МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ МОСКОВСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ
АКАДЕМИЯ СОЦИАЛЬНОГО УПРАВЛЕНИЯ
Кафедра иностранных языков
М.Д. Горбачева
SHORT STORIES
FOR READING AND DISCUSSION
Пособие по английскому языку
для студентов I и II курсов
АСОУ
2011
УДК 371
Горбачева М.Д. Short Stories for Reading and Discussion: Пособие по
английскому языку для студентов I и II курсов. – АСОУ, 2011. – 44 с.
Пособие “Short Stories for Reading and Discussion” является дополнением к
учебно-методическому комплексу по иностранному языку. Целью пособия является формирование у студентов умений самостоятельного чтения и ознакомление
обучающихся с современной английской литературой. В пособие включены короткие рассказы, которые могут быть использованы как на аудиторных занятиях,
так и для самостоятельной работы студентов. После каждого рассказа предлагаются задания для проверки понимания прочитанного и активизации словарного
запаса обучающихся.
Пособие предназначено для студентов I и II курсов АСОУ.
Одобрено методическим советом
Протокол № 5
20 июня 2011 г.
Рекомендовано кафедрой
Протокол № 12
16 июня 2011 г.
Р е ц е н з е н т:
Казначеева Л.М., канд. филол. наук,
доцент кафедры иностранных языков АСОУ
 Горбачевса М.Д., 2011
 АСОУ, 2011
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Text 1
THE DOG
Linda Robinson was very thirsty so she went into a café. There was an old
woman in the café. She was sitting at a table near the door. At her feet, under
the table, there was a small dog. Linda bought a large glass of lemonade and
some biscuits. She sat down at the table next to the old woman. The old woman
sat quietly. She looked lonely. Linda decided to talk to the old woman. She
said, “It is very hot today”.
“Yes, but it is nice and cool inside the café”, replied the old woman.
Linda looked at the little dog and she asked, “Does your dog like people?”
“Oh, he is very friendly.”
Linda wanted to give the dog one of her biscuits so she asked, “Does your
dog like biscuits?”
“They are his favourite food”, said the old woman.
Linda was afraid of dogs so she said, “Does your dog bite?”
The old woman laughed and said, “No. My dog is very tame. He is afraid of
cats.”
Linda took a biscuit from her plate and she put it near the dog’s mouth.
However, the dog didn’t bite the biscuit, it bit Linda’s hand. Linda jumped out
of the chair and screamed in pain. In an angry voice, she shouted at the old
woman, “You said that your dog didn’t bite”.
The old woman looked at Linda and at the dog. Then she said, “That’s not
my dog.”
Words and word-combinations:
1. to be thirsty – испытывать жажду;
2. biscuit – печенье, кекс;
3. quietly – тихо;
4. to look lonely – выглядеть одиноким;
5. to reply – отвечать;
6. to be friendly – быть дружелюбным;
7. to be afraid of … – бояться кого-либо, чего-либо;
8. to bite (bit, bitten) – кусаться;
9. to be tame – быть прирученным;
10. to scream in pain – закричать от боли;
11. to shout at smb. – закричать на кого-либо.
1. Answer the questions.
1. Why did Linda go to a café?
2. Who was sitting at the table near the door?
3. Who did Linda see under the table?
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4. Why did she think it was the old woman’s dog?
5. What did Linda buy at the café?
6. Why did Linda decide to talk to the old woman?
7. What did they talk about?
8. What was the dog’s favourite food?
9. Did the dog like people according to the old woman?
10. Was Linda afraid of dogs?
11. What questions did Linda ask the old woman?
12. Was the old woman’s dog tame?
13. Was it friendly to Linda?
14. What did the dog do when Linda gave it a biscuit?
15. What did the old woman say about this dog?
Text 2
CALL ME MOTHER
A friend of mine and her new husband were enjoying a romantic evening at
a restaurant. They were still in love and sat looking into each other’s eyes. But
soon they noticed an elderly lady dining alone at the opposite table. She was
gazing at them with love and admiration. They smiled back politely and the old
dear came up to their table. “I’m sorry to trouble you”, she began sadly. “I have
never seen such a beautiful couple in my life. I’ve been watching you all the
evening. You know, my dear, your wife looks so much like my daughter. She
was killed last year and I’ve been so miserable ever since. I miss her terribly. I
wonder if you will be able to do me a great favour?” The couple said that they
would do so. “It will give me so much joy if just as I leave you will say “Goodbye, Mum!” Certainly they couldn’t refuse her this. A few minutes later the old
lady stood up to leave and the two diners did as she had asked. Soon their bill
was brought.
They checked and rechecked it and finally made the manager explain why it
was so massive.
“Your bill includes the old lady’s meal”, was the answer. “She expected her
daughter to pay for her. Isn’t that natural?”
Words and word-combinations:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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to gaze – пристально глядеть;
admiration – восхищение;
a couple – супружеская пара;
to be miserable – быть несчастным;
to do smb. a favour – оказывать услугу, любезность;
to expect – ожидать, рассчитывать.
1. Answer the questions.
1. On what occasion did the couple go to the restaurant?
2. Who was dining at the opposite table?
3. Why did the lady come up to the couple?
4. What trick did the elderly lady use to arouse their sympathy?
5. Did the trick work?
6. What favour did the lady ask for?
7. When did the couple realize that they had been cheated?
8. How did the manager explain why the bill was so massive?
9. If such an incident happened to you would you forgive the woman?
10. What do you think of the words “Trust but check”?
2. Discuss the following.
1. Do you sometimes go to a restaurant?
2. How often can you afford to eat out?
3. On what occasion do you usually go to a restaurant?
4. Which national cuisine do you prefer?
5. Which restaurant is your favourite one?
6. Are you satisfied with the quality of the food and the service at that restaurant?
7. If you go to a restaurant with your friend(s), who usually pays the bill:
the one who invites or each person pays his/her bill himself/herself?
8. Do you, as a rule, check the accuracy of the bill? Give your reasons for that.
9. Do you usually tip the waiter?
10. How much tip do you leave? Is there any special rule about the amount
of the tip?
Text 3
THE BEST DRIVER
Can you guess the last line of this story?
One of the largest construction companies in the States wanted a truck
driver and advertised for one in the national newspapers. A week later ten candidates applied for the job. They all brought excellent references from their
former employers and were invited to the first interview. Not all the applicants
were successful and after the first interview there were only three candidates on
the final shortlist.
The Personnel Manager asked the first man:
“How near can you drive to the edge of a precipice without going over?”
The driver said, “Within an inch.”
“Very well,” said the manager, “you can go now and I’ll let you know about
the chances to get the job.”
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The second man answering the same question said, “I can drive within half
an inch of the edge, in fact I have done it more than once.”
When the third man came, the manager said: “Well, my man, and how near
can you drive to the edge of a precipice without going over?”
“Indeed, sir, I have never tried and I don’t want to.”
“Ah”, said the manager, “……..”.
1. Explain the meaning of the following phrases in your own words.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
wanted a truck driver;
apply for a job;
excellent references;
not all the applicants were successful;
I will let you know.
2. Answer the questions.
1. In what area of business did the company work?
2. Which vacancy did the company advertise? Where did the company advertise the job?
3. How many candidates applied for the position?
4. What did they bring with themselves?
5. Who gave them the references?
6. Who interviewed them?
7. How many applicants remained on the shortlist after the first interview?
8. How many questions did the manager ask each candidate?
9. What was the answer of the first candidate? Did the answer satisfy or disappoint the manager?
10. What answer did the second candidate give? Was the manager pleased
with the answer?
11. What was the third driver’s answer?
12. Which of the candidates was offered the job?
3. Discuss the following.
1.
2.
3.
4.
What is your opinion of the employment practice?
What is the aim of a job interview for both a candidate and an interviewer?
What advice would you give to an applicant before his/her first interview?
How do people usually look for a job?
Text 4
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
Why or why not? Does a lot of money REALLY make you happy?
Sally Burgess tries to answer the million-dollar question.
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Mark Larsen won over nine million pounds on the lottery two years ago. At
first, life was fantastic and Mark had some fun – he spent a lot of money on a
big new house and five new cars. Then the problems started. Some friends began to ask him for money. He had a lot of arguments with his wife and they divorced. Now he says, “I haven’t got any friends and I feel lonely. Life was better when I didn’t have much money”.
Many people think that money brings happiness. However, according to
Professor Michael Argyle, this is not true. In Britain, we are richer but unhappier than fifty years ago. The USA is the richest country in the world but
Americans are not the happiest people in the world.
Professor Argyle has found that very poor people and very rich people are
unhappier than those in between. For example, very poor people in the developing world live in overcrowded houses without any running water and with no
electricity. However, there are also many millionaires with personal problems.
A lot of young people who get rich very quickly are at risk.
Because of this, a few young millionaires are changing their lifestyles.
Richard Cross, a multi-millionaire computer analyst from California, is an example. His house shows no signs of his wealth. There is a small garden and
there are only two cars parked outside his house. “I want my kids to live a normal life”, says Richard.
So what can make us happy? According to Professor Argyle, you should have
one close relationship and some close friends. You should do a little sport and have
a lot of contact with other people. Other people make you happy, not money!
1. Are the statements below true or false?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mark Larsen was happier when he was poorer.
British people are happier than in the past.
