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the box below.
make a s make peace make plans fall asleep shake hands play war hunt bears give a smile
1) It took time before Bill was able
the boy and with
him.
2) Bill wanted to be kind to the boy and promised with him.
3) The two desperate men began how
to get the ransom for the boy.
Sam had to be very hard on Red Chief to make him with Bill and _____
It was a terrible night and neither of them could____
Johnny did not want to go home before Sam and
Bill had promised with him the
next morning.
Fill in with, to or of.
The two men were so tired their little
friend that they were ready to agree any
of Mr. Dorset’s proposals.
Sam agreed Bill that they should demand
less ransom for Red Chief.
It was very difficult for Bill to be kind
that freckled wild cat.
THE COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST 5
? Checking Comprehension 21
3Put the sentences in the right order. 23
Working with Vocabulary and Grammar 24
Discussing the Story 26
6What do you think? 28
GIRL 29
Exercises ? Checking Comprehension 39
Ш Working with Vocabulary and Grammar 43
Discussing the story 46
WITCHES’ LOAVES 49
Exercises 57
Checking Comprehension 57
3Put the sentences in the right order. 59
Working with Vocabulary and Grammar 60
14)Discussing the Story 63
18)SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS 66
76)IV 75
111)V 79
117)Exercises 80
118)? Checking Comprehension 80
3Fill in the blanks with the link-words from the box. Use each only once. 84
152) Discussing the Story 87
153)I Say why: 87
167)LOST ON DRESS PARADE1 91
212)Exercises 98
213)? Checking Comprehension 98
227) Working with Vocabulary and Grammar 100
228)1 Find in the text the English for: 100
240) Discussing the Story 104
246)THE TRIMMED LAMP 109
315)Exercises ? Checking Comprehension 119
317) Working with Vocabulary and Grammar 122
2Prove that: 126
3Add more information to these: 126
4Make up and act out the talk between: 127
5Imagine that you are: 127
335)NO STORY 129
390)Exercises ? Checking Comprehension 137
406) Working with Vocabulary and Grammar 141
2) Discussing the Story 146
2Prove that: 147
3Add more information to the following: 147
4Make up and act out the talk between: 148
5Imagine that you are: 148
6)THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF 150
96)Exercises ? Checking Comprehension 163
6)Working with Vocabulary and Grammar 168
22) Discussing the Story 174
5Imagine that you are: 178
6What do you think? 179
33)CUPID A LA CARTE 179
128)Exercises 193
129)? Checking Comprehension 193
5Complete the following sentences using the infinitive of purpose from the box below. 200
Kidnapping seemed both them the
best way to get a lot money.
He was a boy ten, a face full
freckles.
A low mountain covered a thick wood
a cave in it seemed a good place to keep
the boy.
Bill was sitting at the entrance the cave
all covered scratches.
Bill had never been afraid the police or
anything till the time when he had to stay
that two-legged skyrocket.
When at last Sam fell asleep, he had an awful
dream that he was tied a tree by a pirate
red hair.
Sam saw Bill standing his back the
wall.
Discussing the Story
Say why:
the two men decided to kidnap a child.
they selected Johnny.
Sam and Bill were driving past Mr. Dorset house.
the boy was throwing stones at a cat.
the boy fought like a bear.
Red Chief had feathers in his hair.
Red Chief was going to burn Sam in the fire at sunrise.
Red Chief liked to stay in the cave.
Sam had an awful dream the first night with the boy in the cave.
Sam was awakened by terrible screams.
Bill knew no peace as long as Red Chief was with them.
Sam could not sleep either.
Sam went to the top of the mountain.
Bill was standing with his back to the wall when Sam returned.
the two men had no fear that Red Chief would run away.
Bill fell across the fire.
Bill was getting more and more nervous.
Bill asked Sam to make the ransom for the boy’s return less than two thousand.
the two men wanted to get the ransom with a messenger, and not by post.
on returning to the cave Sam could find neither the boy nor Bill.
Bill thought that Red Chief was gone.
Sam was afraid for Bill’s mind.
Sam was waiting for the messenger sitting up in the tree.
Johnny’s father wrote that the men were asking too much for his son.
Johnny’s father advised the men to bring him back at night.
the two desperate men agreed to Mr. Dorset’s proposal.
the two men thought that it was a kind propo sition.
Johnny’s father had to hold his son some ten or fifteen minutes.
the two men thought that it would take them that short time to cover that long distance.
