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Lesson 12 Text A What a Mess! Bill Lane has just touched some wet paint. MR FIELD: You mustnt touch the wet paint, Bill. BILL: Im sorry. I wont do it again. MR FIELD: Try to be more careful in future. BILL: I shall. I wasnt as careless as John Sampson. He walked across that wet cement over there. MR FIELD: The workmen oughtnt to leave it without a no tice. BILL: The headmaster asked them not to do so. MR FIELD: Then why isnt there a notice? BILL: They went to their stores to get one. Here they come with it now! MR FIELD: But look at them! Theyve forgotten about the wet cement and theyre walking across it to put up the notice! 　 Text B A Tall and Slim Girl At five feet six inches , Rosa was taller than every other student in the sixth grade. She worried about this alt the time, in school and at home. Her mother told her to stand up straight and be proud that she was so tall and slim. Someday , her mother said , you11 be happy that youre tall. This made Rosa happier, but she was still afraid her classmates were making fun of her behind her back. One day , all this changed when Mr Ransom, the coach from the youth club , asked Rosa to play center on their basketball team. He said that Rosa was a good ball player and her height would make her valuable as center. Now, she really was proud to be tall. She was someone special. Questions on Text B 7. Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell tbe story to your partner. Better Be a Stupid Man It was a beautiful spring morning. There wasnt a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot . so Mr Andrews was surprised when saw an old gentleman at the bus-stop with a big, strong black umbrella i his hand. Mr Andrews said to him, Are we going to have rain today,