Soapy (stop) in front of the shop window in a crowded street. He (pick) up a stone. «If I (break) the window, a policeman (see) it,» he (think). «He (take) me to the police station. If I (get) to the police station, I (be) in prison soon.» He (throw) the stone at the window. People (run) to see what (happen). Soupy (be) happy because the man in front (be) a policeman. «I soon (be) in prison,» Soapy (think). But the policeman (know) that people who (break) windows (not/stand) and (wait). They (run) away. Just then the policeman (see) another man who (run) to the bus and (run) after him.
Soapy (be) very angry now. «I never (get) to prison!» he (think). He (go) back to Madison Square and home his seat.
He (walk) along the street when suddenly he (see) a beautiful old church. For a few seconds he (remember) other, happier days. Then a wonderful thing (happen). Soapy (decide) to change his life. «Tomorrow I (go) into town», he (say) to himself. «When I (be) there, I (find) work. If I (begin) to work, I (be) somebody important. And if it (happen), my life (change).»
Suddenly Soapy (feel) a hand on his arm. «What you (do) here?» (ask) the voice. Soapy (turn) around and (see) a policeman.
«Nothing», he (say).
«Three months in prison», they (say) to him the next day.
Answer the questions:
1.How did Soapy usually spend winters? Why?
2. What was his first plan to get to prison?
3. Why did he have to think of something different?
4. What was Soapys second plan?
5. Why did not the policeman arrest him»
6. What did Soapy see when he was walking to his seat in the Madison square? What did he decide to do with his life?
7. How does the story end?
23. «Three Men in a Boat» by Jerome K. Jerome
Vocabulary: realize понимать, light the fire разжечь камин, burglar квартирный вор
Tenses to use: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Simple
One evening Georges watch (stop) at 8.30. He (not/realize) this then. This (happen) in the winter, so it (be) dark in the mornings. When he (wake) up, he (look) at his watch. It (be) 8.30. «I (have) to be at the bank at nine oclock!» (cry) George and (jump) out of bed.
For a few minutes, he (run) as fast as he could. But suddenly he (see) that there (not/be) many people around. He also (see) that the shops (not/be) open.
George (come) up to the policeman.
«What the time (be), please?» he (ask).
«What the time (be)?» (repeat) the policeman, «Well, listen».
George (hear) the clock one two three
«But there (be) only three times,» he (say) to the policeman.
«And how many times you (want)?»
«Well, nine, of course,» George (say) and (show) his watch to the policeman.
When George (return) home and (go) to prepare breakfast, he (begin) to think, «If I (go) to the kitchen, I (make) a lot of noise. If Mrs. Gippings (hear) the noise, she (think) I (be) a burglar. As soon as she (think) that there (be) a burglar in the house, she (call) the police. When the policemen (come), they (arrest) me».
So, George (decide) not to try to prepare breakfast. He (sit) and (wait) for Mrs. Gippings to come down. After that he (not/get) up too early again.
Answer the questions:
1. Why did George go to work in the middle of the night?
2. What did he do when he understood that he made a mistake?
3. What did George do in the end?
24. «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» by Mark Twain
Vocabulary: forgive (forgave) прощать, groan стонать, thread нитка, to be loose зд. болтаться, chunk головешка (тлеющий кусок дерева), tie привязывать, bedpost столбик кровати для полога
Tenses to use: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Simple
Monday morning (be) unhappy time for Tom as it (mean) another terrible school week.
Tom (think) for a few minutes. What could stop him from coming to school?
Suddenly he (find) something. One of his upper teeth (be) loose. This (be) good for the beginning. Then he (remember) some symptoms he (hear) from a doctor. It (be) a chance!
He (begin) to groan. But his brother Sid (sleep). He (groan) louder. No result from Sid. Tom (begin) to get angry and (shake) him. Sid (jump) up.
«Tom! What (be) the matter?»
No answer.
«Tom!»
«I (forgive) you everything, Sid (groan) everything you (do) for me in the past Sid, when I (die)
«Oh, Tom, no! Dont die!»
Sid (run) downstairs and (cry),
«Oh, Aunt Polly, Tom (die)!»
In a minute Aunt Polly and Mary (be) near Toms bed. «What (be) the matter with you, child?»
«Oh, Auntie, I (have) gangrene on my foot!»
The old lady (sit) down and (cry) a little, then (laugh) a little, then (do) both together.
«Aunt Polly, it (hurt) so much that I (forget) about my (tooth).»
«What (happen) to your tooth? Well, it (be) loose, but you (not/die) of it. Mary, get me a silk thread and a chunk of fire out of the kitchen.»
«Oh, Auntie, (not/pull) it out! I (go) to school!» (cry) out Tom.
«To school?! So, you (do) all this»
At that time Mary (return) with the dental instruments. The old lady (tie) one end of the thread to Toms tooth and the other to the bedpost. Then she suddenly (get) the chunk almost in the boys face. The next moment the tooth (hang) on the bedpost
Answer the questions:
1. Why was Tom unhappy on Monday morning?
2. What was the first thing that could stop him from going to school?
3. Why did Sid run downstairs crying for Aunt Polly?
4. Why did Aunt Polly begin to cry and laugh at the same time?
5. What were the dental instruments Mary brought from the kitchen?
25. «Three Men in a Boat» by Jerome K. Jerome
Vocabulary: put up a tent ставить палатку
Tenses to use: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect.
Note: in the scene the narrator imagines some verbs are already in the right form to show that the imaginary events are mostly in present tenses.
We (sit) in my room (discuss) our journey when Harris (ask), «Where we (sleep) at night?»
George and I (not/like) the idea of sleeping in the hotels. We (want) to sleep outside.
«And what about when it (rain)?» Harris (ask).
I could imagine this scene easily
It is evening. You are very wet. There is a lot of water in the boat and everything is wet, too. Two of you (try) to put up the tent. You already (put) up your side of the tent, but the other man (not/do) anything yet. You just (tied) the first ropes to the ground. Suddenly he (pull) the tent from his side and (destroy) all your work.
«What you (do)?» you cry.
«And what you (do)?» he cries.
«You (pull) out the ropes from my side!» you answer.
You (shout) at each other until the tent (fall) down.
The third man is in the boat. He already (prepare) a simple meal and now he (want) to know why you two (not/finish) with the tent yet.
At night you (dream) that a large animal suddenly (sit) down on you. You (wake) up and (understand) that something terrible (happen). At first you (think) that the end of the world (come). There is something on you that (not/let) you breath. You (fight). You (shout). At last, you (find) your head in the fresh air. Near you, you (see) Harris.