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Sam could hardly catch up with Bill.
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Sam and Bill were not rich.
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Sam and Bill were friends.
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kidnapping Johnny was not their first ous idea.
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it was Sam who mainly gave ideas.
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Johnny was not an ordinary boy.
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Johnny was not a stupid boy.
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the two men were not very poor.
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Mr. Dorset did not take risks (рисковать) when he made his counter-proposition.
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the two men were happy to have Red their hands.
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The two men needed money.
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There was a mountain about two miles
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from the town.
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Sam left the buggy in the village.
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The boy was having a good time.
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Red
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Chief.
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Sam went to the top of the mountain to
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Red Chief took a sling out of his pocket
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went out of the cave.
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The two men began to write the letter.
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Sam walked to the town to post the letter.
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10) Sam saw Bill walking softly towards the cave.
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Bill turned round and saw the boy.
Sam went to the three trees in the road.
A young boy rode up to the trees on a bicycle.
This is what his counter-proposition was.
Johnny’s father opened the door.
Make up and act out the talk between:
Sam and Bill (making plans of kidnapping).
Sam and Bill examining his first scratches.
Red Chief and Sam asking the boy if he wants to go home.
Sam and Bill (after the first night with Red Chief in the cave).
Red Chief and Sam getting (уговаривающий) the boy to make peace with Bill.
Bill and Red Chief making peace.
Red Chief and Sam punishing the boy for his shot from the sling.
Sam and Bill (both discussing the letter to John ny’s father).
Sam, Bill and Red Chief explaining how he is
going to play the Black Scout.
Sam and Bill after playing the Black Scout.
Bill and Sam (after receiving the counter-proposi tion).
Bill and Mr. Dorset.
Imagine that you are:
how you got acquainted with Bill;
what makes you be together;
what you like (dislike) about him;
how good Bill was helping you in your danger ous plans;
what sort of plans they were;
whether it was the first time that the idea of kidnapping came to you;
whether you think it was the last one.
whether Sam said everything about how you had got acquainted, or there is something else Sam did not mention;
what attracts you in Sam;
whether you had ever had a similar experience with a boy like Johnny, or it was the first time;
whether you like anything about Johnny. If you do, say what it is;
why you were so rude to the boy. He was only ten.
what your life at home is like, what you like (dislike) about your life;
whether you had ever been kidnapped before, if you had, how it happened;
you think of your neighbours, whether ' angry with you.
her. Say:
.eighbours don’t like your son;
„ou feel about your son; aether there is anything the neighbours don’t know about Johnny, and if they knew they would not be angry with him;
whether you are going to change your ways about your son, and in what way, if so.
What do you think?
What do you think of Sam and Bill’s back ground? Do you think their way of making their living was illegal (legal)? What tells you about this?
What do you feel about Johnny? Is there any thing that you like about him? Is he as bad as that? What tell you about this?
Does Johnny remind you of your own childhood in this or that way? What are similarities and differences?
What kind of a man do you think Johnny will make? (Что за человек получится из Джонни?)
Would you like to have a son like Johnny? Why? Why not? If you had the son like Johnny, what would you do?
What do you think makes Johnny behave like that? What makes him be impolite (mildly speak ing) to the people?
CUPID A LA CARTE1
Jeff Peters was a man who travelled through the United States, selling cheap rings, bracelets, and other things of that kind.
Once he told me what happened to him at Guthrie, a small town in Oklahoma.
“Guthrie was a boom town1,” Jeff Peters began his story, “and most of the difficulties of life there were dueto2 the boom. You had to stand in line to wash your face. If it took you more than ten minutes to eat at a restaurant, you had to pay more money for the extra time. If you slept on the floor in a hotel, you had to pay as much as for a bed.
“As soon as I came to the town I found a good place to eat.
“It was a restaurant tent which had just been opened by Mr. Dugan and his family. The tent was dec orated with placards describing good things to eat: ‘Try Mother’s Home-Made Biscuits’3, ‘Hot Cakes Like Those You Ate When a Boy’4 and others of that kind.
“Old man Dugan did not like to work. All the work in the tent was done by his wife and his- daughter. Mrs. Dugan did the cooking5 and her daughter Mame waited at table.
“As soon as I saw Mame I knew that there was only one girl in the United States — Mame Dugan. She was full of life and fun... No, you will have to believe me. Yes, there was no other girl like her. She was the only one.
