Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb

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Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb
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Language points

• One of Marys prize possessions was a little
  white lamb which her husband had given her.
• Prize-adj. ???
• vt.?? ??
• --prize security above all else????
• --a prized collection of books(??)?????

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• She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the
  day and went to fetch it every evening.
• Keep v-ed / v-ing
• --He kept his eyes fixed on the book while
  talking to me.
• --He kept asking silly questions.
• Fetch-vt.????
• --The puppy fetched the stick that we had tossed.
• ????????????

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• Dimitri immediately went to Alekos house and
  angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.
• Accuse-vt. ??,??
• --They accused him of taking bribes.
• ????????
• He told him he had better return it or he would
  call the police.
• --You had better leave now, or you will get stuck
  in the traffic.

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• Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri to his
  backyard.
• Deny-v.??, ??
• He deny the students request
• ?????????
• Can you deny that this is your signature?
• The boy denied throwing the ball at the window.

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• Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri
  apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
• Ashamed-adj.???, ???
• --I am ashamed of my torn coat.
• ???????????
• --I was ashamed to tell him that I had failed.
• ??????????????
• --I was ashamed of having failed in the exam.
• ?????????????
• Apologize-vi.??
• --I must apologize for calling you so late.
• ????, ?????????

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• Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been
  washed clean by the rain!
• ???
• --She painted her room pink.
• --Please dye this dress yellow.
• --The pen writes smooth.
• --It sounds interesting.
• --You look tired.
• --The fish tastes good.
• --The book sells great.
• The room had been pushed open.

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Sentence patterns

• Dimitri immediately went to Alekos house and
  angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.
• Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri to his
  backyard.
• Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri
  apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
• --avoid / enjoy / forgive / mind V-ing
• --be afraid of / be fond of / be tired of / be
  interested in V-ing
• --prevent from, thanks for, be used to, look
  forward to

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questions

1. Where did Mary and her husband Dimitri live?
2. Where is Perachora?
3. What was one of Marys prize possession?
4. Who had given it to her?
5. What did Mary do with the lamb during the day?
6. What did she do every evening?
7. What did she discover one evening?
8. Why was it obvious that the lamb had been stolen?
9. What did Mary tell her husband when he came in
   form the fields?
10. What did Dimitri set out to do?
11. What did Dimitri find out about his neighbor,
    Aleko?

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1. What did Dimitri accuse Aleko of when he went to
   his house?
2. What did Dimitri threaten to do?
3. Where did Aleko lead Dimitri?
4. Why did Dimitri decide that he had made a
   mistake?
5. Did Dimitri apologize to Aleko?
6. What happened while they were talking?
7. Where did Dimitri stay until the rain stopped?
8. What was Dimitri astonished to find when the rain
   stopped?
9. Why was it almost white?
10. Had Aleko stolen the lamb?

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Story-retelling

1. Dimitrin from fieldswife told himhappened
2. Dimitri set outfind thiefnot difficultsuch a
   small village
3. Told friends aboutfoundAlekonew lamb
4. Dimitrito Alekos houseaccused himstealing
   lambBetter returncall police
5. Aleko denied itled Dimitrbackyard
6. Truejust bought a lambhisblack
7. Dimitriashamedapologizedhaving accused him
8. Began to rainstayed in Alekos housetill rain
   stopped
9. Went out laterastonishedblack lambwhite
10. Wooldyed blackwashed--rain

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Key to exercises on Page 76-77

• 15 C B B D D
• 610 C D B A B
• 1112 C A

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