Converse 6

Lesson 9 A cold welcome
First listen and then answer the question.
What does a cold welcome refer to?
On Wednesday evening we went to the town home.
It was the last day of the year.
And a large crowded of people had gathered under the town home clock.
It would strike 12 in 20 minutes' time.
15 minutes passed.
And then at 5 to 12 the clock stopped.
The big minute hand did not move.
We waited and waited but nothing happened.
Suddenly someone shouted it's 2 minutes past 12, that[the] clock has stopped.
I looked [at] my watch. It was true.
The big clock refused to welcome the new year.
At that moment every body began to laugh and sing.

Lesson 10 Not a jazz
First listen and then answer the question.
What happened to the clabicord[clavichord]?
We have an old musical instrument.
It is called a clabicord[clavichord].
It was made in Germany in 1681.
Our clabicord[clavichord] is kept in the living room.
It is[has] alone[belong] to our family for a long time.
The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago.
Recently it was damaged by a visitor.
She tried to play jazz on it.
She striked[struck] the keys too hard.
And two of the strings were broken.
My father was shocked.
Now we are not allowed to touch it.
It has[is] been[being] repaired by a friend of my father's.

Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another
First listen and then answer the question.
Who paid for Tony's dinner?
I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steuwd came in.
Tony worked in a lawyer's office years ago.
But he is now working at a bank.
He gets a good salary.
But he always borrowed[borrows] money from his friends and never paid[pays] it back.
Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table.
He has never borrowed money from me.
While he was eating i asked him to lend me 20 pounds.
To my surprise he gave me the money immediatelly.
I have never borrowed any money from you. Tony said.
So now you can pay for my dinner.

Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck
First listen and then answer the question.
Where is captain Alisen going and how?
Our neighbour Captain Child[Charles] Alisen will sail for[from] Puccimos[Portsmouth] tomorrow.
We'll meet him at the harbor early in the morning.
He will be in his small boat, topsail.
Topsail is a famous little boat.
It has sailed across [the] Atlantic many times.
Captain Alisen will sail[set] out at 8 o'clock.
So we'll have planned[plenty of] time.
We'll see his boat and then we'll say goodbye to him.
He'll be away for 2 monthes[months].
We are very proud of him.
He will take part in an important race across [the] Atlantic.