Homonyms
Emma left home, (1) rounded the corner on her bike and saw a (2) round
metal object lying on the road. It was small, shiny and went (3) round and
round in circles making a strange noise. Suddenly, a man came (4) round
the corner and fired a (5) round of ammunition at the object before picking
it up. Then he looked (6) round and said, ‘That’s about the tenth alien I’ve
(7) rounded up this week.’ He (8) rounded off his speech with a bow and
several passers-by gave him a (9) round of applause. Emma thought to
herself, ‘There are some very strange people (10) round here!’
Glossary
a corner – roh
metal – kovový
shiny – lesklý
to fire – vystřelit
ammunition – střelivo
an alien – vetřelec
a bow – poklona
a passer-by – kolemjdoucí
8
Pátek
14
9
Luděk, Luďka
15
10
11
12
13
26
Srpen 2011
16
17
18
19
Translation
1 – zahnout (za roh)
2 – kulatý
3 – kolem a kolem
4 – zpoza
5 – dávka (střel)
6 – (rozhlédnout se) okolo
7 – dostat/chytit (někoho)
8 – ukončit/zakončit
9 – salva/bouře (potlesku)
10 – v okolí/okolo
23. 8. – 22. 9.
Panna
týden
Po
Út
St
Čt
Pá
So
Ne
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
32
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
33
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
34
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
35
29
30
31