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"Come in," said Mr Evans, the school Principal, when
he heard a knock
___1___ his door. The visitor
___2___ Mr Patrick Moore, the
father
of ___3___ of the students. After Mr Moore had
___4___ a
seat, Mr Evans began, "Mr Moore, I called you
___5___ for a
talk because your son,
Timothy, has been ___6___ badly in one of his
___7___. His
History
teacher complained that Timothy never ___8___ any
attention during his history
lessons. ___9___ the beginning of the term, he has not
passed a single History test." "I understand your point, sir," said Mr Moore. "I
___10___ for my son's behaviour.
___11___ see, my family has never
___12___
very good at History. I think you ___13___ really blame
the boy
___14___ you ask him questions about events that
___15___
long before he was born."
"I see," said the Principal. "But we do
___16___ that
you will be able to
advise Timothy to put in a lot ___17___ effort in his
work. Why, he couldn't
___18___ answer some of the easier history questions.
For ___19___ he doesn't know even the year Sir Stamford
Raffles died!"
"I'm sorry to ___20___ that," said Mr Moore politely.
"We didn't even know that Sir Stamford Raffles was
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"Come in," said Mr Evans, the school Principal, when
he heard a knock
on his door. The visitor
was Mr Patrick Moore, the
father
of one of the students. After Mr Moore had
taken a
seat, Mr Evans began, "Mr Moore, I called you
here for a
talk because your son,
Timothy, has been doing badly in one of his
subjects. His
History
teacher complained that Timothy never
pays any
attention during his history
lessons. Since the beginning of the term, he has not
passed a single History test." "I understand your point, sir," said Mr Moore. "I
apologize for my son's behaviour.
You see, my family has never
been
very good at History. I think you
can't really blame
the boy
if you ask him questions about events that
happened
long before he was born."
"I see," said the Principal. "But we do
hope that
you will be able to
advise Timothy to put in a lot
more effort in his
work. Why, he couldn't
even answer some of the easier history questions.
For example he doesn't know even the year Sir Stamford
Raffles died!"
"I'm sorry to hear that," said Mr Moore politely.
"We didn't even know that Sir Stamford Raffles was
sick." |
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