“I began to come to the tent to eat when most of the customers had gone and there were not many peo ple there. Mame used to come in smiling and say: ‘Hello, Jeff, why don’t you come at meal-time?’
“Every day I used to eat two or three dinners be cause I wanted to stay with Mame as long as possible.
“Some time later1 another fellow began coming to eat after meal-time. His name was Ed Collier he looked pleasant and talked very well. I liked him and sometimes after meals we left the tent together and talked
“‘I notice you like coming to eat after mealtime I said to him one day.
“‘Well, yes,’ said Collier, ‘I don’t like the noise, that’s why I try to eat when nobody is in the tent.'
“‘So do I2,’ said I. ‘Nice little girl, don’t you think3?’
“‘Yes, Mame is a very nice girl, I have noticed that,' he said.
“‘To tell you the truth,’ I said, ‘I am in love with her.’
“‘So am I,’ answered Collier, ‘and I am going to try to win her love.’
“‘Well,’ I said, ‘we’ll see which of us will win the race4.’
“So Collier and I began the race. We came to the tent to eat three or four times a day. The more we ate the more time we could spend in the tent. And the more time we spent with Mame the more each of us hoped to win her. She was very nice to both Collier and mo and she waited on each with a smile and a kind word.
“One evening in September I asked Mame to take a walk with me after supper. We walked for some time and then I decided to open my heart to her. I made a long speech, telling her that I had been in love with her for a long long time; that I had enough money for bothof us; that the name of Dugan should be changed for the name of Peters, and if she says not, — then why not?
“Marne didn’t answer right away1. Then she gave a kind of shudder2 and said something that surprised me very much.
“‘Jeff,’ she said, ‘I am sorry you spoke about it.
like you as well as other men3 who come and eat in our restaurant. But I shall never marry anyone of you. Do you know what a man is in my eyes? He is a machine for eating beefsteak and ham-and-eggs, and cakes and bis cuits. He is a machine for eating and nothing more. For two years I have watched them. Men eat, eat, eat! A man is only something that is sitting in front of a knife and fork and plate at the table. When I think of men I see only their mouths moving up and down, eating, eating. No matter what they think of themselves, — they are only eating machines. No, Jeff! I do not want to marry a man and see him at the table eating his breakfast in the morning, eating his dinner at noon and eating his supper in the evening. Always eating, eating, eating!’
“‘But, Mame,’ I said, ‘you are making a mistake. Men don’t always eat.’
“‘As far as I know them1 they do, they eat all the time. No, I’ll tell you what I am going to do. There is a girl named Susie Foster in Terre Haute. She is a good friend of mine. She waits at table in the railroad res taurant. Poor Susie hates men worse than I do2, becausethe men at railroad stations do not eat, they gobble, as they have little time for their meals. They try to gobble and flirt at the same time. It’s terrible! Susie and I have made a plan. We are saving money. When we save enough we are going to buy a small cottage. We are go ing to live together in that cottage and grow flowers for the market. And as long as we live we are not going to let any man with an appetite come near our cottage.3”
‘“Do girls never eat?’ I asked.
“‘No, they don’t! They nibble a little sometimes. That’s all.’
“‘I thought they liked candy...’
“‘For heaven’s sake4, change the subject,’ said Mame.
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“I did not know what to do. I could not stop eating and I could not stop loving Mame. I had a good appetite and had to eat several times a day. So I continued to come to the tent hoping that Mame would be sorry for what she had said. But each time I put some food into my mouth I felt that I was losing my chance of winning Mame’s love5. The more I ate — the less chance I had.
“I was sure that Collier had also spoken to Mame and got the same answer, because one day he ordered only a cup of coffee and a biscuit. He nibbled it like a girl in the parlor. As soon as I saw that I also ordered a cup of coffee and a biscuit.
“The next day both Collier and I again ordered coffee and biscuits for breakfast. But then old Dugan came to our table with ham and eggs and other good things to eat.
‘“What is the matter, gentlemen?’ he asked with a smile. ‘I’m afraid you have lost your appetite? You should eat more or you will lose your health.’
“So Collier and I began eating more food again. I no ticed that my appetite had never been so great as at that time — I ate and ate in spite of Mame who was there. I am sure she hated me for eating so much. Some time after I discovered that Collier had played a trick on me1. He and I used to take drinks together.2 Well. Ed Collier had bribed the bartender to put a little Appetite Bitters3 in every glass of whisky I drank. That’s why
ate more than before. But another trick that he played on me was harder to forget.
