Зачем им столько времен?

When George (return) home and (go) to prepare breakfast, he (begin) to think, «If I (go) to the kitchen, I (make) a lot of noise. If Mrs. Gippings (hear) the noise, she (think) I (be) a burglar. As soon as she (think) that there (be) a burglar in the house, she (call) the police. When the policemen (come), they (arrest) me».

So, George (decide) not to try to prepare breakfast. He (sit) and (wait) for Mrs. Gippings to come down. After that he (not/get) up too early again.

Answer the questions:

1. Why did George go to work in the middle of the night?

2. What did he do when he understood that he made a mistake?

3. What did George do in the end?

24. «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» by Mark Twain

Vocabulary: forgive (forgave) – прощать, groan – стонать, thread – нитка, to be loose – зд. болтаться, chunk – головешка (тлеющий кусок дерева), tie – привязывать, bedpost – столбик кровати для полога

Tenses to use: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Simple

Monday morning (be) unhappy time for Tom as it (mean) another terrible school week.

Tom (think) for a few minutes. What could stop him from coming to school?

Suddenly he (find) something. One of his upper teeth (be) loose. This (be) good – for the beginning. Then he (remember) some symptoms he (hear) from a doctor. It (be) a chance!

He (begin) to groan. But his brother Sid (sleep). He (groan) louder. No result from Sid. Tom (begin) to get angry and (shake) him. Sid (jump) up.

«Tom! What (be) the matter?»

No answer.

«Tom!»

«I (forgive) you everything, Sid … (groan) … everything you (do) for me in the past… Sid, when I (die)…

«Oh, Tom, no! Don’t die!»

Sid (run) downstairs and (cry),

«Oh, Aunt Polly, Tom (die)!»

In a minute Aunt Polly and Mary (be) near Tom’s bed. «What (be) the matter with you, child?»

«Oh, Auntie, I (have) gangrene on my foot!»

The old lady (sit) down and (cry) a little, then (laugh) a little, then (do) both together.

«Aunt Polly, it (hurt) so much that I (forget) about my (tooth).»

«What (happen) to your tooth? Well, it (be) loose, but you (not/die) of it. Mary, get me a silk thread and a chunk of fire out of the kitchen.»

«Oh, Auntie, (not/pull) it out! I (go) to school!» (cry) out Tom.

«To school?! So, you (do) all this…»

At that time Mary (return) with the dental instruments. The old lady (tie) one end of the thread to Tom’s tooth and the other to the bedpost. Then she suddenly (get) the chunk almost in the boy’s face. The next moment the tooth (hang) on the bedpost…

Answer the questions:

1. Why was Tom unhappy on Monday morning?

2. What was the first thing that could stop him from going to school?

3. Why did Sid run downstairs crying for Aunt Polly?

4. Why did Aunt Polly begin to cry and laugh at the same time?

5. What were the dental instruments Mary brought from the kitchen?

25. «Three Men in a Boat» by Jerome K. Jerome

Vocabulary: put up a tent – ставить палатку

Tenses to use: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect.

Note: in the scene the narrator imagines some verbs are already in the right form to show that the imaginary events are mostly in present tenses.

We (sit) in my room (discuss) our journey when Harris (ask), «Where we (sleep) at night?»

George and I (not/like) the idea of sleeping in the hotels. We (want) to sleep outside.

«And what about when it (rain)?» Harris (ask).

I could imagine this scene easily…

…It is evening. You are very wet. There is a lot of water in the boat and everything is wet, too. Two of you (try) to put up the tent. You already (put) up your side of the tent, but the other man (not/do) anything yet. You just (tied) the first ropes to the ground. Suddenly he (pull) the tent from his side and (destroy) all your work.

«What you (do)?» you cry.

«And what you (do)?» he cries.

«You (pull) out the ropes from my side!» you answer.

You (shout) at each other until the tent (fall) down.

The third man is in the boat. He already (prepare) a simple meal and now he (want) to know why you two (not/finish) with the tent yet.

At night you (dream) that a large animal suddenly (sit) down on you. You (wake) up and (understand) that something terrible (happen). At first you (think) that the end of the world (come). There is something on you that (not/let) you breath. You (fight). You (shout). At last, you (find) your head in the fresh air. Near you, you (see) Harris.

«Oh, it (be) you. What (happen)?» you (ask).

«The wind (blow) down the tent,» he (answer).

At that moment, you (hear) a voice from below, «Get off my head!»

Answer the questions (use present tenses):

1. What are the evenings in the tent in rainy weather like?

2. Why are two men angry with each other while they are putting up the tent?