Раздел 3

Предлоги (Prepositions)

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Задание 1.

The conductor’s mistake.

Once Mark Twain was travelling ⁽¹⁾ _________ France ⁽²⁾ _________ train. He was going ⁽³⁾ _________ a small town ⁽⁴⁾ _________ Paris. It was very late ⁽⁵⁾ _________ night, he was very tired and sleepy. He asked the conductor to wake him ⁽⁶⁾ _________ when they got ⁽⁷⁾ _________ that town and went ⁽⁸⁾ _________ bed. It was early ⁽⁹⁾ _________ the morning when the writer woke ⁽¹⁰⁾ _________ the train was already ⁽¹¹⁾ _________ Paris.

Mark Twain was very angry. He ran ⁽¹²⁾ _____ ____ the conductor and cried ⁽¹³⁾ _________, “I asked you to wake me ⁽¹⁴⁾ _________ . Why didn’t you do it? I am very angry ⁽¹⁵⁾ _________ you. “The conductor looked ⁽¹⁶⁾ _________ him ⁽¹⁷⁾ _________ a moment and said, “You may be very angry, but not so angry as the American whom I put ⁽¹⁸⁾ _________ the train ⁽¹⁹⁾ _________ that town ⁽²⁰⁾ ____ _____ you.”

Answer the question: how would you feel in Mark Twain’s place?

Задание 2.

An Englishman in Japan.

Once an Englishman went ⁽¹⁾ _________ Japan. He had a Japanese servant who was very polite. The Englishman wanted to get ⁽²⁾ _________ early ⁽³⁾ _________ the morning and asked his servant to wake him ⁽⁴⁾ _________ ⁽⁵⁾ _________ six o’clock. ⁽⁶⁾ _________ six o’clock the servant came ⁽⁷⁾ _________ the Englishman’s room very quietly. When he saw that the Englishman was sleeping, he took a piece ⁽⁸⁾ _________ paper and write some words ⁽⁹⁾ _________ on it. Then he quietly left the room.

The Englishman woke ⁽¹⁰⁾ _________ ⁽¹¹⁾ _________ eleven o’clock, jumped ⁽¹²⁾ ____ _____ bed, looked ⁽¹³⁾ _________ his watch and then saw the piece ⁽¹⁴⁾ _________ paper ⁽¹⁵⁾ _________ the table. It said, “Dear sir, it is six o’clock now. Please, get ⁽¹⁶⁾ _________ “.

Answer the question: who wakes you up in the morning?

Исходные тексты.

Текст №1.

The conductor’s mistake.

Once Mark Twain was travelling in France by train. He was going to a small town near Paris. It was very late at night, he was very tired and sleepy. He asked the conductor to wake him up when they got to that town and went to bed. It was early in the morning when the writer woke up the train was already in Paris.

Mark Twain was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and cried out, “I asked you to wake me up. Why didn’t you do it? I am very angry with you. “The conductor looked at him for a moment and said, “You may be very angry, but not so angry as the American whom I put off the train in that town instead of you.”

Текст №2.

An Englishman in Japan.

Once an Englishman went to Japan. He had a Japanese servant who was very polite. The Englishman wanted to get up early in the morning and asked his servant to wake him up at six o’clock. At six o’clock the servant came into the Englishman’s room very quietly. When he saw that the Englishman was sleeping, he took a piece of paper and write some words on it. Then he quietly left the room.

The Englishman woke up at eleven o’clock, jumped out of bed, looked at his watch and then saw the piece of paper on the table. It said, “Dear sir, it is six o’clock now. Please, get up“.