There was an old man of Peru
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe;
He woke up in the night
In a terrible fright,
And found out it was perfectly true.
Man is fool.
When it’s hot he wants it cool,
When it’s cool he wants it hot.
He always wants what he has not.
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Ex. 1 Transcribe the words and practise their reading. Mind the positional length.
1.
Tour
Cure
Boor
2.
Steward
Fuel
Fury
3.
Habitual
Usual
Eventual
Ex. 2 Practise reading the words. (Lesson 13, ex. 3) track 54
Ex.3. Practise the following phrases.
1. Curiosity is incurable.
2. It’s a usual cure for a cold.
3. I’ll surely speak more fluently after a tour to Europe.
Ex. 4. Read and learn the rhyme.
There was a young girl of Asturias,
Whose temper was frantic and furious,
She used to throw eggs,
At her grandmother’s legs,
A habit unpleasant but curious.
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