A man got into a train and found himself sitting opposite a woman who seemed to be about thirty-five years old. Soon they began talking to each other, and he said to her, "Do you have a family?"

"Yes, I have one son," the woman answered. "Oh, really?" said the man. "Does he smoke?" "No, he's never touched a cigarette," the woman replied. "That's good," the man continued. "I don't smoke either. Tobacco is very bad for one's health. And does your son drink wine?"

"Oh, no," the woman answered at once, "he's never drunk a drop of it."

"Then I congratulate you, ma'am," the man said. “And does he ever come home late at night?"

"No, never," his neighbor answered. "He goes to bed immediately after dinner every night."

"Well," the man said, "he's a wise young man. How old is he?" "He's six months old today," the woman replied proudly.

A     Answer these questions:

1. Did the woman on the train have a family?
2. What three things did the man ask her about her son?
3. What did she answer to all three questions?
4. What did the man think about her answers?
5. What was his last question?
6. And what was her answer?
7. How old do you think the man had expected the woman's son to be?

B        Which words in the story mean the opposite of:

1. a long time
2. next to
3. foolish
4. in an ashamed way
5. pity

C     Complete the second sentence in each pair (both sentences have the same meaning):

Example: a. The man found a woman sitting opposite him on the train, but he wasn't expecting to.

b. The man wasn't expecting to find a woman sitting opposite him, but he did.

1. a. The woman was questioned about her son, but she hadn't been expecting this.

b. The woman hadn't been expecting to __________________ but she was.

2. a. The man had an interesting trip, although he had not expected one.

b. The man had not expected ________________________, but he did.

3. a. The woman's son was only six months old, but the man wasn't expecting him to be so young.

b. The man wasn't expecting the woman's son ___________________ but he was.

4. a. The woman was able to speak proudly of her son, but she had not expected to on a train.

b. The woman had not expected to _____________________, but she was.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

قسم الإعلام يشارك في الاجتماع التحضيري لمناقشة الخطة الإعلامية لزيارة عاشوراء

بحضور متوليها الشرعي.. العتبة العباسية المقدسة تواصل إقامة المجالس الحسينية لإحياء شهر المحرم

قسم الشؤون الفكرية يطلق برنامجه التبليغي في أكثر من 20 دولة إفريقية

شعبتا الخطابة النسوية والتوجيه الديني تواصلان إقامة المجالس الحسينية في مرقد أبي الفضل العباس (عليه السلام)

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

دراسة تكشف علاقة خطيرة بين عمر الأم وصحة مولودها

دراسة تحذر.. اضطراب نوم بسيط قد يسبب الموت المبكر ؟

الاستحمام بالماء الساخن.. راحة مؤقتة وأضرار دائمة للبشرة

ماذا يحدث للجسم عند تخطي وجبة الإفطار؟

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

كيف تساعد الصيانة الوقائية في الحفاظ على كفاءة التكييف في سيارتك ؟

في ظاهرة غريبة حيرت العلماء.. كوكبنا قد يسجل أقصر يوم في التاريخ هذا الصيف!

السد الصيني العملاق يعيق دوران الأرض ويغيّر شكلها ؟

السعودية تطلق 10 تجارب علمية إلى محطة الفضاء الدولية

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Cigarette effect

Embarrassing

All famous

Park in another street

Beautiful kindness

It was a bee

I have never told a lie

Four years ago

Only two choices

Not Twins

Fixing everything

That was obvious