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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
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'to have too much to say to a man like that
Old Cotter looked at me for a while. I felt that his little beady black eyes were examining me, but I would not satisfy him by looking up from my plate. He returned to his pipe and finally spat rudely into the grate.
'I wouldn't like children of mine,' he said, 'to have too much to say to a man like that.'
'How do you mean, Mr Cotter?' asked my aunt.
'What I mean is,' said old Cotter, 'it's bad for children. My idea is: let a young lad run about and play with young lads of his own age and not be . . . Am I right, Jack?'
'That's my principle, too,' said my uncle. 'Let him learn to box his corner. That's what I'm always saying to that Rosicrucian there: take exercise. Why, when I was a nipper, every morning of my life I had a cold bath, winter and summer. And that's what stands to me now. Education is all very fine and large . . . Mr Cotter might take a pick of that leg of mutton,' he added to my aunt.
'No, no, not for me,' said old Cotter.
My aunt brought the dish from the safe and put it on the table.=
1. Does TO HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY TO A MAN LIKE THAT mean IT'S BAD FOR CHILDREN?
2. Are my interpretations right?:
-WOULDN'T LIKE CHILDREN OF MINE=I don't like having my own children
-BOX HIS CORNER=learn to grow themselves, rather than teaching them
-STAND TO ME=having a cold bath rain or shine should still be a good way of teaching children nowadays
Thank you.
'I wouldn't like children of mine,' he said, 'to have too much to say to a man like that.'
'How do you mean, Mr Cotter?' asked my aunt.
'What I mean is,' said old Cotter, 'it's bad for children. My idea is: let a young lad run about and play with young lads of his own age and not be . . . Am I right, Jack?'
'That's my principle, too,' said my uncle. 'Let him learn to box his corner. That's what I'm always saying to that Rosicrucian there: take exercise. Why, when I was a nipper, every morning of my life I had a cold bath, winter and summer. And that's what stands to me now. Education is all very fine and large . . . Mr Cotter might take a pick of that leg of mutton,' he added to my aunt.
'No, no, not for me,' said old Cotter.
My aunt brought the dish from the safe and put it on the table.=
1. Does TO HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY TO A MAN LIKE THAT mean IT'S BAD FOR CHILDREN?
2. Are my interpretations right?:
-WOULDN'T LIKE CHILDREN OF MINE=I don't like having my own children
-BOX HIS CORNER=learn to grow themselves, rather than teaching them
-STAND TO ME=having a cold bath rain or shine should still be a good way of teaching children nowadays
Thank you.
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OttoJ TO HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY TO A MAN LIKE THAT mean IT'S BAD FOR CHILDREN? Not as such. It is the spending of time with a man like that and talking to him that is bad for children.
- OttoJ TO HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY TO A MAN LIKE THAT mean IT'S BAD FOR CHILDREN?
- Not as such.
- It is the spending of time with a man like that and talking to him that is bad for children.
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OttoJ TO HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY TO A MAN LIKE THAT mean IT'S BAD FOR CHILDREN?Not as such. It is the spending of time with a man like that and talking to him that is bad for children.
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