have the
pollution problems of today: acid ri, r emissions, industrial
pollution. Pollution has severely damaged the trees, the wildlife and
the eco-system of the forest.
Give short talk ut the different kinds of pollution in r r r
r tr, and what is being done to stop them.

Say what ur planet wiII Iike in ten yeafs if we don't fight

poIIution.

Discuss ways of stopping pollution; for exampIe, recycling, education,

better laws.

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h luk Forest
The Black Forest, wooded

mountain region in south-west

Germany, has been one of the country's most interesting and varied
tourist attractions for the past 130 rs.
Its name refers to the thick dark forests of fir trees that grow on the

mountains. There are also many gleen valleys, lakes, waterfalls,

castles and villages in the r.
Unfortunately, laTge umr of trees in the Black Forest has been
damaged acid rain, car emissions and industrial pollution. The
timber

industry has also damaged

large part of the forest.

1. wooded : with m big forests.

2. timber : wood that is used f building houses and making fuitur.

rmi: view of Baden-Baden.

The highest mountain in the Black Forest is the Feldberg (1,49

metres) in the southern part. Numerous rivers including the Danube

and Neckar start in the Black Forest. There are m mineral

springs and famous health centres such as Baden-Baden and
Wildbad. The mineral springs of Baden-Baden wr well known
during the Roman Empire and the remains of the ancient Roman
baths can still seen near the old castle. The word d ms't
bathe'in German.
There r many long distance paths for outdoor activities like
cycling, hiking and horse-riding. The Black Forest Association,
. mineral springs : wtr that comes fm the grud and contains
speciai mirls that r important to health.

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founded about 130 years g/ has created over 23,000 kilometres of

walking paths and over 8,000 kilometres of cycling paths, all of

which are clearly marked. In the winter, skiing is the most popular
sport.

FTeiburg, the area's biggest city, was founded in 1120 and is

cultural and historical centre with srl medieval buildings. It is
one of the sunniest and warmest cities in Grm and an important

tourist attraction.
1r Schzuarzzoalder Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbuerhof

is an open-air

museum r Hausach, small town in the Black Forest. It shows

the life of 16th and 17th century farmers of the r and there are
several reconstTucted Black Forest farmhouses that you can visit.

h Black Forest.

The biggest cuckoo clock of th world" Triberg.

Although the cuckoo clocka was invented in Augsburg, Germany

nobleman called Phitipp ihfr, several small clock-makers
opened shops in the Black Forest and started making all kinds of
cuckoo clocks between 1740-50, The Black Forest became the centre
for the production of cuckoo clocks, which are sold all over the

world.
In the lovely town of Triberg you see the world's largest wooden

cuckoo clock, built in the shape of typical Black Forest house, and
visit the Black Forest Museum. The beautiful Triberg Waterfalls near
the town are the most famous in Grm.

4. cuckoo clock:

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castle Hoherrzol1ern in auturrrrr.

Furtwangen is another interesting town, known for its musical clocks

which play musical melody every hour. These musical clocks are
famous 11 r the world. At the German clock and watch usum
you can see historical and modern clocks and watches of ail sizes.

Hohenzollern Castle is big 15th century castle about 50 kilometres

south of Stuttgart, which is visited more than
*,
300,000 tourists r year. hr are severai
thr smaller castles in the Black Forest,

visiting the Black Forest don't forget

to try the delicious Black Forest Chocolate

\zVhen

Cake, made with chocolate, cherries and

whipped rm; it's very tastyl

mrhsi check

Fr questions 1-4, choose the swr which you think fits best
according to the text - , , or D.
What has pollution done to the Black Frst?

! lt has made it black.

[ lth talltrees have
!

died.

It has damaged the trees.

It has rught heavy is.

Why is d-d fmus?

!
!
!

Because thr r m ris in the town.

Because thr r fmus health trs with mirI

srigs.
Because thr is old Rm castle the hill.
Because it was ilt on the Ftdrg Mountain.

What has the Black Forest Association done in the past 1

rs?
! rt has built lrg uuk clock f tourists.

!
!

It has td the Black Fst Chocolate Cake.

rt has created thousands of kilometres of walking and

cycling paths.
rt has protected the Black Forest against pollution.