Millionaires and very poor people are often unhappy.
Richard Cross has not got much money.
It’s a good thing to have friends.
A lot of money makes you very happy.
2. Match the words to make phrases from the article.
1 have
a rich
2 feel
b life
3 bring
c relationships
4 get
d arguments
5 a normal
e happiness
6 close
f lonely
Make your own sentences with the phrases.
3. Answer the questions.
1. Why did Mark Larsen become unhappy?
2. What kind of personal problems do you think millionaires could have?
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3. What kind of lifestyle do a few young millionaires choose? Why?
4. According to Professor Argyle, what makes people happy? Do you agree
with his opinion?
5. What can make YOU happy?
Text 5
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO UNCLE OSCAR?
I would like to tell you what happened to my uncle Oscar, or I would rather
try to understand it and explain it to you.
My uncle Oscar was a very nice man. Every morning on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday he usually took the seven-forty-five (7.45)
bus and started for work. He went to the bank early in the morning as he was an
accountant (and by the way, a very good one). He worked hard all day long and
returned home rather late. My uncle was forty-seven years old, married and had
two children.
His wife’s name was Agatha. Aunt Agatha was fond of talking and always
talked too much and in a very loud voice. That’s why I think Uncle Oscar seldom had much to say. Their two children, Elizabeth and Julian, were not very
pleasant. Both of them were large and loud like their mother. And they were
selfish and greedy too. They didn’t think about their father much. He was a little quiet man, who spoke little and went about unnoticed. He liked music but
didn’t play any musical instrument. He practically never went to the theatre or
to the cinema and he didn’t visit exhibitions or museums either.
Uncle Oscar didn’t go in for sports. You could never see him in the sitting
room in front of the television watching sports programmes.
Uncle Oscar never complained about his boring life. I knew he had a hobby.
He had a very good collection of stamps and he was happy only when he
worked on his stamp collection. His children took no interest in their father’s
hobby. But I, his nephew, did. Uncle Oscar showed me some stamps and explained that they were really very expensive.
Then on the 14th of October 1971 Uncle Oscar got up as usual at six-fortyfive, made his own breakfast (Aunt Agatha, Elizabeth and Julian were still in
bed; they never got up before 8), left the house and went to the bust stop. Some
people who were at the bus stop that day didn’t see him at all. The others were
not so sure. They couldn’t say anything definite. But that was the kind of person Uncle Oscar was: other people seldom noticed him. One thing was certain,
he never got to the bank that morning.
1. Answer the following questions:
1. Who is the narrator of the story?
2. How many members were there in Uncle Oscar’s family?
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3. How old was Uncle Oscar?
4. What was his job?
5. Who talked a lot in his family? Who was always quiet?
6. Do you think Uncle Oscar’s children loved their father? Why?
7. What was Uncle Oscar’s hobby?
8. Why was Uncle Oscar’s life boring?
9. Uncle Oscar didn’t go in for sports, did he?
10. Where did Uncle Oscar go on the 14th of October? Did he get there?
2. Say what you think of:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Uncle Oscar;
his wife;
his children;
the kind of life Uncle Oscar led;
say whether you think Uncle Oscar was happy.
3. What do you think the end of the story is?
4. Uncle Oscar’s hobby was collecting stamps. What about other people’s
hobbies? Say whose hobbies they are and describe them in the most detailed way.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
visiting museums, exhibitions, galleries;
playing the piano (the violin, the guitar);
going in for sports;
painting;
listening to the radio, watching TV;
watching video films;
going to jazz or pop concerts.
Text 6
BRITISH WAYS
Here are some facts about life on the continent.
– People seldom speak about weather.
– Sunday papers appear on Monday.
– Some people like cats, others don’t.
– People are proud of the things they know. They try to show off their
knowledge.
– You can offend people in many ways: if you laugh at them or make jokes
about their life and jobs.
– People either tell you the truth or lie.
– On Sundays even the poorest person puts on his best suit and tries to look
nice and respectable.
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– Many continentals think life is a game.
– People have good food.
Now find in the text and read out the same information about the British
ways.
You might already know a lot about the English language and the people
who speak it. Here are some facts about British ways if you compare them with
the life on the continent.
In England many things are the other way round. On the continent people
seldom speak about weather. If they do, it usually means they have no other
topics to discuss. In England, if you don’t repeat the phrase “It’s a nice day today, isn’t it?” two hundred times a day people are surprised and think that you
are very dull. On the continent Sunday papers appear on Monday; in England
(the country is really hard to understand) they appear on Sunday. On the continent some people like cats, others don’t, but in England cats are very special
animals. Everyone loves them and takes care of them.
On the continent people are proud of the things they know. They try to
show off their knowledge and often quote Greek and Latin writers. In England
only those who don’t know them or who haven’t read them do it.
You can offend people on the continent in many ways, for example, if you
laugh at them or make jokes about their life and jobs. But the English take everything with a sense of humour. You can easily offend them only if you tell
them they have no sense of humour.
People on the continent either tell you the truth or lie, in England they
hardly eve lie, but they don’t tell you the truth either.
On Sundays on the continent even the poorest person puts on his best suit
and tries to look nice and respectable. In England even the richest man dresses
in some old clothes and doesn’t shave.
Many continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.
On the continent people have good food. In England people have good table
manners.
1. Speak about the differences between British and continental ways of life.
2. Do you think the writer of the text has a good sense of humour? Prove
your point of view.
Text 7
A DOG AND THREE DOLLARS
I have always believed that a man must be honest. “Never ask for money
you haven’t earned,” I always said.
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Now I shall tell you a story which will show you how honest I have always
been all my life.
A few days ago at my friend’s house I met General Miles. General Miles
was a nice man and we became great friends very quickly.
“Did you live in Washington in 1867?” the general asked me.
“Yes, I did”, I answered.
“How could it happen that we did not meet then?” said General Miles.
“General,” said I. “We couldn’t meet then. You forget that you were already
a great general then, and I was a poor young writer whom nobody knew and
whose books nobody read. You do not remember me, I thought, but we met
once in Washington at that time.”
I remember it very well, I was poor then and very often I did not have
money even for my bread. I had a friend. He was a poor writer too. We lived
together. We did everything together: worked, read books, went for walks together. And when we were hungry, we were both hungry. Once we were in
need of three dollars. I don’t remember why we needed these three dollars so
much, but I remember well that we had to have the money by the evening.
“We must get these three dollars,” said my friend. “I shall try to get the
money, but you must also try.”
I went out of the house, but I didn’t know where to go and how to get the
three dollars. For an hour I was walking along the streets of Washington and
was very tired. At last I came to a big hotel. “I shall go in and have a rest,” I
thought.
I went into the hall of the hotel and sat down on a sofa. I was sitting there
when a beautiful small dog ran into the hall .It was looking for somebody. The
dog was nice and I had nothing to do, so I called it and began to play with it.
I was playing with the dog, when a man came into the hall. He wore a beautiful uniform and I knew at once that he was General Miles. I knew him by his
pictures in the newspapers. “What a beautiful dog!” said he. “Is it your dog?”
I did not have time to answer him when he said, “Do you want to sell it?”
“Three dollars”, I answered at once.
“Three dollars?” he asked. “But that is very little. I can give you fifty dollars for it.”
“No, no. I only want three dollars.”
“Well, it is your dog. If you want three dollars for it, I shall be glad to buy
your dog.”
General Miles paid me three dollars, took the dog and went up to his room.
Ten minutes later an old man came into the hall. He looked round the hall. I
could see that he was looking for something.
“Are you looking for a dog, sir?” I asked.
“Oh, yes! Have you seen it?” said the man.
“Your dog was here a few minutes ago and I saw how it went away with a
man,” I said. “If you want, I shall try to find it for you.”
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The man was very happy and asked me to help him.
“I shall be glad to help you, but it will take some of my time and …”
“I am ready to pay you for your time,” cried the man. “How much do you
want for it?”
“Three dollars?” answered I.
“Three dollars?” said the man. “But it is a very good dog. I shall pay you
ten dollars if you find it for me”.
“No sir, I want three dollars and not a dollar more,” said I.
Then I went to General Miles’s room The General was playing with his new
dog. “I came here to take the dog back,” said I.
“But it is not your dog no – I have bought it. I have paid you three dollars
for it,” said the General.
“I shall give you back your three dollars, but I must take the dog back”, answered I.
“But you have sold it to me, it is my dog now.”
“I couldn’t sell it to you, sir, because it was not my dog.”
“Still you have sold it to me for three dollars”.
“How could I sell it to you when it was not my dog? You asked me how
much I wanted for the dog, and I said that I wanted three dollars. But I never
told you that it was my dog.”
General Miles was very angry now.
“Give me back my three dollars and take the dog,” he shouted.
When I brought the dog back to its master, he was very happy and paid me
three dollars with joy. I was happy too because I had the money and I felt I had
earned it.
Now you can see why I say that honesty is the best policy and that a man
must never take anything that he has not earned.
1. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and expressions.
Быть честным; приятный человек, которого никто не знал; даже на
хлеб; к вечеру; отдохнуть; мне было нечем заняться; сразу догадался; через десять минут; готов заплатить; я должен забрать собаку; вернул собаку хозяину.
2. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from
the text and use them in sentences of your own.
Earn some (a lot of, little) money; become great friends; be in need of
smth.; wear a uniform; it takes (took, will take) smb. some time to do smth.; be
angry with; with joy.
