decent seazing smb (b smth)
Shabby to be in despare
To get to prison to ll
To howl to let smb in
Pedestrians
2. Find in the text these word combinations:
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3. Fill in the prepositions: at, for, to, upon, on, in, of.
1. The time had come for Soapy to look ___ shelter.
2. He stopped ___ the window ___ a brightly lit café.
3. A cup ___ coffee and a cigar will make me happy ___ the journey ___ my winter quarters.
4. The head waiters eye fell ___ his shabby trousers and boots.
5. He had to think ___ another way ___ getting ___ prison.
6. Soapy sat down ___ a table and ate a beefsteak.
7. He saw a well-dressed man entering that store and leaving his umbrella ___ the entrance.
8. There stands a policeman ___ the corner.
9. There was an old church ___ front ___ him.
10. Soapy listened ___ the music, looked ___ the moon and murmured ___ himself.
4. What did Soapy do to get into prison? Tick the correct answer. Prove it from the text, (reading for detail)Soapy broke the shop window glass.
He threw a stone at the people.
He was not polite to a policeman.
Soapy ate a lot of food at a restaurant but didnt pay.
Soapys behaviour was against the law when he cried and danced like a madman in the street.
5. Agree or disagree using: I am afraid thats wrong. Thats not quite right to the text. Thats quite right. According to the story
1. Soapy was one of New York workers.
2. Winter was coming, and the time had come for him to look for a hotel.
3. Soapys desires were not great, six months in prison was what he wanted.
4. He was freshly shaven, his trousers and tie were shabby, but his coat and boots were decent.
5. As Soapy entered the restaurant, the head waiters eye fell upon his shabby trousers and boots.
6. Soapy saw a policeman and told him that he had broken the shop window.
7. At a small and cheap restaurant a waiter came up to Soapy and told him to go away.
8. The umbrella owner called a policeman and told him that Soapy had taken his umbrella.
9. He heard the sweet music of the organ and this made him go into the church.
6. Finish the sentences:
1. Soapy, a New York pickpocket felt uneasy because ___
2. He wanted to get into ___
3. The pleasantest way was to dine ___
4. Soapy was freshly shaven and his coat and tie were decent but ___
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5. He threw a cobble stone at the glass and ___
6. Soapy entered a small and cheap restaurant, sat at a table, and ___
7. He danced and howled like ___
9. The man followed him and asked ___
10. He reached a street where ___
11. Soapy heard the music and said ___
12. The policeman arrested Soapy, and the next morning the judge sentenced him to ___
7. Answer the following questions (using your active vocabulary):
1. What was Soapy by profession? 2. Why did he feel uneasy? 3. Why did he want to get into prison? 4. Which was the most pleasant way for Soapy of fulfilling his desire? 5. How was Soapy dressed? 6. What did he want to order? 7. What did the waiter do at the moment Soapy entered the restaurant? 8. What did Soapy do at the corner of Sixth Avenue? 9. Why didnt the policeman understand Soapys hint?10. Why didnt the waiter call the police when Soapy refused to pay?11. What was Soapy finally arrested for?12. What is the paradox of the story?
8. Retell the story on the part of 1) the third person 2) Soapy 3) the policeman 4) the waiter of the expensive restaurant 5) the waiter of the cheap restaurant 6) the judge
9. Translate the sentences using the words and expressions from Task 1
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THE OPEN WINDOW (after H. Munro)
"My aunt will come down in a few minutes, Mr Nuttel," said a girl of fifteen, showing him into the sitting-room. Mr Nuttel was a young painter who had recently had a nervous breakdown. The doctors had told him that he should go away for a holiday. They warned him, however, against crowded resorts and recommended a complete rest in a quiet country-place. So here he was, in a little village, with letters of introduction from his sister to some of the people she knew.
"Some of the people there are quite nice," his sister had said to him. "I advise you to call on Mrs Sappleton as soon as you arrive. I owe the wonderful holiday I had to her."
"Do you know many of the people round here?" asked the girl when they were sitting comfortably on the sofa.
"No, I'm afraid I don't," answered Mr Nuttel. "I've never been here before. My sister stayed here four years ago, you know, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here."
"Then you know nothing about my aunt, do you?" asked the girl.
"Only her name and address," said the visitor.
"Her great tragedy happened just three years ago," said the child.
"Her tragedy?" asked Mr Nuttel.
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"You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon," went on the girl, pointing to a large French window.
"It's quite warm for this time of year," said Mr Nuttel. "But has that window anything to do with the tragedy?"
"Exactly three years ago my aunt's husband and her two young brothers walked out through that window. They went shooting and never came back. When they were crossing the river their boat probably turned over and they were all drowned. Their bodies were never found. That was the most horrible part of the tragedy." Here the girl stopped. There were tears in her eyes and she drew a handkerchief out of her pocket. "Three years have passed, but my poor aunt still thinks that they will come back some day, they and the little brown dog that was drowned with them, and walk in through that window just as they always did. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it's quite dark. Poor dear aunt, she can't understand that they've left forever. She's growing worse day by day, so let me give you some advice. Don't be surprised at anything she says or does: she will start telling you all over again how they went out her husband, with his coat over his arm, and her youngest brother, singing 'Bertie, why don't you come?...' as she once told me. You know, sometimes, on quiet evenings like this, I almost get a feeling that they will all walk in through that window, and the whole family will be gathered in here again." The young girl finished her sad story. There was a long pause, and Mr Nuttel was glad when Mrs Sappleton at last entered the room.
