Evening Waterfall

What is the name you called me?--
And why did you go so soon?

The crows lift their caws on the wind,
And the wind changed and was lonely.

The warblers cry thier sleepy-songs
Across the valley gloaming,
Across the cattle-horns of early stars.

Feathers and people in the crotch of a treetop
Throw an evening waterfall of sleepy-songs.

What is the name you called me?--
And why did you go so soon?

Carl Sandburg

Exercise 4 Before listening read an article about two people who found themselves involved in life or death situations. Work in pairs. A read the first article and B read the second [Part III p. 152-153] [1, T 1.15, 1.16, p. 121].

Help! My friend’s choking!

Library assistant, Mrs.Johnson was having dinner with friends in a restaurant. They were all having steak and Mrs.Johnson had just swallowed a piece of meat when she suddenly found that she couldn’t breathe. Her friends hit her hard on the back, but the piece of steak remained stuck in her throat. She was starting to panic. One of her friends shouted out desperately, “Excuse me, can anyone help my friend? She’s chocking!”. At another table in the restaurant Trisha Goddard, a TV chat show presenter, saw what was happening and rushed over to try to help. She stood behind Mrs.Johnson and put her arms round her waist, and then pulled hard inwards and upwards three times…

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