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Erna Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow.She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning.Erna is only fourteen years old and she hopes lo set up a new world record.She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure
to succeed.Erna's father will set out with her in a small boat.Mr Hart has trained his daughter for years.Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.Erna intends to take short rests every two hours.
She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.Most of Erna's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast.Among them will be Erna't mother,who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
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The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time.As a great many people will be visiting the country,the government will be building new hotels,an immense stadium,and a fine new swimming pool.'They will also be building new roads and a special railwayline.The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'.Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year.By the end of next year,they will have finished work on the new stadium.The fine modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter.Every body will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up.We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.
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My old friend,Harrison,had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before.he returned to England.He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there.Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather,for even though it was still
summer,it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.After so many years of sunshine,Harrison got a shock.He acted as if he had never lived in England before.
In the end,it was more than he could bear.He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.The dream he had had for so many years ended there.Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
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While John Gilbert was in hospital,he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful,but the doctor refused to do so.The following day,the patient asked for a bedside telephone.When he was alone,he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington.When the doctor answered the phone,Mr Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient,a Mr John Gilbert.He asked if Mr Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been.He then asked when Mr Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks.Then Dr Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient.' No,' the patient answered,' I am Mr John Gilbert.'
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Last week at a dinner-party,the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold.Mrs Rumbold was a large,unsmiling lady in a tight black dress.She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time,she was busy eating.I tried to make conversation.
' A new play is coming to" The Globe" soon,' I said.'Will you be seeing it '
' No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year ' I asked.
' No,' she answered.
' Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
' No,' she answered.In despair,I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
' Young man,' she answered,' if you ate more and talked less,we would both enjoy our dinner ! 36
Erna Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow.She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning.Erna is only fourteen years old and she hopes lo set up a new world record.She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure
to succeed.Erna's father will set out with her in a small boat.Mr Hart has trained his daughter for years.Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.Erna intends to take short rests every two hours.
She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.Most of Erna's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast.Among them will be Erna't mother,who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
37
The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time.As a great many people will be visiting the country,the government will be building new hotels,an immense stadium,and a fine new swimming pool.'They will also be building new roads and a special railwayline.The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'.Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year.By the end of next year,they will have finished work on the new stadium.The fine modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter.Every body will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up.We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.
38
My old friend,Harrison,had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before.he returned to England.He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.He had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there.Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather,for even though it was still
summer,it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.After so many years of sunshine,Harrison got a shock.He acted as if he had never lived in England before.
In the end,it was more than he could bear.He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.The dream he had had for so many years ended there.Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.
39
While John Gilbert was in hospital,he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful,but the doctor refused to do so.The following day,the patient asked for a bedside telephone.When he was alone,he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington.When the doctor answered the phone,Mr Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient,a Mr John Gilbert.He asked if Mr Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been.He then asked when Mr Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks.Then Dr Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient.' No,' the patient answered,' I am Mr John Gilbert.'
40
Last week at a dinner-party,the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold.Mrs Rumbold was a large,unsmiling lady in a tight black dress.She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her.Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time,she was busy eating.I tried to make conversation.
' A new play is coming to" The Globe" soon,' I said.'Will you be seeing it '
' No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year ' I asked.
' No,' she answered.
' Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
' No,' she answered.In despair,I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
' Young man,' she answered,' if you ate more and talked less,we would both enjoy our dinner !