"I'm sorry I'm late," she said, "but I hope my niece has entertained you well."
"Yes, she's been very amusing," said Mr Nuttel.
"D'you mind the open window?" asked Mrs Sappleton. "My husband and brothers will soon be home from shooting and they always come into the house this way." And she went on speaking gaily about shooting. After what Mr Nuttel had just heard, he looked worried.
"The doctors told me," he said, trying to change the subject, "to have a rest here and to avoid anything that would make me feel nervous."
"Did they?" said Mrs Sappleton in a voice which showed that she was not at all interested in what Mr Nuttel was saying. She never took her eyes off the open window and suddenly cried out:
"Here they are at last! Just in time for tea. How tired they look."
Mr Nuttel looked at the girl and saw that she was looking out through the open window with horror in her eyes. Mr Nuttel turned round slowly in his seat, looked in the same direction and saw three figures walking across the garden towards the window. They all carried guns and one of them had a coat over his shoulder. A tired brown dog was following them. Noiselessly they approached the house, and then a young voice began to sing. "Bertie, why don't you come?"
Mr Nuttel seized his hat and ran out of the house like mad.
"Here we are, my dear," said Mrs Sappleton's husband, coming in through the window. "We've enjoyed ourselves very much. I wonder what made that gentleman run out so quickly when we came up? Who is he?"
"A very strange young man, called Nuttel. He could only talk about his illness. He didn't say a single interesting thing. I don't understand why he ran out that way without saying good-bye," said his wife.
"I think it was the dog," said the niece calmly. "He told me that he was afraid of dogs. Once when he was attacked by a pack of dogs somewhere in India, he was so frightened that he started running like mad, and finding himself in a cemetery, climbed down into a newly-dug grave, where he had to spend the night. Since then he has always been afraid of dogs."
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She was very good at inventing stories and did it artistically.
1. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text. Reproduce the situations in which they are used. Use them in the sentences of your own.
| to have a nervous breakdown | to change the subject |
| a tragedy | to avoid sth/doing sth |
| to drown | at last |
| to be surprised at sth | to enjoy oneself |
| to entertain sb | to be frightened |
| to go on doing sth | to be good at sth/doing sth |
2. Find in the text the expressions which mean the following. Pay attention to the prepositions. Make up a short story using some of these expressions or use them in the sentences of your own.
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3. True or false?
1) It was the first time Mr Nuttel had seen the girl and her aunt.
2) Mr Nuttel had some problems with his heart.
3) According to the girl, the aunts husband was killed in the war.
4) Mr Nuttel believed the girls story.
5) When Mr Nuttel saw the men returning from the shooting he was very happy.
6) The aunt was very worried about Mr Nuttel.
7) Everyone thought that Mr Nuttel was afraid of the dogs.
4. Answer the following questions (using your active vocabulary):
1) What do we learn about Mr Nuttel at the beginning of the story?
2) What sad story did the girl tell him?
3) How did the girls aunt behave when she came?
4) Who did all the characters see through the window?
5) What was Mr Nuttels reaction when he saw the men approaching the house?
6) How did the girl explain to the others Mr Nuttels behavior? Why did she do it?
7) What is your response to the story? Did you find it amusing/predictable /unpredictable /boring?
5. Retell the story on the part of 1) Mr Nuttel 2) the girl 3) the girls aunt
6. Translate the sentences using the words and expressions from Task 1
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THE WILL
Mr Conran was a very rich man, and very mean too. When he died he had 20 million pounds in the bank. He made all his money by selling very sticky sweets. His nickname was The Dentists Friend.
Mrs Conran had died ten years before. Mr Conran had only two relatives, his sons Joseph and Oliver. Joseph and Oliver were twins, identical twins. They were so alike that nobody could tell them apart. Not even their father.
Joseph and Oliver had left home when they were 20 years old, and they had never been back. They had never seen their father, or heard from him since they left home.
When the twin brothers heard about their fathers death, they went to his house right away. Their fathers lawyer, Ms Madoc, was there to meet them.
She said, Come into the library. I must read your fathers will.
They all went into the library and sat down. Ms Madoc took a piece of paper from the desk.
She said, Your father made a very short will. It is in three parts. Part one says: I leave all my money to my son Oliver.
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The lawyer turned to the twin brothers and said, So which one of you is Oliver?
Both the sons said, I am. Im Oliver!
Ms Madoc looked very angry. She said, But you cant both be Oliver. One of you must be a liar.
Both the twins said, Hes the liar. Im the real Oliver! The twins argued and argued. Each called the other a liar and a cheat. Then they started to fight. Ms Madoc had to pull them apart.
She said, I think Id better read you the second part of your fathers will. It says: If there is any argument about which son is the real Oliver, then I leave all my money to Joseph!
Once again the lawyer turned to the twins and said, Which one of you is Joseph?
I am! cried the two sons with one voice.
The lawyer got very cross. She banged the desk with her fist and said, But a minute ago you both said you were Oliver!