3. Answer the questions.
1. Whom did the author meet at his friend’s house one day?
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2. Did General Miles recognize the author? Why couldn’t he?
3. Prove that the author’s youth was very hard.
4. Why did the boy find himself in the hotel one day?
5. Who ran into the hall suddenly?
6. Why did the boy sell the dog to General Miles for three dollars?
7. What happened ten minutes later?
8. What brilliant idea came to the boy’s mind?
9. How did he manage to take the dog back?
10. How did the boy’s behaviour prove his words, “Never ask for money
you haven’t earned”?
4. Comment on the proverb: “Honesty is the best policy”. Say how you understand it and illustrate it by examples. Give your reasons and try to prove
your point of view beginning with:
As far as I know …
The matter is ….
I’m sure that ….
I suppose that …
I believe that …
To sum it up …
Moreover …
5. Act out the dialogues between:
1) General Miles and the boy;
2) The boy and the old man.
6. Retell the story on the part of 1) General Miles; 2) The old man; 3) the
boy’s friend.
7. Give the gist of the story in not more than ten sentences.
8. Reproduce the scene in General Miles’ room using Indirect Speech.
Text 8
AN UNFINISHED STORY
A week ago someone told me an incident. He said he wanted me to write a
story on it, and since then I have been thinking it over. I don’t see what to do.
The incident is as follows.
Two young fellows were working on a tea plantation in the hills and they
had to fetch the mail from a good way off so that they only got it at rather long
intervals. One of the young fellows, let us call him Adams, used to get a lot of
letters by every mail, ten or twelve and sometimes more, but the other, Brown,
never got one. He used to watch Adams enviously as he took his packet and
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started to read, he was eager to have a letter, just one letter, and one day, when
they were expecting the mail, and idea came into his head. He said to Adams:
“Look here, you always have a packet of letters and I never get any. I’ll give
you five pounds if you let me have one of yours.” “I don’t mind”, said Adams.
So Adams agreed to sell one of his letters, and when the mail came in he at
once handed Brown his letters and told him he could take any letter he liked.
Brown gave him a five-pound note, looked over the letters, chose one and returned the rest. In the evening Adams joined Brown for a whisky and soda. For
some time they were silent. Then Adams, eager to find out about the letter,
broke the silence, saying: “By the way, what was the letter about?” “I’m not
going to tell you,” said Brown. Adams was rather surprised and upset. He said:
“Well, tell me at least, who it was from?” “That’s my business,” answered
Brown. They had a bit of an argument, but Brown stood on his rights and refused to say anything about the letter that he had bought. Adams got angry, and
as the weeks went by he did all he could to make Brown let him see the letter.
Brown continued to refuse. At last Adams felt he could not stand it any longer
and made up his mind to talk the matter over with Brown once again. One day
he followed Brown into his office and said: “Look here, here’s your five
pounds, let me have my letter back again.” “Never,” said Brown. “I bought and
paid for it, it’s my letter and I mean to keep it”.
That’s all. I’m not a writer of the modern school and that is why, perhaps, I
can’t write it just as it is and leave it. It’s against my principles. I want a story
to have form, and I don’t see how I can give it that if you are unable to give the
story the right kind of end.
Vocabulary:
1. fetch – приносить, пойти за, приводить.
2. agree – соглашаться:
He agreed to help us. I can’t agree with you.
аgreement – согласие, договор;
to come to an agreement – прийти к соглашению.
3. hand – вручать, давать:
Hand the papers to the secretary please.
hand in – подавать, сдавать:
He was to hand in his course paper by the end of the month.
4. rest – остаток, остальные:
the rest of the story (the day, the time, the money);
The rest of the students have already come.
5. join – присоединяться:
May I join you in the game?
to join the army (a sports club) – вступать (в), стать членом.
6. upset –
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1) опрокидывать, перевертывать:
to upset a glass (a cup, a boat);
2) расстраивать планы, намерения:
to upset plans, arrangements;
3) расстраивать, огорчать:
The news upset her. We were all upset by the bad news.
7. аrgue –
1) спорить, обсуждать:
They can argue for hours.
2) утверждать, доказывать:
Copernicus argued that the Earth moved round the sun.
аrgument – довод, доказательство, аргумент.
8. right – право:
You have no right to speak to me like that.
Have the right to work (rest) – иметь право на труд (отдых).
9. refuse – отказываться:
They refused our help. He refused to join us.
refusal – отказ.
10. stand – выносить, выдерживать, переносить:
I can’t stand the cold.
11. follow – следовать, идти за чем-либо:
What season follows winter? He followed his elder brother in everything.
follow smb’s example (advice) – следовать чьему-либо примеру (совету);
as follows – следующее:
The plan is as follows.
to follow the newspapers (the speaker) – следить (за сообщениями в газетах, выступающим).
11. mean –
1) значить, иметь значение, означать:
What does this word mean? Your help means a lot to us.
2) думать, намереваться, иметь в виду:
I didn’t mean anybody when I said it. He didn’t mean anything bad when he said it.
1. Paraphrase the following.
1. They had to fetch the mail from a good way off.
2. Adams used to get a lot of letters by every mail.
3. He was eager to have a letter.
4. I don’t mind.
5. In the evening Adams joined Brown for a whisky and soda.
6. For some time they were silent.
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7. They had a bit of an argument.
8. One day he followed Brown into his office.
2. Agree or disagree with the following. Use the expressions:
I fully agree with you.
I couldn’t agree more.
I think it is right.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
I don’t quite agree with you.
I couldn’t disagree more.
I don’t think it’s right.
Two old women were walking on a tea plantation.
Brown used to get a lot of letters.
Brown used to watch Adams enviously.
Adams didn’t agree to sell any letters to Brown.
Brown paid 10 pounds for the letter.
Brown refused to give any information about the letter.
Adams paid 5 pounds to Brown and got his letter back.
3. Answer the questions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Why did the two young men get the mail at rather long intervals?
How many letters did Adams use to get?
What do you think Brown felt when Adams was reading his letters?
Why did Brown ask Adams to sell a letter to him?
Why did Brown refuse to say anything about the letter he had bought?
Why do you think Adams wanted to have at least some information about it?
What do you think about keeping correspondence?
Can you compare receiving letters and sms?
Why do so many people send messages to each other?
Text 9
TO KILL A MAN
She moved through the big rooms and wide halls of her house. She was
looking for a book of poems she had put somewhere and only now remembered. She opened the door of the dining-room and went in. The room was dark
and she turned on the lights. As the light came on she stepped back and cried out.
In front of her, near the wall, stood a man. In his hand was a gun.
“Oh”, she said. “What do you want?”
“I think I want to get out. I’ve lost my way here”, he answered ironically.
“What are you doing here?”
“Just robbing, Miss, that’s all. I didn’t expect to find you in, as I saw you
with your old man in an auto. You are Miss Setliffe, aren’t you?”
Mrs. Setliffe saw his mistake but she was pleased.
“Now please show me the way out,” the man said.
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“And what if I cry out for help?” asked the woman.
“I must kill you then,” he answered slowly. “You see, Miss, I can’t go to
prison. A friend is waiting for me outside, and I promised to help him.”
“I’ve never met a robber before,” the woman said, “and I can’t tell you how
exciting it is. Won’t you stay a few minutes and talk? I want you to explain the
whole thing to me. You don’t look like a robber at all. Why don’t you work?”
“I did my best, but there’s no work for me in this city,” he said bitterly. “I
used to be an honest man before I started looking for a job. And now I must go”.
But Mrs. Setliffe didn’t want to lose her robber. Such things did not happen
often in her life.
Turning to the man she said: “I can’t really make you stay, but, come, sit
down, and tell me all about it – here at the table.”
She took her seat at the table and placed him on the other side of it.
She saw him look about the room, then put the gun on the corner of the table between them. But he was in a strange house and did not know that under
the table, near her foot, was an electric bell.
“It’s like this, Miss,” he began. “I’m not a robber and I didn’t come here to
steal. You see, I had a little mine once, and old Setliffe took it away from me. I
had nothing left. And as my friend needs money badly I just came to take
something back from your father. I am really taking what is mine”.
“I feel you are right,” she said. “But still robbery is robbery.”
“I know that,” he answered. “What is right is not always legal. That’s why I
must go.”
“No, wait.” The woman suddenly took up the gun. At the same time she
pushed the bell with her foot.
A door opened behind him, and the man heard somebody enter the room.
But he did not even turn his head. Without saying a word, he was looking at the
woman, into her hard cold eyes.
“Thomas,” she said, “call the police.”
The servant left the room. The man and the woman sat at the table, looking
into each other’s eyes. She enjoyed this moment. She already saw the newspapers with the story of the beautiful young Mrs. Setliffe who had caught a dangerous robber in her own house.
“When you are in prison,” she said coldly, “think of the lesson I’ve taught
you. Now, tell the truth. I didn’t believe a single word of your story. You lied to
me”.
He did not answer.
“Say something,” she cried. “Why don’t you ask me to let you go?”
“Yes, I’ll say something. You looked so kind and soft and all the time you
had your foot on the bell. Do you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to get
up from this chair and walk out of that door. But you’re not going to shoot. It
isn’t easy to kill a man and I’m sure you can’t do it.”
