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In... fifteenth century... people knew only three continents:... Europe,... Asia and... Africa. They nothing about such... big continent as....... man who discovered... America was in 1451 in... Italy. His name was Christopher Columbus. He became... sailor at... early age. ving that... Earth was round, he decided to!i... India sailing to... west. He tried to arrange

idition, but did not have... money, and no-

/ wanted to help him. At last... king of... Spain

him... money for... expedition. He set... sail

In 1-102.... voyage was very dangerous and difficult.

.. 12th of... October his ship reached... land.

Wlion they landed, they saw... strange trees and...

I'lowers.... men and... women with... olive-coloured

• 1.1 ч;; gathered around... sailors and looked at them

wit.li... great surprise. Columbus was sure that he

lui<l discovered... new way to... India. Some time

Inlor... other sailor reached... America.... name of

... sailor was Amerigo Vespucci. He understood that

11 was... new continent.

Упражнение 61

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1. He's looking for... plain shirt, but all... shirts n i о striped. 2. I'm looking for... pair of... black pants. 3. She's looking for... blouse. Polka-dot... blouses are very popular this... summer. 4.1 bought... new hat yesterday.... shop assistant said it was... latest style. 5. I want to ask you to accompany mo to... shop. I must buy... dress. 6. Where did you buy this overcoat? — I bought it at... big store In Nevsky Prospect on... Tuesday. 7. My sister bought... blue hat on... Wednesday.... colour suits lior very nicely as she has got... blue eyes. 8. I must buy... pair of... new gloves. 9. Where is... shoe department? — It is on... third floor. 10. I think... coat is a little tight. 11. We came to... big store to find out if we could have... suit made to order. 12. I don't like... hat you have chosen.... colour is not becoming to you. 13. Here is... department of ready-made clothes. Let's go in and see if we can buy... nice pair of... trousers for you. 14.1 am going to give him... tie as... birthday present.

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Mr. Jones was... teacher of... physics at... school. He was fond of the experimental method in... physics and often told his pupils to use this method. One day Mr. Jones came to... school on... new bicycle.... bicycle had... pair of... pneumatic tyres, which had just been invented, and none of... pupils had ever seen them. During... lesson... teacher took... pupils into... school yard and showed them... new invention. "Now,... children," he said, "who can tell me what is inside this tyre that makes it so hard and yet so elastic?"... boys touched... tyres. "... cotton wool," said one of them. "... steel springs," said... other. "Oh no," said... teacher, "you are wrong." Suddenly... little boy, who was standing beside... bicycle, cried out, looking very happy: "I know what it is! There's... wind inside." Mr. Jones smiled and said: "You are right: there's... air inside. But how did you find it out?" "Well, I used... experimental method," said... boy: "I stuck... nail into... tyre, and some wind came out of it." For... first time in his life Mr. Jones did not like... use of... experimental method. Упражнение 63

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1. Everyone in our country knows Lomonosov,... founder of... first Russian university. 2. Nekrasov,... famous Russian poet, described... life of... Rus­sian peasants. 3. I don't want to miss... concert which will take place at... Philharmonic on.... 15th of... April. 4. He graduated from... university six years ago. Now he is... scientist. And though he is... young scientist, his name is well known. 5. My aunt is... teacher of... physics. 6. Yesterday I read... book by Dickens,... famous English writer. 7.1 am sorry, I don't know... way to... nearest cafe: I am... stranger here myself. 8.... town I was born in is on... Volga. 9. Who is.... author of this book? 10.... quarter of... hour was left before... begin­ning of... concert. We entered... hall and saw... group of... pupils of our school. We joined them.

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1. During... vacation I attended some interest­ing lectures. I remember two of... lectures best of all. They were about... Russian music. 2. I am sure he won't stay in... town for... vacation. 3. Two weeks are left before... end of... school year.... ex­aminations are coming. On... first of... June we shall take... examination in... literature. 4. Today is my day off. I am going to spend... day in... coun­try. 5. My brother brought... new book yesterday. When Г looked at... title, I was very glad: it was... book which I had wanted to get for... long time. 6. My sister is acquainted with... actor who played... leading part in... play you saw yesterday. 7. "What... river is... longest in... Europe?" "Why, what... strange question to ask! Any schoolboy can tell you that it is... Volga." 8. I am afraid you will have... lot of... trouble with this business. 9.... day was not bright yesterday.... sky was covered with... clouds.

Упражнение 65

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I knew... man who had travelled very much in his life. He had visited many... countries in... east and in... west о Не loved... children and often told them... interesting stories. I remember some of... stories which he told me. One of... stories was about... adventure he had had in... London. He was... young man at that time and was interested in... his­tory of...-architecture. One day he visited one of... towers of... Houses of... Parliament. He came out on to... balcony of... tower and began to look at... ornaments on... walls. Then he climbed up on... roof. Suddenly... man came running to him and seized him by... arm. He began shouting something in... English, but my friend knew only a few words of... English and did not understand him.... Eng­lishman called... policeman.... fact was that he thought that... Russian tourist wanted to kill him­self by jumping from... top of... tower. Later, when everything became clear, they laughed... lot over it.

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One... day... father and his... rich... family took his... son on... trip to... country with... firm... purpose of showing him how poor... people can эе. They spent... day and... night at... farm of...

/ery poor family. When they returned from their... trip,... father asked his... son, "How was... trip?" "Very good, Dad!" "Did you see how poor... people be?"... father asked. "Yeah!" "And what did you learn?"... son replied: "I saw that we have... dog at..< home, and they have four. We have... pool that reaches to... middle of... garden; they have... river that has no... end. We have... imported lamps in... garden; they have... stars. Our... patio reaches to... front yard; they have... whole horizon." When... little boy finished speaking, his... father was speechless. His... son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."

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... room in which... boys were fed was... large stone hall, with... copper at one end, out of which... cook took... gruel which he put into each bowl at... mealtimes. Each boy had one portion of... gruel, rnd no more, and on... Sundays they had two ounces md... quarter of... bread besides.... bowls never leeded washing —... boys polished them with their spoons till they shone again. At last... boys got so irild with... hunger that one boy said he was afraid le would some night eat... boy who slept next to lim.... boys believed him.... council was held.)liver was chosen to go up to... cook that evening after... supper and ask for more.... evening arrived, ind... boys took their places.... cook stood at... copper.... gruel was served out and disappeared. Then Oliver rose from... table and advancing to... ^ook, said in... weak voice: "Please, sir; I want some more."... cook was... healthy man, but he turned pale. "What?" said he in... trembling voice.... man could not believe his ears.

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Many years ago... London theatre performed.,., play in which there was... great storm on the sea. In those days... theatres had no... machines. That is why... manager engaged... several boys to make... waves of... sea. They jumped up and down under... big piece of... sea-green cloth.... boys received... shilling... night for their work. They worked for... several"weeks. But then... manager decided to pay them less... money — only sixpence... night. So... boys decided to go on... strike. During... per­formance, when... storm began, when... wind blew and it was raining,... sea remained calm — there was not... single wave on it.... angry manager lifted one corner of... "sea" and said to... boys: "Make... waves,... boys, make... waves!" "Do you want... waves for... shilling or for sixpence?" asked... boy in... loud voice. "Oh, for... shilling," answered... manager.... boys began to jump up and down, and did it so well, that... storm looked quite real.

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