I was telling a fib, said one of the twins.
No Im the real Joseph, shouted the other.
They argued and argued for nearly an hour. Both twins tried to prove he was the real Joseph. But Ms Madoc would not believe either of them. She called them both liars.
At last Ms Madoc said, I think I must read you the third and final part of your fathers will. It says: If both my sons, Joseph and Oliver turn out to be liars, then I leave all my money to Ms Madoc, my faithful lawyer.
So the twins left the house without a penny. The clever will had shown them both to be liars and cheats. But it wasnt their father who had tricked them. It was Ms Madoc. You see, all the time that she had been reading the will it had been reading from a blank piece of paper. Mr Conran never made a will.
1. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text. Reproduce the situations in which they are used. Use them in the sentences of your own.
| mean | to pull apart |
| to make money (by doing smth) | to turn out (to be) |
| sticky | liar |
| twins | faithful |
| to argue | to make a will |
| to tell apart | to trick smb/ to play a trick on smb |
2. What are the synonyms of these words and expressions?
to quarrel, devoted, to make a fortune, to deceive, to appear, greedy, to cheat
3. Are these sentences true, false or is there not enough evidence?
1. Mr Conran owned twenty sweet factories.
2. He was always giving money to charity.
3. He never got married.
4. Joseph and Oliver were 20 years old when their father died.
5. Ms Madoc had worked for Mr Conran for twenty years.
6. Ms Madoc had never seen Joseph and Oliver before.
7. The first part of the will said that Joseph should get all the money.
8. Ms Madoc was very pleased when the twins started to fight.
9. The twins thought that their father had tricked them.
10. Ms Madoc had destroyed Mr Conrans real will.
4. Answer the following questions (using your active vocabulary).
1. Why was Mr.Conrans nickname The Dentists Friend?
2. What does to be identical twins mean?
3. At what age did the twins leave home?
4. What was Miss Madocs profession?
5. Why did the sons start to argue when Ms.Madoc had read the first part of the will?
6. Why did the twins leave the house without a penny?
7. Do you think the lawyer was right when she played a trick on the twins? Why did she do it?
8. How can you characterize the brothers?
9. What is the moral of the story?
10. If Mr Conran had made a will and you had been his lawyer how would you have found out which twin was which?
5. Make up the dialogue between the brothers a) when they knew about their fathers death b) when they left their fathers home without a penny.
6. Translate the sentences using the words and expressions from Task 1.
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LOST IN THE POST (after A. Philips)
Ainsley, a post-office sorter, turned the envelope over and over in his hands. The letter was addressed to his wife and had an Australian stamp.
Ainsley knew that the sender was Dicky Soames, his wifes cousin. It was the second letter Ainsley received after Dickys departure. The first letter had come six month before, he did not read it and threw it into the fire. No man ever had less reason for jealousy than Ainsley. His wife was frank as the day, a splendid housekeeper, a very good mother to their two children. He knew that Dicky Soames had been fond of Adela and the fact that Dicky Soames had years back gone away to join his and Adelas uncle made no difference to him. He was afraid that some day Dicky would return and take Adela from him.
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Ainsley did not take the letter when he was at work as his fellow-workers could see him so it. So when the working hours were over he went out of the post-office together with his fellow-workers, then he returned to take the letter addressed to his wife. As the door of the post-office was locked, he had to get in through a window. When he was getting out of the window the postmaster saw him. He got angry and dismissed Ainsley. So another man was hired and Ainsley became unemployed. Their life became hard, they had to borrow money from their friends.
Several months had passed. One afternoon when Ainsley came home he saw the familiar face of Dicky Soames. So he had turned up, Ainsley thought to himself.
Dicky Soames said he was delighted to see Ainsley. I have missed all of you so much, he added with a friendly smile.
Ansley looked at his wife. Uncle Tom has died, she explained and Dicky has come into his money. Congratulation, said Ainsley, you are lucky.
Adela turned to Dicky. Tell Ainsley the rest, she said quietly. Well, you see, said Dicky, Uncle Tom had something over sixty thousand and he wished Adela to have half. But he got angry with you because Adela never answered the two letters I wrote to her for him. Then he changed his will and left her money to hospitals. I asked him not to do it, but he wouldnt listen to me. Ainsley turned pale. So those two letters were worth reading after all, he thought to himself. For some time everybody kept silent. Then Dicky Soames broke the silence, Its strange about those two letters. Ive often wondered why you didnt answer them. Adela got up, came up to her husband and said, taking him by his hand. The letters were evidently lost. At that moment Ainsley realized that she knew everything.
1. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text. Reproduce the situations in which they are used. Use them in the sentences of your own.
| be addressed to smb | to hire |
| reason for smth | to become unemployed |
| jealousy | to borrow smth from smb |
| to make no (some, much) difference to smb | to turn pale (red) |
| to be as frank as the day | evidently |
| to get in through smth | to keep silent |
| to dismiss | to be worth doing smth |
2. True or false?
1. Ainsley read Dickys letters before throwing them into the fire. 2. Adela often gave reason for jealousy. 3. It was a long time since Dicky Soames had gone away to Australia to join his uncle. 4. This fact made Ainsley forget his jealousy. 5. When the working hours were over Ainsley took the letter and left the post-office with his fellow-workers. 6. The postmaster saw Ainsley getting out of the window and thinking that he had stolen smth dismissed him. 7. Ainsley envied Dicky when he learned that the latter had come into his uncles money. 8. When Ainsley understood that he was to blame for everything he told the truth.
