A. Answer these questions.
Why didn’t Mr. Yates remember things so well?
Mr. Yates was almost ninety years old, so he had problems.
Where did his friends live?
His friends live in Spain.
Who was sick when Mrs. Yates visited Spain again?
The sisters got sick.
Who really died then?
No one.
Was the girl joking with Mr. Yates?
yes.
B. Which words in the story on page 40 mean:
- almost 3. sad 5. stopped living-died
- not forget 4. hard
C. Write this story. Put one word in each empty place. You will find all
the correct words in the story on page 40.
Mr. and Mrs. Yates lived together for 52 years, and then she became very
ill. After a month she died, and Mr. Yates was alone. It was hard for him to
live in a big house without anybody else, so he married again. His new wife
was much younger than he was, and she liked travel to foreign countries, so
they began to go to Africa every year, in the winter. Mrs. Yates had a younger
sister, and she usually went with them too. Everybody thought, ‘Those girls
are that old man’s daughter.’
One day in Kenya a man said to him, ‘Do you remember me? I was your
neighbour in Southampton.’
Mr. Yates did not answer for a few seconds, because he was forget Then
he said, ‘Oh, yes! That’s right! I married your daughter, didn’t I?’