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HOB: Well, it may make your fortune yet; you never know.
JAN: Oh, no, Hob, there's no hope of that. It cost ?50,000 to build, and I should think I was lucky if 1 were offered ?5,000 for it.
HOB: I've got an idea!
JAN: What is it?
HOB: I'm not going to tell you just yet; it may come to nothing, but I want you to promise me that you will not sell that factory.
JAN: Unfortunately, I'm not likely to have the chance.
HOB: Never mind. Will you promise me that you will not sell without first telling me? It's really very important.
JAN: Very well, Hob, I promise, though I don't understand it at all.
HOB: Never mind; you will some day.1 I must go now. I'll see you later; good-bye.
JAN: Good-bye. (Hob goes out.) I wonder what idea he has got in his head now.
PEDRO: He's a good-hearted fellow, but I've not much faith in any of his ideas. But never mind Hob, let's come back to you. Do you
1 He does-In Book IV.
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think that you would really like a doctor's life? Personally, I shouldn't like it at all.
JAN: There's nothing I should like better.
PEDRO: Wouldn't you find the work very tiring? You would be out all day six or seven days a week, and you would never be sure of getting a good night's sleep.
JAN: Oh, 1 know all that-but that wouldn't worry me; I like hard work.
PEDRO: How much do you think it would cost to do the training?
JAN: I don't quite know; three or four thousand pounds, perhaps. But it's no use talking about it any more; it can't happen now and I must get on with some other work.
PEDRO: I'm not so sure about that. Look here, I have much more money than I need, and if you would like the loan of the money, I should be very pleased to lend it to you. You could pay me back any time-so much a year when you are earning money-I shouldn't be in any hurry for it.
JAN: Pedro, I don't know how to thank you: it sounds too good to be true-but I can't take all that money from you.
PEDRO: Nonsense. I'm only too glad to help you. Besides, you are not taking it from me; you are going to pay it all back. Of course, before we can do anything I shall have to see my lawyer, but I don't think there will be any difficulty at all.
JAN: If it could be arranged I should feel life was worth living again. I would work day and night to repay you.
PEDRO: Oh, I know you would; that's all right. Here's Mr. Priestley and the others; it's time for the lesson. Don't say a word about this to any of the others. And now let's go and see Mr. Priestley; he's waiting for us.
¦I УПРАЖНЕНИЯ
1. Придумайте предложения со следующими словами и словосочетаниями:
ever since; out of the question; the fact of the matter; current; into partnership; capital; disadvantage; authority; miles from anywhere; fortune; it's not use; faith; loan; eagerly; pay me back
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2. Составьте предложения из следующих слов. Вы можете использовать и другие слова, менять порядок слов. Вы можете также менять время некоторых глаголов:
1. father, partnership, go, Antony Bruton, captain, at cricket.
2. like, doctor, want, school, leave.
3. never, money, hope, enough, that.
4. use, twice, light, give, half, current.
5. life, lose, wreck.
6. capital, sink, plan, factory, build.
7. beautiful, square, land, disadvantage, railway.
8. promise, want, sell, factory.
Сочинение
1. Напишите о фабрике Яна.
2. Ян хочет быть врачом. Кем хотите быть вы?
3. Предположим, незнакомые люди предложат вам начать совместное дело. Что вы станете делать?
Контрольная работа №3
1. Измените предложения так, чтобы они стали а) отрицательными, б) вопросительными:
1. You have three sisters. 2. They had many friends in France. 3. He often has a cup of tea in bed. 4. She has the tickets in her handbag.
5. Jan and Frieda have some friends in Wales.
2. Придумайте предложения со следующими словосочетаниями:
get rid of; in place; I'm tired of; round and round; any minute now; go in search of; to be struck by; not to be compared with; to be due to; at the edges; a waste of time; at thirty miles an hour; it's no use; out of the question; ever since
3. Употребите глагол do в соответствующей грамматической форме. Определите, является ли он а) смысловым, б) "специальным":
1. Не___that exercise yesterday. 2. Have you__what I told you?
3. He___not listen to what I say. 4. Andrew ought to___better than
that. 5._you like cabbage? No, I____.6.___you give the gardener his
money? 7.1 am______my best. 8. He___not go to Switzerland after all.
9. He must___this exercise again. 10. The soldiers have _ their duty
bravely.
4. Закончите следующие предложения:
1.1 suppose we ought_____. 2. During the next four hundred years
_____. 3.1 have always wanted___. 4. I'm sure you will__. 5. While I
am in England______. 6. I'm no good at____. 7.1 never saw such_____.
8.1 never bother about__________________. 9.1 liked the story about_. 10. If you
don't do better than that____.
5. Перепишите следующие предложения так, чтобы они стали а) отрицательными, б) вопросительными:
1. His house needs painting. 2. They need more money. 3. Olaf needed a new coat.
