by J. K. Jerome
It was Mrs. Poppets that woke me up next morning. She said, "Do you know that it is
nearly nine o'clock, Sir?" "Nine o'what?" I asked starting up. "Nine o'clock," she replied
I woke Harris and told him. He said, "I thought you wanted to get up at six." "So did I,"
I answered, "why didn't you wake me?" "How could I wake you, when you didn't wake me?"
Exercise IV. Prepare the joke for test reading.
Every Cloud Has Its Silver Lining
The father was reading the school report which had just been handed to him by his
hopeful son. His brow was wrathful as he read, "English — poor, French — weak,
mathematics — poor," and he gave a glance of disgust at the son. "Well, dad," said the son,
«It's not as good as it might be but have you seen that?" And he pointed to the next line which
read "Health — excellent."
Exercise V. Read the jokes and reproduce them in indirect speech.
1. — Is that Nora? asked Willy.
— Yes, Nora is speaking, asnwered the girl.
— Marry me, Nora, and marry me quickly, he pleaded.
— Yes, I will, — was the reply, But who is speaking?
2. — Must I stick it on myself? asked a lady who had bought a . postage stamp.
— No, madam, replied the counter-clerk, "It's much better to stick it on the envelope."
3. An intelligent small boy was asked by a well-meaning fatuous passenger, "How old
are you?" "I'm four," replied the child. "I wish I were four," observed the passenger gravely.
The child replied with calm practicality, "But you were four once."
4. A schoolboy said to his father, "I can prove to you by arithmetic that those two
chickens are three." "Oh!" said his father, "how
do you manage that?" "Well, this is one, and that is two: and one and two make three,"
answered the boy with a smile. "How clever!» exclaimed his father. Then your mother shall
have the first, I'll eat the second and you can have the third."
UNIT 20. ИНТОНАЦИЯ ПРИЧАСТНОГО ОБОРОТА. INTONATION OF
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