SITTING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION — фонетический текст
— Yes, of course, Mrs. Howard, I mustn’t boast, but it really is a comfort to have such a hardworking boy as Robert.
— You needn’t apologize, Mrs. Parker. It’s very natural for you to feel proud. Will he go to the university, do you think?
— Well, he may, or he may not. You see, we can’t really tell until he takes his scholarship examination.
-Oh, I’m sure he’ll win a scholarship.
-Yes, we hope he will. He’s done well in all his exams up to now. But we daren’t count on his winning one. If he doesn’t win a scholarship he may go to a Technical college.
-Would he like to do that? What’s he studying now? Is he studying science?
-Yes, and I think he’s getting on quite well at it. He’s certainly working very hard. Why, this very afternoon, although it’s such a fine day, he’s been down at the library, working all the time.
-Hello, Mum. Good afternoon, Mrs. Howard. It’s lovely day, isn’t it? Well, the Rovers won, Mum.
-The Rovers, Robert? Why, where have you been?
-At the football match, of course.
-Haven’t you been at the library?
-No.
-But I thought…
-Don’t worry, Mrs. Parker. A library is quite the wrong place for a boy on such a fine afternoon.