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Практический курс английского языка - Камянова Т.

Камянова Т. Практический курс английского языка — М.: Дом Славянской Книги, 2005. — 384 c.
ISBN 5-85550-177-9
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We met at Foyot's at half past twelve. She was not young, she was a woman of fourty, and my first impression was that she had more teeth, white and large, than were necessary for any practical purpose.
I was shocked when the waiter brought a bill of fare because the prices in it were far higher than I had thought. But she encouraged me:
«I never eat anything for luncheon,» she said.
«Oh, don't say that!» -1 answered with a smile.
«I never eat more than one thing. I think people eat far too much nowadays. A little fish, perhaps. Have they got any salmon?»
Well, it was early in the year for salmon and it was not on the bill of fare, but I asked the waiter about it. Yes, a beautiful salmon had just come in, it was the first they had had. I ordered it for my guest. «Would you like some meat?» the waiter asked her.
«No,» she answered, «I never eat more than one thing. But I would like a little caviar if you have it.» My heart sank a little. I knew I couldn't afford caviar but I couldn't very well tell her that. So I told the waiter to bring caviar and the cheapest meal on the menu - a mutton chop - fpr me. «I think you are not right to eat meat,» she said. Then came the question of drink.
«I never drink anything for luncheon,» she explained. «Except white wine. These French wines are so light.» «What would you like?» I asked.
«My doctor doesn't let me drink anything but Champagne.» I think I got a little pale but I ordered half a bottle. «What are you going to drink?» she asked. «Water,» I answered.
She ate the caviar and she ate the salmon. She talked of art and literature and music, and I was thinking about the bill. When the waiter brought my mutton chop, she said:
«I am sure it's a mistake to eat a heavy luncheon. If you eat just one thing you'll feel much better.»
«I am only going to eat one thing,» I said, as the waiter came again with a bill of fare.
«No, no, nothing eise,» she said to him, «I never eat anything for luncheon. I never want more than that. I couldn't possibly eat anything more. But don't you have some asparagus? You know, I am travelling now, and I will be sorry to leave Paris if I don't try them.»
My heart sank. I had seen asparagus in the shops, and I knew that they were awfully expensive. But I ordered them for her.
«Aren't you going to have any?» she asked.
«No, I never eat asparagus.»
«I know there are people who don't like them.»
We waited for the asparagus I had ordered. I felt very unhappy. It was not a question now how much money I had till the end of the month. At that moment it wasn't important for me. But I wasn't sure that I could pay the bill at Foyot's. The asparagus appeared. They were wonderful. When the woman finished her meal I asked her: «Coffee?»
«Yes, just ice-cream and coffee,» she answered.
So I ordered coffee for me and an ice-cream and coffee for her.
«You know, there is one thing I absolutely believe in,» she said, as she ate the ice-cream. «One should always get up from a meal feeling one could eat a little more.»
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«Are you still hungry?» I asked.
«Oh, no, I am not hungry; you see, I don't eat luncheon. I eat only twice a day. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner, but I never eat more than one thing for luncheon. I've told you.» «Oh, I see!»
Then a terrible thing happened. As we were waiting'for the coffee, the head waiter came up to us with a big basket of fresh peaches. But it was surely not a season for peaches. God knew what they cost. I knew too - a little later, for my guest took one from the basket.
«You see, my friend,» she said to me, «you've had a lot of meat and you can't eat any more. And I've had light meals and now I can enjoy a peach.»
The bill came, and when I had paid it, I found that I had very little money for a tip. When I walked out of the restaurant, I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.
«FolloW my example,» she said as we shook hands, «and never eat more than one thing for lunctv»
«ПІ do better than that,» I answered. «1'Il eat nothing for dinner tonight.»
But I have had my revenge at last. Not me, but gods didn't forgive her.
Now she weighs twenty one stone.
Vocabulary
Verbs
to catch (caught, caught) - ловить, поймать to recognize ['rekagnaiz] - узнавать to address - адресовать, обращаться to afford - позволить себе to explain (to) - объяснять to encourage [іп'клпф] - ободрять, поощрять to order - приказывать, заказывать to sink fear*, sunk) - опускать(ся), тонуть- ¦ to travel - путешествовать to appear [а'різ] - появляться to enjoy - получать удовольствие, наслаждаться to follow - следовать (за), преследовать to shake (shook, shaken) - трясти(сь) to forgive - прощать Adjectives
comfortable fkAmfatabl] - удобный, уютный famous ('feimas] - знаменитый necessary ['nesisan] - необходимый, нужный practical - практический, практичный cheap - дешевый light - легкий, легковесный pale - бледный important [im'patsnt] - важный terrible [ЧегэЫ] - ужасный Adverbs
nowadays - в наше время, теперь perhaps [рэ'hasps] - возможно else [els] - еще
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