Programme 15
Text Two
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Intermediate English Course Programme 15 Text Two |
| Mrs. Jones | I hear that the new people at number thirty-five send
their boy to a private boarding-school instead of the
local school. What snobs they are!
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| Mrs. Smith | They are, aren't they? I wouldn't dream of sending my little boy away to some strange institution for months on end every year. I think it's cruel. |
| Mrs. Jones | It is, isn't it? It would break my heart every term. And the thing is that these private schools are often not as good as free state schools. |
| Mrs. Smith | They aren't, are they? My nephew only went to his local grammar school and he's just been awarded a scholarship to study classics at Oxford. |
| Mrs. Jones | The Williams only send their boy away for the sake of appearances. They just like to show off. |
| Mrs. Smith | Yes.they do, don't they? Of course, some people say that a boarding-school education is good for children because it teaches them to have confidence in them- selves and they learn to be less dependent on their parents... But I think it only turns them into snobs. |
| Mrs. Jones | It does, doesn't it? Still, I don't know what I'll do 20 with my Trevor next year. I don't want him to go to that big new school. The children of all the commonest people in the area go there. |
| Mrs. Smith | Wen, they're closing all the old schools. If you don't like the new state school, you'll just have to pay to send him to a private school, won't you? |
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