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Grandma likes to keep busy. She ___1___ idling around
and watching
television all day long. She insists on washing and
ironing her own ___2___
and does not believe in the use of the washing
machine. "The clothes are not properly washed. They
simply go ___3___ the different cycles of 'wash and
spin'
and come out with stains ___4___ intact," she declared.
So, very often,
she will scrub the collar and sleeves of Dad's ___5___
before allowing the maid to put them into the
machine to be washed. Every morning, long ___6___ anyone of us is awake,
Grandma goes
for her morning exercise in the park opposite our
house. She ___7___
herself. You see, Grandma is a ___8___ nurse. She joined
the service
before the war and retired at the age of forty-five.
She ___9___ to work as a private nurse after her
retirement and only gave it up at the insistence of
my father who felt that she should relax and enjoy
life.
Grandma also helps the maid to cook and do the
marketing.
"Oh, Mum, ___10___ must you tire yourself out? Let the
maid do the work. Besides, she does not like it,"
Mandy used to tell her.
"Oh, but I do!" exclaimed Grandma, smiling broadly
at her daughter-in-law. |
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dislikes
2. clothes 3. through 4. still
5. shirts 6. before 7.
spends 8.
retired 9. continued 10. why |
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Grandma likes to keep busy. She
dislikes idling around
and watching
television all day long. She insists on washing and
ironing her own clothes
and does not believe in the use of the washing
machine. "The clothes are not properly washed. They
simply go through the different cycles of 'wash and
spin'
and come out with stains
still intact," she declared.
So, very often,
she will scrub the collar and sleeves of Dad's
shirts
before allowing the maid to put them into the
machine to be washed. Every morning, long
before anyone of us is awake,
Grandma goes
for her morning exercise in the park opposite our
house. She spends
herself. You see, Grandma is a
retired nurse. She joined
the service
before the war and retired at the age of forty-five.
She continued to work as a private nurse after her
retirement and only gave it up at the insistence of
my father who felt that she should relax and enjoy
life.
Grandma also helps the maid to cook and do the
marketing.
"Oh, Mum, why must you tire yourself out? Let the
maid do the work. Besides, she does not like it,"
Mandy used to tell her.
"Oh, but I do!" exclaimed Grandma, smiling broadly
at her daughter-in-law. |
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