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Задание 1.

Which was the fastest?

This is ⁽¹⁾ _________ story about ⁽²⁾ _________ Frenchman, ⁽³⁾ _________ Englishman and ⁽⁴⁾ _________ American who were once travelling by ⁽⁵⁾ _________ train in Europe. ⁽⁶⁾ _________ conversation was about how fast ⁽⁷⁾ _________ trains were in their countries. ⁽⁸⁾ _________ Frenchman said, “In my country ⁽⁹⁾ _________ trains go so fast that ⁽¹⁰⁾ _________ telegraph posts by ⁽¹¹⁾ _________ railway line look like ⁽¹²⁾ _________ garden fence.” ⁽¹³⁾ _________ Englishman said, “At ⁽¹⁴⁾ _________ home ⁽¹⁵⁾ _________ trains run so fast that we have to pour ⁽¹⁶⁾ _________ water on ⁽¹⁷⁾ _________ wheels to stop them from getting hot.” ⁽¹⁸⁾ _________ American said, “That’s nothing! I was once taking ⁽¹⁹⁾ _________ trip and my daughter came on to ⁽²⁰⁾ _________ platform to see me off. While I was getting into ⁽²¹⁾ _________ compartment ⁽²²⁾ _________ train started. I leaned out of ⁽²³⁾ _________ window to give her ⁽²⁴⁾ _________ kiss and kissed instead ⁽²⁵⁾ _________ cow in ⁽²⁶⁾ _________ field ⁽²⁷⁾ _________ six miles down ⁽²⁸⁾ _________ railway line.”

Answer the question: what would you say about the trains in your country?

Задание 2.

At about two o’clock on ⁽¹⁾ _________ cold winter morning ⁽²⁾ _________ doctor drove seven miles to ⁽³⁾ _________ telephone call. When he reached ⁽⁴⁾ _________ place, ⁽⁵⁾ _________ man who called him in said, “⁽⁶⁾ _________ doctor, I must have stained myself. I haven’t got ⁽⁷⁾ _________ sore throat, I’m not running ⁽⁸⁾ _________ temperature, but I’m suffering from ⁽⁹⁾ _________ terrible feeling that ⁽¹⁰⁾ _________ death is near.”

⁽¹¹⁾ _________ doctor felt ⁽¹²⁾ _________ man’s pulse, examined him and took ⁽¹³⁾ _________ temperature.

“Have you made your will?” he asked at once.

“Why, no, ⁽¹⁴⁾ _________ doctor,” ⁽¹⁵⁾ _________ man looked frightened. “Oh, ⁽¹⁶⁾ _________ doctor, it can’t be true, can it? You must prescribe ⁽¹⁷⁾ _________ medicine for me.”

“Have you got any children? Send for them at once. Your father, too should be called, your…”

“I say, ⁽¹⁸⁾ _________ doctor, do you really think I’m going to die?” ⁽¹⁹⁾ _________ doctor looked at him carefully.

“No, I don’t,” he replied. “You are as fit as anything. But I hate to be ⁽²⁰⁾ _________ only man you’ve made ⁽²¹⁾ _________ fool of on ⁽²²⁾ _________ night like this.”

Answer the question: how would you behave in the doctors place?

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Текст 1.

Which was the fastest?

This is a story about a Frenchman, an Englishman and an American who were once travelling by train in Europe. The conversation was about how fast the trains were in their countries. The Frenchman said, “In my country the trains go so fast that the telegraph posts by the railway line look like a garden fence.” The Englishman said, “At home the trains run so fast that we have to pour water on the wheels to stop them from getting hot.” The American said, “That’s nothing! I was once taking a trip and my daughter came on to the platform to see me off. While I was getting into the compartment the train started. I leaned out of the window to give her a kiss and kissed instead a cow in a field six miles down the railway line.”

Текст №2.

At about two o’clock on a cold winter morning a doctor drove seven miles to the telephone call. When he reached the place, the man who called him in said, “doctor, I must have stained myself. I haven’t got a sore throat, I’m not running the temperature, but I’m suffering from a terrible feeling that the death is near.”

The doctor felt the man’s pulse, examined him and took the temperature.

“Have you made your will?” he asked at once.

“Why, no, doctor,” the man looked frightened. “Oh, doctor, it can’t be true, can it? You must prescribe a medicine for me.”

“Have you got any children? Send for them at once. Your father, too should be called, your…”

“I say, doctor, do you really think I’m going to die?” the doctor looked at him carefully.

“No, I don’t,” he replied. “You are as fit as anything. But I hate to be the only man you’ve made a fool of on a night like this.”