Text 17: Climbing the mountains Mr. Jones was very fond of climbing mountains, so one year he went to Switzerland for his holidays. After he had climbed some easy mountains, he…
Text 17: Climbing the mountains Mr. Jones was very fond of climbing mountains, so one year he went to Switzerland for his holidays. After he had climbed some easy mountains, he decided one day to climb a more difficult one; but he did not want to go up it alone, so he found a good Swiss guide, who had often climbed that mountain. At first it was not a difficult climb, but then they came to a place which was not so easy. The guide stopped, turned round and warned Mr. Jones. "Be careful here," he said. "This is a dangerous place. You can easily fall, and if you do, you will fall straight down a very long way. But," he continued calmly, "if you do fall here, don't forget to look to the right while you are going down. There is a quite extraordinarily beautiful view there - much more beautiful than the one you can see from here." Exercises I. Retell the text. Use the following questions as a plan: 1. What was Mr. Jones very fond of? 2. Where did he go? 3. What did he do first there? 4. What did he decide after that? 5. What didn't he want to do? 6. What did he do then? 7. What had the guide done? 8. How was the climb at first? 9. What happened then? 10. What did the guide say to Mr. Jones? 11. What did he tell him to do if he fell?
Mr. Jones was fond of climbing mountains. He went to Switzerland for his holidays. First, he climbed some easy mountains. Then he decided to climb a more difficult one. He didn't want to go up alone. So he found a good Swiss guide who had often climbed that mountain. Initially, the climb was not difficult. However, they reached a challenging place. The guide warned Mr. Jones to be careful as it was a dangerous spot where one could easily fall straight down a long way. He advised Mr. Jones that if he fell, he should remember to look to the right while going down to see an extraordinarily beautiful view.