With his eyes on her he stood up slowly. She began to pull the trigger.
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“Pull harder”, he advised. “Pull it, and kill a man”.
At the door the man turned round. He spoke to her in a low voice as he
called her a bad name.
Vocabulary:
1. lose –
1) терять, потерять:
to lose a book (a ticket; one’s voice);
to lose one’s way – заблудиться;
2) проигрывать:
to lose a game (a competition, a war).
2. expect – ожидать; рассчитывать, надеяться:
I didn’t expect to see you today. We expect you to help.
3. be (dis)pleased – быть (не)довольным:
She was pleased with his answer. We are pleased to see you.
4. promise – обещать, обещание:
He promised to come soon.
give (make) a promise – обещать;
a promising writer (singer) – многообещающий писатель (певец).
5. look –
1) выглядеть, казаться:
to look happy (sad, ill, old, tired, pleased);
How did he look when you saw him last? He looked tired.
2) походить, быть похожим на:
In his suit he looks like a foreigner.
What does she look likе? – Как она выглядит?
6. honest – честный;
be honest with smb – быть откровенным с кем-либо;
dishonest – бесчестный.
7. make – заставлять:
to make smb work (read, speak, cry);
to make smb angry (happy) – рассердить кого-либо (сделать кого-либо
счастливым).
8. own – собственный:
My brother has a family of his own. He told the story in his own words.
9. need – нуждаться в; необходимость, нужда:
She didn’t need our help. How much time do you need to do the work.
10. badly – сильно, очень:
He is badly ill. We need your help badly.
11. feel –
1) чувствовать, ощущать:
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What did you feel when you first travelled by air?
2) считать, полагать:
We felt that he was right.
3) чувствовать себя:
How do you feel? I feel well (better, ill, all right).
feeling – чувство, ощущение:
I had a feeling somebody was watching me.
12. suddenly – вдруг, неожиданно, внезапно.
13. even – даже:
He didn’t even look at me when I entered.
1. Answer the questions.
1. What for did the woman enter the dining-room?
2. Why did she cry out when she turned on the lights?
3. What did the man say to the woman?
4. Why was she pleased?
5. Why did the man say he couldn’t go to prison?
6. Why didn’t Mrs. Setliffe want to lose the robber?
7. What did the man tell Mrs. Setliffe about himself?
8. What did she Mrs. Setliffe do after she heard the man’s story?
9. How did the man react?
10. Why didn’t Mrs. Setliffe kill the man?
11. Say whether you think the man did right when he came to old Setliffe’s
house to take back what he believed to be his own.
12. Explain why the man didn’t turn to the police for help.
13. Give a description of Mrs. Setliffe as she looked to the man at the beginning of the story and at the end of it.
14. Explain how it happened that Mrs. Setliffe’s fine words fooled the man
for some time.
15. Explain why the man was so sure that Mrs. Setliffe wouldn’t shoot.
2. Give character sketches of a) Mrs. Setliffe; b) the man who came to rob
old Setliffe; c) old Setliffe.
beautiful
thoughtful
decisive
mean
strong-willed
dishonest
sincere
aggressive
violent
arrogant
brave
wise
cruel
calm
evil
3. Tell a story to illustrate each of these proverbs:
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed. – Друг познается в беде.
Appearances are Deceptive. – Внешность обманчива.
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T e x t 10
THE GREEN DOOR
Rudolf Steiner, a young piano salesman, was a true adventurer. Few were
the evenings when he did not go to look for the unexpected. It seemed to him
that the most interesting things in life might lie just around the corner. He was
always dreaming of adventures.
Once when he was walking along the street his attention was attracted by a
Negro handing out dentist’s cards. The Negro slipped a card into Rudolf’s
hand. He turned it over and looked at it. Nothing was written on one side of the
card; on the other three words were written: “The Green Door”. And then Rudolf saw, three steps in front of him, a man throw away the card the Negro had
given his as he passed. Rudolf picked it up. The dentist’s name and address
were printed on it.
The adventurous piano salesman stopped at the corner and considered. Then
he returned and joined the stream of people again. When he was passing the
Negro the second time, he again got a card. Ten steps away he examined it. In
the same handwriting that appeared on the first card “The Green door” was
written upon it. Three or four cards were lying on the pavement. On all of them
were the name and the address of the dentist. Whatever the written words on
the cards might mean, the Negro had chosen him twice from the crowd.
Standing aside from the crowd, the young man looked at the building in
which he thought his adventure must lie. It was a five-storey building. On the
first floor there was a store. The second up were apartments.
After finishing his inspection Rudolf walked rapidly up the stairs into the
house. The hallway there was badly lighted. Rudolf looked toward the nearer
door and saw that it was green. He hesitated for a moment, then he went
straight to the green door and knocked on it. The door slowly opened. A girl not
yet twenty stood there. She was very pale and as it seemed to Rudolf was about
to faint. Rudolf caught her and laid her on a sofa. He closed the door and took a
quick glance round the room. Neat, but great poverty was the story he read.
“Fainted, didn’t I?” the girl asked weakly. “Well, no wonder .You try going
without anything to eat for three days and see.”
“Heavens!” cried Rudolf, jumping up. “Wait till I come back.” He rushed
out of the green door and in twenty minutes he was back with bread and butter,
cold meat, cakes, pies, milk and hot tea.
“It is foolish to go without eating. You shouldn’t do it again,” Rudolf said.
“Supper is ready.”
When the girl cheered up a little she told him her story. It was one of a
thousand such as the city wears with indifference every day – a shop girl’s
story of low wages; of time lost through illness; and then of lost jobs, lost hope
and unrealized dreams and – the knock of the young man upon the door.
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Rudolf looked at the girl with sympathy.
“To think of you going through all that,” he exclaimed. “And you have no
relatives or friends in the city?!
“None whatever.”
“As a matte of fact, I am all alone in the world too,” said Rudolf after a
pause.
“I am glad of that,” said the girl, and somehow it pleased the young man to
hear that she approved of his having no relatives.
Then the girl sighed deeply. “I am awfully sleepy,” she said.
Rudolf rose and took his hat.
“How did it happen that you knocked at my door?” she asked.
“One of our piano tuners lives in this house. I knocked at your door by mistake.”
There was no reason why the girl should not believe him.
In the hallway he looked around and discovered to his great surprise that all
the doors were green.
In the street he met the same Negro. “Will you tell me why you gave me
these cards and what they mean?” he asked.
Pointing down the street to the entrance to a theatre with a bright electric
sign of its new play, “The Green Door”, the Negro told Rudolf that the theatre
agent had given him a dollar to hand out a few of his cards together with the
dentist’s.
“Still it was the hand of Fate that showed me the way to her,” said Rudolf to
himself.
1. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following words and expressions.
Истинный искатель приключений; в поисках неожиданного; раздающего визитные карточки; в трех шагах от него; проходил мимо негра во
второй раз; тем же почерком; что бы ни обозначали слова; закончив осмотр; некоторое время колебался; была готова упасть без сознания; быстро оглядел комнату; неудивительно; одна из многих историй; неосуществленные мечты; настройщик; рука судьбы.
2. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions
from the text and use them in sentences of your own.
Dream of smth.; attract smb’s attention; see smb. do smth.; walk up (down)
the stairs; look at smb. with sympathy; approve of smth.; by mistake; to one’s
surprise.
3. Answer the questions.
1. What did Rudolf Steiner do and what was his favourite occupation?
2. Who attracted Rudolf’s attention as he was walking along the street?
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3. What was written on the card which Rudolf got and on the card which he
picked up?
4. What happened when Rudolf was passing the Negro the second time?
5. What did Rudolf do next?
6. Whom did he see behind the door?
7. Why was the girl so pale and weak?
8. In what way did the young man help the girl?
9. What did the girl tell him about herself?
10. How did Rudolf explain to the girl his unexpected visit?
11. What was the real reason why Rudolf had got the card with the worlds
“The Green Door”?
4. Discuss the following.
1. Why does the author call the girl’s story “one of a thousand such as the
city wears with indifference every day”?
2. Try to imagine the girl’s life described by the author as follows: “It was a
story of low wages, of time lost through illnesses, of lost jobs, lost hopes and
unrealized dreams”.
3. Why did Rudolf knowing the real reason for his meeting with the girl still
called it “the hand of Fate”?
5. Give a summary of the story in not more than ten sentences.
6. Retell the story on the part of 1) Rudolf Steiner; 2) the girl.
T e x t 11
NO STORY
I was doing work on a newspaper.
One day Tripp came in and leaned on my table. Tripp was something in the
mechanical department. He was about twenty-five and looked forty. Half of his
face was covered with short, curly red whiskers that looked like a door-mat. He
was pale and unhealthy and miserable and was always borrowing sums of
money from twenty-five cents to a dollar. One dollar was his limit. When he
leaned on my table he held one hand with the other to keep both from shaking.
Whisky.
“Well, Tripp,” said I, looking up at him rather impatiently, “how goes it?”
He was looking more miserable than I had ever seen him.
“Have you got a dollar?” asked Tripp looking at me with his dog-like eyes.
That day I had managed to get five dollars for my Sunday story. “I have,”
said I; and again I said, “I have,” more loudly, “and four besides. And I had
hard work getting them. And I need them all”.
