Lesson 39 Text A My Father's Son It's hard being an astronaut's son. I mean, everybody expects you to be special or perfect, and I'm just an average elevenyear-old kid. I'm an average student, and I'm...
Lesson 38 Text A Can't She Type? The well-known banker, T. J. Ellington, was at one time in his younger days the manager of a New York office. His secretary had been with him for many years, and knew...
Lesson 37 Text A Do You Know Who I Am? Mr Smith is well known in Washington because of his many social blunders. He alwavs likes to attend the various social functions because he wants to expand his c...
Lesson 36 Text A Three Wishes Once upon a time , there lived a woodman and his wife. They were very poor, and they lived in a cottage on the edge of a forest. Every day, the woodman would set out earl...
Lesson 35 Text A A Proud Linguist Once upon a time there was an Austrian emperor who made it a rule to interview every one of his soldiers once a year. During the interviews he invariably asked three...
Lesson 34 Text A Stage Fright Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano recital ha.d turned out well, all except for his solo. He couldn't understand how it could have happened. He had practised for...
Lesson 33 Text A We Are Not Deaf ! Jane and Lise have had lunch with Uncle David and Aunt Janet. The two old people are deaf , and the girls are tired be- cause they have had to shout. They both want...
Lesson 32 Text A A Pocketful of Pigs Once there was no money. If people wanted to get something , they had to give something. This is the way it used to be. "I will give you my cow for your pig," a ma...
Lesson 31 Text A A Difficult Customer Dolores works in a shop selling gramophone records. One afternoon a middle-aged woman came in, sat on a stool in front of the counter, and smiled at her brightly....
Lesson 30 Text A The Bloody Thumb I met the old man at a cafe. I was a stranger in the town. "Did you hear the radio news yesterday?" he asked me. "I didn't," I said."Was there anything exciting?" "Ex...
