Упражнения на словарный запас по теме "History"


Teacher: "Tommy, who was Anne Boleyn?
Tommy: "She was a flat-iron."
Teacher: "What on earth do you mean?"
Tommy: "Well, it says here in the history book 'Henry VIII, having disposed of Catherine of Aragon, pressed his suit with Anne Boleyn'."

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A boy was asked by his history teacher to tell the story of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh.
"Well," said the modern boy, "the queen was hopping out of her taxi, and Sir Walter spread his raincoat in front of her and said: 'Step on it, baby'."