Упражнение 44

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Swift,... famous English writer, was travelling one day on... horseback with his servant.... weather was bad, it was raining, and... roads were muddy. In... evening the two¹ men came to... inn. Before going to... bed Swift told his servant to clean his boots. But... servant was lazy and did not do it. In

¹ Обратите внимание на употребление определенного артик­ля перед количественным числительным. В этом случае опре­деленный артикль имеет значение „эти"; „эти двое мужчин"; „эти два человека".

Упражнение 45

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In... small town in... East there was once... man who had... parrot.... parrot was taught to say... words, " There is no doubt about it." It used to re­peat these words all... day long. Every time it was asked... question, it gave... same answer, " There is no doubt about it." One day... man decided to sell... bird; so he put... parrot into... cage and went to... market with it. " Twenty pounds for... very clever parrot! " he cried.... man who was passing by heard this and turned to... parrot. " Are you worth twenty pounds? " he asked. " There is no doubt about it! "

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answered... parrot. " What... clever parrot! " said... man and bought... bird. He took... parrot home and invited his friends to look at... clever bird.... friends came and looked at... parrot and talked to it. Now you must know that... man was not rich. In... fact, he was often short of... money. So... week or two later, sitting in... armchair and looking at... parrot, he said, " What... fool I was to throw away such... lot of... money! " " There is no doubt about it! " cried... parrot. And this time... bird was right.

Упражнение 46

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... train stopped at... little station.... passenger looked out of the window of... train carriage and saw... woman selling... cakes.... man had not had... breakfast in... morning. He was hungry and wanted to buy... cake.... woman was standing rather far from... carriage.... man did not want to go and buy... cake himself because he was afraid to miss... train. He saw... boy who was walking along... platform near... carriage. He called... boy and asked him, " How much does... cake cost? " " Three­pence, sir, " answered... boy.... man gave him a six­pence and said, " Bring me... cake, and with... other threepence buy... cake for yourself."... boy took... money and went to... woman. A few minutes later... boy returned. He was eating... cake. He gave... man threepence change and said, "... woman had only one cake, sir."

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