What is up? — что случилось?

A Wonderful Talker

A sailor walked into an auction shop as the auctioneer was asking for bids on a parrot. • Fifteen dollars*, said the sailor.

•Twenty*, said another bidder. •Twenty-five*, said the sailor.

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•Forty*, said the other bidder.

• Forty-live*, said the sailor. No further bids were heard, and the auctioneer said, •Sold*.

The sailor took the bird and the cage, gave the money, and said: ^1 have paid a lot of money for the parrot. Can he talk?*

•Can he talk?* said the auctioneer. •Why, sailor, he was bidding against you*.

Wonderful — удивительный a sailor — моряк

An auction — аукцион, торги a bid — предлагаемая цена

A parrot — попугай further — дальнейший a cage — клетка

To bid (bid, bid) against — набавлять цену

He Confirmed It

Big boaster: Yes, when I was in Africa I met a lion, I had no gun in my hand, so 1 took a pail of water and poured it over his head, and he ran away.

Listener: I can confirm that. I was in Africa at that time, and the lion ran into me, and when I stroked him he was still quite wet.

To confirm — подтверждать a boaster — хвастун

A lion — лев

A pail — ведро

To pour — выливать

To run into... — наткнуться to stroke — гладить

Английский язык

LAZY JIM

Once upon a time there was a boy whose name was Jim and he lived with his mother in a little cottage.

They were very poor and the old woman had to work from early morning till late at night. She was a washer­ woman.

Her son Jim was so lazy that he didn't want to work at all. He only lay in the sun in hot weather and sat by the fire in the winter time. So they called him Lazy Jim. His mother couldn't make him work. At last she got angry and said to him one Monday:

•Look here, Jim. You are a big fellow. You are very strong, and can work for your living*, I am old and I don't feel well. You must begin to work, or I shall turn you out of the house. Everybody says it is a shame that I must work for you day and night*.

Jim sighed and said nothing. What could he say? He had to begin to work for his living and help his mother. There was no other way out for him.

So next morning, it was Tuesday, he went to a farm­ er, worked all day and got a penny. But to have money was an unusual thing for Lazy Jim. He didn' t know where to put it and lost his penny on his way home.

•You silly*, said his mother, «how could you lose your money? Why didn't you put it in your pocket?* — •I'll do so another time*, answered Jim. On Wednesday Jim went to the farmer again. This time the farmer gave him a jug of milk for his day's work. Jim put the jug of

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Milk in his big pocket and, of course, there was no milk in the jug when he came home.

•Dear me!* said «the old woman. • What a silly boy you are! Why didn't you put it on your head?* — • I'll do so another time*, said Jim.

Now, on Thursday he got from the farmer a large pat of butter for his day's work. He immediately put the piece of butter on his head and — well, you can imagine what happened!

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