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1.26. Read the dialogue and pick up all the gardening activities and instruments

mentioned in it. First, read it out, and then make up a similar dialogue

with a partner.

Bit of Gardening

Nora: What are you going to do on this beautiful warm Sunday, Harry?

Harry: I think I shall do a bit of gardening. Will you help me, Nora?

N.: Of course I will. Shall I put on my gardening boots?

H.: Yes, do - and so will I. I'm going to dig up that dead tree at the bottom of the garden.

N.: Shall I be able to help you?

H.: No, I don't think you will. You can be cutting off the tops of the dead flowers by the wall, or you can pull up the roots. We want the ground to be quite clean before the winter, don’t we? You will see when I have finished - or I'll see when you have - and then we'll think of something we can do together.

N.: Oh, Harry - will you please paint the roof of the shed? That really does make the garden look untidy.

H.: It shall be painted! But not till next weekend.

N.: And you shall have a glass of beer when the tree is dug up. I'll bring it out to you.

H.: That'll be very nice - I shall certainly be ready for it.

N.: Are you going to water those new fruit-trees?

H.: No, I shan't do that, because I think it will rain tomorrow. But I'm to cut the grass.

N.: I'll cut it if you like.

H.: No, you just clear the flower beds and then we'll see. Now, what tools shall we need?

N.: You will want the spade and fork, and I shall want the trowel.

H.: I say, how black those clouds are getting: I think it's going to rain.

N.: Then we shall have to put off our gardening until this afternoon.

H.: I hope I can still have my glass of beer!

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1.27. The expression "domestic accidents" does not normally evoke feelings of

fear or tragedy, since most people only think about the concept on a

superficial level: a slip here, a slight burn there, a fall from a ladder

which may even provoke a moment of mirth for the on-looking partner,

etc. Millions of such banal-sounding mishaps occur every year, however,

and the majority involves children and old folk and are not that harmless.

a) Discuss with a partner what each of you would do in the event of ...

...a pan on fire

- ...an open tap flooding the bathroom

- ...a child drinking a chemical product

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b) What are focal points of danger in the home? Make up a list. Discuss with a partner which of them are the most common and why?

...cutting your finger while preparing a vegetable stew

c) Read this real story told by one of the students in the Basque country (Spain). Finish the story. Has anything of the kind ever happened in your life or in life of your friends/ relatives? Be ready to tell class about them.

My mother was speaking on the phone while a piece of meat was cooking on a pan in the kitchen. As my mother spoke, the meat got hotter and hotter, until it caught fire. She went on speaking, and the flames coming from the meat got taller and taller. A neighbour who happened to look out his window saw the flames and ran to the door of my mother's flat. My mother was still on the phone. The neighbour banged on the door and alerted the son of the speaking mother, he was watching TV at that time. It must have been a very interesting programme because the son had not smelled anything or seen any smoke, only the neighbour. Anyway, the son filled a bucket with water and ... yes!, threw it on the burning mass!!! The whole kitchen was black, the mother shocked and crying, the TV deserted; the person at the end of the line ... “

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