Базовый курс английского языка - Эккерсли К.Э.
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Now it was Theo's turn. But what could he do? He had put everything he knew into that lecture. His mind was too much upset to put the same thoughts in another way. With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word, in a low, dull voice the lecture that Adams had spoken so eloquently. There was hardly any applause when he sat down.
The Dean and the committee went out to decide who the successful candidate was, but everyone was sure what their decision would be. Adams leaned across to Theo and patted him on the back and said, smilingly, "Hard luck, old fellow, but, after all, only one of us could win."
Then the Dean and the committee came back. "Gentlemen," the Dean said, "the candidate we have chosen is-Mr. Hobdell." Uncle Theo had won. You could have knocked him down with a feather. The audience were completely taken by surprise, and the Dean, continued, "I think I ought to tell you how we arrived at that decision. We were all filled with admiration at the learning and eloquence of Mr. Adams. I was greatly impressed; 1 didn't think he had it in him. But, you will remember, Mr. Adams read his lecture to us. When Mr. Hobdell's turn came, he repeated that speech, word by word from memory, though, of course, he couldn't have seen a line of it before. Now a fine memory is absolutely necessary for this post; and what a memory Mr. Hobdell must have! That is why we decided that Mr. Hobdell was exactly the maq we wanted."
As they walked out of the room, the Dean came up to Uncle Theo, who was so confused but so happy that he hardly knew whether he was standing on his head or his heels; and as he shook Theo's hand he said, "Congratulations, Mr. Hobdell! But, my dear fellow, when you are on our staff, you must be more careful and not leave valuable papers lying about!"
MR. PRIESTLEY: Which just shows that Deans (and even teachers of English) are not quite so innocent as some people think they are. Well, Hob, you may not have a memory like your Uncle Theophilus- but you certainly can tell a good story.
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1. Придумайте предложения со следующими словами и словосочетаниями:
completely; terrible; concerned; apply; absent-minded; nothing else; all the same; interview (verb); final; candidate; share; memorize; bar; billiards; to his horror; eloquently; applause; word for word; feather; valuable
2. Ответьте на вопросы:
1. What relation was Hob to Theo?
2. How many people applied for the post at Camford?
3. What sort of a man was Uncle Theo?
4. What sort of a man was Adams?
5. How did Uncle Theo spend his time before the lecture?
6. How did Adams spend it?
7. Why didn't Adams trouble to do any preparation?
8. Why did Adams say, "Hard luck, old fellow", before they had heard the committee's decision?
9. Do you think any of the committee guessed Adams had stolen the papers? Give a reason for your answer.
3. Перепишите предложения, вставляя в пропуски одно из следующих слов: some, any, something, someone, anything, anyone:
1. There was hardly___applause for Uncle Theo.
2. Adams didn't seem to do____preparation.
3. Perhaps the Dean guessed was wrong.
4 . people thought Adams should have the job.
5. Hob didn't know_____about auxiliaries.
6. He just remembered he had heard_____about them yesterday.
7 . people have bad memories.
8. Are there___cigarettes in the box?
9. No, I'm afraid there aren't__left.
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10 . must have smoked them all.
11. I'll go out and get_more.
12. Won't___come with me?
4. Замените слова в скобках одним словом со сходным значением. Все необходимые слова есть в тексте:
1. The (people who applied for the job) all came to Camford.
2. They were all (seen and asked questions) by the committee.
3. Adams didn't seem to do any (work to be ready) for the exam.
4. Sir Winston Churchill spoke so (well and with such feeling) that everyone was stirred.
5. The singer (bent his body as a sign of respect) to the audience.
6. The headmaster couldn't (make up his mind) what to do with the boy.
7.1 made a copy of the speech, and now I'm trying to (get into my memory) the first ten lines.
Сочинение
1. Напишите своими словами историю о публичной лекции и решении комитета.
2. Придумайте рассказ, подтверждающий пословицу: "Не who laughs last, laughs loudest." (Эта пословица верна в отношении дяди Тео.)
3. Вы когда-нибудь нанимались на работу? Напишите или расскажите об этом.
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The "Specials" (2): Short Answers
В предыдущем уроке мы рассматривали глаголы be, have, can, do, shall, will, may, must, ought, need, dare, used to. Сейчас рассмотрим краткие ответы. Если мы зададим вопрос:
"Can you speak Russian?",
то полным ответом на него будет: "Yes, I can speak Russian" или "No, I can't speak Russian". Но почти в каждом случае ответ будет в краткой форме: Yes, I сап или No, I can't (или просто Yes или No).
Вот еще несколько примеров кратких ответов:
Could he answer the question? No, he couldn't (=No, he
couldn't answer the question).
Will he help us? No, he won't (=No, he won't
