Раздел 8
Условные предложения (Conditionals)
Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках, в нужной форме.
Задание 1.
A RAILWAY INCIDENT
An American lady travelling in England (to get) into a compartment in a smoking carriage where an Englishman (to smoke) a pipe. For a short time she (to sit) quietly expecting that the Englishman (to stop) smoking. But when the train (to be) under way for half an hour, she (to begin) to cough and sneeze trying to show him that she (to object) to the smoke. At last, seeing that all her efforts (to fail) to attract his attention she (to address) him impatiently, “ If you (to be) a gentleman you (to stop) smoking when a lady (to get) into the carriage.” – “If you (to be) a lady,” (to reply) the Englishman, - “you (not to get) into a smoking carriage.” – “ If you (to be) my husband,” (to say) the American lady angrily,- “I (to give) you poison.” The Englishman (to look) at her for a moment or two. “Well,” he (to say) at last, - “if I (to be) your husband I (to take) it.”
Answer the questions on the text.
Do you think the woman was a real lady?
Do you think the man was a real gentleman?
What makes you think so?
Задание 2. Поставьте глаголы, данные в скобках, в нужной форме.
AN AMERICAN TOURIST IN ENGLAND
He was an American tourist in London and he (to hire) a guide to show him the city.
“How long it (to take) to build this house?” he (to ask) his guide as they (to pass) a large hotel building.
“Why, about six months”.
“Six months!” (to exclaim) the American. “Why, it ( not to take) us more than six weeks to put up a building like that in New York”.
They (to pass) an office building which (to be) quite new.
“And how long it (to take) to build that?”
“About four weeks”, (to answer) the guide.
“Four weeks!” (to say) the American. “in New York we (to build) a place like that in four days”.
Nothing more (to say) until they (to approach) the Houses of Parliament.
“Well, that (to be) not a bad-looking place. How long it (to take) to build it?”
“Well, you (not to believe) me”, (to answer) the guide, “but that building (not to be) there when I (to cross) the bridge last night”.
Answer the question on the text.
What made the English guide tell a lie to the American tourist?
Исходные тексты.
Текст №1.
A RAILWAY INCIDENT
An American lady travelling in England got into a compartment in a smoking carriage where an Englishman was smoking a pipe. For a short time she was sitting quietly expecting that the Englishman would stop smoking. But when the train was under way for half an hour, she began to cough and sneeze trying to show him that she objected to the smoke. At last, seeing that all her efforts had failed to attract his attention she addressed him impatiently, “ If you were a gentleman you would stop smoking when a lady got into the carriage.” – “If you were a lady,” replied the Englishman, - “you would not get into a smoking carriage.” – “ If you were my husband,” said the American lady angrily,- “I would give you poison.” The Englishman looked at her for a moment or two. “Well,” he said at last, - “if I were your husband I would take it.”
AN AMERICAN TOURIST IN ENGLAND
He was an American tourist in London and he hired a guide to show him the city.
“How long it did not take to build this house?” he asked his guide as they were passing a large hotel building.
“Why, about six months”.
“Six months!” exclaimed the American. “Why, it wouldn’t take us more than six weeks to put up a building like that in New York”.
They passed an office building which was quite new.
“And how long it did it take to build that?”
“About four weeks”, answered the guide.
“Four weeks!” said the American. “in New York we would build a place like that in four days”.
Nothing more was said until they approached the Houses of Parliament.
“Well, that is not a bad-looking place. How long did it take to build it?”
“Well, you won’t believe me”, answered the guide, “but that building was not there when I crossed the bridge last night”.