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Lesson 56
Our neighbor , the river
Key to Composition
A possible answer
Plan and
ideas for composition (b)
Title: A dark
and gloomy street
Introduction: Dark
and gloomy street
—
on way home from party
—
short cut
Development: Someone standing at far
end, under lamplight
—
wasn't frightened
—
felt person
did not mean to harm me
—
not sure what to do
—
decided to walk on towards the light
The
started
walking
ahead
of
me
—
dressed
in
long
gown
—
dim
glow
—
felt
safe
and
followed
—
part of town, I realized, that I had been warned about
—
but nothing
happened to
me
—
and near bright lights
—
peared
Conclusion: A young person killed that
night
—
was the guide my guardian angel?
Composition
It was a
dark and gloomy street. 1 was on my way home from
a friend's party and had deckled to
take
a
short
cut.
I
had
just
turned
the
corner
from
the
main
street
and
had
started
walking
towards
the light at the end of the short street.
Suddenly,
almost
by
magic,
I
thought,
there
was
someone
standing
at
the
far
end,
under
the
lamplight. Most people would
have been frightened, perhaps terrified. I wasn't at all frightened.
Perhaps I
should
have been. There was someone there. I felt somehow that the person
—
and I
couldn't see whether it was a man
or a woman
—
did not mean to harm me. Although I wasn't
frightened,
I
still
wasn't
sure
what
to
do.
Should
I
walk
on
towards
the
end
of
the
street
and
towards the
light and towards the person? or should I go back
the way I had come? I decided to
walk
on towards the light.
The
street, and then started walking ahead
of me. Even now I couldn't describe him or her: he
or she
seemed to
be dressed in a long gown, but there was a dim glow all around him/her. Certainly I
felt safe and
followed the person down several streets that I
did not know. It was a part of town, I
realized, that I had been warned about
—
but nothing happened tome
—
and as soon as we were
near the bright lights of the main
road, my
The following day I heard that
a young person
had been killed walking home alone not very far
from where I was
that night. I don't care what other people think.
I am sure that the
my guardian angel
and that he or she looked after me.
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Lesson 57
Back in the old country
Key to
Composition
A possible answer
Plan and ideas for composition (a)
Title: My ideal house
Introduction: The house I would like to
own
—
hometown
—
magnificent mansion
Development:
Once
visited
it
—
owner
held
exhibition
of
sculptures
and
paintings
in
house
—
visitors had chance to
see
house Large heavy green front door;
—
large entrance hall
—
marble
floor
—
large open staircase to first floor
—
large dining room and large sitting room
—
both look
out onto front lawn
—
peacocks
—
oak trees
Back
of
house
-
—
kitchen,
a
laundry
room,
games
room
—
upstairs
6
bedrooms,
4
bathrooms
House
—
full of antique fur-
niture
—
rooms decorated classical style
Conclusion:
May sound like a dream
—
will be reality
Composition
There
is
a
house
in
another
part
of
my
home
town
that
I
would
love
to
own.
It
is
called
the
admire the house
and have always admired it.
I do not have to imagine what the house is like inside because I have, strange as it may seem,
actually
been
inside.
About
three
years
ago
the
owner
held
an
exhibition
of
sculptures
and
paintings
in the house. The exhibits were distributed
throughtout the house so that all
the visitors had a chance to see the
house.
When
you go in through the large heavy green
front door, you find
yourself in a large entrance
hall with a shining black and white
marble floor, rooms leading off from it in all
directions, and a
large open staircase
leading up to the first floor. There is a large
dining room
on the right and a large
sitting room on the left. Both rooms have big
windows that look out onto
the front
lawn. There are always pea-
cocks
on the front lawn, and there are two large oak trees
where you can sit in the shade on hot
summer days.
At the back of the house
is a large kitchen, a laundry and work room and a
games room. Upstairs
there are six
bedrooms and four
bathrooms. I think
there are four bathrooms, but I can't quite
remember.
The house is full of
beautiful antique furniture and all the rooms are
decorated in a classical style
—
lots of light blue and light green paint with white doors, and quite a lot of gold decoration. ?.
The whole thing may sound
like a dream, but one
day it will be reality. One day I will
own my
ideal
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Lesson 58
A spot of bother
Key to
Composition
A possible answer
Plan and ideas far composition (b)
Title:
My first visit to the UK
Introduction:
Nothing
like
first
visit
abroad
—
what
to
expect?
—
new
language,
new
culture
—
everything new and strange.
Development: 3 years ago
—
UK
—
arrival at airport
—
experiences
Landed at Heathrow
—
met by rep of Al English Language School
—
taken to accommodation
—
j
small English family
—
at first everything strange
—
after 3-4 days began to enjoy stay
So many things to learn in England
—
example
—
asking way to
Conclusion: Foreign travel
—
impossible to overestimate value
—
also helps understand foreign
visitors to our country
Composition
house.