Exercise 13. Who made the following utterances? When and why were they made?

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Exercise 13. Who made the following utterances? When and why were they made?

1. “I present ‘The Mandini Mousetrap’!”

2. “Explain to me how it works.”

3. “So, the mouse goes through the door and up these stairs to the balcony.”

4. “But the mouse is still alive, is it not?”

5. “Not another mousetrap, I hope?”

6. “People might find it a rather cruel trap.”

7. “This is the really brilliant part, sir.”

8. “Where’s the cheese? Where’s the cheese?”

Exercise 14. Make up and act out a conversation between

a) Mandini and the Patent Officer about the Mandini Mousetrap Mark I using the following phrases:

good morning, to present, to show, to explain, to go through this hole, the word DOOR written over the top, to go up the stairs to the balcony, to look over the balustrade and down on to the floor, a piece of cheese, to be still alive, this is the clever bit, to be set into the top of the balustrade, to rest one’s neck on the razor blade, three things wrong, to depend on having a piece of cheese, to doubt, to find it a rather cruel trap, good day

b) Mandini and the Patent Officer about the Mandini Mousetrap Mark II using the following phrases:

good morning, another mousetrap, to present, to show, to go in through the hole marked DOOR, to go up the stairs to the balcony, let me guess, instead of a razor blade, this is the really brilliant part, on the floor below, not to see how, to be obvious, to rest one’s neck on the hacksaw blade, to move one’s head left-to- right, good bye

DISCUSSION

Exercise 15. Work out the answers to the following questions.

1. Was Mandini a successful inventor? How do you know?

2. What do you think of Mandini’s earlier inventions? Is he mad, or is he a genius?

3. Why do you think the Patent Officer felt very tired during Mandini’s first visit and spoke wearily when Mandini came to him for the second time? Was his job interesting?

4. Do you think the world needs a better mousetrap? Why?

5. Can you give your own idea for a better mousetrap?

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