Английский разговорный шутя. 100 анекдотов на все случаи жизни

«Well, it was a great dinner,» Mary said. «Charley even cleaned up, helped the kids with their homework, folded the laundry and put everything away.»

«But what about afterward?» her friends wanted to know.

«It didn\'t work out,» Mary said. «Charley was too tired.»

Study the words and expressions given below:

chauvinist шовинист

male chauvinist мужской шовинист; человек, отстаивающий права мужчин

to declare заявлять

to bathe купать

load груз

wash стирка

dryer сушилка

stove плита (газовая или электрическая)

to astonish удивлять, изумлять

magazine журнал

article статья

to incline склоняться (к чему-л.)

to fold складывать

laundry белье для или после стирки

afterward впоследствии, потом

around the house по дому, в доме

full-time work работа на полный рабочий день (на ставку)

to set the table накрывать стол

complete with sth законченный, завершенный (чем-л.)

to turn out являться, неожиданно появляться, оказываться

in addition в дополнение

to hold down осуществлять, придерживаться, выполнять

to work out получаться, осуществляться

to clean up убирать со стола

to help sb with sth помогать кому-л. в чем-л.

Exercises to the text

1. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What sort of a man was Mary married to?

2. Why didn\'t he do any work around the house?

3. Why was Mary astonished when she arrived home one evening after work?

4. What made Charley do all the work about the house and, in addition, cook a dinner?

5. What didn\'t work after all, and why?

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

1. They both worked _______ time.

2. Housework, he _______, was woman\'s work.

3. Mary found the children _______.

4. A load of _______ was in the dryer.

5. She was _______.

6. It _______ that Charley had read a magazine article.

7. Working wives could be more _______ inclined if they weren\'t so tired.

8. They had to do all the housework into holding down a full-time job.

9. Charley helped the _______ with their homework.

3. Say if the statement is true or false:

1. He always did everything around the house and certainly all the housework.

2. One evening Mary arrived home from work to find the children bathed.

3. She immediately wanted to know what was going on.

4. The next day, she couldn\'t tell her friends in the office about it.

5. Well, it was a great breakfast.

6. Charley cleaned up and helped the kids with their homework.