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groups, stay in hotels where even the staff is English, eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding on
Sunday and steak-and-kidney pies on weekdays, all over Europe. The main aim of the Englishman
abroad is to meet people, I mean, of course, nice English people from the next door or from the next
street. It is possible, however, that the mania for traveling is coming to an end. A Roman friend of
mine told me: “I no longer travel at all. I stay here because I want to meet my friends from all over
the world.” “What exactly do you mean?” I asked. “It is simple,” he explained. “Whenever I go to
London my friend Smith is in Tokyo and Brown is in Sicily. If I go to Paris, my friends are either in
London or in Spain. But if I stay in Rome all my friends, I’m sure, will turn up at one time or
another****. The world means people to me. I stay here because I want to see the world. Besides,
staying at home broadens the mind.”
Notes: *to do a round of shops – идти от одного магазина к другому, покупая что-либо
**to be on the move – путешествовать
***to broaden the mind – расширять кругозор
****at one time or another – раньше или позже
Ex.34. True or false? Correct the statements which do not correspond to the contents of text
C.
1) Travel is the name of a modern disease, which started in the mid-forties. 2) People begin
thinking about traveling in the early spring. 3) Preparing for the trip, he or she spends more than he
or she can afford. 4) In November people board planes, trains, buses, subway or cars and go to
foreign countries. 5) In summer everybody stay at home. 6) Each nationality has its own aim of
traveling. 7) The Americans travel because they want to check up on their guidebooks. 8) The
English travel abroad to avoid foreigners and to meet nice English people. 9) The German travels all
over Europe to eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. 10) Staying at home broadens the mind.
TEXT D
Have you ever read any English books in the original? The text given below is taken from the
famous A. Christie’s story. Try to translate it, consulting a dictionary as little as possible.
4.50 FROM PADDINGTON
(after A. Christie)
Mrs. McGillicuddy was going along the platform, trying to catch up with the porter who was
carrying her suitcase. Mrs. McGillicuddy was burdened with a large number of parcels; the result
of a day’s Christmas shopping. Platform No 1 was rather crowded; people were rushing in several
directions at once, to and from undergrounds, left-luggage offices, tea-rooms, enquiry offices,
indicator boards, to the outside world.
Mrs. McGillicuddy and her parcels were buffeted to and fro, but she arrived at last at the
entrance to Platform No 3 and deposited one parcel at her feet while she was looking her bag for
the ticket that would enabled her to pass stern uniformed guardian at the gate.
At that moment, a loud voice burst into speech over her head. “The train standing at Platform
3” the voice told her, “is the 4.50 for Brackhampton, Milchester and Roxeter. Passengers for
Brackhampton travel at the rear of the train. Passengers for Carvil change at Roxeter”. The voice
shut itself off with a click and then reopened conversation by announcing the arrival at Platform
No. 9 of the 4.00 from Birmingham.
Mrs. McGillicuddy found her ticket and presented it. The man clipped it, murmured: “On the
right-rear portion.” Mrs. McGillicuddy found her porter outside the door of a third-class carriage.
“Here you are, lady.” – “I’m traveling first-class,” said Mrs. McGillicuddy. “You didn’t say so,”
grumbled the porter. He took the suitcase and marched with it to the adjoining coach. The 4.50
was almost empty, as the first-class passengers preferred either the faster morning express or the
6.40 with a dining car. Mrs. McGillicuddy handed the porter his tip, which he received with

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