[00:00.00]Unit 26

[00:04.30]Task: tell a story to make people laugh..or cry

[00:08.98]2 Listen to the story and put the pictures

[00:12.24]in the right order.

[00:14.01]For many years, Matenko, the great comedian,

[00:16.86]had performed in all the great theatres

[00:18.31]in the country,

[00:19.16]and was the particular favourite

[00:20.58]of the King and Queen,

[00:21.95]who he never failed to entertain

[00:23.26]with his brilliant wit and clever tricks.

[00:25.95]But now Matenko was growing old,

[00:28.33]people no longer laughed at his jokes

[00:30.08]and everyone had seen all his tricks

[00:31.51]a hundred times.

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