A grocer — бакалейщик

What are you up to? — что ты замышляешь? to serve — обслуживать

A customer — покупатель

It looks as if you were trying... — похоже будто ты пытаешься...

How то Raise Children

— Daddy, do you think Mother knows how to raise children?

— What makes you ask that?

— Well, she makes me go to bed when I'm wide awake— and she makes me get up when I am awfully sleepy!

to raise [reiz] — здесь: воспитывать

I'm wide awake — мне нисколько не хочется спать

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Daddy — папочка

Awfully sleepy — совсем сонный

The Twins

Two brothers were twins. It was bathing time and from the twins' bedroom came sounds of laughter and loud crying. Their father went up to find out the cause. «What's the matter up here?* he asked. The laughing twin pointed to his crying brother. ^Nothing*, he gig­ gled, «only Nurse has given him two baths and hasn't given me any at all*.

Lucky — счастливый, удачливый cause — причина

Twins — близнецы

To point (to) — указывать (на) bathing time — время купания to giggle — хихикать

A sound — звук Nurse — няня laughter — смех

To give a bath — выкупать loud crying — громкий плач at all — совсем

He Knew Another Word

Bob: Have you noticed that in the English language there is only one word in which «su* at the beginning of the word are pronounced as [juj?

Bill: Really? What is the word? Bob: Sugar.

Bill: Are you sure?

Английский язык

to pronounce [pranauns] — произносить really? — здесь: вот как?

I, Myself and Me

I gave a little party this afternoon at three It was very small,

Three guests in all — Just I, myself, and me.

Myself ate up the sandwiches. While I drank up the tea, And it was I

Who ate the pie

And passed the cake to me.

Myself — (я) сам

A sandwich — бутерброд a party — званый обед a pie — пирог

a guest [gestj — гость to pass — передавать

The Professor Could Not Answer It

Old Mr. Hampton is a very clever man. He has a lot of degrees. Yet the other day he could not answer his grand­ daughter's question.

«Grandpa*, she said, «I saw something so funny run­ ning across the kitchen floor without any legs. What do you think it was?*

Grandpa thought and thought, but at last he had to give it up. «What was it?* he asked. •Water*, replied the little girl triumphantly.

A degree — ученая степень

To give up — сдаться, отказаться от чего-либо 238

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The other day — на днях across — через

Triumphantly — торжествующе

Не Kept th e Promise

«Mother», asked Billy after his birthday party, • May I have a piece of cake, only a small piece, please?*

•No», replied his mother, •you've had quite enough*. •Well, may I sleep with a bit under my pillow?» asked

The boy.

•Very well, here you are, and remember to keep it under your pillow. Now run along to bed*.

When she came to Billy's room some time later, she saw Billy sleeping peacefully with the pillow over his stomach.

Promise — обещание here yon are — вот тебе

To keep (kept, kept) — держать a bit — кусочек

A stomach — живот a pillow — подушка

Cheering Up

MOTHER (in a low voice): Jimmy, your grandfather is very sick. Can't you say something nice to cheer him up a bit?

JIMMY: Grandfather, wouldn't you like to have sol­ diers at your funeral?

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