As you listen to the story, mark the following sentences as (F) false, (T) true or NT (not mentioned)

Try as many situations as possible.

With a partner, act out situations when you need to address people.

Retell the story in the name of

Listen for more details. Fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct tense and voice.

Listen to the story again and say whether these sentences are true or false.

1 ___ Once Mark Twain and his friend were at a dinner party.

2 ___ Mark Twain was asked to make a speech.

3 ___ Though he spoke for half an hour, his speech was a great success.

4 ___ Then his friend spoke.

5 ___ He said that Mark Twain had taken the notes of his speech.

6 ___ That’s why he couldn’t make his speech.

7___ When Mark Twain’s friend sat down, everybody laughed.

1) Once M. Twain and his friend (invite) …………………………………………...............................................

2) When it was time to make speeches, M. Twain (ask)………………………................................................................

3) He (speak) for……………………………………………………………………..... and his speech ………………………………………………………..

4) Then it was his friend’s…………………………………………………………............

5) His friend (stand) up and (say) that he and M. Twain……………............................................................................

6) He (explain) that M. Twain had just ……………………………………………….......................................and he had (lose) the ………………………………………………...

7) He added that he (can’t) …………………………………………………………........................

8) Then he (sit) down and everybody…………………………………………………...................

· Mark Twain

· his friend

· the host

· a guest

85 Mark Twain addressed the party with the words ‘Ladies and gentlemen!’ How would you address different people in English? Match the forms of address with the people.

a policeman	· officer
your teacher(male/female)	· ma’am
a university professor	· excuse me
a shop assistant	· Mum/mother
your father	· Dad/father
your mother	· dear
your boy/girl friend	· baby(babe, sweetie)
a stranger	· honey
your wife/husband	· dear
an old man an old woman	· sir · man/mate
a group of students	· guys
your best friend (male)	· professor/sir · Mr Strict · Mrs Kind

Model: Excuse me, officer. I’m looking for…(Could you tell me the way …)

² Listening comprehension

87 Besides their own backgrounds, authors use life stories and experiences of other people. The story you are going to listen to is called “The Origin of Robinson Crusoe”. Before listening, look at the words below and make sure you understand them.

a pamphlet – a) a very thin book with paper covers, that gives information about something; b) a treatise on some topic of current issue often critical in content. a violent quarrel - showing very strong angry emotions. an account (of smth) -a written or spoken description that says what happens in an event or process shipwreck - the destruction of a ship in an accident; if someone is shipwrecked, they are in a boat or ship when it is destroyed in an accident. as good as (dead/ruined, etc) – almost. Daniel Defoe Alexander Selkirk

1____ Daniel Defoe was a well-established writer before he met the prototype of his main character.

2_____ Alexander Selkirk was a shipwrecked sailor who found himself on an uninhabited island.

3____ He spent four years on that island.

4____ It was quite by chance that he was saved by a ship pulling in to the island for water.

5____When the sailor returned to London, it was with Defoe’s assistance that he published several ac counts of his experiences.

6____ With time his name was well forgotten.

7____ Defoe was carried away by the man’s staunchness and endurance which prompted him to write his book.

8____ The book he wrote was a great success.

9____ It is known the world over as a true story of a sailor Selkirk by name.

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