8. Your friend Bob has agreed to come with you and two other friends on a hiking tour. Suddenly he changes his
mind and says he wants to go to the seaside. You try to persuade him to stay with you.
9. You and your sister are on a walking tour. Your sister has decided that you need to slim and has placed two raw
eggs in a glass in front of you as your dinner.
10. Give two descriptions of hiking tours. In one of them describe the tour from the point of view of an
ardent hiker, in the other describe the tour from the point of view of a tour-hater.
11. Imagine that you are a newly employed teacher and you are anxious to impress on your Headmistress the importance of
hiking tours.
6. Telling a Story.
We often want to tell people stories in the form of long narratives. It may be the story of a film, or a book, or a true story of events
that have happened to us — or even a joke or a funny story.
To keep the narrative going you need various "narrative techniques" to give variety and interest to the story.
So instead of saying: "He fell into the sea," you can say: "What happened to him was that he fell into the sea," and instead of say -
ing: "He opened the letter," you can say: "What he did was open the letter," or even: "What happened was that he opened the letter."
Another narrative technique is to involve the listener in the story by asking him or her to guess what happened next, or how
someone in the story felt:
You can guess how he felt.
What do you think he did?
And then do you know what he did?
Imagine my surprise when he ...
You'll never guess what happened next.
Narrative techniques like these will help make a story more dramatic.
7.Read the text and retell it. Use the narrative techniques of Ex. 6.
Picnic
My elderly cousin came to stay with us just before our youngest daughter's birthday. We were a little apprehensive whether we
ought to arrange the usual picnic celebration because my cousin loathes meals in the open air. However she was determined not to
spoil our plans and said she did not mind being left at home. On the day itself, seized by some sudden impulse, she elected to come
with us, much to our surprise. It was certainly a day to tempt anyone out, even the most inveterate anti-picnicker: a clear blue sky,
glorious sunshine and a gentle breeze.
We duly arrived at our favourite picnic site, a field beside a river, and everybody, except my cousin, had a lovely and most re-
freshing bathe before we settled ourselves for our meal under the willow trees. While we were eating, a herd of cows from the ad-