Unit 6. 7th form. (see ex.3) Complete the story adding some words or phrases to make it sound more expressive.
One day a tortoise grew tired of crawling about on the ground. …………………..He wanted to see the world…………………… He gave a notice in which he asked any bird to take him up into the air and show him the world….. ……………..He promised to give that bird a number of precious stones………………….……. The tortoise said he knew the place in the ground where those stones were hidden.
………………….The eagle agreed to show the world to the tortoise and carried him high into the air to look around. …………………He asked the tortoise to tell him where the precious stones were hidden…………….. The tortoise could not keep his promise, ………………..he knew nothing about precious stones……………… The eagle got very angry…………….. He dropped the tortoise right on the rocks. …………….That was the end of the tortoise.
