Meantime I will tell you a little of my life when I was younger than I am now." "If anyone comes along," said Miss Brodie, "in the course of the following lesson, remember that it is the hour for English grammar. (2) Flanders' Field = La bataille des Flandres. He came from Ayrshire, a countryman, but a hard-working and clever scholar." (.)įrom The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark (1961) (.) "He fell the week before Armist ice was declared. "I was engaged to a young man at the beginning of the War (1) but he fell on Flanders' Field (2), sais Miss Brodie. "What are you little girls crying for?"Ħ.
"I am come to see you and I have to be off," (said Miss Mackay). You shouldn't be crying over history at the age of ten. I hope you all had a splendid summer holiday and I look forward to seeing your splendid assays on how you spent them. "I am only come to see you and I must be off. "Crying over a story at ten yaers of age!" said Miss Mackay (.). Meantime I will tell you a little of my life when I was younger than I am now." (.)Ĥ. Tears had already started to drop from Sandy's little pig-like eyes and Sandy's tears now affected her friend Jenny. The story of Miss Brodie's felled fiancé was well on its way when the headmistress, Miss Mackay, was seen to approach across the lawn. We are having a history lesson," said Miss Brodie, catching a falling leaf neatly in her hand as she spoke.Ģ. "They are moved by a story I have been telling them. Try to put this story back into the right order.ġ.
Here is a little but intersting exercise. Comme des milliers de personnes, recevez gratuitement chaque semaine une leçon d'anglais !
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