Listen to the story "The Vase" and say what spoiled the festivity: money, poverty or dishonesty?
a) What do you think the moral of the story is? Do you agree with the adage "Honesty is the best policy"?
b) Who was the most to blame for what had happened?
c) Who was the least to blame? There are four characters in the story. Put the numbers from 1 to 4 opposite
each character according to the degree of blame.
The student
The girl
The saleswoman
The servant
d) What piece of advice would you give to the young
student?
e) What piece of advice would you give to the shop-girl?​