Английский язык. Александрова Г.А. - 65 стр.

      Lord Protector - Лорд Покровитель - титул О. Кромвеля
      to destroy - разрушать
      to try - подвергать пыткам, судить
      to install - официально вводить в должность

I.      Read text 3 without dictionary and say what it is about in Russian.

                                   Text 4
                           The National Passion
                            (by George Mikes)
       Queueing is the national passion of an otherwise dispassionate race.
The English are rather shy about it, deny that they adore it.
       On the Continent, if people are waiting at a bus stop, they loiter
around in a seemingly vague fashion. When the bus arrives they make a
dash for it. An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of
one. People don’t rush excitedly for seats in buses, but take their seats in
queues, in a quiet and orderly manner.
       The biggest and most attractive advertisements in front of cinemas
tell people: Queue here for 4/6; Queue here for 9/3; Queue here for 16/8
(inclusive of tax). Those cinemas which do not put these queueing signs
don’t do good business at all.
       At week-ends an Englishman queues up at the bus stop, travels out
to Richmond, queues up for a boat, then queues up for tea, then queues up
for ice-cream, then joins a few more odd queues just for the sake of the
fun of it, then queues up at the bus stop and enjoyes it.

     Notes:
     an otherwise dispassionate race - во всем другом совершенно
бесстрастной нации
     queue - очередь
     passion - страсть, страстное увлечение
     shy - застенчивый; to shy - избегать чего-л.;
     to deny - отрицать; отказываться
     adore - обожать; поклоняться
     loiter - слоняться без дела
     vague - неопределенный, неясный

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