Упр. 73. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

1. George Bernard Shaw,... well-known English playwright, was born in... Ireland in 1856. He was... son of... clerk and had to begin working at... early age. At... age of twenty he moved to... London where he became... journalist.

2.... play " Widowers' Houses" shows... egoism and hypocrisy of some businessmen who got their profits from... London slums where... poorest people lived.

3. While travelling in..*. Germany Harry Trench,... young English doctor, got acquainted with Mr. Sartorius,... respectable-looking gentleman, and his daughter Blanche.... young people fell in love with each other and were going to get married. Trench knew that Sartorius was rich, but he did not know what... kind of... property he had. He learned about it from... conversation with Lickcheese, Sartorius' rent collector. It turned out that Sartorius was... owner of some tenement hous­es in the London slums, and that all... property he had was built by getting... money out of... poor people who lived there. Trench was greatly shocked. He did not want to take... money from Blanche's ialher. But Blanche said she could not live on... small income Trench had. They had... quarrel, and Trench left... house. After some time Trench learned that... land on which Sartorius' houses were built belonged to Trench's aunt and that he himself was living on... money got in... same way. Everything comes out " all-right" in... end: Trench marries Blanche and becomes... partner in Sartorius' business. The author shows that in... fact Trench is no better than Sartorius, Lickcheese and the like.

Упр. 74. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

During... American War of... Independence,... commander of... small unit of soldiers was giv­ing... orders to his men about... heavy cannon that they were trying to lift to its place at... top of some fortifications. It was almost beyond their power to lift... weight, and... commander kept shouting... encouraging words.... officer, not in uniform, was passing by, and he asked... com­mander why he did not help... soldiers. Greatly surprised,... man turned round and said proudly: " Sir, I am... corporal! " " Oh, you are, are you? " replied... officer: " I did not know that. I beg your pardon, Mr. Corporal." Then he got off... horse he was riding and, taking hold of... rope that... men were pulling at, he pulled with all his strength. And when... cannon was in its place, he turned to... little great man and said: " Mr. Corporal, when you have... other job like this and have not enough... men, send for your commander-in-chief, and I shall gladly come and help you."... corporal was struck with... astonishment.... man who had helped his soldiers was George Washington.