“One day Collier did not come to eat at the tent. A man told me he had left the town that morning. A few days before he left Collier had given me a big bottle of fine whisky. I am sure now that it also had some Appetite Bitters in it. My appetite grew and grew. I ate more and more every day. In Mame’s eyes I was simply an animal.
“About a week after Collier had left, a kind of museum or exhibition came to the town. A tent was put up near the railroad. A lot of people went to see the freak show4.
One evening when I asked for Mame her mother said that she and Thomas, her younger brother, had gone to the show. The same thing happened three evenings that week. On Saturday I caught her on her way and took her home. We sat down on the steps and talked for some time. I saw that Mame looked different. Her eyes were shining and her look was softer.
‘“Why do you go to the show three times a week?’ I asked her. ‘Are you so fond of freaks?’
“‘Oh, yes,’ said Mame, ‘I like freaks. When I see them I forget my work and the tent.’
“‘What kind of freaks are there?’ I asked. ‘Do they eat?’
“‘Not all of them. Some of them are wax.’
“‘Look out, then.1 You may get stuck,’ said I, trying to joke.
“Mame blushed. I didn’t know what to think.
“On Monday I did not find Mame in the restaurant again. She had gone to the freak show with Thomas.
“‘Well,’ I said to myself, ‘I’ll have to go there and see for myself. What kind of a show can it be, that Mame goes to see three times a week?’
“Next day before starting out for the show tent2
called for Mame and found she was not at home. But she was not at the show with Thomas this time, because Thomas was at home.
“‘What will you give me, Jeff,’ he said, ‘if I tell you something?’
“‘Anything you wish,’ I said.
“‘Mame is in love with a freak at the show,’ he said. ‘I don’t like him but she does. She likes him very much.
I know because I heard what they said to each other. I thought it would interest you. Oh, Jeff, could you give me two dollars for what I told you1? I want to buy...’
“I gave Thomas two dollars for the information. ‘“Thank you, Thomas, thank you ... a freak, you said. Can you describe him to me?’
“‘You can read about him if you like,’ said Thomas. ‘He took a yellow programme out of his pocket and read: HE DOES NOT EAT. I think that is why my sister is in love with him. He is going to starve for forty-nine days. To-day is the sixth day.’
“I looked at the name on the programme: ‘Professor Eduardo Collieri.’
“‘Ah!’ said I, ‘that is not so bad, Ed Collier, I give you credit for the trick2. But I am not going to give you Mame, oh, no!’
“I went to the show tent. As I went up to the back door a man came out and by the light of the stars I saw it was Professor Eduardo Collieri himself. I caught him by the arm.
“‘Hello, freak,’ I said. ‘Let me have a look at you!3 How do you like being a professor?’
“‘Jeff Peters,’ said Collier, in a weak voice. ‘Let me go4 or you will be sorry! I am in a hurry! Hands off!5’
“‘Oh no, Eddie,’ I answered, holding him hard. ‘You can’t fight me now. You have got a lot of nerve6,
that’s true. But you also have an empty stomach. You are as weak as a cat.’
“That was true. He was very weak and could not fight.
‘“Yes, Jeff, you are right. I made a mistake think ing I could go hungry for forty-nine days. Our conflict is over. You have won. You will find Miss Dugan inside. She is a fine girl. I am sorry that I’ve lost. I starved for six days and began to understand that love and business and family and religion are only words when a man is starving. I love Mame Dugan, but I can’t go hungry. An empty stomach is a terrible thing. Now I’m going to eat tons of beefsteak and hundreds of eggs. Excuse me now, Jeff, I am in a hurry to get to a restaurant. Good-bye!’
‘“I hope you’ll like your dinner, Ed,’ I said, ‘and don’t be angry with me!’
“He disappeared at once, and I went inside the tent. I found Mame there and asked her to come for a walk with me. She did not say yes or no, but looked around the tent. I knew she was looking for her freak.
‘“I’ll tell you some news,’ I said. ‘The freak that lives on wind1 has just run away. At this moment he Im having a big meal at some restaurant, eating pork nild beefsteak.’
“‘Are you speaking about Ed Collier?’ asked Mame. “‘Yes,’ I answered. ‘I met him outside the tent a lew minutes ago and he told me he was going out to eat all the food in the world.’
“‘Jeff,’ said Mame, ‘don’t say anything bad about Ed Collier. He stopped eating only to please me:2 and I like him for this. Could you do what he did?’
