Spoof 2A -B; 2A: Why was Ted most surprised when he heard the bicycle had been found? 2B: Why James and Lucy's marriage caused Lucy's children and grandchildren many objections?

Text 2A

Abstract	Ted Robinson has been worried all week
Orientation	Last Tuesday he received letter from the local police.
Crisis	Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police. But he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore.
Reaction	At the station, he was told by a smiling police that his bicycle has been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train.
Coda	Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused, too because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago  when Ted was a boy of fifteen.

Source: Saefudin Aziz,S. Ag.Bahasa Inggrisi Klaten : Kresna Sinar Mandiri

Text 2B
     James Peterson grew up three houses away from Lucy Teddy in Ham Rock Street, Texas. He often did chores for her; he washed her car and ran errands for her.
     They often spent time together, and they eventually fell in love. Months later, the couple decided to get married, which caused many objections from Lucy's children and grandchildren!
     in fact, James was younger than Lucy's grandchildren. He was 21 when they got married. His bride was 81 !.

Source : Creative English Workbook 2B, p.2B in Linawati Setiadi. Risuli Hutauruk, Teguh Santoso, Josephine SAri Kustanti.2009.Seri Pendalaman Materi Bahasa Inggris SMA dan MA. Jakarta: Penerbit  Erlangga

2c
The Purse of Gold
A beggar found a leather purse that some one had droppedin a market place .Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shouted. " A reward!


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