Практический курс английского языка. Семушина Е.Ю. - 12 стр.

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strained. He (to lead) her to a chair and (to draw) up another one for himself.
He (to be) too confused to speak. In his own mind his affair with Ruth (to be)
closed and sealed.
      “No one (to know) I (to be) here,” Ruth said in a faint voice.
      “What you (to say)?” Martin asked.
      She (to repeat) her words.
      “Oh,” he said, then (to wonder) what more he could possibly say.
      “I (to see) you come in, and (to wait) a few minutes,” Ruth continued.
      “Oh,” he said. “And then you (to come) in.”
      She (to nod). Then she (to come) over to him, (to rest) her hand on his
shoulder a moment and then (to slip) into his arms. He (to know) now what she
had come for.
      “My mother (to want) me to marry Charlie Hapgood,” she announced.
      Martin then said, “ and now your mother (to want) you to marry me.”
      “She will not object. I (to know) that much,” Ruth said.
      “She (to consider) me quite eligible?” he (to ask) and Ruth (to nod).
      “And yet I (to be) not a bit more eligible now than I (to be) when she (to
break) our engagement. I (not to change). I (not to get) a job. I (not to look) for a
job. And I still (to believe) that Judge Blount (to be) an ass. I (to have) dinner with
him the other night, so I ought to know.”
      “But you (not to accept) Father’s invitation,” she said.
      “Who (to send) him? Your mother?” Ruth (to remain) silent.
      “Then she (to send) him. And now I suppose she (to send) you.”
      “No one (to know) I (to be) here,” she protested. “Oh, Martin, don’t be cruel.
You (not to kiss) me once. And think what I (to dare) to do!”
      “Why you (not to dare) it before,” he asked, “when I (not to have) a job?
When I (to starve)? That’s a question I (to put) to myself all this time. You see I
(not to change). I (to be) the same. I (not to develop) my new virtue. And what (to
puzzle) me is why everybody (to want) me now. Surely they (not to want) me for
myself but for something that (to be) outside me. It is for the recognition I (to re-
ceive). Then again for the money I (to earn).
      “You (to break) my heart,” she sobbed. “You (to know) I (to love) you.”
      “If you (to love) me,” he said gently, “ then why you love (to be) weak
enough to deny me?” “Forget and forgive,” she cried. “I (to love) you all the
time.”
      “Oh, you (to do) nothing that (to require) forgiveness,” he said impatiently.
      They (to sit) in silence for a long time. He (to know), now, that he had not
really loved her. Ruth suddenly (to begin) to speak. “I know that much of what
you (to say) is so, I (not to love) you well enough. In the last ten minutes I (to
learn) much. I (to learn) to love better.”
      “It’s too late,” he said. Martin (to lean) his head back and (to close) his eyes.
He (to forget) the presence of Ruth.
      3. Paraphrase the following sentences using Vocabulary:
      1. Who is on duty today? Please, distribute the papers to your classmates. I
hope you remember that we've come to an agreement about the test.
      2. They are discussing angrily the way she rules the firm. She will never get
a lot of money.