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“I don’t want to borrow any,” said Tripp, “I thought you’d like to get a good
story. I’ve got a really fine one for you. It’ll probably cost you a dollar or two
to get the stuff. I don’ want anything out of it myself.”
“What is the story?” I asked.
“It’s a girl. A beauty. She has lived all her life on Long Island and never
saw New York City before. I ran against her on Thirty-fourth Street. She
stopped me on the street and asked me where she could find George Brown.
Asked me where she could find George Brown in New York City! What do you
think of that?! I talked to her. It’s like this. Some years ago George set off for
New York to make his fortune. He did not reappear. Now there’s a young
farmer named Dodd she’s going to marry next week. But Ada – her name is
Ada Lowery – couldn’t forget George, so this morning she saddled a horse and
rode eight miles to the railway station to catch the 6.45 a.m. train. She came to
the city to look for George. She must have thought the first person she inquired
of would tell her where her George was! You ought to see her! What could I
do? She had paid her last cent for her railroad ticket. I couldn’t leave her in the
street, could I? I took her to a boarding-house. She has to pay a dollar to the
landlady. That’s the price per day.”
“That’s no story,” said I. “Every ferry-boat brings or takes away girls from
Long Island.”
Tripp looked disappointed. “Can’t you see what an amazing story it would
make? You ought to get fifteen dollars for it. And it’ll cost you only four, so
you’ll make a profit of eleven dollars.”
“How will it cost me four dollars?” I asked suspiciously.
“One dollar to the landlady and two dollars to pay the girl’s fare back
home.”
“And the fourth?” I inquired.
“One dollar to me,” said Tripp. “Don’t you see,” he insisted, “that the girl
has got to get back home today?”
And then I began to feel what is known as the sense of duty. In a kind of
cold anger I put on my coat and hat. But I swore to myself that Tripp would not
get the dollar.
Tripp took me in a street-car to the boarding-house. I paid the fares.
In a dim parlour a girl sat crying quietly and eating candy out of a paper
bag. She was a real beauty. Crying only made her eyes brighter.
“My friend, Mr. Chalmers. He is a reporter,” said Tripp, “and he will tell
you, Miss Lowery, what’s best to do”.
I felt ashamed of being introduced as Tripp’s friend in the presence of such
beauty. “Why – er – Miss Lowery,” I began feeling terribly awkward, “will you
tell me the circumstances of the case?”
“Oh,” said Miss Lowery, “there aren’t any circumstances, really. You see,
everything is fixed for me to marry Hiram Dodd next Thursday. He’s got one of
the best farms on the Island. But last night I got to thinking about G-George-“
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“You see, I can’t help it. George and I loved each other since we were children. Four years ago he went to the city. He said he was going to be a policeman or a railroad president or something. And then he was coming back for me.
But I never heard from him any more. And I – I – liked him.”
“Now, Miss Lowery,” broke in Tripp, “you like this young man, Dodd,
don’t you? He’s all right, and good to you, isn’t he?”
“Of course I like him. And of course he’s good to me. He’s promised me an
automobile and a motorboat. But somehow I couldn’t help thinking about
George. Something must have happened to him or he would have written. On
the day he left, he got a hammer and a chisel and cut a cent into two pieces. I
took one piece and he took the other, and we promised to be true to each other
and always keep the pieces till we saw each other again. I’ve got mine at home.
I guess I was silly to come here. I never realized what a big place it is.”
Tripp broke in with an awkward little laugh. “Oh, the boys from the country
forget a lot when they come to the city. He may have met another girl or something. You go back home, and you’ll be all right.”
In the end we persuaded Miss Lowery to go back home. The three of us
then hurried to the ferry, and there I found the price of the ticket to be a dollar
and eighty cents. I bought one, and a red, red rose with the twenty cents for
Miss Lowery. We saw her aboard her ferry-boat and stood watching her wave
her handkerchief at us. And then Tripp and I faced each other.
“Can’t you get a story out of it?” he asked. “Some sort of a story?”
“Not a line,” said I.
“I’m sorry,” he said quietly. There was disappointment in his tone. Tripp
unbuttoned his shabby coat to reach for something that had once been a handkerchief. As he did so I saw something shining on his cheap watch-chain. It
was the half of a silver cent that had been cut in halves with a chisel.
“What?!” I exclaimed looking at him in amazement.
“Oh, yes,” he replied. “George Brown, or Tripp. What’s the use?”
I produced a dollar from my pocket and unhesitatingly laid it in his hand.
1. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and expressions.
Сотрудничать в газете; рыжие бакенбарды; чтобы они не дрожали; с нетерпением; по-собачьи преданными глазами; чтобы получить материал; он не вернулся; первый встречный, у которого она спросит; паром; подозрительно; оплатить обратный билет; чувство долга; поклялся
себе; трамвай; обстоятельства дела; все готово к женитьбе; не могу не думать о…; убедили; расстегнул потрепанное пальто; без колебаний.
2. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from
the text and use them in sentences of your own.
Look pale (miserable, unhealthy); borrow smth.; run against smb.; make
one’s fortune; look disappointed; make a profit of ; feel ashamed of smth; (do24
ing smth.); feel awkward; hear from smb.; be true to smb.; look at smb. in
amazement.
3. Answer the questions.
1. Describe Tripp and say how he made his living.
2. What was Tripp in the habit of?
3. Why did Chalmers look up at Tripp impatiently when he came in?
4. What did Tripp tell Chalmers about the girl he had met in the street?
5. Why did Chalmers refuse to write a story about the girl?
6. Describe Ada and explain why Chalmers felt ashamed in her presence.
7. Why did Tripp ask Ada if Dodd was good to her?
8. What made Chalmers give Tripp the dollar in the end?
4. Discuss the following.
1. Why didn’t Tripp tell Ada who he was? What do you think prevented
him from returning to his native village? Do you consider his behaviour in this
situation right? Give your grounds.
2. Do you think this story is happy or sad? Is the unexpected end of the
story typical of O. Henry? Could you think of another end of the story?
3. Comment on the title of the story.
4. Describe Tripp’s life in New York during those four years.
5. Retell the story on the part of 1) Tripp; 2) Mr. Chalmers; 3) Ada Lowery.
6. Give a summary of the story in not more than fifteen sentences.
T e x t 12
AT THE DOCTOR’S
Doctor: Would you like to come in?
Patient: Thank you. (He coughs.)
Doctor: That cough sounds really very bad. How long have you had it?
Patient: For about 2 weeks. But it’s all right.
Doctor: I think I should listen to your chest and to your lungs. Take off your
shirt. Breathe in deeply, that’s right… and again, please, and once more, please.
Sit down. I’m going to take your blood pressure.
Patient: Can I put my shirt on? It’s rather cold in here.
Doctor: Oh, certainly, you can. Sorry about the cold. The central heating is
broken. Well, … Do you ever take any exercise?
Patient: Not regularly. Sometimes I do. But I hardly ever do morning exercise.
Doctor: You should take more exercise. All right. Now I want to take your
pulse. Stand up, please, and touch your toes. Do you smoke?
Patient: Oh, yes, I do, Doctor. About ten cigarettes a day.
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Doctor: You shouldn’t smoke at all. You should stop immediately. Now, I
want to take your temperature. OK. That’s all right. Well, there you are then.
Take this medicine 3 times a day after meals.
Patient: But, Doctor, I didn’t come about my cough.
Doctor: You didn’t?
Patient: No, it’s my feet, Doctor. My feet hurt every time I walk.
Doctor: Take your shoes off! Let me see. Do they hurt now?
Patient: Oh, yes, they hurt. It awfully hurts here. I’ve had this pain for about
2 weeks.
Doctor: I see… And these shoes… How long have you had them?
Patient: The shoes? Oh, for about 2 weeks, Doctor. Oh, yes. I see, Doctor.
It’s silly of me. Thank you, Doctor. Goodbye.
1. Answer the questions:
1. Why did the patient come to see the doctor?
2. Why did the doctor begin to listen to the patient’s chest and lungs?
3. Why was it cold in the doctor’s room?
4. Was the patient a healthy man?
5. What was wrong with the man?
2. What people do if:
- they have a headache;
- they can’t sleep;
- they have a toothache;
- they have a pain in the heart;
- they have a cold;
- they have a stomachache.
to go to the dentist; to call a doctor; to go to bed; to take some medicine;
to have a walk outdoors; to drink warm milk; to drink warm milk with
honey or butter.
3. Comment on the proverb: “Good health is above wealth”.
T e x t 13
Read the text from Groucho Marx’s autobiography. Which of these titles do
you think is the best? Why?
- A Night at the Theatre;
- My First Date;
- Young Love.
“Love hit me when I was twelve. I was still in shorts but little hairs were
starting to grow on my upper lip. A young girl, Lucy, lived in the flat above
ours. She was pretty with lovely, brown hair and perfect teeth. One day, after I
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had saved my pocket money for some time, I invited Lucy to go to a variety
show with me. I only had seventy cents but I had worked it all out: two tickets
for the theatre, fifty cents, and four tram tickets, twenty cents.
It was January and it had snowed earlier that day so we took the tram. Lucy
looked charming and I looked handsome as we got off in Times Square. Unfortunately, a candy vendor was standing outside the theatre. I hadn’t thought
about that. Lucy saw her favourite coconut candy and asked for it. Like a fool, I
bought it for ten cents.
