C O N T E N T S
1. A Lazy Man 4
2. My New Baby Brother 6
3. Pass the Salt, Please 8
4. A Night at the Theater 10
5. Bad Advice 12
6. The New Neighbor 14
7. At the Bus Stop 16
8. A Cruel Comment 18
9. The Staff Schedule 20
10. Dirty Windows 22
11. Moving 24
12. Can You Hear Me? 26
13. Christmas in Australia 28
14. On-line Chatting 30
15. An Aggressive Woman 32
16. An Error 34
17. A Kind Grandmother 36
18. How to Get to the Airport 38
19. A Stupid Thief 40
20. Staying at a Friend’s 42
21. Visiting Friends 44
22. Box Hill Tennis Club 46
23. A Time Sheet 48
24. A Tall Story 50
25. The Worst Memory in the World 52
26. The E-mail Message 54
27. A Very Patient Family 56
28. Judith’s E-mail 58
29. Sarah’s E-mail 60
30. A Letter from Sydney 62
31. The Lost Wallet 64
32. How to Make a Prawn Curry 66
33. The Wrong Thing to Do 68
34. Review: Uncle Henry’s Vacation Video 70
35. A Rainy Day 72
36. The Accident 74
37. Tom’s Headache 76
38. Classified Advertisements 78
39. Car Hits School Bus 80
40. Dinner Plans 82
U NIT 1 A Lazy Man
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ohn was lazy. He didn’t want to work. He preferred to stay at home and watch television.One day, John’s wife went to the supermarket. She saw a “help want- ed” sign in the supermarket window.
The supermarket needed someone to put things on the shelves. She spoke to the manager. She told him that her husband didn’t have a job but he was very strong. She told him that John would come to talk to him about the job.
When she got home, she told her husband about the job. John was watching television while she was talking to him. His wife was angry.
She turned off the television. She ordered him to go to the supermarket to apply for the job. John didn’t want his wife to be angry, so he went.
On the way to the supermarket John thought what would happen if the manager offered him a job. He wouldn’t be able to stay home and watch television. He would have to come to the supermarket every day and put things on the shelves.
Then he had an idea. He decided to tell the manager that he had a sore shoulder so that he could not raise his arm above his head. He was sure the manager wouldn’t give him the job.
When he arrived at the supermarket, he told the manager that he needed a job.
“Are you strong?” the manager asked.
John explained that he couldn’t raise his arm above his head. John told him that he had an accident at home while digging in the garden.
“How high can you raise your arm?” the manager asked.
John lifted his arm a little. “Only this high,” he said.
“And how high could you raise it before the accident?” asked the manager.
“This high,” said John. And he lifted his arm above his head.
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Vocabulary Review Vocabulary Review
Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension
Summary Summary
5 Match each word with its meaning.
1. accident a. command
2. shoulder b. event when a person gets hurt
3. order c. top part of arm next to the neck
Choose the best answer.
1. What is funny about this story?
a. The manager hires John. b. John’s wife gets a job.
c. John is too busy. d. John is caught lying.
2. How does John feel about getting a job?
a. It will be interesting. b. It will hurt his arm.
c. It will make him happy. d. It will take up his free time.
3. John said he hurt his arm _____.
a. cooking dinner b. mowing the yard
c. picking fruit d. planting vegetables
4. John said he could not “lift” his arm. It means he could not _____ it.
a. bend b. move
c. raise d. turn
Fill in each blank with the correct word.
John didn’t have a job because he was _____ and didn’t want to work. His wife made him _____ for a job at the supermarket. John didn’t want to work so he acted like he had a sore _____ and couldn’t raise his arm. The _____ was too clever. He asked John how high he could _____ his arm before it was sore, so John showed him.
apply lazy manager raise shoulder
