Сборник текстов и упражнений по внеаудиторному чтению для студентов факультета культуры и искусств, изучающих английский язык. Полторак Д.Л. - 12 стр.

      a servant – слуга                                                                But the old man hated it when somebody interfered in his affairs
      to insist on – настаивать                                               and ordered him to do things.
      to persuade – убеждать                                                            "How are you this morning? Feeling better?" asked the doctor.
      to take a medicine – принять лекарство                                  "I hear you haven't been obeying my orders."
      calm – хладнокровие                                                             "Who is giving me orders at my time of life? Am I to ask for
      ordinary case – обычный случай                                          permission every time I want to do something? Am I to be punished for
      transactions – сделки                                                   disobedience?" The doctor drew up a chair and sat down close to the
      failure – неудача, провал                                               old man. He had to do his duty.
      to interfere – вмешиваться                                                      "I'd like to make a suggestion," he said quietly. He didn't want to
      to apologise – извиняться                                               argue with the old man.
      to punish – наказывать                                                          Old Ellsworth looked at him over his glasses. The way Doctor
      disobedience – непослушание                                             Caswell said it made him suspicious.
      suspicion – подозрение                                                          "What is it, more medicine, more automobile rides to keep me
      suggestion – предложение                                                away from the office?" the old man asked with suspicion.
      to take up art – начать заниматься живописью                                    "Not at all," said the doctor. "I've been thinking of something
      to run the gallery – управлять галереей                                 different. As a matter of fact I'd like to suggest that you should take up
      astonishment – удивление                                                art."
      to award – награждать                                                           "Nonsense!"
      dumb – немой                                                                    "But still... I don't mean seriously of course," said the doctor,
                                                                              glad that his suggestion had been taken calmly enough. "Just try. You'll
       "Here, take your pineapple juice," said Koppel, Mr. Ellsworth's        like it."
servant and nurse.                                                                    Much to his surprise the old man agreed. He only asked who was
        "No," said Collis P. Ellsworth.                                       going to teach him drawing.
       "But it's good for you, sir!"                                                  "I've thought of that too," said the doctor. "I can get a student
       "No!"                                                                  from an art school who can come round once a week. If you don't like
       "The doctor insists on it"                                             it, after a little while you can throw him out."
        "No!"                                                                         Doctor Caswell went to his friend, Judson Livingstone, head of
        Koppel heard the front door bell and was glad to leave the room.      the Atlantic Art Institute, and explained the situation. Livingstone had
 He found Doctor Caswell in the hall downstairs.                              just the young man – Frank Swain, eighteen years old and a promising
        "I can't do a thing with him," he told the doctor. "He doesn't want   student. Like most students he needed money. How much would he
to take his juice. I can't persuade him to take his medicine. He doesn't      get? Five dollars a visit. Fine.
want me to read to him. He hates TV. He doesn't like any thing!"                      Next afternoon young Frank Swain was shown into the big liv-
       Doctor Caswell took the information with his usual professional        ing-room and the lessons began. The old man liked it so much that
calm. This was not an ordinary case. The old gentleman was in pretty          when at the end of the first lesson Koppel came in and apologised to
good health for a man of seventy. But it was necessary to keep him            him for interrupting the lesson, as the old man needed a rest, Ellsworth
from buying things. His financial transactions always ended in failure,       looked disappointed.
which was bad for his health.

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