We were miles away from the stage and the noise of Lucy eating her candy
was louder than the actors’ voices. During the performance, Lucy ate every
single bit of the candy. On the way out, I was a bit upset about the candy. But
then I realized I only had enough money for one ticket back home. Today I feel
terrible about this, but remember, I was only twelve, it was very cold and Lucy
had eaten all the candy.
I turned to her and said, “Lucy, when we left home I had seventy cents,
enough for the tickets and the tram fare. I hadn’t planned on candy. I didn’t
want candy. You wanted candy and you had all the candy. I have every right to
go home by tram and leave you to walk. But, you know I’m mad about you. So
I’m going to give you a fair chance. I’m going to toss this coin. If it’s heads,
you get to ride home. If it’s tails, I ride home”. It was tails. For some curious
reason, Lucy never spoke to me again. What had I done wrong?”
(From Groucho and Me, by Groucho Marx)
1. Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false ones.
1. Groucho waited for some time before he invited Lucy out because he was
nervous.
2. He offered to buy Lucy some candy.
3. He was upset because Lucy ate all the candy.
4. Lucy went home by tram.
5. She was angry with him.
2. Complete the table with: hadn’t, had, snowed, planned, eaten, saved.
Past Perfect
Affirmative
It had ________ (1) earlier that day.
Lucy had ________ (2) all the candy.
Negative
I ________ (3) thought about that.
I ________ (4) ________ (5) on candy.
Question
Had he _______ (6) any money?
What _______ (7) I done wrong?
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3. Put the activities below in the order in which they really happened. What
tenses are used in the story to refer to each activity?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
I was upset about the candy.
I bought the candy.
Lucy ate all the candy.
I didn’t plan on the candy.
It snowed.
I realized I had money for one ticket.
We took the tram.
I invited Lucy to the theatre.
T e x t 14
THE READING PUBLIC
“Wish to look about the store? Oh, by all means, sir”, said the manager of
one of the biggest book stores in New York. He called to his assistant, “Just
show this gentleman our ancient classics – the ten-cent series”. With this he
dismissed me from his mind.
In other words he had guessed at a glance that I was a professor. The manager of the biggest book store cannot be deceived in a customer. He knew I
would hang around for two hours, get in everybody’s way, and finally buy the
Dialogues of Plato for ten cents.
He despised me, but a professor standing in a corner buried in a book looks
well in a store. It is a sort of advertisement.
So standing in a far corner I had an opportunity of noticing something of
this up-to-date manager’s methods with his real customers.
“You are quite sure it’s his latest?” a fashionably-dressed woman was saying to the manager.
“Oh, yes, madam this is Mr. Slush’s very latest book, I assure you. It’s having a wonderful sale”. As he spoke he pointed to a huge pile of books on the
counter with the title in big letters – Golden Dreams.
“This book”, said the lady idly turning over the pages, “is it good?”
“It’s an extremely powerful thing”, said the manager, “in fact it’s a masterpiece. The critics are saying that without exaggeration it is the most powerful
book of the season. It is bound to make a sensation”.
“Oh, really!” said the lady. “Well, I think I’ll take it then”.
Suddenly she remembered something. “Oh, and will you give me something
for my husband? He is going down south. You know the kind of thing one
reads on vacation?”
“Oh, perfectly, madam. I think we have just what your husband wants.
Seven Weeks in the Sahara, 7 dollars; Six Months in a Waggon, 6 dollars; Af28
ternoons in an Ox-cart, two volumes, 4 dollars 30 cents. Or here, now, Among
the Cannibals of Corfu, or Among the Monkeys of New Guinea, 10 dollars”.
And with this the manager laid his hand on another pile as numerous as the pile
of Golden Dreams.
“It seems rather expensive”, remarked the lady.
“Oh, a most expensive book”, repeated the manager in a tone of enthusiasm.
“You see, it’s the illustrations, actual photographs of actual monkeys and the
paper”.
The lady bought Among the Monkeys.
Another lady entered. A widow, judging by her black dress.
“Something new in fiction”, repeated the manager, “yes, madam here’s a
charming thing, Golden Dreams, - a very sweet story. In fact, the critics are
saying it’s the sweetest thing Mr. Slush has done”.
“Is it good?” said the lady.
“It’s a very charming love story. My wife was reading it aloud only last
night. She could hardly read for tears”.
“I suppose it’s quite a safe book?” asked the widow anxiously. “I want it for
my little daughter”.
“I assure you it’s perfectly safe. In fact, it is written quite in the old style,
like the dear old books of the past; quite like – “ here the manager paused with
a slight doubt – “Dickens and Fielding and – er – so on”.
The widow bought the Golden Dreams, received it wrapped up, and passed out.
“Have you any good light reading?” called out the next customer in a loud
cheerful voice – he had the air of a man starting on a holiday.
“Yes”, said the manager, and his face almost broke into a laugh.
“Here’s an excellent thing, Golden Dreams; quite the most humorous book
of the season. My wife was reading it last night. She could hardly read for
laughing”.
After that the customers came and went in a string. To one lady Golden
Dreams was sold as exactly the reading for a holiday, to another as the very
book for a rainy day, and a fourth as the right sort of reading for a fine day.
Among the Monkeys was sold as a sea story, a land story, a story of the jungle, a story of the mountains; each time at a different price.
After two hours I drew near and from a curiosity I couldn’t resist said,
“That book, Golden Dreams, you seem to think it’s a very wonderful book?”
The manager knew that I had no intention of buying the book, so he shook
his head. “Frankly speaking, I imagine it’s perfectly rotten”.
“Haven’t you read it?” I asked in amazement.
“Dear me, no!” said the manager. His air was of a milkman who is offered a
glass of his own milk. “A pretty time I’d have if I tried to read all the new
books. It’s quite enough to keep track of them without that”.
“But those people”, I went on, deeply puzzled, “Won’t they be disappointed?”
“By no means!” he said. “They won’t read it. They never do.”
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“But at any rate your wife thought it a fine story,” I insisted.
The manager smiled widely. “I am not married, sir.”
1. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following words and expressions.
Другими словами; понял с первого взгляда; презирал; нечто вроде рекламы; современные методы; новинка; модно одетая; идет нарасхват; лениво переворачивая страницы; шедевр; без преувеличения; довольно дорогая книга; уверяю вас; подходящее чтение для…; из любопытства; следить за их появлением; ни за что; в любом случае.
2. Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from
the text and use them in sentences of your own.
Get in smb’s way; have an opportunity of doing smth.; be bound to; could
hardly read for tears (laughter); in a loud (sad, cheerful) voice; break into a
laugh (into tears); have an (no) intention of doing smth.; shake one’s head;
frankly speaking; ask in amazement; be disappointed.
3. Answer the questions.
1. What did the manager do when he guessed that his customer was a professor?
2. Why did he lose all interest in him?
3. Why did the fashionably-dressed lady want to buy the latest book/ Was
she really interested in literature?
4. “The professor stood buried in a book”. “The lady was idly turning over
the pages”. Compare these two customers.
5. Whom did the manager consider his real customers?
6. Why did the manager say quite different things about the same book to
different customers?
7. Did the manager have a high opinion of all his customers? Illustrate your
answer.
8. What was his main aim?
4. Discuss the following.
1. Do you agree that the manager was really skilful in his business? Can you
approve of his “up-to-date” methods?
2. What kind of book was Golden Dreams? What’s your opinion of such literature?
3. The manager mentioned Dickens and Fielding. What do you think he
knew about them? Are you fond of classics? Why do many people enjoy reading books by classical writers?
4. What kind of literature are you fond of? Explain why you prefer this or
that genre. Name your favourite authors and books.
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5. Do you need advice when you choose a book? Who (what) influences
your choice?
5. Retell the story on the part of 1) the professor; 2) the manager.
6. Act out the dialogues between the manager and his customers.
T e x t 15
SLEEP SURVEY REPORT
According to recent medical research, sleeping more than nine hours or less
than six hours a night can shorten your life expectancy. Those who are likely to
live longest are people who regularly get between seven and eight hours a
night.
A new survey of 1,000 adults conducted by the Better Sleep Council (BSC)
found that few people understand the important role sleep plays in normal daily
brain functions and many people actually reduce their brain power by getting
too little sleep.
One in three adults admit that they do not get enough sleep, and lack of
sleep is leaving millions of people without the energy to work as hard as they
should. Although a large number of people say that they need to be mentally
alert in their work, over half of the people interviewed say that they sleep just
under seven hour a night during the week. On the other hand, most the people
interviewed say that they sleep more than seven hours a night at the weekend.
This suggests that a significant number of people try to catch up on their sleep
at the weekend instead of getting enough sleep during the week, when they
most need it.
According to this survey, nearly half of the population believe that the brain
rests when the body sleeps. In fact, the opposite is true. Sleep allows the brain
to go to work, filing and storing the day’s events. ‘Most people incorrectly
think the brain is resting or recuperating during sleep. Actually, some parts of
the brain are more active when you’re asleep,’ confirms Dr Mark Mahowald,
director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center. ‘Your brain is like
a cluttered desktop at the end of the day. At night, when you’re asleep and no
more information can be put ion the desk, or in your brain, your brain can then
file away the information.’
1. Find expressions in the text which match to the figures below.
For example: 33% – one in three.
a) 5–15%;
b) 60–80%;
c) 51–60%;
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d) 80–99%;
e) 40–49%.
