At the hospital, Bill took off his sock and pulled his pants leg up over his knee onto his thigh. The doctor looked down at the injured foot which was already getting bigger and changing colour.
“Hm, nasty accident,” he said. ‘What happened?’
“A skier smashed into my foot,” explained Bill.
“Oh, dear, very nasty. Well, let’s see what’s wrong, shall we?”
The doctor gently picked up Bill’s foot, and taking the heel in the palm of his hand, he slowly moved the toes, testing each one. The big toe looked the worst. The toenail was badly broken and it was bleeding a little. Then, putting his right hand under Bill’s calf and still holding the heel in his left hand, he moved the foot gently from side to side.
“Does you ankle hurt when I do that?” the doctor asked.
“Not too much,” Bill answered.
The doctor looked up. “Good. Well, Mr. Harvey, you are very lucky. Nothing is broken and you should be fine again in a few days’ time.”
“Will I be able to ski then?” asked Bill.
“Oh, yes, of course, you will,” answered the doctor.
“That’s good,” said Bill, “because I don’t know how to ski now!”
JUST FOR FUN
There’re 12 words hidden in the puzzle. The words are written forwards, backwards, diagonally, up or down. How quickly can you find them?
| F | E | L | A | H | W | I | W | Y | O |
| A | L | I | M | T | W | R | I | N | T |
| R | C | P | L | O | G | H | I | H | T |
| E | E | A | B | E | G | N | I | S | K |
| G | B | L | E | L | L | G | I | A | T |
| N | E | M | B | E | H | K | K | A | F |
| I | E | T | U | E | K | N | N | L | F |
| F | O | O | O | H | E | H | I | A | A |
| C | A | L | F | E | T | A | M | B | C |
| T | R | A | C | E | N | A | I | F | S |
Calf Wrist
Thumb Heel
Elbow Wrist
Ankle Thigh
Palm Nail
Finger Toe
Knee
Exercise 2
Fill in the missing words from the sentences below. Choose from the following, using plural forms where necessary:
arm back blood bone brain breast cheek
chest finger foot hair hand heart leg
mouth nerve stomach tooth
1. Being retired, he suddenly found himself with lots of time on his … but with little to do to occupy it.
2. You need to have a strong … to work with a slaughter-house.
3. He got up very late this morning and then had the … to complain about his breakfast being cold.
4. She had a sweet … and couldn’t resist buying chocolates and cream cakes.
5. None of the students liked Mr. Baker. In fact, everyone was glad to see the … of him when he left to teach in Italy.
6. I think I’ll go and stretch my …. I’ve been sitting down all morning and I’m feeling a bit stiff.
7. I’ve got an essay to write on the history of computing. Unfortunately, I don’t know anything about it, so do you mind if I pick your …?
8. He used to love mountain-climbing, but when a friend of his was killed in the Himalayas he lost his … and never went climbing again.
9. The viewers were up in … when the television station announced it was going to change the time of the evening news broadcast from 9 o’clock to 9.30.
10. There’s something wrong somewhere. I can’t put my … on what it is exactly, but something just doesn’t feel right.
11. The cruel way some owners treat their pets makes my … boil.
12. “Hurry up, Dorothy! The taxi’s waiting!” “All right, keep your … on! I’m coming.”
13. Getting a problem off your … is the first stage to being able to solve it.
14. She decided to make a clean … of everything and confess that she was the one who had stolen the money.
15. You’d better be careful what you say to Samantha. You know how sensitive she is to criticism – she takes everything to ….
16. I think there’s going to be trouble at the meeting tonight: I can feel it in my ….
17. David and the new boss seem to have got off on the wrong …. Poor David! There go his chances for promotion.
18. Stop putting words into my …! I never said opera was boring. I just said I preferred musicals, that’s all.
Appearance
(compound adjectives)
Exercise 1
There are a lot of compound adjectives in English. Here are some common ones which are formed from the parts of the body. Mind these adjectives are used with verb to be. Look at the list of similar compound adjectives below and guess what they mean. Then read sentences 1-10. Complete each sentence with the appropriate adjective(s).
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