Vocabulary Notes
1. We had two sets of them ... — Это были две семьи ...
2. ... after a few days' residence... — ... прожив несколько дней ...
3. ... in the peasant's youngest child we had discovered the perfect play-fellow for our own small boy. — ... младший ребёнок из этой крестьянской семьи оказался прекрасным другом для нашего собственного малыша.
4. ... thirty months are crammed with half a lifetime's experience ... — ... в тридцать месяцев вмещается опыт, приобретаемый за полжизни ...
5. ... regarded him as the model and perfect Big Boy ... — ... считал его образцом для подражания и настоящим Большим Мальчиком...
6. ... given to brooding ... — ... склонный к размышлениям ...
7. ... he would suddenly break off, to stand, his hands behind his back ... — ... он вдруг неожидано прерывал своё занятие и вставал, заложив руки за спину...
8. ... domed in a curve that was like the subtle curve of a rose petal. — ... очертания которого напоминали тонкие очертания лепестка розы.
9. ... I let Guido loose on it. — ... я разрешил Гвидо играть на нём сколько угодно.
10. ... to make up little pieces on his own account. — ... самостоятельно сочинять маленькие произведения.
11. ... he did not show himself so fertile ... — ... он не особенно преуспел ...
12. ... as I was to find out... — ... как мне было суждено обнаружить ...
13. ... they are absorbed in some delicious mischief... — ... они увлечены какой-нибудь восхитительной шалостью...
14. ... with, like most of Ms kind, an incidental musical twist. — ... как это бывает в большинстве подобных случаев, неожиданно наделённый ещё и музыкальными способностями.
15. ... between a Bushman and a Scandinavian. — ... между бушменом и скандинавом (Прим.: бушмен — представитель народности, проживающей в Южной Африке).
Answer the questions:
1. What made the family rent the house?
2. What were the two sets of neighbours they had?
3. What sort of people were the owners of the villa?
4. What did the parents discover in the peasant's youngest child?
5. What made Guido so responsible and precocious?
6. What gap was there between Guido and Robin?
7. Did Guido take advantage of his superior intelligence and strength?
8. How did Guido treat Robin?
9. What was Robin's attitude to Guido?
10. What kind of child was Guido?
11. What did Guido look like? What was strange about his eyes?
12. What was Guido immensely interested in once?
13. What piece of music stirred him more than anything?
14. Did Guido make slow progress in playing the piano?
15. What did he start doing on his own account?
16. Did he show himself fertile in the invention of all kinds of music?
17. What word surprised the author in Guide's comment on the music?
18. Why were Robin's parents almost aggrieved?
19. What interrupted the author's work one morning?
20. What did the author see when he looked over the balustrade?
21. What sort of discovery did the author make one morning?
22. What kind of ideas came to the author's mind?
Choose a suitable word or phrase from the passage you have read to complete the sentences.
1. The owners of the villa were a ... people. There was a... of almost thirty years between husband and wife.
2. The signora had very large, black eyes and she used them with ... .
3. Robin adored Guido, he ... him as the ... and copied him in ... he could.
4. Being a ... child, Guido was given to ... and liked to sit... , chin .... elbow ....... in the profoundest meditation.
5. Sometimes Guido suddenly interrupted the game and stood ... at the ground.
6. If you looked into Guide's eyes you would find out that they were beautiful in their ... and ... calm. They were set... .
7. When Guido was listening to the music, he ... at his lower lip with his ... and ... .
8. Soon Guido started ... little pieces on ... . He had ... for canons.
9. Guido was really ... by canons and the principles of the form.
10. When Robin's parents played Guide's little pieces over they felt almost....
11. There was an expression of ... on Robin's bright and ... face when Guido was... the theorem of Pythagoras to him.
12. The author expected the boys to be ... in some ... , to ... them ... in water or ... a bonfire.
13. Guido appeared to be not an... Mozart, Robin's parent had been ... but... Archimedes with an ... musical twist.
14. There was a wide ... between Guido and Robin as between the two different... types.
Fill in the blanks in the following sentences. Use only one expression in each space. Change the form of a word or a phrase if necessary.
to laugh at somebody to be an Archimedes
to make progress to shake one's head
to make up on one's own account
to make noise to put something away
in return to come to a halt
to know by experience to be crammed
to take advantage
of something to be in difficulties
1. My brother is in the habit of... those people he has a grudge against.
2. The silence was oppressive. He ... that something was wrong.
3. She was so scared that she couldn't say a word. When the policeman asked her something she just ... to say «No».
4. Dick adored my daughter. As soon as she started playing the piano he ... near it and could stand motionless for half an hour enjoying both my daughter and the music.
