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1 The boat-train is the train that takes passengers to a ship.
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JAN at the dining-car
JAN: Can I have two seats for lunch, please?
DINING-CAR ATTENDANT: Yes, sir. What class, please?
JAN: Third.
DINING-CAR ATTENDANT Do you want the first sitting or the second sitting? The first is at twelve o'clock, the second at one o'clock.
JAN: I'll have the first sitting.
DINING-CAR ATTENDANT: Very well, sir. Here are two tickets.
JAN: I expect the train will be rather crowded.
DINING-CAR ATTENDANT: Yes, sir. A lot of people are going abroad for winter sports.
JAN: Yes, I suppose that's what it is.
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PEDRO: There's Hob, talking to the ticket-collector. It looks as if he hasn't got a platform ticket. Ah! Here he comes. Good morning, Hob; you're rather late.
HOB: Yes, it was my landlady's fault. I said to her last night, "I want you to wake me tomorrow at 7.30; now don't forget, will you?" And she said, "Oh, no, I never forget. I'll wake you at 7.30 and bring you a nice cup of tea." But do you think she did?"
OLAF: Well, I know your landlady, and I think the answer is "No."
I 've noticed that everything you tell her goes in at one ear and out at the other.
HOB: Well, there's nothing in between to stop it. However, here I am, and that's the important thing. But here's Jan coming back. (Jan joins them.)
FRIEDA: Did you get the tickets for lunch, Jan?
JAN: Yes, for the first sitting, twelve o'clock. Is that all right?
FRIEDA: Oh, yes. I shall be hungry by twelve o'clock after my early breakfast.
HOB: I'm hungry NOW.
FRIEDA: It was very nice of you all to come and see us off so early in the morning.
LUCILLE: Oh, we couldn't let you go away without saying good-bye, though nine o'clock in the morning is rather early for me!
OLAF: Besides, we said we were coming to see you off.
HOB: Talking about "seeing off," do you know the story of the three men who came to Dover station about nine o'clock one evening?
FRIEDA: I thought we could hardly get away without having another of Hob's stories. All right, Hob, go on.
HOB: Well, as I was saying, they came on the platform and said to the porter, "What time is the next train for London?"
The porter said, "You have just missed one. They go every hour; the next one is at ten o'clock."
"That's all right," they said; "we'll go and have a drink." So off they went to the refreshment room. A minute or two after ten o'clock they came running and said to the porter, "Has the train gone?"
"Yes," he said; "it went at ten o'clock as I told you. The next is at eleven o'clock."
"That's all right," they said; "we'll go and have another drink." So they went back to the refreshment room.
They missed the eleven o'clock train in the same way, and the porter said, "Now the next train is the last one; if you miss that, you won't get to London tonight." Twelve o'clock came, and the last
• train was just starting out, when the three of them came out of the refreshment room running as hard as they could go. Two of them got in a carriage just as the train was leaving, but the third one didn't run fast enough and the train went out leaving him behind. He stood there looking at the train and laughing, as if to miss a train was the best joke in the world. The porter went up to him and said, "I told you that this was the last train. Why didn't you come earlier?"
The man couldn't answer for laughing. He laughed until the tears came into his eyes. Then he caught hold of the porter and said, "Did you see those two fellows get into the train and leave me here?"
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"Yes, I saw them."
"Well, /was the one who was going to London; they only came here to see me off!"
JAN: Well done, Hob; that's one of your best.
OLAF: The porters are shutting all the doors now.
LUCILLE: The guard is blowing the whistle.
PEDRO: He's waving his flag now.
JAN: Yes, we're off!
PEDRO AND HOB: Goodbye, Frieda; goodbye, Jan. Good holiday. LUCILLE: Don't forget to write.
FRIEDA: I won't forget. Goodbye; goodbye.
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1. Придумайте предложения со следующими словами:
crowded, engine, prefer, carriage, compartment, guard, bookstall, comfortable, tip, customs, sitting (noun), fault, early, tears, whistle
2. Придумайте предложения со следующими словосочетаниями:
the boat-train; two corner-seats; a non-smoker; facing the engine; back to the engine; as a matter of fact; on my way back; through the customs; in at one ear and out at the other; nothing in between; to see us off; the next train
3. Дайте полные ответы на вопросы:
1. When does Frieda feel that holidays have really begun?
2. What kind of seats had Frieda and Jan in the train? What kind of a compartment was it?
3. What did Jan do about the luggage?
4. What did Frieda say about Jan?
5. How many sittings were there for lunch? Which did Jan have?
6. Why was the train rather crowded?
7. Why was Hob late?
8. What did Olaf say about Hob's landlady?
9. What did Hob reply? What did he mean?
4. Расположите слова в правильном порядке:
