Английский разговорный шутя. 100 анекдотов на все случаи жизни

Study the words and expressions given below:

bridge карт. бридж

club клуб

peaceful мирный

to fix делать, устраивать, готовить

incredible невероятный

to dash броситься

wilted увядший / вялый

lettuce салат

to stir in размешивать (с чем-л.)

egg яйцо

to garnish украшать гарниром

to pull up подъезжать

horror ужас

to please доставлять удовольствие

to praise хвалить

crony приятельница, приятель

to horrify ужасать

funeral похороны

widow вдова

callous бессердечный

feeding кормление

to murder убить

stoically стоически

mantel камин

to lick лизать

ass груб. задница

incredible hand карт. невероятно легкая рука у игрока (невероятное везение)

Needless to say Нет нужды говорить

to do sb in сленг убить кого-л.

Exercises to the text

1. Answer the questions to the text:

1. How often did the lady have her bridge game in the club?

2. Where did she have to hurry after the game?

3. What did she have in the cupboard when she returned home one Thursday after she had had an incredible hand?

4. Why did she watch her husband in horror when he was sitting to dinner?

5. What was the side-effect of the cat food?

6. What did the bridge women attack the lady for?

2. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text:

1. She goes home _______ her husband dinner when he gets home from work.

2. Well, one Thursday, she has an _______ hand.

3. And she _______ out of her friend\'s house.

4. All she has in the cupboard is a _______ lettuce leaf.

5. She watches in _______ as he sits down to his dinner.

6. She tells her bridge _______ about it and they are all horrified.

7. After the _______ all attacked our new widow.

3. Say if the statement is true or false:

1. I have to go fix my husband his dinner!

2. And she dashes out of the Bingo club, her great hand forgotten on the table.

3. In a panic, she opens the can of cat food.

4. She watches with joy as he sits down to his dinner.

5. Needless to say, every day from then on, she made this dinner for her husband.

6. She tells her bridge cronies about it and they are all delighted.