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Chino with his fomily. He is of home with his grondchildren. He is telling o story. The story is obout o tough tosk.
Mony yeors ogo, there wos o student. He wos not good of English. His morks were olwoys bod, ond his teocher wos olwoys ongry with him.
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The student wos wolking home. He wos not very hoppy.
"Where ore you goi ng?" osked on old mon. "f om going home," soid the boy.
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"I om sod becouse my English is so bod. "
"My teocher is olwoys ongry with
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becouse my English morks ore usuolly very bod," soid the boy. "f don't know how to
improve my English. " "f con help you, my boy," soid the old mon.
"Whot do I hove to do?" osked the boy. "You hove to bring me three hoirs from o tiger. "
"How con I do this? The tiger will kill me. " "You hove to find o woy,,, soid the old mon.
"Whot dยกd he do, Grondpo?" "Where did he find o tiger, Grondpo?" "Did the tiger kill him, Grondpo?" "Did he kill the tiger, Grondpo?" "All right, oll righil f 'm going to tell you. "
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The boy went up ยกnto the mountoins. He come to o tiger's cove. He looked inside. The tiger wos big ond very hun gry. It roored loudly, so the boy ron owoy.
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Thot ofternoon the boy co me bock with some food for the tiger. He put it outside the cove ond wolked owoy. The tiger roo red o nd co me out to eot the food.
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The next doy the tiger wos hungry ond thirsty, so the boy gove it food to eot ond
woter to drink. This time the boy did not wolk owoy.
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The boy went to feed the tiger every doy. The tlger ote the food ond dronk the woter. It did not roor of the boy. It wos not o ngry .
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The next doy, the boy went to feed the tiger ogoin. This time the tiger ote from the boy's hond. As the tiger wos eoting, the boy pulled three hoirs from its bock.
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The tiger wos not o ngry. The boy soid, "Thonk you," ond he ron home. He showed the three hoirs to the old mon.
"Whot do I hove to do with them, now?" osked the boy.
How did you get those tiger hoirs?" osked the old mon. "I mode friends with the tiger, little by little, step by step, " soid the boy. "Thot is how you must leorn English, little by little, step by step. " "
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"Who wos thot little boy, Grondpo?,, "D¡d you know him, Grondpo?,, "Wos he your friend, Grondpo?,, "f om thot little boy. After thot I wos good of English, ond I wos o hoppy student. "
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o The boy is o student.
Lee Ming som e times tells stories
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ongry with
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very bod.
How qbout you?
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English morks ore very good.
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help my mother.
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The students study English together.
ride o bicycle.
do my homework sod,
speok English of school. t
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Whqt were they doing yesterdoy ofternoon? Motch. The boy wos wolking home
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The old mon wos sitting down of home.
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The teocher wos writing on the boord..
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i I He looked inside the cove. | .l He went into the mountoins. í I rhe boy ron owoy. ll i The boy went to look for o tiger. I i He sow o big hungry tiger. It roored loudly. t I H. sow o cove in the mountoins. t
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The g irl wos reoding o book..
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The student wos not good
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English.
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His morks were sometimes bod.,
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The student wos running home.
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He wos sod.
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them now?
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Who is ore wos thot little boY?
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old mon help the boy?
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o The tiger ote the woter.
o The boy wolked owoy.
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Dolphin Reoders ore ovoiloble of five levels, from Storter to 4 The Dolphins series covers four mojor themes:
Grommqr, Living Together, The World Around Us, Science ond Noture. For eoch theme, there ore two titles of every level.
All Dolphins ore ovoiloble on oudio CD. Teocher's Notes ore ovoiloble of www.oup.com/elt Living Together
Grommor
. Silly Squirrel . Monkeying
. My
Fomily
. A Doy with Boby
The World Around Us Science ond Noture
. Doctor, Doctor . Moving House
Around
. Meet Molly r Where Is It?
. Little Helpers
. On
oJock the Hero
r Lost Kitten
Sofori
. A Gome of Shopes
.
Boby Animols
. Number Mogic r How's the Weother?
ยก Double Trouble
. Whot's for Breokfost?
o Super Som
. . Students in Spoce o
Whot Did You Do Yesterdoy?
. We Won the Cup
. Yesterdoy, Todoy,
ยก Up ond Down
Everywhere
.
. New Girl in School o Just Like Mine . Uncle Jerry's . Wonderful Wild Greot Ideo
o Numbers, Numbers
. Mott's Mistoke
Lost!
. The Tough Tosk ond Tomorrow
ยก A Visit to the City
ยก Things Thot Fly
. Let's Go to the
Animols
. Where
'City
People Live
Girl,
Country Boy
Circles ond Squores
Roinforest
.In o
the Oceon
Go, Gorillos, Go