5. You never know what's on his mind. It's characteristic of him to ... all sorts of stories. No wonder his friends do not have much confidence in him.
6. Sometimes it may be so annoying to look after kids. They like to ... when playing.
7. As Brian was left to himself and had to go through lots of difficulties his life appeared ... with all sorts of experience.
8. Little George is a special child; he is immensely interested in maths and physics. His parents and teachers are so proud of him that they say that he ....
9. Jane is always calm and patient and never loses her temper when explaining things to her pupils. That is why they just adore her... .
10. Practically all composers started writing music ... in eariy childhood.
11. One's career depends on how quickly he or she ... in acquiring new skills and knowledge.
12. In sports and games competitors always try to ... their opponents' mistakes and weaknesses.
13. After a child has played enough with his new toy, he ... and forgets about it for a while playing with his old favourite ones.
14. Noble and generous people always come to help their friends when the latter ....
Give the English equivalents for the Russian words and expressions.
Ходить пошатываясь, ковыляя; размышлять; задирать кого-либо; обожать; лелеять; быть очарованным; волновать кого-либо; подражать кому-либо; злоупотреблять чем-либо; прервать (занятие); преуспевать в чём-либо; увлекаться чем-либо; испытывать затруднения; умолять; дразнить; плескаться в воде, гладкий; странный; апатичный; пухлый; развитой не по годам; самоуверенный; ответственный; веснушчатый; крутой (лоб); изящный; мечтательный; серьёзный; острый (подбородок); необыкновенный, разница в семь лет; на целых два с половиной года старше; интеллектуальное и физическое превосходство; склонный к размышлению; заложив руки за спину; уставившись в землю; подперев подбородок рукой; опершись локтем о колено; широко расставленные глаза; уголки рта слегка опущены; глаза широко раскрылись; пощипывая нижнюю губу большим и указательным пальцами; нервный жест; слегка склонив голову набок; напевать без слов; музыкальные способности.
Change the following sentences using the phrases from the text instead of the ones in italics.
1. Nick was five years younger than his brother.
2. Though Andrew was athletic and much stronger than all his play-fellows he never used it for his own benefit trying to overawe them with it.
3. Daniel always thought that his brother was a good example for him.
4. Having stayed several days at a health resort, we quickly got bored.
5. In fact, we were on good terms with our companions.
6. Frank was absolutely absorbed in watching a cowboy film and nothing could make him stop doing it.
7. After explaining the most important things to him I let him play the guitar as much as he wanted.
8. He did not feel determined enough and could not start a new business.
9. You can't divide people up into good and bad ones because human nature is not that simple.
10. The girl's face showed that she couldn't understand anything though she listened to the speech with great attention.
11. I was aware of his making progress in music but listening to his pieces you couldn't say he was as good as Mozart.
12. When Alex was told that she was stingy it made him feel upset and angry because he had never dreamed of having a stingy wife.
13. Nothing could move him more than a nice, quiet folk song performed by a peasant woman.
14. Ann's daughter is often absorbed in thinking deeply about something and whatever you say to her goes in one ear and out the other.
Translate into English.
1. Наши друзья были владельцами виллы. Мистеру Редгрейву было около семидесяти, его жене — примерно сорок.
2. Младший из семьи Редгрейвов стал прекрасным другом для нашего малыша.
3. Малыш Дэнни был развит не по годам, уверен в себе и обладал большим чувством ответственности.
4. Я никогда не видел ребёнка более терпеливого и снисходительного к другим.
5. Дэнни не был тираном и не пользовался своим умственным и физическим превосходством.
6. Наш малыш считал своего друга образцом для подражания и всячески стремился доходить на него. .
7. Дэнни часто погружался в глубокие раздумья.
8. Он любил стоять, заложив руки за спину, нахмурившись и уставясь в землю.
9. Широко расставленные глаза Дэнни излучали тихий ясный свет.
