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VIII. Задайте вопросы к подчёркнутым словам (если подчёркнуто сказуемое, то
задайте общий вопрос).
1. The first buses in London were drawn by three horses. 2. On Sundays an extra
commuter train runs on this route. 3. We can get to the terminal either by bus or by
underground. 4. These express buses stop only at the subway stations. 5. He spent almost the
whole day at the airport as the plane he was to meet was seven hours late. 6. The streets in the
old part of the city are too narrow for big trucks
. 7. He was fined for careless driving. 8. By 3
o’clock the trucks had been loaded.
IX. Перепишите и переведите текст.
OLD COUNTRY ADVICE TO THE AMERICAN TRAVELLER
(after W. Saroyan)
One day my uncle Melik was going to travel to New York. Before he got on the train his
uncle Garro paid him a visit and told him about the dangers of travel.
“When you get on the train,” the old man said, “choose your seat carefully, sit down and
do not look about.” “Yes, sir,” my uncle said.
“Several moments after the train begins to move,” the old man continued, “two men
wearing uniforms will come to your compartment and ask you for your ticket. Ignore them.
They will be imposters*.” “Yes, sir,” my uncle said.
“Before you have traveled twenty miles, a young man will come to you and offer you a
cigarette. Tell him you do not smoke. The cigarette will be doped.” “Yes, sir,” my uncle said.
“On your way to the dining-car a very beautiful young woman will run into you**. She
will be very attractive, and your natural wish will be to become friends with her. Don’t do this;
the woman will be an adventuress.” “A what?” my uncle asked. “An adventuress,” the old man
shouted. “If the beautiful woman sits at your table in the diner***, do not look into her eyes. If
she speaks, pretend to be deaf.” “Yes, sir,” my uncle said.
“On your way back to your seat from the diner,” the old man said, “you will pass through
the smoker****. There you will find a game of cards in progress. The players will be three
young men. One of them will invite you to join the game. Tell them you don’t speak English.”
“Yes, sir,” my uncle said.
“One thing more,” the old man said. “When you go to bed at night, take your money out
of your pocket and put it in your shoe. Put your shoe under the pillow, keep your head on the
pillow all night and don’t sleep. I have traveled. I know what I am talking about.”
The old man went away and the next day my uncle Melik got on the train and went to
New York. The two men in uniforms were not imposters, the young man with the doped
cigarette did not appear, the beautiful young woman did not sit at his table in the diner, and
there was no card game in progress in the smoker. My uncle put his money in the shoe, put his
shoe under the pillow, put his head on the pillow, and did not sleep all night the first night, but
the second night he decided to sleep.
The second day he himself offered another young man a cigarette, which the other young
man accepted. In the diner my uncle went to sit at a table with a young lady. He stared a card
game in the smoker, and long before the train got to New York my uncle knew everybody
aboard the train and everybody knew him. The journey was a very pleasant one.
When my uncle came back from New York, his uncle Garro visited him again. “I see
you are looking all right,” he said. “Did you follow my instructions?” “Yes, sir,” my uncle said.
Notes
: *imposter – обманщик, самозванец

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