first two days in Scotland have made her think otherwise. She arrived on Friday, the 22nd and spent Saturday and Sunday with her cousin, André, and his family. In the evenings she went out with André and a group of friends. She didn’t have any trouble understanding the family, because they spoke Russian, or English with a slight Russian accent. But the evenings were different. She had a lot of trouble understanding André’s friends. She had to make a big effort every time they said something to her. What made things worse was that they went to a noisy restaurant and then to a discotheque. Natasha felt embarrassed because she kept having to ask the friends to repeat everything. Later André told her not to worry about it. He knew that by the time she left for Moscow in early January, she would understand everyone quite well. On Saturday afternoon, after lunch, André took Natasha to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. She had never seen such a beautiful city. She spent more than half an hour standing in Princes Street looking across at the castle of Mary, Queen of Scots. It was a cold and windy day, and André wanted to go inside a pub to get warm. However, Natasha was used to the Russian winters and the weather seemed almost warm to her. Everything was so different to her. She had never been more than 50 kilometers outside of Moscow in her life. Here, there were cars everywhere, coming and going. Everyone seemed to be in a hurry. André told her that compared to London, Edinburgh and Glasgow were quiet cities. He also told her that they would be going to London in a few days to see the sights and to go to a musical; either “Cats” or “The Phantom of the Opera”.
1. Where is Natasha Zarakovich now?
2. What did she think she knew?
3. What made her think otherwise?
4. When did she arrive in Scotland?
5. Who did she spend Saturday and Sunday with?
6. What did she do in the evenings?
7. Did she have trouble understanding the family?
8. Why not?
9. Who did she have trouble understanding?
10. What kind of effort did she have to make to understand them?
11. What made things worse?
12. Why did she feel embarrassed?
13. What did André tell her later about this problem?
14. What did André think about how Natasha would progress with her English?
15. When would Natasha leave for Moscow?
16. Where did André take her on Saturday afternoon?
17. What is Edinburgh in Scotland?
18. What was Natasha’s reaction to Edinburgh?
19. How long was she standing in Princes Street?
20. Why did she spend so much time there?
21. What was the weather like?
22. What did André want to do because of the weather?
23. Did Natasha feel cold?
24. Why didn’t she feel cold?
25. How did Natasha find things compared to Moscow?
26. How far had she been outside of Moscow?
27. What did she see everywhere?
28. What was her impression of the people?
29. How did André compare Edinburgh and Glasgow to London?
30. When did he say they would be going to London?
31. What two things would they do in London?
32. What musical would they see?
46. LI TONG
Last night Li Tong was thinking about giving up the idea of learning English. He had already attended six classes but he still couldn’t understand a word the teacher was saying. He felt embarrassed in class because most of the students seemed to be progressing quite well. He had the impression that he was holding back the class. However, thanks to his daughter, he changed his mind before going to bed. It turns out that when he told his wife that he was thinking about giving up, his daughter was doing her homework at the kitchen table. When she heard her father say this, she got up and told him that English was easy. She showed him her English book and, together, they studied the first two chapters. Li had always thought that his daughter was a gifted child and now he was sure of it. She explained to him how to conjugate the verb “to be” in the singular and the plural; and
1. Where is Natasha Zarakovich now?
2. What did she think she knew?
3. What made her think otherwise?
4. When did she arrive in Scotland?
5. Who did she spend Saturday and Sunday with?
6. What did she do in the evenings?
7. Did she have trouble understanding the family?
8. Why not?
9. Who did she have trouble understanding?
10. What kind of effort did she have to make to understand them?
11. What made things worse?
12. Why did she feel embarrassed?
13. What did André tell her later about this problem?
14. What did André think about how Natasha would progress with her English?
15. When would Natasha leave for Moscow?
16. Where did André take her on Saturday afternoon?
17. What is Edinburgh in Scotland?
18. What was Natasha’s reaction to Edinburgh?
19. How long was she standing in Princes Street?
20. Why did she spend so much time there?
21. What was the weather like?
22. What did André want to do because of the weather?
23. Did Natasha feel cold?
24. Why didn’t she feel cold?
25. How did Natasha find things compared to Moscow?
26. How far had she been outside of Moscow?
27. What did she see everywhere?
28. What was her impression of the people?
29. How did André compare Edinburgh and Glasgow to London?
30. When did he say they would be going to London?
31. What two things would they do in London?
32. What musical would they see?
46. LI TONG
Last night Li Tong was thinking about giving up the idea of learning English. He had already attended six classes but he still couldn’t understand a word the teacher was saying. He felt embarrassed in class because most of the students seemed to be progressing quite well. He had the impression that he was holding back the class. However, thanks to his daughter, he changed his mind before going to bed. It turns out that when he told his wife that he was thinking about giving up, his daughter was doing her homework at the kitchen table. When she heard her father say this, she got up and told him that English was easy. She showed him her English book and, together, they studied the first two chapters. Li had always thought that his daughter was a gifted child and now he was sure of it. She explained to him how to conjugate the verb “to be” in the singular and the plural; and
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