What see in rirg?

] h wrld's largest wooden uk clock.

[
[

The Grm Clock and Watch usum.

h hz[lr Castle.

-ir musum with strutd Black Frst

farmhouses.

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Freiburg has favourite city for students for lg time,

About 20,000 people live in Friurg and about 30,000 are
students who come from other countries.

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students?
what is the studentenwerk?
it city for

What is the Munster and what happens there?

What is the food like?
What u do i the summer?
what other activities r available?

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Listen to part of Chapter Eight. Decide which sentences r true
and which r false (F).

1
2

4
5
6

In Gm [[ dogs look a[ike.

Grm dogs rd.

The dog that pulled the milk rt barked lot.
The old lady's dog said h was asking ut the weather.
The old lady wanted to go hm s it was iig.
The tm r the old man and the milk rt dog.

@ Rlg pictures

Look at the itr page

1
2

4
5

11

and answer the questions.

Dsi the stt u see.

What is the milk rt dog doing?

What do the two dogs look like?

Why is the old lady gr?
What do you think the man is saying?

Look at the picture on page 15 d answer the questions.

1
2
3

Why r the th frids udr the big t?

Who is the m with the umll?
What is he saying to the thr friends?

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fascinated Grm dogs. I England you

see the same kinds of dogs, but in Grm get variety of
dogs. You see dogs that you have r seen before and you
don't realize th'r dogs until u hr them bark. Grg saw
dog that Iooked like mitr of fish and poodle, 1 and of
rs rris tried to htgrh it t it r away.
Grms hate laziness i any living thing and their dogs love
to wrk. The life of the typical English dog must misl fr
him. Imagine strg, intelligent dog with lot of rg that
spends the ti day doing nothing. gets into truI

I have always been

us he's tiI d.

Grm dogs r a[ways busy and they fee[ r important.

h'r rud of thir job and th'r r rd. Let m tell

t.

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rl work us the m pushed the cart and he barked loudly.
'The old m can't rk, ut he can push the rt,' the dog
thought. 'Vr weII!'
The dog took great interest in the business. When thr
dog passed and made nasty comment ut the milk, he
stopped and said, 'rd m, what did you say about u milk?'
'h, l said nothing ut ur milk,' answered the th dog
gently, 'l was saying that it's fine day and I wanted to ask you
the ri of chalk.'
'Oh, so you want to know the ri of chalk?' asked the milk
rt dog nervously.
'Yes, thanks, I thought you might know. If I had known the
ri, I wouldn't have asked.'
'Yu' right, I know the ri of chalk. It's
-' said the milk
t dog.
'Oh, m a[ong!' said the old lady, who was the wr of the
thr dog. Sh was hot and tired and rd to go hm.
'Let's go,' said the oId m to the milk rt dog. 'It's getting
Iate.' But the dog didn't m.

'Just minute,' said the milk cart dog to the old m, 'did you
hr what h said ut ur milk?'
'h, mind himl' said the old m. 'Look, there's trm
coming rud the rr and it's going to r us r!'
'I do mind,' said the milk rt dog, 'l'm proud of m milk.

asked m the ri of chalk and I'm going to tell him. It's wth
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go home.'
At this point the trm was r them, an gr drir was
shouting at them, child was screaming and thr big dog
that was pulling rd rt wanted to rt of the discussion.
small crowd of people was watching the s and policeman
was ruig to see what was hig.

'Chalk is worth just twenty times as muh as you'll wrth

ft fighting u,' said the miIk cart dog angrily.
'h, do u think so?' replied the thr dog.
'Yes, I do, u grandson of Frh poodle, you silly...'
'That's enough,' said the old m with the milk rt. 'Look at
what's happeningI'
hr was scene of noise and confusion, and five minutes
Iater the policeman walked away with the m and address of
everybody the street. They wr II in trul.
h milk rt dog Iooked rud and said rudl, 'WeIl, I
think t told him the ri of chalk. I'm sur he won't make
mr nasty mmts about ur milk.'
'I'm sur he won't,' said the old m as he looked at the spilt
milk the rd and sttd pushing the milk rt while the dog
barked loudly.

