Mr. Yates was nearly ninety, so it was often difficult for him to remember things, but he still liked traveling very much, so he and his wife went to Spain every year. One summer when they were there, they went to visit some friends. These people had two young daughters. One afternoon Mr. Yates was talking to one of the girls in the garden after lunch. ‘You and your sister were ill when my wife and I were here last year, weren’t you?’ he said to her. ‘Yes, we were,’ answered the girl. ‘We were very ill.’ The old man said nothing for a minute, because he was thinking. Then at last he said, ‘Oh, yes, I remember now! One of you died. Which one of you was it, you or your sister?’ The girl answered, ‘It was me.’ ‘Oh? I’m very sorry to hear it,’ said the old man.
A. Answer these questions.
1. Why did Mr. Yates not remember things very well?
Because he was very old.
2. Where did his friends live?
His friend live in Spain.
3. Who were ill when Mr. and Mrs. Yates visited Spain another time?
Two girls were ill.
4. Who really died then?
The girls sister.
5. Was the girl having a joke with Mr. Yates?
Yes, she was.
B. Which words in the story on page 40 mean:
1. almost-nearly
3. sad -sorry
5. stopped living – died
2. not forget –remember
4. hard-difficult
C. Write this story. Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the correct words in the story on page 40.
Mr. and Mrs. Yates lived together for 52 years, and then she became very ill . After a month she died , and Mr. Yates was alone. It was sad for him to live in a big house without anybody else, so he married again. His new wife was much younger than he was, and she liked travelling to foreign countries, so they began to go to Africa every yera , in the winter. Mrs. Yates had a younger daughters , and she usually went with them too. Everybody thought, ‘Those girls are that old man’s daughters .’ One day in Kenya a man said to him, ‘Do you remember me? I was your neighbour in Southampton.’ Mr. Yates did not answer for a few seconds, because he was old . Then he said, ‘Oh, yes! That’s right! I married your daughter, didn’t I?’
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