2. Write five questions to ask people about their sleep habits using the
words and expressions in the box. Ask your partner the questions and answer
his/her questions.
dream
have nightmares
talk in your sleep
snore
sleepwalk
sleep on your back, on your side or on your front have a nap alarm clock
feel sleepy
suffer from insomnia yawn
fall asleep while travelling
in a double bed have a lie-in at the weekend
T e x t 16
1. The following people, places, and things are in the article. What connection do you think they have with Marks & Spencer?
– the Duchess of York;
– £10 million;
– a Polish immigrant;
– shoelaces;
– Spain;
– Paris and Newcastle;
– jumpers;
– chiropodists.
MARKS AND SPENCER
Britain’s favourite store.
Marks and Spencer (or M&S) is Britain’s favourite store. Tourists love it
too. It attracts a great variety of customers, from housewives to millionaires.
The Duchess of York, Dustin Hoffman, and the British Prime Minister are just
a few of its famous customers.
Last year it made a profit of £529 million, which is more than £10 million a
week.
How did it all begin?
It all started 105 years ago, when a young Polish immigrant, Michael
Marks, had a stall in Leeds market. He didn’t have many things to sell: some
cotton, a little wool, lots of buttons, and a few shoelaces. Above his stall he put
the now famous notice: Don’t ask how much – it’s a penny.
Ten years later, he met Tom Spencer and together they started Penny Stalls
in many towns in the north of England. Today there are 564 branches of M&S
all over the world – in America, Canada, Spain, Belgium, and Hungary.
What are the best-sellers?
Surprisingly, tastes in food and clothes are international. What sells well in
Paris sells just as well in Newcastle. Their best-selling clothes are:
– For women: jumpers, bras, and knickers (M&S is famous for its knickers!).
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– For men: shirts, socks, pyjamas, dressing gowns, and suits.
– For children: underwear and socks.
Best-sellers in food include: fresh chickens, bread, vegetables, and sandwiches. Chicken Kiev is internationally the most popular convenience food.
Why is M&S so successful?
The store bases its business on three principles: good value, good quality,
and good service. Also, it changes with the times – once it was all jumpers and
knickers. Now it’s food, furniture, and flowers as well. Top fashion designers
advise on styles of clothes.
But perhaps the most important key to its success is its happy, well-trained
staff. Conditions of work are excellent. There are company doctors, dentists,
hairdressers, and even chiropodists to look after the staff, and all the staff can
have lunch for under 40p!
2. Here are some answers. What are the questions?
1. __________________________________________________________
£529 million.
2. __________________________________________________________
105 years ago.
3. __________________________________________________________
Poland.
4. __________________________________________________________
No, he only had a few things.
5. __________________________________________________________
564.
6. __________________________________________________________
Because it gives good value, good quality, and good service.
7. __________________________________________________________
No, it doesn’t. It sells food and furniture.
8. __________________________________________________________
Less than 40p.
3. In the text there are a lot of examples of clothes, food, and professions.
List them in the columns below and add three more examples of your own to
each column.
Clothes
Food
Professions
4. Here are the four headings from the text.
Britain’s favourite store.
How did it all begin?
What are the best-sellers?
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Why is M&S so successful?
Use these to help you say in a few words the main points of the text.
Use the headings to help you to talk about one of the favourite stores in
your country.
T e x t 17
You’re going to read a parable written in the 19th century. A parable is a
short story about everyday things which is told to make a moral or religious
point.
Tell each other some parables (perhaps religious stores), or some fables
(for example, Aesop’s fables). What is the moral of the story?
Check that you understand the title of the story. If you could turn back the
clock, think of some things you could do.
THE MAN WHO COULD TURN BACK THE CLOCK
This is a parable with two different endings. Readers can choose the ending
they like best.
Once upon a time there was a man who had the power to turn back the
clock. Whenever he regretted something he had done or said, he could repeat
the event in the light of experience.
Now one day it happened that this man was out for a walk when it started to
rain, so he took shelter in a barn. After a few minutes the man was joined by a
very beautiful young lady and her dog, who were also seeking shelter. The
downpour lasted about an hour.
The man went home to his wife and told her why he was late. Immediately
his wife was suspicious of her husband’s behaviour with the young lady. She
questioned him about what had happened. The man replied in a surprised and
hurt voice: ‘Why, nothing happened. I was a perfect gentleman. What do you
expect? Especially when she had such a large dog with her.’
His wife was furious: ‘What!! Only the dog stopped you!’
The man realized his mistake and immediately he turned the clock back a
few minutes and tried the conversation again. This time when his wife expressed her suspicion, he said, ‘It’s true the girl was very beautiful and she
seemed to like me but my deep love for you gave me the strength to resist
temptation.’
However, his wife was even more furious: ‘What!! You wanted to kiss her!
An immoral thought is as bad as an immoral deed.’
Before you read further, answer the questions.
1. How many times did the man turn back the clock?
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2. What mistakes had he made?
3. How did his wife react?
Before you read the endings, work out an ending yourself. What would you
do if you were the man with the power? Now read the two endings. Is either of
them like yours?
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The man spent a long time thinking. There must be some way to
please his wife!
Finally, he turned the clock back
again a few minutes. Once more his
wife asked how he had behaved with
the beautiful young lady. But this
time he replied: ‘What? She wasn’t
beautiful, she was ugly! I am a man
with good taste, which is why I married you, my darling!’
When she heard this, his wife,
who in fact was rather unattractive,
flung her arms around his neck and
cried, ‘I love you!’
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The man felt that his wonderful
power had not helped him at all. Except to teach him that it was impossible to please his wife, and he had
suspected this for a long time.
Therefore he turned back the clock
once more, not just a few minutes,
but a few hours. He went back to the
beautiful young lady in the barn, in
the rain.
1.What do you think?
1. Which ending do you prefer? Why?
2. What are the morals of the different endings?
2. It is often possible to guess the meaning of words you don’t know by
looking at the context.
E x a m p l e: took shelter. “Took” is a verb, and “shelter” is probably a noun.
When it starts to rain, people don’t want to get wet, they want to escape from
the rain. So maybe took shelter means escaped from.
Try to guess the meaning of the following words.
regretted;
in the light of experience;
a barn;
seeking;
the downpour;
suspicious;
hurt;
to resist temptation;
an immoral deed;
flung.
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T e x t 18
TIME-SAVING TIPS: LISTS
Making lists is relaxing. It makes you feel important – all those things you
do. It dictates the shape of the immediate future; it calms you down (it’s OK,
it’s on the list somewhere) and it makes you feel good when you cross something off (list-making is standard practice in therapy for depression). It might
even help you to get things done too.
The world divides in two when it comes to listing. Type A makes orderly
lists, prioritises and calmly sets to work on them. Type B waits until panic sets
in, grabs the nearest envelope and scribbles all over it, sighs with relief and
promptly loses it.
The more you have to do, the more you need a list and few people with
high-powered jobs get by without them.
Barbara Vanilli, chief executive of a large chain of supermarkets, says, “Before I go to bed, I have to write down everything that’s going to stop me sleeping. I feel I won’t forget anything I’ve written down, so my lists are a great
comfort”.
Women always think they’re better at lists than men. Men tend to have
Tasks which they assemble into Action Plans whereas women just have lists of
Things To Do. Jacqueline Maddocks, head of Maddocks Publishers, says, “My
male colleagues only make lists for work, whereas I have to make lists for work
and for home too. It’s essential to write things down. If you’re constantly thinking, “I must remember this,” it blocks your mind”.
James Oliver, psychologist, has created his own ‘time management matrix’.
He writes a list of things to do and then organizes them into categories: things
that have to be done straight away, other things that it would be good to do today, things that are important but haven’t got to be done immediately and
things that are less urgent but that he doesn’t want to forget. ‘Using categories
to order the world is the way the human mind works,’ he says. ‘After that, you
should put things into hierarchies of importance.’ But he warns against the danger of Excessive List Syndrome. ‘If people get obsessed with making lists, it
doesn’t work. They have too many categories and lose their capacity to prioritise’.
It’s all a question of what works best for you, whether it’s a tidy notebook, a
forest of Post-it notes or the back of your hand. Having tried all these, student
Kate Rollins relies on a computerized list, printed out each morning to be
scribbled on during the day. “My electronic organizer has changed my life,“
she says. “Up to now, I’ve always relied on my good memory, but now that I’m
working and studying, I find I’ve got too much to keep in my head”.
So what are you waiting for? No, you’re not too busy to make today the first
day of your upgraded time-managed life. In fact, there’s no better time than the
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present to get an upper hand on time and begin to take increased control of your
work and life. So, get out your pencil and paper and make a list.
1. Talk about the article from memory using these prompts:









good things about making lists;
type A/type B;
before bed;
women/men;
matrix;
categories;
excessive list syndrome;
electronic organizer;
what are you waiting for?
2. Complete as many of these sentences as you can from memory to make
collocations. Then look back at the article to check. Answer the questions.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
What do you plan to in the _______ future?
Is it _______ practice to wear smart clothes in your company or school?
Do you know many people with ______ jobs?
Is Bill Gates still ______ executive of Microsoft?
Have you got a/an ______ organizer?
