Number 41, exercise 28A.0:05
Listen to the text and say which of the two men wanted to be friendly, Kevin or his uncle?0:11
How to make everybody happy Kevin lived in a big city and earned his living working for a large company.0:21
But Kevin didn't like living in a city.0:30
He didn't like the noise and the traffic and the crowds in the streets.0:33
He got so tired of the city that he decided to go away for a short while.0:38
Once he decided to visit his Uncle Ronald, who lived in the country, and stay with him for a few weeks.0:44
It was a very good idea because Uncle Ronald lived in a wonderful little village situated on the bank of a small river.0:52
The village consisted of several twin cottages that looked exactly the same, and there was a lovely church on the top of the hill.1:01
Kevin loved it there so much that he felt sorry.1:10
He didn't know much about poetry, so that he could describe the countryside in a poem.1:13
Anyway, Kevin enjoyed his stay in the country.1:21
Often he and his uncle went for a walk or for a drive in the car, and Kevin was so happy that he sang at the top of his voice and Uncle Ronald sang along.1:25
They both laughed, and Kevin never felt stupid.1:37
Once Kevin noticed a strange thing.1:41
Whenever they passed somebody, his uncle waved.1:45
Kevin was surprised and said, uncle Ronald, you know everybody here.1:49
Where did you meet all these people?1:55
I don't know all of them, said his uncle.1:58
Then why do you wave to them?2:01
Well, answered his uncle, when I wave to somebody and he knows me, he is pleased.2:05
But when I wave to someone and he doesn't know me, he is surprised.2:12
And he starts asking himself, who is that man?2:17
Why did he wave to me?2:20
So he has something to think about during the rest of his journey, and the journey seems shorter to him.2:23
So I make everybody happy.2:30
B Listen to the text again and do the tasks from the section.2:36
Let us listen and discuss in your student's book.2:42
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