10. Общее выражение лица мальчика было очень жизнерадостное, но уголки рта были как-то грустно опущены.
11. Когда мальчик слушал музыку и интересные истории, он сидел широко раскрыв глаза и слегка наклонив голову набок.
12. Больше всего его волновали истории с трагическим концом.
13. В математике Дэнни делал потрясающие успехи.
14. Поглощённый своими объяснениями, Дэнни не замечал, что лица его приятелей выражали полное непонимание.
Expand on the following.
1. The owners of the villa were a curious people.
2. Though fully two and a half years older than little Robin, Guido took no undue advantage of his superior intelligence and strength.
3. Robin adored Guido.
4. Guido was a thoughtful child.
5. Guido was immensely interested in listening to music.
6. Guido made excellent progress in playing the piano.
7. The boy was hardly a Mozart.
8. The theorem of Pythagoras seemed to explain Guide's musical predilections.
9. I thought of the vast differences between human beings.
Discussion points.
1. Did Guide's appearance correlate with his character? Why?
2. What could make Guido so patient and tolerant?
3. What do you think of little Robin? Compare the boys.
4. What sort of people were Robin's parents, in your opinion?
5. Fancy your own child imitating somebody slavishly. What would you tell him or her?
6. Have you ever met children like Guido? Tell the class about them.
7. Do you believe that genius always shows in early childhood? Prove your point.
8. The vast differences between human beings — what are they?
Comment on the following words of the author.
...it was a little Archimedes with, like most of his kind, an incidental musical twist.
We classify men by the colour of their eyes and hair, the shape of their sculls. Would it not be more sensible to divide them up into intellectual species?
Look at the students of your group and say:
1) who has the following type of hair
a) straight, long, short, curly, wavy;
b) fair, daric, blonde, black, brown, grey.
2) whose constitution can be characterised as:
a) short, tall, of medium height;
b) slim, plump, very thin.
3) whose complexion is: pate, daric, pink.
4) who has: plump cheeks, hallow cheeks, cheeks with dimples.
What would you think of a person who says:
1. Ladies first!
2. I can't control myself when I should keep quiet.
3. I'm not easily put off if I have made up my mind.
4. I don't care for him. He is inferior to me, you know.
5. Whatever she may say I won't lose my temper.
6. Darling! I never grudge you anything, be it clothes, money, a car.
7. I always feel sorry for people who are in trouble.
8. I just love cucumbers with milk, Picasso's paintings and freckled faces.
9. I have got used to ten hours work every day.
10. I prefer to be in the company of other people and have a chat with them.
11. Whatever you may ask me to do for you, I will do it. Whatever you may say, I will forgive you.
Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets.
The colonel’s face was cleanly shaven showing a bronzed ….
When I was nineteen years old, I was a … young man. I was not very tall and had a well-made … and a … chest. My hair was … and coal-black and eyes large and dark.
The man’s dress was white and he wore a golden belt round his ….
Katrine was more beautiful than the rest. She was tall and dark and had a sweet face and fine eyes. Her figure was ….
The newcomer was very tall, with a dark Spanish …, fine expressive black eyes and curly hair, also black. His well-formed nose, thin lips and his fine figure impressed the company with the idea of something uncommon.
He was a tall elderly man, bronzed after his summer in the Black Sea with a thin …. He wore a very neat suit of cream-colored silk and no hat. His grey hair was cut very short, but was still ….
He tried to disguise his … while speaking over the telephone, but I recognized him.
(wavy, broad, figure, handsome, shapely, complexion, voice, waist, thick, face)
Choose the correct answer.
The PUPIL is part of the ….
ear
stomach
eye
hand
The SOLE is part of the ….
hand
foot
eye
ear
The CALF is part of the ….
leg
arm
chest
head
The WRIST is part of the ….
hand
foot
eye
ear
The IRIS is part of the ….
hand
foot
eye
ear
The HEEL is part of the ….
hand
foot
eye
breast
7. The PALM is part of the ….
a) hand
foot
ear
breast
The NIPPLE is part of the ….
hand
foot
ear
breast
The THUMB is part of the ….
hand
foot
head
chest
The SHIN is part of the ….
arm
leg
head
breast
Give names of the bodily organs indicated in the picture below.
