8.Learn the dialogue by heart.

Mrs. Ke11y: Forty miles an hour isn't slow! Here's the bend. Do be careful!

James: We're down to twenty miles an hour now!

Mrs. Kelly: The gates are closed, you see. Here is the train. Isn't it a long one!

Mr. Kelly: The man's coming. He's going to open the gates. Get ready to go, James.

(Five minutes later.)

Mrs. Kelly: Careful, James! There's the sign for a cross-roads.

James: All right, mother. I've seen it.

Mr. Kelly: James is a very good driver, dear. Mo­toring isn't dangerous if the driver is careful.

Mrs. Kelly: Oh, I know James is a careful driver. Look! There's a large van coming along that other road!

James: I've seen it, mother. Don't worry!

Alice: O. K.

(She gets in.)

Alice: What's that, Ed?

Ed: It's a television set.

Alice: Television? In a car?

Ed: This car belonged to a pop-singer. He had a chauffeur, you see.

Alice: Ed! I've got an idea! If we drive through the town in this car, people will think that we are pop-singers.

Ed: Perhaps.

Alice: Come on, let's have a go! You drive. I'll sit in the back.

Ed: Just a minute, Alice -

Alice: Where's the mirror? Do you think I look like Lulu?

Ed: Well —

Alice: No, I think I'm more like —what's her name?

Ed: I don't know.

Alice: You can be my chauffeur, Ed.

Ed: Listen, Alice —

Alice: Come on, Ed. I'm waiting!

Ed: Yes, but —

Alice: Come ON!

Ed: Alice, I'm trying to tell you something!

Alice: What?

Ed: This car hasn't got an engine.

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