Task 1. Below are the first lines of three jokes. Match them with the other lines which have been jumbled up

a. A man goes to see his doctor and says, “Doctor! Doctor! I can’t stop shaking.”

b. A man says to his doctor, “Doctor! Doctor! Will I be able to play the violin after the operation?”

c. A man speaks frantically into the phone, “Doctor! Doctor! My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!”

1. “No, you idiot!” the man shouts. “This is her husband.”

2. And the man replies, “Not really, I spill most of it!”

3. “Great!” the man says. “I never could before!”

4. “Is this her first child?” the doctor asks.

5. The doctor asks him, “Do you drink a lot?”

6. “Yes, of course,” replies the doctor.

HOME READING

Simply Divine

I. Vocabulary work

Study the following words and use them in contexts of your own.

Pin down, rebuff, apprehensive, petulant, fat chance, pouting, bow to the inevitable, poke about, lurk, scrape through, plausible.

Use the following expressions in contexts of your own.

To rebuff smb’s conviction, to pin down the exact moment, juggling of priorities, to take zero notice, to feel faintly apprehensive, to feel racked with embarrassment, to scrape through a test.

Match the words to make up word combinations.

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