Once a philosopher was traveling down a river in a small boat. While he was crossing the river he asked the boatman:” Have you ever heard about Philosophy?” “No”, I haven*t " said the boatman. “I * ve never heard about it. What is it ?” “I am sorry for you, indeed,” replied the learned man, “you have lost a quarter of your life as it’s a very interesting science!” Several minutes later the philosopher asked the boatman another question: “Did you hear about Astronomy, when you were at school?” “No, I left school many years ago and I forgot all about it.,” was the answer. To this the philosopher answered that he was really sorry for the man, and he thought that the boatman lost a second quarter of his life.
Some minutes passed and the passenger again wondered if the man had ever heard about Algebra. And the man had to admit that he had never known anything about it. “In that case you certainly lost a third quarter of your life!” said the scientist.
At that very moment the boat struck on a big stone. The boatman jumped and cried: “ Have you ever learnt swimming ( to swim)?” “No,” was the answer. The boatman explained sadly to the philosopher that he was sure the scientist had lost his whole life as the boat was sinking
If you are not paying an adviser a fee, the advice he gives you will be worthless.
1) the police was sent for
2)this book is spoken much about
3)he is often laughed at
4)the conversation was listened to very attentively
5)we will be waited for only in a week
6)his late arrival wasn’t taken notice of
7)all the advertisements were looked through
8)he was listened to with great attention
9)he will be looked after in hospital much better
10)her new dress was looked at with new interest
11)they were sent for a taxi
12)the successful performance of the young actress will be talked about much
13)he is always made fun of
14)gross mistakes were pointed out in the translation by the teacher
15)very interesting plans were referred to
16)Monday was agreed as the most suitable day
17)this question wasn’t touched upon unfortunately
18)he was spoken to about his promotion yesterday