Compose 3 situations using the words and phrases:
tall, broad-shouldered, perfectly well-made, face, large blue eyes, regular features, a well-formed head, long black hair, to look young for one’s age, handsome.
shapely figure, tall, to seem quite young, to speak in a sweet voice, thick black plaits, fine clever eyes, beautiful, a sweet face.
long eyebrows, a slender boy, to look like a pretty girl in the dress of a boy, features, delicate, small, hands, to take after, hair, to cut short, fair, well-cut lips, full, regular, feet, complexion.
Write the numbers 1 to 15 next to the correct words.
Arm ______
Back ______
Bottom ____
Ear________
Eye________
Foot_______
Hair_______
Hand______
Head______
Knee______
Leg_______
Mouth______
Neck_______
Nose_______
Teeth ______
Look
at the picture and read the description of each person. In each
picture, there are some mistakes. Circle the words in bold which are
wrong.
My wife Joanne is in her early thirties, but she looks young for her age. She is tall and slightly skinny. She has shoulder-length curly hair, a turned-up nose and a generous mouth.
My friend Ron is short and a little overweight. He is bald with bushy eyebrows, and ears that stick out. He has fat cheeks and a wrinkled forehead. He also has a moustache. As you can see, he frowns a lot and appears to be quite bad-tempered.
This is my cousin Raymond, who is in his mid-teens. He is of medium height and has short, straight, black hair with a parting in the middle. There are freckles on his face and he has a hooked nose. He is quite dark-skinned.
My mother Rose is in her mid-forties. She is about 1.8 meters tall and has long, blond, wavy hair with a fringe that comes down over her eyes. She has a pale complexion and a warm smile. She is wearing earrings and glasses.
My brother Jasper is very tall with broad shoulders and well-developed muscles. He is 22 years old, but looks older because of his beard. He has very short, spiky hair. When he smiles, he has dimples on both cheeks, which makes his weather-beaten face more attractive.
This is my sister Amelia. As you can see, she is quite chubby, with long, black, curly hair. She has tanned skin, thin eyebrows that almost meet in the middle, and long, thin eyelashes. She also has a double chin, which she’s a bit self-conscious of. She always wears a nose stud and has a cheerful smile.
Choose the right word:
Face – countenance – complexion
She was a tall lady with dark hair, dark eyes, and a pale and large forehead. Her ... was grave.
The girl was thin and had a sharp, bird-like ....
His ... expressed astonishment.
The lady praised the old gentleman’s bronzed ....
He looked so funny that I found it difficult to keep my ....
«He must have had bad news,» flashed through Arthur’s mind, as he looked anxiously at Montanelli’s haggard ....
A fair ... is typical of all the women of this clan.
Describe the appearance of a woman quite different from that portrayed:
Mrs. Reed might be at that time some six or seven and thirty. She was strongly-built, strong-limbed, square-shouldered, not tall but rather stout. She had a somewhat large face, the under-jaw being much developed. Her brow was low, her chin large and prominent, mouth and nose sufficiently regular. Under her light eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth. Her skin was dark, her hair nearly flaxen. Her constitution was sound – illness never came near her.
Translate into English:
Посмотрите, какая красивая девочка! У нее веснушчатое лицо, волнистые волосы и голубые глаза.
Мне очень нравится его зеленые глаза и длинные ресницы.
Мой брат очень циничный. Он ставит под сомнение все на свете.
После революции 1917 г. в России было очень много неграмотных людей.
В древние времена одной из единиц измерения веса была ладонь.
У меня очень болит голова. Необходимо сходить к врачу.
У вас очень сообразительный, здравомыслящий ребенок.
Он очень терпимый, но в тоже время решительный человек.
Моя бабушка очень суеверная.
Сердце, легкие, почки и печень – это внутренние органы человека.
Suggested topics for conversation:
Describe your friend’s appearance.
Describe the appearance of a person who (in your opinion) might attract everybody’s attention.
Describe the appearance of a famous personality without naming him (or her) so that your friends could guess who was described.
