Exercise 1. a) Read the text. b) Summarize it in 5-6 sentences without using direct speech.
Hob sat in the doctor's waiting-room. On the chairs at the wall other patients were sitting. They all looked sad except Hob who was reading an exciting story in a magazine. Just then the doctor came in to say that he was ready to see the next person. Hob got up and went into the consulting room.
Before Hob could say a word the doctor said, «Now what's the trouble? Sit down there and we'll have a look at you. Unfasten your jacket and your shirt, please. I'll listen to your heart». Hob tried to speak, but the doctor interrupted him and ordered him to say «ninety-nine». Hob said it. «Now let me see your throat, open your mouth wide». The doctor had a good look and then he said, «Well, there's nothing wrong with you». «I know there isn't», said Hob, «I just came to get a bottle of medicine for my uncle».