3. Answer the following questions (using your active vocabulary).
1) What was Ainsley?
2) Who was Dicky Soames to Adela?
3) What was the main reason for Ansleys hiding Dickys letters from Adela?
4) How did he behave when the second letter arrived?
5) What happened as a result of his behaviour?
6) Was Adelas uncle a rich person? Prove it.
7) Did he want Adela to come into his money and why did he change the will?
8) What did Ainsley mean saying, Those two letters were worth reading?
9)What proves that Ainsleys wife guessed everything?
10)Why do you think she said that the letters had been lost?
4. Retell the story on the part of a) Ainsley b) Adela c) Dicky Soames d) the headmuster of the post-office e) Adela and Dickys uncle f) one of their friends
5. Make up a conversation which took place between Ainsley and Adela after Dicky had left their place.
6. Translate the sentences using the words and expressions from Task 1.
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THE GIRL WITH GREEN EYES (by Jennifer Bassett)
Of course, the man in the brown hat said, there are good policemen and there are bad policemen, you know.
Youre right, the young man said. Yes. Thats very true. Isnt it, Julie? He looked at the young woman next to him. Julie didnt answer and looked bored. She closed her eyes.
Julies my wife, the young man told the man in the brown hat. She doesnt like trains. She always feels ill on trains.
Oh yes? the man in the brown hat said. Now my wife she doesnt like buses. She nearly had an accident on a bus once. It was last year No, no, it wasnt. It was two years ago. I remember now. It was in Manchester. He told a long, boring story about his wife and a bus in Manchester.
It was a hot day and the train was slow. There were seven people in the carriage. There was the man in the brown hat; the young man and his wife, Julie; a mother and two children; and a tall dark man in an expensive suit.
The young mans name was Bill. He had short brown hair and a happy smile. His wife, Julie, had long red hair and very green eyes the colour of sea water. They were very beautiful eyes.
The man in the brown hat talked and talked. He had a big red face and a loud voice. He talked to Bill because Bill liked to talk too. The man in the brown hat laughed a lot, and when he laughed, Bill laughed too. Bill liked talking and laughing with people. The two children were hot and bored. They didnt want to sit down. They wanted to be noisy and run up and down the train.
Now sit down and be quiet, their mother said. She was a small woman with a tired face and a tired voice.
1 dont want to sit down, the little boy said. Im thirsty.
Here. Have an orange, his mother said. She took an orange out of her bag and gave it to him.
I want an orange too, the little girl said loudly.
All right. Here you are, said her mother. Eat it nicely, now.
The children ate their oranges and were quiet for a minute.
Then the little boy said, I want a drink. Im thirsty.
The tall dark man took out his newspaper and began to read. Julie opened her eyes and looked at the back page of his newspaper. She read about the weather in Budapest and about the football in Liverpool. She wasnt interested in Budapest and she didnt like football, but she didnt want to listen to Bill and the man in the brown hat. Talk, talk, talk, she thought. Bill never stops talking.
Then suddenly she saw the tall mans eyes over the top of his newspaper. She could not see his mouth, but there was a smile in his eyes. Quickly, she looked
down at the newspaper and read about the weather in Budapest again.
The train stopped at Dawlish station and people got on and got off. There was a lot of noise.
Is this our station? the little girl asked. She went to the window and looked out.
No, it isnt. Now sit down, her mother said.
Were going to Penzance, the little girl told Bill. For our holidays.
Yes, her mother said. My sisters got a little hotel by the sea. Were staying there. Its cheap, you see.
Yes, the man in the brown hat said. Its a nice town. I know a man there. Hes
got a restaurant in King Street. A lot of holiday people go there. He makes a lot of money in the summer. He laughed loudly. Yes, he said again. You can have a nice holiday in Penzance.
Were going to St Austell, Bill said. Me and Julie. Its our first holiday. Julie wanted to go to Spain, but I like St Austell. I always go there for my holidays. Its nice in August. You can have a good time there too.
Julie looked out of the window. Where is Budapest? she thought. I want to go there. I want to go to Vienna, to Paris, to Rome, to Athens. Her green eyes were bored and angry. Through the window she watched the little villages and hills of England.
The man in the brown hat looked at Julie. Youre right, he said to Bill. You can have a good time on holiday in England. We always go to Brighton, me and the wife. But the weather! We went one year, and it rained every day. Morning, afternoon, and night. Its true. It never stopped raining. He laughed loudly. We nearly went home after the first week.
Bill laughed too. What did you do all day, then? he asked.
Julie read about the weather in Budapest for the third time. Then she looked at the tall mans hands. They were long, brown hands, very clean. Nice hands, she thought. He wore a very expensive Japanese watch. Japan, she thought. Id like to go to Japan. She looked up and saw the mans eyes again over the top of his newspaper. This time she did not look away. Green eyes looked into dark brown eyes for a long, slow minute.
