UNIT 47 WHERE DID YOU GO?

1. Welcome to “Our Week”

This week I went to see ‘Congratulations. It’s on at the National Theatre. Gertrude Gawdy is in it. She’s a nurse, and she’s very, very good. It’s about a man and a woman, a doctor and a nurse. She loves him and he loves her. It’s beautiful.

I went to see the exhibition at the Tate. There are lots of new pictures by Print, Collick and Hellhous. Very well-known artists. On the ground floor in the first room, there’s a wonderful picture by James Print “My Daughter”.

I went to see a football match. I went to see Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match began badly, but it got worse! The score was seven one to the other side. It was a terrible game! I’m going to see Brentford next week.

2. It’s famous for its countryside.

Mavis, where did you go this week?

I went to Chipping Leighton. It’s a village in Sussex, by the sea. About four hundred people live there. Most of them work on farms, or in the village shops. It’s got a lovely old church and there’s a little museum. You can visit the museum on Wednesdays. There’s also a village pub . . .

Ah—a pub!

What I wanted to say was—you can stay at the pub. There’s only one bus a day, so it’s a good idea to take your car.

Thank you, Mavis. And where did you go this week. Hubert?

I visited the Lake District. As you know, it’s a beautiful part of the country, in the north of England, about three hundred kilometers from here. Of course, it costs quite a lot to get there . . .

You can say that again. It’s terrible.

But it’s famous for its countryside. It has beautiful hills and lakes, forests and rivers, you can go swimming, go sailing, go fishing, go for walks.

Thank you, Herbert.

I went to see my brother this week. He lives in the next street to me. I don’t get time to go to the Lake District, or villages in Sussex. Too much work. Anyway, Where we live there are no hills, or lakes, or forests, or rivers—just a lot of factories and dirty buildings. But the people are friendly and they’re real.