Match the Russian names of the body parts with their English counterparts:
|
1. bile duct |
1. толстая кишка |
|
2. bladder |
2. позвоночник |
|
3. gall bladder |
3. гортань |
|
4. large intestine |
4. таз |
|
5. larynx |
5. мочевой пузырь |
|
6. pancreas |
6. желчный пузырь |
|
7. pelvis |
7. селезенка |
|
8. spine |
8. трахея |
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9. spleen |
9. поджелудочная железа |
|
10. windpipe |
10. желчный пузырь |
Crossword:
ACROSS
either of the milk-producing parts of a woman;
6. conduct blood away from the heart;
7. part of the body that includes the bowels;
of or for the teeth;
a large box or part of the body;
any one of the twelve pairs of curved bones in the chest;
12. a tree or part of the hand;
16. flat sea-fish with a delicate flavor or under surface of the foot;
17. a flower or part of the eye;
18. movable cover for the teapot or flap of skin that covers the eye;
19. for hearing.
DOWN
organ shaped like a bag in which urine collects;
one of five on your foot;
the part of the body from the shoulder to hand;
conducts impulse from the brain;
for seeing;
9. a young cow or part of the leg;
11. fills your vein;
12. a schoolboy or part of the eye;
13. a large organ which produces bile and cleans the blood;
14. conducts blood back to the heart;
15. for smelling.
Read the text, pick out and arrange in columns the words and phrases which characterize the woman’s figure, waist, limbs and body, her face and complexion, hair.
I saw a lady standing at the window with her back turned towards me. The instant my eyes rested on her, I was struck by the rare beauty of her form. Her figure was tall, yet not too tall; comely and well-developed, yet not fat; her head set on her shoulders with an easy firmness; her waist, perfection in the eyes of a man, for it occupied its natural place, it filled out its natural circle, it was visibly and delightfully under formed by stays. She had not heard my entrance into the room; and I allowed myself the luxury of admiring her for a few moments. Then I moved one of the chairs near me and she turned towards me immediately. The easy elegance of every movement of her limbs and body as soon as she began to advance from the far end of the room, set me in a flutter of expectation to see her face clearly. She left the window – and I said to myself, «The lady is dark.» She moved forward a few steps – and I said to myself, «The lady is young.» She approached nearer – and I said to myself, «The lady is ugly!»
The lady’s complexion was almost swarthy, and the dark down on her upper lip was almost a moustache. She had a large, firm, masculine mouth and prominent jaw, piercing, resolute brown eyes, and thick, coal-black hair, growing unusually low down on her forehead. Her expression – bright, frank, and intelligent – appeared, while she was silent, to be altogether wanting in those feminine attractions of gentleness, without which the beauty of the handsomest woman alive in beauty incomplete. To see a face as this, to be charmed by the modest graces of action through which the symmetrical limbs betrayed their beauty when they moved, and then to be almost repelled by the masculine form and masculine look of the features in which the perfectly shaped figure ended – was to feel a sensation oddly akin to the helpless discomfort familiar to us all in sleep, when we recognize yet cannot reconcile the anomalies and contradictions of a dream.
W. Collins. The woman in white.
Retell the previous text using the words and phrases you have written out.
Choose one of the four possibilities that best completes the sentence.
He must be terribly strong! Look at his ….
skin
limbs
muscles
nerves
He stood with his hands on his … daring me to go past him.
ankles
knees
shoulders
hips
Every tooth in my upper … seemed to be aching.
chin
cheek
jaw
forehead
When Mary twisted her ankle, John carried her home on his ….
shoulders
knees
hands
arms
His shoes were so old that his … were sticking out of them.
fingers
thumbs
tips
toes
The blind man ran the … of his fingers over the box.
points
edges
tips
ends
When people sweat, the liquid comes out through the … of the skin.
veins
vents
pores
holes
The … is the main air passage of the body.
intestine
ear
windpipe
kidney
The main function of the heart is to … blood round the body.
push
propel
pump
walk
Arnold Schwartzneger has an enormous chest ….
growth
swelling
expansion
inflation
Listen to the text «William Wordswoth».
Choose the right answers.
The text is about
Dorothy, Wordsworth's sister.
Cockermouth, the town where Wordsworth was born.
W. Wordsworth, the great English poet.
When was Wordsworth born?
in 1770
in 1880
in 1660
How was the town Wordsworth lived, called?
Henmouth
Cockermouth
Cockertongue
What countries did Wordsworth travel throughout?
France and Germany
Italy and Spain
Russia and Japan
What means of transport did Wordsworth use when travelling?
ship
train
Не used no transport. He walked.