‘“I don’t know, Маше,’ I answered, ‘I can’t’go hun gry for a long time. I have to eat, I can’t help it.’
‘“Ed Collier and I are good friends,’ she said, ‘the same as you and I. I gave him the same answer that I gave you: I shall not marry anybody. I liked to be with Ed and I liked to talk to him. It was pleasant to know that here was a man who stopped eating because of me.’ “‘Are you in love with him?’ I asked.
“It was a mistake of course to ask this question. All of us make mistakes sometimes.
“Mame got angry. ‘You have no right to ask me such a thing, Jeff,’ she said. ‘If you go hungry for forty-nine days, — maybe I shall answer it.’
“So, even after he had disappeared Collier was still in my way1.
“And then my business came to an end and I was ready to leave Guthrie. I decided to go to Oklahoma City. I came to the Dugans to say good-bye. I was sur prised to see Mame in a blue travelling dress, holding her little suit-case in her hand. Her friend who lived in Terre Haute was going to get married next Thursday. Mame was leaving for a week’s visit to be present at the wedding. I offered to take her there in my waggon. She agreed and thirty minutes later we started for Terre Haute.
“It was a fine morning. Mame was full of talk, and I was full of joy. Not a word was said either about Ed Collier or about food.2 But at noon Mame looked and found that she had forgotten to take the basket with the
was still in my way — все еще стоял на моем пути (to be in the way — стоять поперек дороги, мешать
Not a word was said either about Ed Collier or about food. — He было произнесено ни слова ни об Эде Коллиере, ни о еде.
food. I did not say anything because I was afraid to talk to Mame about food.
“And then I discovered that I had lost my way1. I think it happened because of Mame: she talked and I lis tened and didn’t look where I was going. Then it began to rain. We were both very tired. Then we saw a small house a little way from the road and decided to take a rest there.
“The house had two empty rooms. There was nobody in them. Mame and I sat on the waggon seats on the floor. Mame was having a good time2, she laughed and talked all the time. It was a change for her.
“When it became dark I brought my coat and blan kets from the waggon and made a bed for Mame on the floor. She lay down and I sat in the other room smoking and thinking about her. Then I fell asleep.
“I opened my eyes at sunrise. Mame stood looking at me.
‘“Good morning, Jeff!’ she cried. ‘I’m so hungry! I could eat a...’
“I looked up at her and laughed. It seemed so funny to me, that I laughed and laughed. When I stopped and looked at Mame, she was sitting with her back to me3.
“‘Don’t be angry, Mame,’ I said. ‘I could not help it.
laughed because I was glad to see you.’
“‘Don’t tell me any lies, sir,’ said Mame very angri ly. ‘I know what you were laughing about... Why, Jeff, look outside!’
“I opened the little window and looked out. The wa ter in the river had risen. The land on which the house stood became an island in the middle of a sea of yellowwater. And it was still raining hard. All we could do was to stay and wait.1
“We were hungry. We were very hungry. I imagined a table full of food. Very hungry people always see pic tures of food in their mind.
“Night came on again. The river was still rising and the rain was still falling. I looked at Mame and noticed a hungry look in her eyes. The poor girl was very hun gry — maybe for the first time in her life.
“‘What would you like to eat2, Mame?’ I asked her.
“‘Beefsteak and potatoes and ham and eggs,’ she an swered. ‘Oh, Jeff, I could eat anything3! I am so hungry!’
“Next morning we found that the rain had stopped and the water around the house had gone. We found the road with difficulty. In two hours we were in Oklahoma City. The first thing we saw4 was a big restaurant. We hurried inside.
“I ordered a banquet for ten, not for two, I looked across the table at Mame and smiled, because I remem bered something. Mame was looking at the food as a boy looks at his first watch. Then she looked at me, and two big tears came into her eyes.
“‘Jeff,’ she said. ‘I have been a foolish girl ... I did not understand many things. But that is over now, I un derstand now that men get hungry every day like this. They are big and strong and they work hard. They must eat in order to work. You said once ... that is ... you asked me ... you wanted to be my ... well, Jeff, if youstill love me — I will be glad to have you always sitting across the table from me. Now, give me something to eat, quick, please!’”
Exercises
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1 a) Say what:
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is Jeff Peters.
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is Ed Collier.
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is Mr. Dugan.
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gobbles.
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nibbles.
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rides a waggon.
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does the cooking.
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