Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza Key to Composition A possible answer The first fight The first fight between Humphries and his pupil Mendoza, after a quarrel, was held at Stilton and attracted a lot of attention. At the time, Richard Humphries was the most eminent boxer in England and had many supporters. But the young Mendoza had his supporters, too. The atmosphere before the fight was electric. Half of the people there made bets on Humphries, the other half bet on Mendoza. When the two fighters entered the ring, there was a lot shouting and cheering The referee called both fighters to the middle of the ring, spoke to them an the fight started. At first, both men were very wary. After all, this was a fight between teacher and pupil, so they knew very well what the other could do — and they were fighting with bare fists. Each of the boxers fought well for most of the match, but in the end Humphries was too strong and too experienced for the young Mendoza- He knocked him down once: Mendoza got up. He knocked him down again, and although Mendoza tried to get up, he just couldn't. The referee counted ten and that was the end of the match. When Mendoza got up, he was very angry, but eventually congratulated Humphries. However his defeat made. him determined to go on and fight his teacher again so that he could finally become champion. (229words) Lesson 22 By heart Key to Composition A possible answer Six short weeks A couple of years ago, a new play called The World Tomorrow was going to be shown in our local theatre. There was a great deal of advertising for it and there was considerable public interest, mainly, I think, because the cast contained a number of famous actors ...