One thing that d us during ur hoIiday was the

rs of Grm restaurants rwh. top of
beautiful mountain, in gr valley, tall waterfall, r r
romantic lake in the hills you will always find rsturt with
Iong wooden tabIes, big chairs and the strong smelI of roast
meat and spinach.

day we decided to cross wood and cIimb talI

muti.

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'I'm sur we'll find thr big rsturt with people eating
hug quantities of food up there,' said rris angrily.
'Do u think so?' asked Grg.

'Of urs,' swrd rris. 'It's almost impossible to find

place whr u can go and think poetic thoughts.'
'\MeIl,' I said, 'it's sunny mrig; Iet's go.'
We walked through the wonderful gr forest and we
enjoyed the clean, cool ir. h we climbed u to the top of the
mountain. It was wonderful walk in the middle of tur. wh
we got to the top we looked at each thr with satisfaction.
'Great view, isn't it?' said rris cheerfulIy. 'Yu can see fr
miles rud us it's such lr day.'
'Yes, magnificent,' said Grg. 'l feel Iike I'm top of the
world. This is the best!'
'And thr's rsturt up hr to spoil the view,' I added.
'r we sur thr isn't restaurant?' asked George.
'WelI, I sus we could Iook fr one,' said rris, looking
rud.'ut it seems that this is the only square miIe in
Grm without rsturt.'
'And we thr fud itl' I said proudly,
'What good luckl' said rris hrfull. 'Now we can dmir
tur in

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its beauty.'

After few minutes of siIence George said, 'Speaking of

tr, which road should we take to go down?'
I Iooked in u guide book and said, 'The rd to the left.'

Storms m quickly in the Black Frst and after qurtr

of hur it started iig hrd, r hd. ur clothes wr
getting wet and we didn't know what to do.
'At this point I wish thr wr rsturt up h,' said
rris, Iooking rud.
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'This way w'r wet ond hungry!'said Grg.

Suddenly we hrd voice coming frm big gentleman who
stood at distance frm s udr an umrll.
'\Mon't u m inside?' he asked in lud voice.
'Inside whr?' l shouted. I thought h was tig to fu.

'Inside the rsturt,' he swd.

We r to him as he said, 'I called you frm the window ut
you rI didn't hr m. This strm could last fr th
hur and you'll get r wet.'
was kind old gentleman who seemed wrrid about us.

'Thank you, si, u' r kind,' I said. 'We didn't know thr
was sturt hr because it's hidden the trees.'
'That's why I m out,' [id the old gentleman smiling.

We stopped at the rstrt f couple of hours, dried

ourselves, ate good meal and talked about the view.
We wr seated in the gd of the hotel in , Iooking
down at the lights the Rhine Rir the last evening of ur
ummI. It was beautifu[, lm night. We planned to catch the
rI mrig train the next day and start ur trip back to
Britain.
'This has been wdrful ummI on the whole,' rris said,
' bit tiring at times, but inteesting.'
'\/'v all had the hg we needed,' I said.

'\/'v s

[ot of beautifI places and we've lrd lot

ut Grm and its peopIe,' said Grg.

'Yes, it'S r pleasant,' I said. 'I'm srr it's r, but
I'm glad w'r going home.'

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rrhsi check
Fr questions 1-7, choose the swr which you think fits best
according to the text

, , r D.

Grm dogs had always fascinated

!
[
[
!

and he decided to buy .

because they wr so big.
because thr w so m different kinds.
because they wr lazy.

What did ris want to htgh?

! The old m who was pushing t.
! The dog that looked tike fish and poodle.
! The milk cart dog.
[ The old lady with dog.
Typical English dogs wr uh us
! they wr always rd.
[ they wr always hug.

thwkdthrd.

they didn't have mst.

What was the job of the milk-cat dog?

pushed the milk t.
pulled the milk rt.
fought with thr dogs.
rkd toudly.

!
!
!
[

What d Gg, rris and.J durig their Grm holiday?

! The tandem bicycle.
! The rrw uphill roads.
[ The presence ofGerman rstuts rwhr.

Thefoggyweather.

Who could finally dmir tu in

rris

Grg

the thr friends

! the big gentleman

!
fl
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its beauty?

