Ann: Paul: Ann: Di Betty: Paul Ann: Betty: There's a phone call for you, Paul Who's phoning me ? Jack's phoning you, | think Jack Reed ? Yes, | think so. Dad's talking on the telephone, Who's talking to him ? Unele Jack, | think, Ann dear, where's Betty ? There's a letter for her. A letter for Betty ? Who's it from ? Ve a letter from cousin Jane. They're in New York. They‘re visiting us ! They're ‘coming to the farm. The Reeds are visiting the Jacksons. The Jacksons are waiting for them. Jack Reed and Paul Jackson are talking on the phone. Betty's listening to them on the other telephone ! The dog's looking at Paul Jackson. It’s eating a bone. 130What shop is Ann Jackson in ? The baker's @ The grocers. What is she buying ? Jam. Bread, How many jars of strawberry jam is she buying ? @ One. Is she buying anything else ? I No, she isn't. @ Yes, she is, What is marmalade ? Orange jam. @ Apple jam How much are the jars each ? @ Sixty c. @ Sixteen c. How much are the bottles of milk each ? @ Fiftyc, Fifteen c. How much is a pound of sugar ? i Fifty-five c. @ Forty-five c. How much is a packet of corn-flakes ? @ Eighty c. Eighteen c. How much is a hundred and fifty, twenty-four, twenty-five and thirty ? Two hundred and twenty-nine, 1 Two thousand and twenty-nine. How much is five hundred and thirty-five cents in dollars ? I Five hundred and thirty-five dollars. @ Five dollars, thirty-five cents. 133Hullo, Mr. Reed. How are you ? Very well, George, thank you, and you ? Very well thank you. What‘re you doing ? I'm waiting for my secretary. What's she like ? She's intelligent and hard-working, But also she'stall. . slim... blonde . beautiful. . . Oh, here she is ! 134Who is George talking to ? WE He's talking to Mr. Reed. I Mr. Reed’s talking to George Who's Mr. Reed talking to ? I Mr. Reod’s talking to George. I George's talking to Mr. Reed. How is Mr. Reed ? BE Very well. I Very good. Who's Mr. Reed waiting for ? WH He's waiting for his secretary. His secretary's waiting for him. What's Mr. Reed’s secretary like ? I She's a good secretary. I She's very well. Is she intelligent ? No, she isn't W Yes, she is. Is she lazy ? Yes, she is. No, she isn't. Is she tall ? Hh No, she isn’t. BH Yes, she is. Is she fat ? BE No, she isn’t I Yes, she is. Is she beautiful ? BH No, she isn't @ Yes, she is, 135This is Betty Jackson. She's sixteen years of age. She's American. She has a big brother, Dick, and a small brother, Bob. Dick’s eighteen and Bob's only ten. Her father, Paul Jackson, is a farmer. He's forty-three. Her mother, Ann, is English. Her mother has a sister, Mary, married to Jack Reed. Mary and Jack Reed're Betty’s aunt and uncle, They're English. They're visi- @ ing the States. They have four children; they're Betty's cousins. Betty has a grandmother and a grandfather, too, her mother's parents. Her grandfather’s Patrick Finnigan and her grand mother’s Victoria Finnigan, Mr. Finnigan's Irish. Finnigan’s an Irish name - Patrick is, too. 136