Английский для бакалавров. Валиулина Т.Н - 29 стр.

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Joseph Emmons can’t use his eyes. He’s blind. He has a trained dog
named Buster that leads him where he wants to go. Buster sees for Mr. Emmons.
He’s called a seeing-eye dog.
Although Mr. Emmons has a handicap, it isn’t a big problem. He has a
useful job and he earns his own money. Mr. Emmons sells brooms and mops to
people in this part of the city. He has worked every day except Sunday for forty
years.
Mr. Emmons gets up at 6:00 every morning and eats breakfast with his
wife. Then he leaves the house at 7:00. He holds Buster and walks from house to
house. He carries his mops and brooms with him. While he talks to people, the
dog sits and waits. The people choose a broom, and then they pay him.
Buster doesn’t let Mr. Emmons talk to people very long. He likes to keep
moving. It takes four and one-half months to walk to every house in this part of
the city. Mr. Emmons visits each house every four months, and by then the
people are usually ready to buy new brooms.
Mr. Emmons likes his job. He’s very healthy because he works outside
every day. But these days he has a problem. His brooms last so long that
sometimes they are still good after four months. Then nobody needs to buy a
new one.
Mr. Emmons is proud of his brooms because blind people make them. He
picks up a new supply of brooms every week. He says, “If you don’t sell people
something good, they’re not going to buy from you the second time you come
around”.
Vocabulary
blind, adj слепой
lead ( led, led ), v вести, приводить
although, conj хотя
handicap, v
n
страдать от физического недостатка
физический недостаток
handicapped страдающий от физического недостатка
earn, v зарабатывать
choose ( chose, chosen ), v выбирать
health, n здоровье
healthy, adj здоровый
need, v
n
нуждаться в чём-либо
нужда, потребность
buy ( bought, bought ), v покупать
sell ( sold, sold ), v продавать
supply, v
n
снабжать, поставлять
снабжение, поставка, запас
I. Match the English and Russian words:
to lead гордиться
health хотя

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