What was the small cottage, where Wordsworth lived, called?
Raven Cottage
Sparrow Cottage
Dove Cottage
What is kept a memorial and museum to W. Wordsworth?
the garden near his house
the Lake District
the cottage
How did Wordsworth spend most of his time?
writing and walking
gardening
travelling
Whom did Wordsworth meet travelling these lonely roads?
poets
beggars and tramps
poets, beggars and tramps
Who was another writer who visited the Lakes as a child?
A. Milne
B. Potter
Е. Nesbit
Complete these sentences.
Wordsworth was born in 1770 on the … of the Lake District.
His early … had an influence on his later poetry.
When travelling, Wordsworth had usually ….
Today the cottage is kept as a … and museum to Wordsworth.
Wordsworth's life was spent in great ….
The … of Peter Rabbit first visited the Lakes with her family.
Many of her animal … books are set in and around the farm.
Do the comprehension test. Agree (+) or disagree (-) with the following statements.
a) Wordsworth was born in London.
His later poetry was influenced by his early experience.
Before 1770, Wordsworth lived for a time in Somerset.
When travelling, Wordsworth had usually walked.
He travelled throughout Italy and Spain.
In fact Wordsworth had walked from London to Moscow.
Wordsworth lived with his sister in a small cottage.
h) Wordsworth met only lords when travelled these lonely roads.
i) B. Potter bought Hill Top Farm at Near Sawrey.
Retell the text «William Wordswoth».
Read and translate the text A:
Text A
So Mary and David had been engaged for a year before their wedding. It was a special time. Both of them tried to do their best at their University and did even better than before. They had very little time to spend together, that's why those short periods which they could devote to each other were particularly valuable to them. The parents also had to give in. The date of the wedding was fixed and all the necessary arrangements were under way. They did not mean to have a lot of guests, they wanted to see only those whom they loved, but their parents made them do it in the way which they considered reasonable, as they did not want to hurt any relatives' feelings. In due time the invitation cards were sent out to the distant and close relatives and friends. The young couple chose the catholic church of St. Charles' for the ceremony. The fiancée was busy preparing her wedding gown. She wanted to look her best as any girl would on her wedding day. The fiancé also took care of his outfit.
The night before the wedding David decided to celebrate his last evening as a bachelor in the company of his close friends. So they went to a pub and drank a lot of beer there. You know, David is keen on beer and knows a lot about it.
The church ceremony was fixed for eleven in the morning. So the bridegroom hired a Rolls Royce for the occasion and all the other relatives and friends arrived in their own cars. When the bride got out of the car, she walked to the church on her father's arm. Mary was strikingly beautiful in her white dress and looked so fresh and tender that the guests could not take their eyes off her.
The organ played a ceremonial melody. The beautiful couple stood before the altar. The priest delivered his sermon and the faces of the bride and the groom were as solemn as the moment itself. The ceremony was over within an hour.
When the newly married couple were leaving the church, there were cheers and shouts and a storm of confetti.
At five o'clock all the guests got together at a small restaurant in Prescott Street. The tables at the restaurant were beautifully laid, they were full of delicacies, champagne in buckets and a huge wedding cake, which looked like a work of art. There were a lot of witty speeches, good wishes and all the evening the guests enjoyed the Beatles' music. The bride and groom cut the cake together reluctant to destroy this creation. The cake was extremely delicious as all the other food. So all the guests enjoyed the meal and the atmosphere of the wedding.
At about nine o'clock the young couple bade good-bye and left for Speke airport. From there they would fly to Heathrow and then on to their honeymoon to Malaysia.
Tell the group whether these statements are true or false.:
Mary and David had been engaged for two years before their wedding.
The parents never gave in.
They invited a lot of guests to their wedding party.
David decided to meet with his close friends in his bachelor's company the night before the wedding.
The church ceremony was fixed for eight o'clock in the morning.
The priest delivered a sermon, but Mary and David didn't listen to them as they were deep in thought with their own problems.
The tables at the restaurant were beautifully laid, but there was no wine on the tables, as the newlyweds, their parents and guests thought drinking wine was a bad habit.
Everything was fine on the table except the cake, it was too small for the company.
The guests enjoyed the meal and the atmosphere at the wedding.
10. At midnight the young couple left for the airport.
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