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I remember him s i n g i n g the old sea-song:«Fifteen men on the dead man's chest,Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of гит».I remember how he asked for a glass of rum from myfather when he first came and how he slowly drank it.•This is a fine house*, he said, •and not a bad grogshop. Is there much company here?* My father told himthere was very little company. «Well then*, he said,•this is a good place for me. I'll stay here a bit*, hecontinued. «I'm a plain man. Rum and bacon and e g g s iswhat I want.
How can you call me? You can call mecaptain*.He was badly dressed, but he did not look like a common sailor; he seemed more like a mate or skipper. Thenhe took three or four gold pieces from a big sea chestwhich he had and threw them to my father. •You cantell me when you have finished with that*, said he tomy father.254Приложение 2THE DIFFICULTIESOF A FOREIGN LANGUAGEThere are numerous anecdotes about the difficultiesoi people travelling in foreign countries without a knowledge of the language of that country. Here's t h e story ofa Frenchman travelling in t h e United States who, whileeating in a restaurant, wished to order some mushrooms.Unable to make himself understood, he asked for a pencil and paper and carefully drew a picture of a mushroom.H i s drawing, however, was not too good, for t h e puzzledwaiter returned in about ten minutes, not with an orderof mushrooms, but with a large man's umbrella.Another similar story concerns two Americans travelling in Spain.
They were both unable to speak a wordof Spanish and one day, while eating in a restaurant in asmall village, they were having considerable difficultyin explaining to t h e waiter what they wanted. One ofthem wanted a glass of milk. The waiter seemed unableto understand. Finally, on the back of the menu the mandrew a picture of a cow. The poor waiter, however, stillseemed puzzled.
Finally he left and was gone from therestaurant for half an hour or s o . He returned verypleased w i t h himself. There were two t i c k e t s for abullfight in his hand.255Приложение 2Английский языкA WISE JUDGETHE BLIND MANAND THE GREAT ARTISTEvery day in one of the streets of Vienna you couldsee a blind man playing the violin. His dog sat near himwith a cap in i t ' s mouth. People, who were passing them,dropped coins into the cap.One day, when the weather was very cold, the manwas playing for a long time, but nobody wanted to givehim anything. The poor man thought that he would haveto go to bed without supper.
He was so tired and so weakthat he stopped playing.At the moment a young man came up to him andasked him why he had stopped playing. The blind'mansaid he had played for two hours but nobody had givenhim anything. «Give me your violin. I shall help you*,said the man. And with these words he began to play.He played so well that people began to gather and soonthere was a big crowd. Everybody was eager to listen tothe fine music and to thank the young man for t h epleasure.Once there lived two brothers.
They worked togetheron their father's farm. They were very honest and g o talong together very well. One day their father died leaving his property to his two sons. In his last will he toldthem to divide the property between them.But the brothers could not agree now. Each wantedto have the better part for himself. After some t i m ethey even did not speak to each other. At last they w e n tto the judge who was very wise and always knew how tosettle such difficult matters.The judge listenedsaid: «The matter isproperty in this way.way he thinks is bestthe right to chooseprefers*.to them attentively and then hevery simple. We shall divide theOne of you will divide it in theand the other one will then havewhichever of the two parts heIn this way the case was settled.Soon the cap was full of money.«rl don't know how to thank you*, said the blind man*.Who are you?*«I am Paganini*, was the answer.2569.
Зек.632257Приложение 1Английский языкA SLAVEDUMB WIFEOnce there w a s a man whose wife was dumb, and thismade him very sad because he loved her very much.After some time he went to see a doctor and said. «Сапy o u make my wife speak?» *Perhaps I сап», said thedoctor, «the operation is difficult, but if I try, 1*11 domy best*. « 0 f course, you may try*, said t h e husband,«ГП bring her tomorrow*.The next day the doctor made the operation and thedumb wife began to speak.
She spoke so much and so vloudly t h a t in a few hours her husband ran back to thedoctor and said, «Сап you make my wife dumb again?*«No», said the doctor, «there are many ways to make adumb woman speak, b u t no w a y s to make a woman stoptalking*. «What must I do? » said the man, «I shall soondie if I have to listen to her all day long*. «Well», saidthe doctor, «I can't make her dumb, but I can make youdeaf and you will not have to listen to her*.
«Very well*,said the man, •you may do so. It will be better than theother way*.258Murillo was a great painter in Spain- He painted beautiful pictures and he had many students.Once he came to his studio and found a very beautifulpicture there. He asked his s t u d e n t s who had paintedthat picture but nobody answered. Then he asked hisslave Sebastian if he had seen somebody in the studiothe night before. The slave did not answer.
When thenight came and everybody went away Sebastian began topaint. He did not think of the time. Suddenly he heard anoise behind him. When he turned round he saw Murilloand his students watch him quietly.•Sebastian*, cried Murillo, «you are very good painter. How did you learn to paint?*«I took my lessons from you, master*, the slave answered.•From me? I have never g i v e n y o u l e s s o n s * , saidMurillo.•But you gave lessons to your students, and I heardthem*, answered t h e slave.
Murillo was a v e r y honestwan. He understood that t h e slave was a very giftedpainter, so he g a v e him freedom and began to work withhis •slave* who was not a slave any longer.9"259Приложение 2Английский языкTHE KING AND THE CRITICThere was a king who t h o u g h t that he could paintvery well. H i s pictures were bad, but the people to whomhe showed them were afraid of the king. They all saidthat they liked his pictures very much.One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter w h o lived in his country and asked:«I want to know what you think of my pictures. Doyou like them? Am I a good painter or not?*The painter looked at the king's pictures and said:•My king, I think t h a t your pictures are bad, andthat y o u will never be a good painter*.The king got very angry and sent the painter to prison.After two years the king wanted to see the painteragain..• I was angry w i t h you*, he said, cbecause y o u did n o tlike my pictures.
Now forget all about it. You are a freeman again and I am your friend *.For many hours the king talked with the painter, ande v e n asked him to dine. After dinner the king showedhis pictures to the painter and asked: •Well, how do y o ulike them now?*The painter did not answer anything. He turned soldierw h o was standing near him and said:•Take me back to prison*.260A BROKEN VASEOne young man was going to marry a beautiful girl.One day the girl said to him that the next day she wouldcelebrate her birthday and invited him to her birthdayparty.
The y o u n g man was eager to make her a present,so he went to a g i f t shop. There he saw many beautifulthings. Of all t h e t h i n g s he particulars liked the vases.But they were very expensive, and as he had very littlemoney, he had to leave the shop without buying anything.Walking to the door he suddenly heard a noise: one ofthe vases fell on t h e floor and broke to pieces. A brilliantidea came to his mind. He came up to the counter andasked the salesman to wrap up the broken vase he wantedto buy.
The salesman got a little surprised but did whatthe young man had asked him to do.The y o u n g man took t h e parcel and went s t r a i g h t tothe girl's place. By the time he entered t h e room theg u e s t s had already gathered. Everybody was enjoyingthe party. Some of the people were dancing, others weret a l k i n g , j o k i n g and l a u g h i n g . S a y i n g «Мапу happyreturns of the day*, the y o u n g man told the girl that hehad bought a small present for her.
W i t h these words hebegan to unwrap t h e parcel. Suddenly he g o t pale andsaid. «I am afraid, I have broken it. There were so manypeople in the bus...* But when he unwrapped t h e parcel,he saw that the salesman had wrapped up each piece ofthe vase separately.261Английский языкENGLISH HOUSESThe climate of a country is one of t h e factors t h a tinfluence the style of i t s architecture.
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