Базовый курс английского языка - Эккерсли К.Э.
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FRIEDA: Oh dear, I do wish I could have a house all to myself, with a garden where I can grow flowers and lettuces and cabbages. I was so looking forward to it. Isn't there any way we could buy one?
MR. PRIESTLEY: I don't want to look as if I was poking my nose into what isn't my business, but-
FRIEDA: Oh, we don't mind; we'd welcome your ideas, wouldn't we, Jan?
JAN: Yes, rather! But don't you agree with me, Mr. Priestley, that it would be much better to be married soon and live in a flat and not wait a year or two as Frieda says.
FRIEDA: Don't you think it would be better to wait until we can get a house and not live in a flat? Isn't that what we ought to do?
MR. PRIESTLEY: Well, I'm not going to say what you ought to do.
MRS. PRIESTLEY: Neither am I.
MR. PRIESTLEY: But I know what you will do.
MRS. PRIESTLEY: And so do I.
MR. PRIESTLEY: You'll get married soon and not wait.
JAN: Very good!
MRS. PRIESTLEY: And you'll have a house and not a flat or rooms.
FRIEDA: Hurrah! That's what I say.
MR. PRIESTLEY: Well, if that's what's going to happen I should like to make a suggestion if I may.
JAN and FRIEDA: Oh yes; please do.
MR. PRIESTLEY: Well, you know you could buy a house through a Building Society. You look round, choose the house you want to buy and then approach the Building Society. You put down a proportion of the money-say ten per cent-and pay off the rest at so much a
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month. The monthly payments will not be much more than a rent would be, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that your payments go towards buying the house.
JAN: Well, there's probably something in that, but-
FRIEDA: Oh, Jan, it would be lovely. As a matter of fact I've been looking round and I've already seen the house 1 want.
JAN: What!
FRIEDA: Yes. You know that little cottage, Mrs. Priestley, that you see from the back of your garden?
MRS. PRIESTLEY: What, the one in Darvell Lane, "Rose Cottage" I think it is called?
FRIEDA: That's the one. I heard it was for sale so I went round there at once. It has a comfortable little sitting-room, a tiny but very nice dining-room, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a bathroom. There are roses round the front door and an apple-tree in the garden.
MRS. PRIESTLEY: Frieda, it sounds perfect.
FRIEDA: It is. But what'sthe use ofit? Jan would preferto live in London overlooking King's Cross with millions of people all round us.
JAN: Well, if it would make Frieda happy I don't mind living in a house in the country, and I'm quite willing to dig the garden for her.
FRIEDA: That's the way to talk, darling. 1 certainly would like it. i've saved a bit of money and that would help towards buying the furniture. We shouldn't need very much for a start. I don't mind how simply we live. I would do all my own work and clean the house and cook the meals. Oh, it will be lovely!
JAN: Yes, it certainly sounds very nice when you put it like that, but all the money 1 have in the world will only just keep us and pay for my studies at the University. How much do they want for this house of yours?
FRIEDA: They are asking ?3,800, but we might get it for ?3,600 or ?3,650. We would have to put down about ?360 to ?370.
JAN: Sorry, Frieda. J wish I could do it but it just can't be done.
MR. PRIESTLEY: Look here, Jan; as I said, I don't want to poke my nose into your affairs but I have a bit of capital, ?300 or ?400 in the bank doing nothing, and I'd much rather lend it to you if that would help you than have it there doing nothing.
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JAN: Oh, Mr. Priestley, that's very kind of you, but I couldn't accept that from you.
MR. PRIESTLEY: Nonsense. You can pay me back easily when you become a successful doctor-as I am sure you will. So that's settled. We'H say no more about it now, but come to my study afterwards and we'll talk it over together.... Bless my soul, Frieda! What are you crying for?
FRIEDA: I'm- 'm-not crying. I'm just happy, that's all.
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Работа с глаголом (1): look
В этой книге будет рассмотрен ряд глаголов, каждый из которых имеет несколько значений. Особенно это касается глаголов, сочетающихся с предлогами или наречиями, например: go on working, give up smoking, burst out crying, keep on trying и др. Их иногда называют сложными глаголами (phrasal verbs). Одна из задач Урока 1 - показать различное употребление глагола look. Вот несколько примеров:
I looked о/the flat. I was looking forward to having a house. I don't want to look as if I was poking my nose into what isn't my business. Look here, Jan. A house looking out on fields. I don't want to live in the centre of London and look over King's Cross. A part of London overlooking King's Cross. It has a small but pleasant-looking diningroom. You look round and choose the house you want.
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t. Работа со словами. Придумайте предложения:
engaged (use also engagement. What is an engagement ring?) Make sentences using engaged to, engaged in, engaged with; congratulations (and the verb congratulate)', admit (note two meanings; use also admission)', whereas; agreement (What is the opposite?); flat (two meanings); breathe (also breath', note the difference in pronunciation); rent; brick; lettuce (give the names of three other vegetables); suggestion (also suggest); approach; proportion; dig; furniture (mention four different articles of furniture); capital (make three sentences using one of