3. Which of these words can combine with the italicized nouns from exercise 2 to form new collocations? Check them in youк dictionary and write some
new sentences.
low-paid
distant
senior
personal
normal
4. Answer the questions.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Are you the sort of person who makes lists?
How many ‘things to do’ do you have on your list now?
Do you organize things into categories the way James Oliver does?
What ways of remembering ‘things to do’ work best for you?
Why do you think list-making is used in therapy for depression?
T e x t 19
Before reading the text fulfill the following tasks.
1. A dating agency is an organization that tries to find a partner (a boyfriend or girlfriend) for someone to go out with. Are there dating agencies in
your country? What are they called? How do they work?
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2. Match a line in A with a line in B to define the words in italics.
A
1. If you are desperate for something,
2. If you are seeking something,
3. A high-flier is
4. A high-powered job is
5. A documentary is
6. If you get on well with someone,
7. A degree is
8. If you are fed up with something,
9. A considerate person is
B
a. one that is important and well
paid.
b. you have a good relationship.
c. you are looking for it.
d. a TV programme that gives factual information about something.
e. the qualification you get from
university.
f. someone who is ambitious.
g. someone who is kind, and pays
attention to other people’s feelings.
h. you want it very, very much, and
will do anything to get it.
i. you are unhappy or bored with it.
3. You will now read an article from the Today newspaper. Look at the
headline and the introduction. What sort of people is the article about? Why
are they going to dating agencies?
Divide into two groups.
Group A. Read about the American, John Frantz.
Group B. Read about the English woman, Nicolette Morganti.
Answer the comprehension check questions as you read.
1. What is his/her job?
2. Is it a good job?
3. Does h/she own a house?
4. Where does he/she want to live?
5. What sort of person does he/she want to meet?
6. What sort of person doesn’t he/she like?
7. Does he/she want to have children?
8. Who has he/she met already?
9. Was it a successful meeting?
10. What is he/she going to do?
When you have answered your questions, find a partner from the other
group. Compare your answers and swap information.
DESPERATELY SEEKING SOMEONE
The lonely high fliers trying to find love.
They have money, good looks and high-powered jobs, but in the fight to the
top they forgot one thing – finding a partner.
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Now over 30, they have no time to start looking. As a result, more and more
lonely single people are asking others to help them find love. According to
‘Desperately Seeking Someone’, a four-part BBC documentary starting soon,
dating agencies, social clubs, and small advertisements in magazines are becoming a multi-million pound business.
Today reporter Margaret Morrison spoke to some of the lonely hearts who
told her about just who you meet when you pay for the introduction.
MY GIRL MUST LIKE ME, NOT MY WALLET
John Frantz, 36, divorced (Sales Manager)
American John Frantz has a wonderful lifestyle and he wants to share it
with an English girl.
At 36, he’s the national sales manager for a big printing firm, earns
£65,000-plus and drives a grey Cadillac. Home is a six-bedroom, five bathroom
mansion in 1,5 acres of land near Washington DC.
‘I want to stay in this house,’ says John. ‘I like exotic holidays, but I
wouldn’t like to live outside the US.’ Divorced five years ago, he now hopes to
find a wife with the English Rose dating agency in Kent.
‘Children aren’t so important to me. I don’t want to go to bars to meet
women because in the US they are more interested in your wallet,’ he says. ‘I
meet a lot of people through work, but I’ve got a strict rule of never dating
women colleagues. I know a couple of British women at home and they have an
air of independence that US women don’t have. I’d like to meet someone who’s
intelligent and who has her own opinions.’ His first transatlantic phone call
came from Sandy, a secretary living in Middlesex.
‘We exchanged photographs, but when she called there was a bit of a language problem. We didn’t understand each other’s accent! After that we got on
well. I decided to come over to London for 12 days. We went out for lunch and
dinner a couple of times, and we’re going sightseeing on Saturday. I’d like to
see more of her but romance takes a while to develop. There are a couple of
other women I’m going to see while I’m here.’
NICKY WANTS TO BE YOUR ENGLISH ROSE
Nicolette Morganti, 29, single (News agency PA)
Nicolette Morganti’s friends can’t understand why she joined a dating
agency.
She has a good job as a personal assistant with a television news agency,
her own home and a full social life. But the 29-year-old, who has a degree in
English Literature, is so fed up with British men that she joined the English
Rose dating agency to get in touch with single American males.
‘English men are usually materialistic and have no imagination,’ she says. ‘I
have spent years being bored by men who never do anything exciting. I’m almost 30 now and I would really love to find a husband and have children. I’d
like to live in London for six months of the year and in the States for the other
six months.’
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In her search for the ideal man, Nicolette once put an advertisement in a
magazine for single people and had 400 replies. But she says: ‘I only met one
or two of them. Most of the others sounded very boring.’
Nicolette joined English Rose about 18 months ago and has met 5 men
since then. She says: ‘I find American men are more romantic and considerate
than British men. I rang one in the States, and afterwards he sent me 200 dollars
to pay for the call. I’ve met five so far but I’m looking for something very special. I’d like to find a caring, well-educated, non-smoking animal-lover with a
professional job and a sense of adventure.’
Nicolette is going to stay with English Rose until she finds her man. ‘My
friends have said some horrible things but I think it’s a great way to meet people.’
What do you think?
1. Do you think John and Nicolette would get on if they met each other?
Why/why not?
2. In your country, where do teenagers go when they want to go out in the
evening? What about young adults?
3. In many countries, marriages are arranged by the parents. Do you think
arranged marriages are a good idea? Would you like it if your parents arranged
to find a partner for you?
Text 20
1. Read the introduction to the article
Over 70 years ago, on 6 February 1918, the British Parliament passed an
important law. This law gave women in Britain the right to vote for the fist
time. The right to vote is sometimes called suffrage. The women who fought
for this right were called suffragettes. In many countries the women’s fight was
long and hard.
2. Read the article quickly and find four words that you don’t know, and
check them in your dictionary.Why is the title of the article ‘Dying for the
vote’? What are the two meanings of ‘dying for’?
DYING FOR THE VOTE
The suffragette movement started in the middle of the 19th century. Women
demanded not only the right to vote, but also better education for girls. However, there was strong opposition. Many men argued that women were less intelligent and more emotional than men, and therefore could not make important
decisions.
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The first suffragettes believed in being legal and peaceful. They used to
write letters to Parliament and organize petitions. Nothing happened. Nobody
noticed them.
By 1903, a woman called Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Christabel
and Sylvia decided they needed publicity for their cause. They encouraged
women to break the law. Soon the newspapers were full of shocking stories
about these new-style suffragettes.
What did they do?
They marched through the streets. They used to paint VOTES FOR
WOMEN on walls, and break shop windows. Some women chained themselves
to the railings outside Parliament and 10 Downing Street. They had to be very
courageous, because angry crowds came and threw tomatoes, eggs, and flour at
them. Many women went to prison. There they refused to eat, and so prison officers used rubber tubes to force food into them.
The most shocking event was on Derby Day in June 1913. A suffragette
called Emily Davidson ran in front of the King’s horse and was killed. She was
the first martyr for the cause.
Gradually, opinion changed. Many members of Parliament now wanted
votes for women, but still nothing happened. During the First World War,
women had to do men’s jobs, and they did them well. It was only after this that
women aged thirty and over got the vote. Ten more years passed before, in
1928, women of twenty-one could vote.
3. Now read the article more carefully. Choose the best answer, a, b, or c.
1. The suffragettes demanded
a. other things as well as the right to vote.
b. only the right to vote.
c. a better education than men.
2. Emmeline Pankhurst encouraged women to break the law because
a. she was tired of writing letters to Parliament.
b. she wanted more publicity for the suffragettes.
c. the first suffragettes did nothing.
3. Many women went to prison because
a. they told shocking stories to the newspapers.
b. they threw tomatoes and eggs at the crowds.
c. they used to do things that were against the law.
4. Emily Davidson was a martyr because
a. the King’s horse killed her.
b. she refused to eat and died.
c. she shocked all the people at the Derby.
5. After the First World War
a. Members of Parliament changed their opinions.
b. women did men’s jobs.
c. women finally got the vote.
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What do you think?
1. What changes have there been in the roles of men and women in your
country in the last 100 years?
2. In your opinion, what do women do better than men? What do men do
better than women?
3. Are there any causes in your country or in the world that you feel
strongly about? What are they?
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Сontents
Text 1. The Dog ..............................................................................................
Text 2. Call me Mother ...................................................................................
Text 3. The Best Driver ..................................................................................
Text 4. Would You Like to Be a Millionaire? ................................................
Text 5. Whatever Happened to Uncle Oscar ...................................................
Text 6. British Ways .......................................................................................
Text 7. A Dog and Three Dollars ...................................................................
Text 8. An Unfinished Story ...........................................................................
Text 9. To Kill a Man .....................................................................................
Text 10. The Green Door ................................................................................
Text 11. No Story ...........................................................................................
Text 12. At the Doctor’s .................................................................................
Text 13. Groucho Marx ..................................................................................
Text 14. The Reading Public ..........................................................................
Text 15. Sleep Survey Report .........................................................................
Text 16. Marks and Spencer ...........................................................................
Text 17. The Man Who Could Turn back the Clock .......................................
Text 18. Time-Saving Tips: Lists ...................................................................
Text 19. Desperately Seeking Someone .........................................................
Text 20. Dying for the Vote ............................................................................
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