After Newton Abbot station the guard came into the carriage to look at their tickets. Now then, he said, where are we all going?
This trains late, the man in the brown hat said. Twenty minutes late, by my watch.
Ten minutes, the guard said. Thats all. He smiled at Julie.
The tall dark man put his newspaper down, found his ticket, and gave it to the guard. The guard looked at it.
Youre all right, sir, he said. The boat doesnt leave Plymouth before six oclock. Youve got lots of time.
The tall man smiled, put his ticket back in his pocket and opened his newspaper again.
Julie didnt look at him. A boat, she thought. Hes taking a boat from Plymouth. Wheres he going? She looked at him again with her long green eyes.
He read his newspaper and didnt look at her. But his eyes smiled. The train stopped at Totnes station and more people got on and off.
Everybodys going on holiday, Bill said. He laughed. Its going to be wonderful. No work for two weeks. Its a nice, quiet town, St Austell. We can stay in bed in the mornings, and sit and talk in the afternoons, and have a drink or two in the evenings. Eh, Julie? He looked at his wife. Are you all right, Julie?
Yes, Bill, she said quietly. Im OK. She looked out of the window again. The train went more quickly now, and it began to rain. Bill and the man in the brown hat talked and talked. Bill told a long story about two men and a dog, and the man in the brown hat laughed very loudly.
Thats a good story, he said. I like that. You tell it very well. Do you know the
story about... And he told Bill a story about a Frenchman and a bicycle.
Why do people laugh at these stories? Julie thought. Theyre so boring!
But Bill liked it. Then he told a story about an old woman and a cat, and the man in the brown hat laughed again. Thats good, too. I dont know. How do you remember them all?
Because, Julie thought, he tells them every day.
I dont understand, the little girl said suddenly. She looked at Bill. Why did the cat die?
Shhh. Be quiet, her mother said. Come and eat your sandwiches now.
Thats all right, Bill said. I like children.
The man in the brown hat looked at the childrens sandwiches. Mmm, Im hungry, too, he said. You can get sandwiches in the restaurant on this train. He looked at
Bill. Lets go down to the restaurant, eh? I need a drink too.
Bill laughed. Youre right. Its thirsty work, telling stories.
The two men stood up and left the carriage.
The little girl ate her sandwich and looked at Julie. But why did the cat die? she asked.
I dont know, Julie said. Perhaps it wanted to die.
The little girl came and sat next to Julie. I like your hair, she said. Its beautiful. Julie looked down at her and smiled.
For some minutes it was quiet in the carriage. Then the tall dark man opened his bag and took out a book. He put it on the seat next to him, and looked at Julie with a smile. Julie looked back at him, and then down at the book. Famous towns of Italy, she read. Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples. She looked away again, out of the window at the rain. Two weeks in St Austell, she thought. With Bill. In the rain.
After half an hour the two men came back to the carriage. There are a lot of people on this train, Bill said. Do you want a sandwich, Julie?
No, she said. Im not hungry. You eat them.
The train was nearly at Plymouth. Doors opened and people began to move. A lot of people get on here, the man in the brown hat said.
The tall dark man stood up and put his book and his newspaper in his bag. Then he picked up his bag and left the carriage. The train stopped at the station. A lot of people got on the train, and two women and an old man came into the carriage. They had a lot of bags with them. Bill and the man in the brown hat stood up and helped them. One of the women had a big bag of apples. The bag broke and the apples went all over the carriage.
Oh damn! she said.
Everybody laughed, and helped her to find the apples. The train moved away from Plymouth station. After a minute or two everybody sat down and the woman gave some apples to the children.
Wheres Julie? Bill said suddenly. Shes not here. Perhaps she went to the
restaurant, the man in the brown hat said.
But she wasnt hungry, Bill said. She told me. The little girl looked at Bill. She got off the train at Plymouth, she said. With the tall dark man. 1 saw them. Of course she didnt! Bill said. Shes on this train. She didnt get off.
Yes, she did, the childrens mother said suddenly. I saw her too. The tall man waited for her on the platform. He waited for her? Bills mouth was open. But But he read his newspaper all the time. He didnt talk to Julie. And she never talked to him. They didnt say a word. People dont always need words, young man, the childrens mother said.
But shes my wife! Bills face was red and angry. She cant do that! he said loudly. He stood up. Im going to stop the train. Everybody looked at him and the two children laughed.
No, the man in the brown hat said, no, you dont want to do that. Sit down and eat your sandwiches, my friend.
But I dont understand. Why did she go? What am I going to do? Bills face was very unhappy. After a second or two he sat down again. What am I going to do? he said again.
Nothing, the man in the brown hat said. He ate his sandwich slowly. Go and have your holiday in St Austell. You can have a good time there. Forget about Julie. Those green eyes, now. He took out a second sandwich and began to eat it. I knew a woman once with green eyes. She gave me a very bad time. No, you want to forget about Julie.
1. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text. Reproduce the situations in which they are used. Use them in the sentences of your own.
| to have an accident | the guard |
| carriage | to laugh at sth |
| to get on/off the train | to pick up sth |
| to look away | to give sb a bad time. |
2. Choose the correct answer
1) Which of the passengers seemed to be bored during the journey?
a) Julie and the little children
b) Bill and the man in the brown hat
c) The man in an expensive suit
2) Why did Julie start reading the mans newspaper?
a) She liked the man
b) She was interested in football
c) She was bored
3) Why were Julias eyes bored and angry?
a) She wished they had gone to Spain.
b) The noisy children irritated her
c) She was hungry and thirsty
4) What kind of holiday was Bill expecting to have?
a) a sightseeing holiday
b) a quiet holiday
c) an adventure holiday
5) What did Bill learn when he returned from the restaurant?
a) that his wife had left him
b) that Julie was hungry and offended
c) that one of the fellow-passengers lost her apples
3. True or false?
1) All the passengers in the carriage were enjoying the journey.
2) Her husbands talking irritated Julie.
3) The mother and two children were going to have a sea cruise.
4) Julia didnt want to go to St Austell
5) The train was twenty minutes late.
6) Bills stories made Julie laugh.
7) The children annoyed Bill.
8) Bill and the man in the brown hat were having a good time.
9) Julie and the tall man had a secret plan to deceive Bill.
4. Translate from Russian into English, paying attention to prepositions and adverbs:
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5. Answer the following questions (using your active vocabulary):
1) Where is the action of the story taking place? Give a brief description of all the characters.
2) What did the passengers occupy themselves with during the journey?
3) Where were Bill and Julia going? What did Julie think of it?
4) What indicated that the tall man was interested in Julie?
5) What did Bill and the man in the brown hat talk about?
6) What did Julia think of the tall man?
7) Where did Bill and the man in the brown hat go?
8) What did the tall man have that attracted Julie?
9) Who got on the train at Plymouth station?
10) Where did Julie go? Why do you think she did that?
11) What did the woman mean saying People dont always need words.
6. Retell the story on the part of ) Bill b) Julie c) the tall man d) the woman with two children
7. Act out a dialogue between a) Bill and the man in the brown hat during the journey b) Julie and the tall man after Julie got off the train
8. Translate the sentences using the words and expressions from Task 1
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THE LOVE DRUG (after OHenry)
Jim, a young car-driver, was a boarder at old Riddles. He was in love with Riddles daughter Rosy. And Rosy was in love with Jim. They wanted to get married, but Mr. Riddle, Rosys father, was against it. He hoped to find a rich husband for his daughter. Jim had a friend who worked as a clerk at a druggists shop. His name was Pilkins.
Jim often called on Pilkins at his shop, and they talked and discussed things, and Jim, who was very frank and talkative, told Pilkins that he loved Rosy and that she loved him. When Jim talked about Rosy, Pilkins listened to him in silence and never said a word.
One afternoon Jim called at the shop and sat down on a chair. He looked excited. Pilkins took the chair opposite him. Jim began: Old Riddle does not like me. For a week he hasnt let Rosy go outside the door with me. He probably suspects that we love each other. So Rosy and I have decided to run away tonight and get married. That is, he continued, if she doesnt change her mind until the time comes. One day she says she will; the same evening she says she wont because she is afraid.
Ahem! said Pilkins.
We have agreed on tonight. But it is five hours yet till the time. And I am afraid that she will change her mind again. Jim stopped and looked at Pilkins. But you can help me, he added.
I dont see how, said Pilkins.
I say, Pilkins, isnt there a drug thatll make a girl like you better if you give it to her. I think that if I have such a drug to give Rosy when I see her at supper tonight it may give her courage and she will keep her promise and run away with me.
When is this foolishness to happen? asked Pilkins gloomily.
At ten oclock. Supper is at seven. At nine Rosy will go to bed with a headache. At ten Ill go under her window and help her down the fire escape. Can you make such a drug, Pilkins?
I can. I shall make it up for you, and you will see how Rosy will think of you.
Pilkins went behind his desk. There he crushed to a powder two tablets, each containing a quarter of a grain of morphia. He folded the powder neatly in a white paper. This, he said to himself with a grin, will make Rosy sleep for several hours. He handed the powder to Jim telling him to give it to Rosy in a liquid, if possible, and received his hearty thanks.
When Jim had gone, Pilkins, who was secretly in love with Rosy, went to Mr. Riddle and told him of Jims plan for eloping with Rosy.
Much obliged, said Mr. Riddle briefly. The villain! My room is just above Rosys. Ill go there myself after supper and load my gun and wait. If he comes under Rosys window, he will go away in an ambulance instead of eloping with her.
Pilkins was sure that now he had nothing to fear from his rival. All night he waited for news of the tragedy, but none came. At eight oclock he could wait no longer and started for Mr. Riddles house to learn the outcome. The first man he saw when he stepped out of the shop was Jim with a victors smile on his face. Jim seized his hand and said:
Rosy and I got married last night at 10.15. She is now in my flat. Oh, how happy I am! You must come to see us some day.
The the powder? stammered Pilkins.
Oh. That powder you gave me? It was this way. I sat down at the supper table last night at Riddles. I looked at Rosy and I said to myself, Dont try any tricks with that girl. She loves you well enough without that. Then I looked at her father and thought, He must feel more love for me. So I watched my chance and put the powder into old man Riddles coffee see?
1. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text. Reproduce the situations in which they are used. Use them in the sentences of your own.
| to be in love with smb | grin |
| boarder | to make smb do smth |
| to call on | to elope |
| frank | rival |
| let smb do smth | to seize smb/smth |
| suspect smb of doing smth | to stammer |
| change ones mind | to watch ones chance |
| to give courage | to be obliged to smb for smth |
| to keep ones promise |
2. Answer the following questions (using your active vocabulary).
1. Why didnt Mr Riddle want his daughter to marry Jim?
2. What did Jim ask his friend Pilkins for? What was his plan?
3. Was Pilkinz a real friend to Jim?
4. Did Jim suspect anything wrong when Pilkins gave him the powder?
5. Did Jim and Rosy get married? How did it happen?
6. Why did Jim change his mind and put the powder into Mr Riddles coffee instead of Rosys?
3. Retell the story on the part of a) Jim b) Pilkins c) Rosy d) Mr Riddle
4. Translate the sentences using the words and expressions from Task 1.
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HOW WE KEPT MOTHERS DAY (by Stephen Leacock)
So we decided to have a special celebration of Mother's Day. We thought it a fine idea. It made us all realize how much Mother had done for us for years, and all the efforts and sacrifice that she had made for our sake.
We decided that we'd make it a great day, a holiday for all the family, and do everything we could to make Mother happy. Father decided to take a holiday from his office, so as to help in celebrating the day, and my sister Anne and I stayed home from college classes, and Mary and my brother Will stayed home from High School.
It was our plan to make it a day just like Xmas or any big holiday, and so we decided to decorate the house with flowers and with mottoes over the mantelpieces, and all that kind of thing. We got Mother to make mottoes and arrange the decorations, because she always does it at Xmas.
The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in our very best for such a big occasion and so they both got new hats. Mother trimmed both the hats, and they looked fine, and Father had bought silk ties for himself and us boys as a souvenir of the day to remember Mother by. We were going to get Mother a new hat too, but it turned out that she seemed to really like her old grey bonnet better than a new one, and both the girls said that it was awfully becoming to her.
Well, after breakfast we had it arranged as a surprise for Mother that we would hire a motor car and take her for a beautiful drive away into the country. Mother is hardly ever able to have a treat like that, because we can only afford to keep one maid, and so Mother is busy in the house nearly all the time.
But on the very morning of the day we changed the plan a little bit, because it occurred to Father that a thing it would be better to do even than to take Mother for a motor drive would be to take her fishing; if you are going to fish, there is a definite purpose in front of you to heighten the enjoyment.
So we all felt that it would be nicer for Mother to have a definite purpose; and anyway, it turned out that Father had just got a new rod the day before.
So we got everything arranged for the trip, and we got Mother to cut up some sandwiches and make up a sort of lunch in case we got hungry, though of course we were to come back home again to a big dinner in the middle of the day, just like Xmas or New Year's Day. Mother packed it all up in a basket for us ready to go in the motor.
Well, when the car came to the door, it turned out that there hardly seemed as much room in it as we had supposed.
Father said not to mind him, he said that he could just as well stay home; and that he was sure that he could put in the time working in the garden; he said that we were not to let the fact of his not having had a real holiday for three years stand in our way; he wanted us to go right ahead and be happy and have a big day.
But of course we all felt that it would never do to let Father stay home, especially as we knew he would make trouble if he did. The two girls, Anne and Mary, would gladly have stayed and helped the maid get dinner, only it seemed such a pity to, on a lovely day like this, having their new hats. But they both said that Mother had only to say the word, and they'd gladly stay home and work. Will and I would have dropped out, but unfortunately we wouldn't have been any use in getting the dinner.
So in the end it was decided that Mother would stay home and just have a lovely restful day round the house, and get the dinner. It turned out anyway that Mother doesn't care for fishing, and also it was just a little bit cold and fresh out of doors, though it was lovely and sunny, and Father was rather afraid that Mother might take cold if she came.
So we all drove away with three cheers for Mother, and Father waved his hand back to her every few minutes till he hit his hand on the back edge of the car, and then said that he didn't think that Mother could see us any longer.
Well, we had the loveliest day up among the hills that you could possibly imagine.
It was quite late when we got back, nearly seven o'clock in the evening, but Mother had guessed that we would be late, so she had kept back the dinner so as to have it just nicely ready and hot for us. Only first she had to get towels and soap for Father and clean things for him to put on, because he always gets so messed up with fishing, and that kept Mother busy for a little while, that and helping the girls get ready.
But at last everything was ready, and we sat down to the grandest kind of dinner roast turkey and all sorts of things like on Xmas Day. Mother had to get up and down a good bit during the meal fetching things back and forward.
The dinner lasted a long while, and was great fun, and when it was over all of us wanted to help clear the things up and wash the dishes, only Mother said that she would really much rather do it, and so we let her, because we wanted just for once to humour her.
It was quite late, when it was all over, and when we all kissed Mother before going to bed, she said it had been the most wonderful day in her life, and I think there were tears in her eyes. So we all felt awfully repaid for all that we had done.
1. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text. Reproduce the situations in which they are used. Use them in the sentences of your own.
| to make efforts and sacrifice | to heighten smth |
| for ones sake | to care for smth |
| to decorate with smth | to stand (be) in smb.'s way |
| get smb to do smth | to feel awfully repaid for smth |
| to dress in ones very best | treat |
| to occur to smb | just as well |
| to become to smb | for such an occasion |
| to afford (to do) smth | to make trouble |
2. a) Search the text for English equivalents of the phrases listed below and write them in your exercise book.
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b) Getthe student sitting next to you translate half of the Russian phrases into English (in writing) and check them with the key in your notebook. Translate the other half yourself and ask your neighbour to correct your translation.
3. Ask your group-mates 8 questions on the text.
4. Discuss the following questions (using your active vocabulary).
1) Was that day a holiday for their mother?
2) Why do you think at the end of the day there were tears in mothers eyes? What tears were they?
3) Speak about the contradictions between the words and the behaviour of the members of the family.
4) Is that story true to life?
5. Get ready to speak on the part of a) the father b) the wife.
6. Make up a conversation which took place after the day described in the text between: the two girls, the two boys, the father and his son, the mother and her friend, two neighbours. You may find the following openings useful:
I say...; Honestly...; If you ask me...; You know what I think...; The point is...; Don't you agree that...; I must say that...; Tell you what,..; Eventually...; Actually...; Definitely....
7. Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary:
I. The dress is just wonderful. It is very becoming... you. 2. I haven't seen you... ages. How are you getting...? 3. I liked the cake you treated me.... How do you make it? 4. Turn... the page and do Exercise 3. 5. He turned... a very good story-teller. I enjoyed... his stories immensely. 6. We shall discuss the matter... our way home. 7. I'm sure you'll get... all the difficulties... the end. 8. Pete didn't want to take his younger brother fishing, he was afraid that he would be... his way. 9. The students-... Group 3 will help to decorate the hall... flowers and mottoes. 10. The father had promised to take the boys... a drive... the country... Sunday. But unfortunately the weather changed... the morning and they had to stay... home. 11. Celia waved her hand... Lanny until the train was out... sight. 12.... such a big occasion all the children were dressed... their best. 13. When all the things were packed... a suit-case, it turned... that my ticket had somehow got there too, and I had to turn everything......in search... it. 14. The children were allowed to stay... home... school, as the mother's birthday was a great occasion... all the family.
8. Translate the sentences using the words and expressions from Tasks 1and 2.
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Hundreds For a Post.
The newspapers announced a vacant post for a teacher at Camford University. There were hundreds of candidates who applied for it, including Peter.
You know Camford to be a very small town; there was only one hotel to stay in, and this was so full that they had to put many of the candidates two in a room. Peter was one of them, and the man who shared the room with him was a self-confident fellow called Adams, with a loud voice and a laugh that you could hear all over the hotel. But he was a clever fellow, too.
The Dean and the committee interviewed all the candidates, and, as a result of this interview, the number was reduced to two, Peter and Adams. The committee could not decide which of the two to take, so they decided to make their choice after each candidate had given a public lecture in the lecture-hall. They were given the subject to speak on. The committee wanted the candidates to give the lecture in three days time.
For three days Peter never left the room. He worked day and night at that lecture, writing it out and memorizing it, almost without eating or sleeping. Adams didn't do any preparation at all. You could hear him talk and laugh in the bar where he had a crowd of people round him. He came to the room late at night, asked Pete how he was getting on with the lecture, and then told how he had spent the evening playing billiards, or at the theatre or music-hall. He ate like a horse and slept like a log; and Pete sat up working at his lecture.
The day of the lecture arrived. They all went into the lecture-room, and Peter and Adams tool their seats on the platform. And then Peter discovered to his horror that the type-written copy of his speech had disappeared! The Dean said he would call out the candidates in alphabetical order, Adams first. And with despair in his heart Peter watched Adams calmly take the stolen speech out of his pocket and read it. And how well he read it! Even Peter had to admit that he could not have read so well himself, and when Adams finished there was a great burst of applause. Adams bowed and smiled, and sat down.
Now it was Peter's turn. But what could he do? He had put everything he knew on the subject into that lecture. His mind was too upset to put the same thoughts in another way. With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word, in a low dull voice the lecture Adams had read so well. There was hardly any applause when he sat down.
The Dean and the committee went out to decide who the successful candidate was, but everybody believed Adams would be chosen. Then the Dean and the committee came back.
"Gentlemen," the Dean said, "the candidate we have chosen is Mr. Peter Hodbell!" Pete had won. Everybody was surprised. The Dean continued. "I must tell you how we came to that decision. We were all filled with admiration at Mr. Adams' learning and his manner of speaking. I was greatly impressed. But you remember Mr. Adams read his lecture to us. When Mr. Hodbell's turn came, he repeated word for word, from memory, though, of course, he couldn't have seen a line of it before. Now a fine memory is absolutely necessary for this post. That is why we considered Mr. Hodbell to be exactly the man we wanted!"
As they walked out of the room, the Dean came up to Peter, who was so happy that he hardly knew whether he was standing on his head or his heels; and he shook Petes hand and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Hodbell" But, my dear fellow, when you are on our staff you must be more careful and not leave valuable papers lying about!"
1. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text. Reproduce the situations in which they are used. Use them in the sentences of your own.
