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Suggestopedia Tense Family Integration

The Appletons

Chapter IX “Dinner for one“

(by Maria-Luise Schwarzkogler)

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Inhalt: Integration of all Tenses

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Dinner for one?

A fly is sitting on the ceiling of the dining room in the “Lost Anchor”, Zimmerdecke where the Appletons are meeting their Canadian relative.It is looking down, just watching the scene. In the corner above the window there is a spider. It soon notices the fly Opfer and slowly crawls towards its tiny little victim. The fly turns around and recognizes the danger.

Fly: Please, don’t kill me. Present Simple – I’m going to die in about four hours anyway! allgemeine Jetztzeit

Spider: What do you mean, you are going to die in four Selbstmord begehen hours ? Do you want to commit suicide?

Fly: Why should I kill oneself, when I can get it done by a professional murderer like you!

Spider: What is it then?

Fly: I am a one day fly. Eintagsfliege

Spider: What!?

Fly: A day fly normally lives for 24 hours. Usually it dies earlier. My birthday, sorry, the hour of my birth is at midnight.

Spider: So you must be pretty old then. It’s nearly eight o’clock in the evening!

k Fly: You are right. I am old, but I am happy. Just have a look at the three grey- haired people down there…

Spider: Who are they and what are they doing? Present Fly: The man who is holding Progressive – the woman’ s hand is Steven Appleton. wirklich jetzt! The friendly smiling lady

is his wife Helen. And look how nice they are behaving to each other. Steven is even hugging his brother right now!

Spider: By the way: I could also hug you in a special kind of Present Perfect way. – schon vorbei, … I hope you have enjoyed hat aber mit der your very last minute. Gegenwart zu I haven’t eaten anything today and I am hungry! tun

Fly: Wait, just wait a moment. I’ve got an idea! Listen! The waiter has just served dinner and it smells fantastic! I am going to fly down on their plates, be their guest and then…

Spider: … you come back and be my feast!!!!!

Fly: That’s the deal . They shake hands and when the fly is ready to take off, the spider has an other question…

Spider: This guy called Grandpa, how old is he?

Fly: As old as I am.

Spider: ( very astonished)

You are the same age?

Fly: Yes. It sounds a bit weird. One hour of my life is as much as three years in his life. So , when I am 20 hours old, he must be around 60!

Early in the morning I was a child. I went to school in the kitchen, where I also was born. My mother gave birth to 349 children, Past Perfect - noch weiter but the cook killed all of them after he had zurückliegende discovered the nest in the sugar can. Zeit als die Past Simple Spider: What a tragedy! What happened to you?

Fly: Mum had pushed me out Past Simple –

long before the cook came. Früherer I was too weak and I had no right to live. Zeitpunkt But Dad secretly saved me and so I was growing up at his place.

Spider: Where was that?

Fly: In the larder of this inn. Vorratskammer It was fantastic! It was like paradise!

Spider: Didn’t you miss your brothers and sisters?

Fly: Oh yes. I never had anyone to play with. Like the human children down there. They were running around, they were joking and were having a good time!

Spider: Not always. Now watch them fight!

Fly: How wonderful! I never fought witht anybody!

Spider: I was wondering why….Watch out! Past Progressive – Frühere Zeitspanne Miranda and Craig are quarrelling again and a teaspoon is thrown up to the insects. Aunt Wendy changes places with the girl.

Spider: Who is that beautiful woman ? menschliches Wesen I’ve never seen such a pretty human being before!

Fly: Her name is Wendy. I’ve heard she is a web- designer.

Spider: Really? I’m a web-designer too! Which patterns does she prefer?

Fly: The humans just call it web. Menschen Originally they adored your spider web, because the structure was so accurate. Each corner is easy to reach!

But the lady down there works out human webs so they can reach the whole world with information or games..

Spider: A world wide web. erträumen That’s what I am dreaming of !

Fly: A world wide murder weapon. Mind you, I will fly down to earth now. I must get fat for you….

Spider: Wait! Please wait!

The Appletons have finished their dinner. They decide to leave early because of John Appleton’s jetlag. They say goodbye to each other and leave…

Spider: I wonder if they will meet each other again! I hope will-future – they will have a good time for the rest of their lives. Zukunft,von der I wanted to tell you something. It’s a secret… wir nichts genaues wissen Fly: What secret? Geheimnis

Spider: Promise that you will not tell anyone!

Fly: I won’t tell it. ohnehin I am going to die anyway….

Spider: You are not going to die! going-to-future – fix Geplantes in der Zukunft Fly: And that’s your secret?

Spider: No.

Fly: What is it then?

Spider: (whispering) Vegetarier I am a vegetarian….

List of vocabulary: ceiling Zimmerdecke humans Menschen victim Opfer dream of erträumen commit suicide Selbstmord begehen secret Geheimnis day fly Eintagsfliege anyway Überhaupt larder Vorratskammer vegetarian Vegetarier human being menschliches Wesen

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