Whr did the thr friends spend their last night in Grm?
boat on the Rhine Ri.
ln sturt on top of muti.

fl
!
[
!

ln tri station.
ln hotel i .

'Look, there'S trm coming around the rr and it's going

to run us r!'
R r is phrasal r and like all hrsI rs it is combination
of r and dr r preposition, which tgthr have rtiul
meaning.

trrasal rs
Look at the phrasal verbs (1-6) and match them with thir

meaning (-). Use dictionary to help .

t
2

4
5

rU r

ru along
u away with
ru up against
ru rss
ru out of

Finish one's supply of something.

Meet difficulties.
Find r meet h.

Knock down and pass r the top.

Go away, leave.
Steal and rr off something.

Now s the correct phrasal r in the following sentences.

1 After five rs, rs rris

old frid.
2 'l'm busy w,' said Ethelbertha to hr hild, 'please ............... .'
m difficu[ties in the cushion shop.
3 Grg
4 Ystd the ggrr i Folkestone ............... vegetables.
hr suitcase.
5 thlrth was ig because thief
old cat last night.
6 h wsr said that tram

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Have f with this crossword puzzle!

Across

3
5

7
8

Down

comes fm Scotland.

City the sea with boats and

ships.
lrg umr of people.

Satisfied and happy.

big forest in Grm.
Doesn't Iike spending m.
Yu find miIs
udrgrud th.
Y us it to think.

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13
14
16

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18

19

ids make thi

hm hr.

kind of dog.
yu w it and it makes noise.
Yu eat hr.
w the sea in Kent.

Capital city of the Czech

Republic.

12
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15

Bad tmrd, tense.

small black insect.

The language spoken in Ho[land.
1

bicycle fr two people.

short long ti,
h capital city
of Grm.

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Y r George and fr Ieaving Grm u want to write

letter to r t, telling hr t the high points of r holiday.
Use t t50-18O words to write the letter. Include the following
information:

.
.
.
.

Yur i in London with the w of the boot shop the

day of ur drtur.
Yur mrssig ri in the cushion shop that only
knows about.

Yur thoughts about posters that advertise bicycles and why

ris's bicycle is u[ machine.
How you felt wh u climbed to the top of the mountain in the
Black Forest. Describe the beautifuI scenery.

}is*.:ssi
Discuss the following questions.
I this ht the milk t dog has job and h is rud of it.
What thr jobs do dogs do?
2 Do u think they enjoy their wrk?
Which thr animals wrk? What do they do and why is thi wrk
imtt?

4 r thr jobs that only animals do?

5

What r animals' ights? How do you feel about protecting

animals'rights?
What we do to protect animals'rightsZ

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Look at the pictures frm the story. Put them in their rrt order
1 to 15 and write caption udr each .

mrig them frm

lto

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novet
Photocopy these two pages, t t the pictures d stick them
r in the right rdr.
Think of words to put in the balloons when the hrtrs r
speaking r thinking. Do not s the words that wr used in this
book!

h write at least st dr each picture to rrt what is

happening.

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This rdr uses the EXPANSIYE READING rh, whr the text
becomes spingboard to improve language slls and to lr historica1
backgTound, cultural connections and other topics suggested the text.
The w strucfures introduced in this Step of ur BEADING & TRA|N|NG
series r listed below. Naturally, structures frm lower steps r included
too. Fr complete list of struturs used r all the six teps, see
The Black Cat Guide to Graded Realers, which is also downloadable at no
cost frm r website, www.blackcat-cideb.com.
The vocabulary used at each step is fll checked against vocabulary
lists used for internationally recognised examinations.

All

the structures used in the previous levels, plus the following:

yr tenses
Present Perfect bimple: the first l sd etc. time that .,.
Present Perfect Continuous: unfinished past with./or or si
(duration fm)

Yr fms and patterns

Passive frms: Present Perfect Simple
Reported speech introduced precise eporting verbs
(e.g. sug ge st, promi s , apolo gis )

Modal rs
l get used to + -g: habit formation

Had better: duty and wrig

Types of clause
3rd Conditional:

+ Past

Perfect, would('t) have

Conditionals with m l might

Non-defining relative clauses with: which, whose
Clauses of concession: v though; i spite of; despite

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