英语初级口语教程 Where to Find a Listener

       Lesson 28

              Text A

                               Where to Find a Listener
    Mr Adamson enjoys playing the violin in his leisure time. He is often carried away by his music. But it is a terrible time for his neighbours when Mr Adamson plays as he does so badly.
One day Mr Adamson sat by a window and began te play the violin as usual. Mr Adamson seems to be making noises instead of music. However, Mr Adamson was absorbed. Just then, some stones

 were thrown out of the window under which Mr Adamson was sitting, but he did not pay attention to it. The "music" continued. After a little while, an empty bottle and a worn-out shoe were thrown out of the window too. Mr Adamson knew that this was not the place for him. The neighbours did not like his "music ". Mr Adamson was very sad. He was badly hurt. "Perhaps no living people can understand my music.I should go to a place where people may appreciate my works. " So he decided to go to a graveyard.

    He came to a graveyard where there was no other sound ex cept the church to11. The yard was a Heaven'" where dead people
rest. Mr Adamson sat at a grave's and thought a lot, "I must do my best to show that my music is outstanding. " He was inspired and began to play his violin. Suddenly a barefoot stretched out from the grave amd gave Mr Adamson a kick which sent him flying. His treasured violin also dropped frum his hand. Mr Adamson felt very sad because his works was not accepted by anyone , not even the dead.

　
 
　
         Text B

Don't Throw Paper on the Floor

    Bill Davidson is throwing some paper on the floor. Miss Mead, his teacher, is looking at the paper. Mlss MEAD:   Don't throw paper on the floor, Bill.
BILL:   Where shall I put it, miss?
MISS ME.AD   Put it in the waste-paper basket, please.
BILL:   But Peter and Tony put all their paper in the basket a few .moments ago.
   Now it's full
MISS MEAD:   In that case, take the basket outside and empty it.
BILL:   Yes , m iss. (He takes the basket out of the room and returns with it a few
   moments later. )
MIss MEAD:   Where did you empty the basket, Bill?
BILL:   In the playground, miss.
MISS MEAD:   Silly boyo ! The dustbin is at the back of the school. Now pick up the paper
   and put it in the dustbiri.

　
 
Question on Text B

7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.

    An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman each owed a friend of theirs a pound. The man died. They agreed that their debts were debts of honour and must be paid, and that each one should go to the dead man's house, leave a pound and ask that it should be buried with him, as he had no relatives. The Englishman went and left a pound; so did the Irishman. The Scotsman went to the house, took the two pounds, wrote a cheque for three pounds and asked that it should be buried with the dead man.
    But the undertaker (the man who arranges funerals) was a Welshman. He found the cheque, cashed it and kept the money.