Sunday, February 22, 2009

week7 : task 1

Fables from the pavement
Two statues
At the cornerof street stood abig litter bin .In the litterbin, there were two chipped .One was the Venus, and the orther was the Genieof the earth.The statue of the Genie said:
_Hi . beautiful lady!why do you come here?
_A jealious young wife who was angry with her husband threw me here.And you? Why did you leave your altar?
_The statue of the Genie replied;
_ A trader was bankrupt.He blamed it on me ....It's very hard to understand human beings!
Vocabulary:
altar: a holy table or surface used in religious ceremonies
trader: someone who buys and sells goods or stocks
blame: to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad

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