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It was a bee
المؤلف: L.A Hill
المصدر: Advanced-Anecdotes in American English
الجزء والصفحة: 46-1
20/10/2022
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One day, when Mr. Smith came home from work, he found his wife very annoyed about something. Mr. Smith always thought that he was more sensible than his wife, so he started to give her a lecture on the importance of always remaining calm.
Finally he said, "It's a waste of your strength to get excited about small things. Train yourself to be patient, like me. Now, look at the fly that has just landed on my nose. Am I getting excited or annoyed? Am I swearing or waving my arms around? No, I'm not. I'm perfectly calm."
Just as he had said this, Mr. Smith started shouting. He jumped up and began to wave his arms around wildly and swear terribly. He couldn't speak for some time, but at last he was able to tell his wife: the thing on his nose hadn't been a fly, it had been a bee.
A Answer these questions:
B Which of these answers are correct? Write down the questions and the correct answers.
1. How was Mrs. Smith feeling when her husband came home?
2. Why did Mr. Smith think that he could help her?
3. What did he claim to be his way of dealing with the insect on his nose?
4. What was the insect?
5. What happened when he discovered what it was?
C Write this story, putting one word in each blank space. You will find all the correct words in the story.
Mr. Williams was famous for his bad temper. When something ________ him, which happened quite often, he used to __________ his arms around in the air and begin to __________ , using the rudest words he knew, which was _________ bad for his children, because they learned to do the same thing
His wife was very different: she was a quiet, _________ woman who knew the _______ of _______ calm under all circumstances, to avoid wasting one's __________ uselessly. She tried to ________ her children to do this too, and sometimes made them sit down and listen to a ________ about the need for patience.