STORY 19.
Miss Green was very fat. She weighed 100 kilos, and she was getting
heavier every month, so she
went to see her doctor. He said, ‘You
need a diet, Miss Green, and I’ve got a good one here.’ He gave her a
small
book and said, ‘Read this carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me
in two weeks’ time.’ Miss Green came again
two weeks later, but she wasn’t thinner: she was fatter. The doctor
was surprised and said, ‘Are you eating the things on page 11 of the small book?’ ‘Yes, doctor,’ she answered.
The next day the doctor visited Miss Green during her dinner. She was very surprised to see him. ‘Miss Green,’
he said, ‘Why are you eating potatoes and bread? They aren’t in your diet.’ ‘But, doctor,’
Miss Green answered,
‘I ate my diet at lunch time. This is my dinner.’
STORY 20.
Rose left school when she was seventeen years old and went to a college for a year to learn to type.
She passed her examinations quite well and then went to look for work. She was still living with her parents. A
lot of people were looking for typists at that time, so it was not difficult to find interesting work.
Rose went to
several offices, and then chose one of them. It was near her parents’ house. She thought, ‘I’ll walk there every
morning. I won’t need to go by bus.’ She went to the office again and
said to the manager, ‘I want to work here,
but what will you pay me?’ ‘We’ll pay you £27 now,’ the
manager answered, ‘and £30 after three months.’
Rose thought for a few seconds before she answered. Then she said, ‘All right, then I’ll start in three months’
time.’
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