[00:00.00]Lesson 40 Text A
[00:12.59]Learn to Eat like a Grown-up
[00:15.86]MOTHER: The table' s laid. Come along, both of you, and let us begin.
[00:21.50]FATHER: I'm ready;I feel quite hungry.
[00:25.57]CHRIS: So am I; I could eat a horse1.
[00:30.48]MOTHER: Well, we haven't got a horse for you, but what we have got is quite nice.
[00:36.73]Sit there and see how well you can behave.
[00:41.20]Remernber you're getting quite a big boy and must learn to eat like a grown-up.
[00:47.67]CHRIS: Does that mean that I can eat more?
[00:50.63]MOTHER: We want you tomake a good meal,
[00:53.71]though wedon't wan you to stuff yourself Your-place-has been laid just like ours.
[01:00.00]CHRIS: What's this little plate for?
[01:02.28]MOTHER: That' s for your bread. Most people eat a little bread with their meat and vegetables.
[01:09.43]CHRIS: Mother, arch' t you going to cut my meat up for me any more?
[01:13.53]MOTHER: No, I' m not. We have put a knife and'fork for you and you must learn how to use them.
[01:21.63]Here is your meat; help yourself to vegetables from the dish Don't take more than you can eat.
[01:29.97]CHRIS:All right,Mother;may I take some mustard?
[01:33.41]FATHER:You may,but I don't think you'll like it.
[01:37.36]You'll find it hot.Now sit up properly;dont't lean back and don't lean too far forward.
[01:45.53]MOTHER:And take your elbows off the table-cloth.
[01:48.36]FATHER:And don't take too much on your fork.You shouldn't open your mouth wide at meals.
[01:54.44]MOTHER:Don't make a noise when you are eating.
[01:57.58]CHRIS:Good gracious!I think it would be better if I took my plate away to the nursery.
[02:03.22]I shan't be ableto eat at all if I try to remember all those things.
[02:08.47]FATHER:Stay where you are.You'll soon learn.(Chris begins to eat;he puts some vegetables into his mouth with his knife.)
[02:12.18]MOTHER:What are you doing?Don't you know that you must never put you knife into your mouth?
[02:18.58]CHRIS:But why,Mummy?It's easier like that sometimes.
[02:22.65]FATHER:You might cut your mouth.Do you want to make your mouth bigger than it is?Use your fork.
[02:29.50]CHRIS:No,I don't.But I might prick my tongue with the points of my fork.
[02:35.48]FATHER:Well,you must learn not to.
[02:38.75]MOTHER:There,leave the lad alone.He'll soon learn.Have you finished,dear?
[02:44.99]Lay your knife and fork on you plate.
[02:48.54]No,don't cross them.
[02:50.97]Put the handles towards you.
[02:53.56]FATHER:Now,here come the sweets.Here's your plate.
[02:57.61]Use that spoon and fork;use your fork more than your spoon.
[03:03.48]CHRIS:But why?Isn't it polite to use the spoon?
[03:07.69]MOTHER:Of course it is,but most people use the fork more than the spoon.Use the spoon when you have to.
[03:16.13]CHRIS:You mean for eating very soft stuff?
[03:19.05]MOTHER:That's right.Why,you haven't drunk any water!(Chris drinks some water and puts his glass down on the left of his plate.)
[03:24.20]FATHER:Not ther.On your ringt.
[03:27.36]CHRIS:But why?
[03:29.19]FATHER:Beacause it is nearer to your ringt hand.It's handier there.
[03:33.76]CHRIS:All right,Dad.There seems to be a great deal to learn.Give me some more pudding,Mother.
[03:40.81]MOTHER:"Give me"doesn't get;say,"Please may I have?"
[03:46.38]CHRIS:Please my I have some more pudding?
[03:49.38]MOTHER:Here you are.What's that I see?Dirty hands?See that you don't come to table with dirty hands again.
[03:58.89]FATHER:And brush your hair next time you come.
[04:01.92]CHRIS:I'll try to remember.But you mustn't expect me to learn everything at once.May I get down now?
[04:09.68]MOTHER:Very well.Run along.
[04:14.12]Text B A Red Cross Nurse
[04:19.58]Mary wanted to be a nurse when she left school,but in the meantime,she joined the Red Cross and had some limited training.
[04:30.99]She was taught that,in case of an accident--and they were plentiful in her town--
[04:37.89]she should give first aid at once and then send for a doctor.
[04:43.40]One day,there was an accident in a busy street,and when Mary arrived soon after,
[04:52.21]she saw a man bending over a woman who had been accidentally knocked down by a car
[04:58.34]and was lying motionless in the street.
[05:02.00]Mary ran up,pushed the man away,informed the crowd that she was a Red Cross nurse
[05:10.49]and began to help the wounded woman.
[05:13.78]After a few minuted,the man who had been bending over the woman when Mary arrived
[05:21.20]touched her on the shoulder and said,
[05:24.02]"When you reach the part avout sending for a doctor,don't worry.I'm here already."
[05:32.49]7.Read the following passage once.
[05:38.44]Underline the key words while reading and retell the passage to your partner.
[05:45.39]We say that a person has good manners if he or she behaves politely and is kind and helpful to others.
[05:55.21]Everyone likes a person with good manners but no one likes a person with bad manners.
[06:02.21]"Yes,"you may say,"but what are good manners?
[06:02.21]How does one know what to do and what not to do?"
[06:06.63]Well,here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.
[06:14.70]He never laughs at people when they are in trouble.
[06:19.19]Instead,he tries to help them.
[06:22.85]He is always kind,never cruel,to people.
[06:27.60]When people are waiting for a bus,or in a post office,he takes his turn.
[06:34.68]He does not push to the front line of the queue.
[06:38.60]In the vus he gives his seat to an older person or a lady who is standing.
[06:45.86]If he accidentally bumps into someone,or gets in their way,he says"Excuse me"or "I'm sorry".
[06:56.10]He says"Please"when he makes a request,and"Thank you"when he receives something.
[07:05.33]He stands up when he is speaking to a lady or an older person,he does not sit down until the other person is seated.
[07:15.62]He does not interrupt other people when they are talking.
[07:19.88]He does not talk too much himself.
[07:23.43]He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public.
[07:28.37]When he is eating he does not speak with his mouth full of food.
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