The first short story

Mary's mother was nearly seventy, and Mary and her husband wanted to give the old lady a nice birthday present. She liked drinking tea' so Mary ordered an electric machine which made the tea and then woke you up in the morning. She wrapped it up in pretty paper and brought it to her mother on her birthday. Then her mother opened the package. Mary showed her how to use it.

" Before you go to bed, put the tea in the in the pot and the water in the kettle, " she explained to the old lady, "and don't forget to switch the electricity on. Then, when you wake up in the morning, your tea will be ready."

After a few days, Mary's mother rang up and said, " Perhaps I'm being rather silly, but there is one thing I'm confused about: why do I have to go to bed to make the tea?"

Here are some questions:

1) How old was Mary's mother?
2) What did Mary and her husband buy her mother?
3) Why did they choose this for her?
4) What could the machine do?
5) What happened when Mary brought her mother the present?
6) What did Mary tell her mother?
7) What did Mary's mother do a few day later?
8) What did she tell Mary on the telephone?

I know that all these questions are easy, but they help us to practice how can we express the ideas which we want to speak about

There was a twin, two brothers, whose father was an alcoholic. He used to beat them up, and abuse his authority as a father to make them do horrible things. His wife couldn't take it anymore, therefore she asked for a divorced. After the divorce, the alcoholic father took one of twins, and the other one was in the custody of his mother.

The two brothers grew up and became fine young men. The man with his father became very successful in his career, on the other hand, the man with his mother was not as successful as his brother.

They were interviewed separately by a psychologist and asked them the same question "How did you become who you are today?"

The man with his mother said "You see, I had no choice. My father was an alcoholic."

He asked the man with his father "How did you become who you are today?" He answered " You see, I had no choice. My father was an alcoholic. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIKE HIM."

The moral of the story; it doesn't matter who you are, where you are from, who your parents are. What matters is the choice you take.

1- What does "authority" probably mean?

2- Who asked for a divorce, the father or the mother?

3- Who was the successful man?

4- What did the successful man say at the interview?

5- What is the lesson in this story?

1- What does "authority" probably mean?
sorry>>what did you mean ??
2- Who asked for a divorce, the father or the mother?
surely the mother
3- Who was the successful man?
The man with his father
4- What did the successful man say at the interview?
he said :You see, I had no choice. My father was an alcoholic. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIKE HIM."

5- What is the lesson in this story?
The moral of the story; it doesn't matter who you are, where you are from, who your parents are.

What matters is the choice you take

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it is really useful thank you

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Emilia (المشاركة 10516539) 1- What does "authority" probably mean? sorry>>what did you mean ?? 2- Who asked for a divorce, the father or the mother? surely the mother 3- Who was the successful man? The man with his father 4- What did the successful man say at the interview? he said :You see, I had no choice. My father was an alcoholic. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIKE HIM." 5- What is the lesson in this story? The moral of the story; it doesn't matter who you are, where you are from, who your parents are. What matters is the choice you take ... it is really useful thank you

I thought this way was intended
I promise the next time, i will use my own vocabulary
thank you

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Ahmad240 (المشاركة 10516461) Here's my story: [LEFT] Questions: 1- What does "authority" probably mean? it means the power to make choices and orders 2- Who asked for a divorce, the father or the mother? the mother 3- Who was the successful man? the one who lived with his father 4- What did the successful man say at the interview? he said that he did not want to be like his alcoholic father 5- What is the lesson in this story?

I thought the stories will be initiated by the member’s experience in their lives, but nether less its great idea. I will be commenting on the second story, because it was interesting & there was a wisdom as a concept in it.
Actually when I read the story my mind went straight to one of my friends has the same experience, but doesn’t involved alcoholic. Anyway enough about me. Let’s cut to the chase.

1 (authority)
This word it can be used in a different ways. Examples:
• When you’re directed to do something by other parties like parents or managers.
• Also it can be used in organization rules. Like you have in authorization to enter this section.
2 – The one who asked for the divorce was the wife, because she couldn’t handle the situation that was accrue in her life, which is in this case is her husband.
Side note: I think she did what almost anybody will do, to get away in this situation.
3 - The father custody son was the one successful, because he don’t want end up like his father & the reason why, because he was motivated.
4 – He don’t want to end up like his father.
5 – I think what I get from the story is the son that have the rough life, which is the son that was custodian by his father was motivated to get a successful life, therefore the impact that was lift on his shoulder was a good thing for him. The other son lived with his mother & he was spoil by his mother that’s why he didn’t consider himself in a bad spot which make him live carelessly.
So it end if you have a rough time you will do what is possible for you to get out of it, but if you have an easy life like everything available for you, you will live carelessly without anything to worry about.

Sorry if I bored you with my long comments. It’s just I’m in to it. :biggrin:

المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Infatuation (المشاركة 10521052) I thought the stories will be initiated by the member’s experience in their lives, but nether less its great idea. I will be commenting on the second story, because it was interesting & there was a wisdom as a concept in it. Actually when I read the story my mind went straight to one of my friends has the same experience, but doesn’t involved alcoholic. Anyway enough about me. Let’s cut to the chase. 1 (authority) This word it can be used in a different ways. Examples: • When you’re directed to do something by other parties like parents or managers. • Also it can be used in organization rules. Like you have in authorization to enter this section. 2 – The one who asked for the divorce was the wife, because she couldn’t handle the situation that was accrue in her life, which is in this case is her husband. Side note: I think she did what almost anybody will do, to get away in this situation. 3 - The father custody son was the one successful, because he don’t want end up like his father & the reason why, because he was motivated. 4 – He don’t want to end up like his father. 5 – I think what I get from the story is the son that have the rough life, which is the son that was custodian by his father was motivated to get a successful life, therefore the impact that was lift on his shoulder was a good thing for him. The other son lived with his mother & he was spoil by his mother that’s why he didn’t consider himself in a bad spot which make him live carelessly. So it end if you have a rough time you will do what is possible for you to get out of it, but if you have an easy life like everything available for you, you will live carelessly without anything to worry about. Sorry if I bored you with my long comments. It’s just I’m in to it. :biggrin: