Тейпскрипт аудирования к диктантам (прречи англ)
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даты написания - группы Б, занятия по ЧТ СР
вне списка 1:
A man had to go to court, and he asked his lawyer which judge would be hearing his case. His lawyer told him and then said, 'Do you know him?' The mall answered, 'No, but I wanted to know his name so that I could send him a dozen bottles of good wine.'
The lawyer was terribly shocked. 'You can't do that,' he said. 'You would bc breaking the law very seriously, and you would be sure to lose the case.'
Some weeks later the case was heard, and the man won it. As he was leaving the court, he said to his lawyer, \'My present to the judge was quite successful, wasn't it?'
The lawyer was even more shocked than before, and said, 'What? Did you really send him that wine after what I told you?' 'Yes, certainly,' answered the man. 'But I put my opponent's name on the card which I sent with the wine.'
вне списка 2:
Can you think of a sentence in which the word 'and' appears five times, without any words in between? There is one at the end of this story.
There was once all inn which was called 'The Horse and Cart'. It had a sign outside it which had a picture of a horse and cart on it, but the sign was getting very old, so the owner of the inn decided to have a new one made. He went to a painter and asked him to paint one, and to write 'The Horse and Cad' on it in large letters.
A few days later, he went to see how the painter was getting on. He liked the picture of thc horse and cart very much, but he did not like the writing at all. He said to the painter, 'No, no! There's too much space between HORSE and AND and AND and CART! '
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Advanced--9
A man had to go to court, and he asked his lawyer which judge would be hearing his case. His lawyer told him and then said, 'Do you know him?' The mall answered, 'No, but I wanted to know his name so that I could send him a dozen bottles of good wine.'
The lawyer was terribly shocked. 'You can't do that,' he said. 'You would bc breaking the law very seriously, and you would be sure to lose the case.'
Some weeks later the case was heard, and the man won it. As he was leaving the court, he said to his lawyer, \'My present to the judge was quite successful, wasn't it?'
The lawyer was even more shocked than before, and said, 'What? Did you really send him that wine after what I told you?' 'Yes, certainly,' answered the man. 'But I put my opponent's name on the card which I sent with the wine.'
вне списка 2:
Can you think of a sentence in which the word 'and' appears five times, without any words in between? There is one at the end of this story.
There was once all inn which was called 'The Horse and Cart'. It had a sign outside it which had a picture of a horse and cart on it, but the sign was getting very old, so the owner of the inn decided to have a new one made. He went to a painter and asked him to paint one, and to write 'The Horse and Cad' on it in large letters.
A few days later, he went to see how the painter was getting on. He liked the picture of thc horse and cart very much, but he did not like the writing at all. He said to the painter, 'No, no! There's too much space between HORSE and AND and AND and CART! '
(спасибо китайским форумам)
Advanced--9
The cautious captain of a small ship had to go along a coast with which he was unfamiliar, so he tried to find a qualified pilot to guide him. He went ashore in one of the small ports where his ship stopped, and a local fisherman pretended that he was one because he needed some money. The captain took him on board and let him tell him where to steer the ship.
After half an hour the captain began to suspect that the fisherman did not really know what he was doing or where he was going so he said to him, "Are you sure you are a qualified pilot?
"Oh, yes," answered the fisherman. " I know every rock on this part of the coast." Suddenly there was a terrible tearing sound from under the ship. At once the fisherman added, "And that's one of them."
Advanced-13 :
Miss Jones teaches mathematics at a school. In one of her classes, the boys and girls are about eight years old, and they are not very good at arithmetic. Miss Jones always tries to make the work interesting and amusing as well as useful.
One day she gave them a question : "If you go to the market to buy vegetables," she said, "and a carrot and a half cost twelve pence, how much will you have to pay for a dozen carrots?"
The pupils began to write in their exercise-books, and for a long time nobody spoke. Then one boy put his hand up and said, "Could you repeat the question, please, Miss ?"
The teacher began, "If a carrot and a half-", but the boy interrupted her.
"Oh, a carrot and a half ?" he said. "All this time I've been trying to work it out in cabbages, Miss"
Advanced-14 :
When Mr Andrews left university, he got a good job in a big oil company, but after he had been there for a few years, he decided that he would like a change. He also wanted to get a more important position, so that he could get more money, and perhaps also do more interesting work, so he put and advertisement in several newspapers, saying what experience he had had, describing the kind of job he had at that time and the kind he would like to have.
One of the answers he received was from another man who was looking for a job too. This man wrote to him, "Dear Sir, When you get a new job, please be kind enough to give my name and address to your present employer, as I have been trying to find a position like yours for a long time."
Advanced-15 :
Mary was a university student. She did not have very much money, and her parents were not rich, but she had an uncle who had been fortunate enough to collect great wealth. He had no children, and Mary was his favourite niece, so he always gave her valuable Christmas and birthday presents.
When her Uncle George's birthday came round, Mary wanted to buy him something really special, but because he was so wealthy, she did not know what to get him. She went into the best shop in her town and explained what her problem was to one of the helpful young shop assistants.
Finally Mary said to her, "I suppose this isn't the first time anybody has come to you with this problem. What do you have for someone who's already got everything he wants or needs ?"
The girl sighed deeply and answered, "Envy. Only envy."
Advanced-16 :
Miss Richards was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She taught chemistry and physics from the lowest to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes learnt rapidly, but sometimes they were slow, and then Miss Richards had to repeat things many times.
One year, the first class had been studying chemistry for several weeks when Miss Richards suddenly asked, "What is water ? Who knows ? Hands up !"
There was silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt saddened, but then one boy raised his hand.
"Yes, Dick ?" said Miss Richards encouragingly. He was not one of the brightest children in the class, so she was glad that he could answer.
"Water is a liquid which has no colour until you wash your hands in it, Miss. Then it turns black", the boy replied with great confidence.
Advanced-17 :
Advanced-18 :
During World War Two, a lot of young women in Britain were in the army. Joan Phillips was one of them. She worked in a big camp, and of course met a lot of men, officers and soldiers.
One evening she met Captain Humphreys at a dance. He said to her, "I'm going abroad tomorrow, but I'd be very happy if we could write to each other. "Joan agreed, and they wrote for several months.
Then his letters stopped, but she received one from another officer, telling her that he had been wounded and was in a certain army hospital in England.
Joan went there and said to the matron, "I've come to visit Captain Humphreys."
"Only relatives are allowed to visit patients here," the matron said.
"Oh, that's all right," answered Joan. "I'm his sister."
"I'm very pleased to meet you," the matron said,"I'm his mother !"
Advanced-19 :
Mrs Black was old and rich. She lived in a splendid house and owned a lot of valuable things. Then she died, and there was a big funeral. Notices were sent out to relatives and friends, and they came from far and near to attend the funeral.
The service took place in Mrs Black's old church, and then her body was taken back to be buried in a special place in her garden. The hearse carrying her body moved along slowly, followed by the relatives and friends, the women and children in cars, and the men on foot.
One of Mrs Black's cousins saw a poorly dressed man following the hearse and crying bitterly. The cousin said to him kindly, "Were you a relative of the dead woman too?"
"No," the man answered.
"Then why are you crying?" the dead woman's relative asked.
"That's exactly why I'm crying," the poorly man answered.
Advanced-20 :
It was very difficult to find jobs in the north-east of England, and when John lost his, he found it impossible to get a new one. He had soon spent all his money, so he decided to go down to the south of the country, where he had heard that things were better, and that it was easier to find work. The best way to go was by train, so he went to the railway station and got into a train which was going to London.
He was the only passenger in his compartment when another man burst in carrying a gun and said to him, "your money, or your life!"
"I haven't got a penny,"John answered in fright.
"Then why are you trembling so much?" the man with the gun asked angrily.
"Because I thought you were the ticket collector, and I haven't even got a ticket," answered John.
Advanced-21 :
Mr Grey liked shooting very much, but he did not get much practice at shooting wild animals, and he was not very good at it. One of his troubles was that his eyes were not very good and he had to wear glasses. When it rained and his glasses got wet, he could not see very well.
One day he was invited to go out shooting bears in the mountains. It was rather a rainy day, and by mistake Mr Grey shot at one of the other hunters and hit him in the leg.
There was a court case about this, and at it the lawyer for the other man said, "Why did you shoot at Mr Robinson ?"
Mr Grey answered, "I thought that he was a bear."
"When did you realize that you were wrong?" the lawyer asked.
"When the bear began to shoot back at me," Mr Grey answered.
Advanced-22 :
Army camps always have to be guarded, of course, to make sure that nobody goes in or out without permission, otherwise soldiers could go out when they were not supposed to, and anybody could come in at any time and cause all sorts of trouble.
There is usually a guard composed of several soldiers at each gate, and the men in the guard take turns to stand at the gate with a gun and stop everyone who wants to go in or out to see their passes. The man on guard is told to say, "Halt! Who goes there?" if anyone comes towards
the gate.
A soldier was guarding the gate of a camp at night when he heard a sound in the dark. "Halt! Who goes there?" he shouted nervously.
"Nobody," a voice answered.
The soldier thought for a few seconds and then said, "Well-is there anyone with you?
Advanced-23 :
Joe and Helen Mills had two small children. One of them was six, and the other was four. They always resisted going to bed, and Helen was always complaining to Joe about this, but as he did not come home from work until after they had gone to bed during the week, he was unable to help except at week-ends.
Joe considered himself a good singer, but really his voice was not at all musical. However, he decided that, if he sang to the children when they went to bed, it would help them to relax, and gradually they would go to sleep.
He did this every Saturday and Sunday night until he heard his small son whisper to his younger sister, "If you pretend that you're asleep, he stops!"
Advanced-24 :
Mr Hodges was the owner and editor of a small newspaper. He always tried to bring his readers the latest news.
One day, he received an excited telephone call from someone who claimed that he had just come through a big flood in a village up in the mountains. He described the flood in great detail, and Mr Hodges wrote it all down and printed it in his paper that evening. He was delighted to see that no other paper had got hold of the story.
Unfortunately, however, angry telephone calls soon showed that he had been tricked, so in the next day's paper wrote : "We were the first and only newspaper to report yesterday that the village of Greenbridge had been destroyed by a flood. Today, we are proud to say that we are again the first newspaper to bring our readers the news that yesterday's story was quite false."
Advanced-25 :
While Mr Green was waiting for a bus one morning, a car passed him, going very rapidly. Mr Green just had time to think,” That fellow's certain to have an accident if...", before that was exactly what happened : the car hit the side of a bus violently as it was passing, and there was a terrible noise and quite a lot of damage.
Mr Green hurried to see whether anyone had been hurt, but everyone was all right. However, the bus driver asked him to be a witness at the trial, and Mr Green agreed.
At the trial, the judge asked Mr Green, "How far were you from the place where the accident took place?" "Eleven meters and forty-eight centimeters," Mr Green answered.
The judge was astonished and said, "How do you know the distance so exactly?"
"Because I was expecting some fool to ask me," Mr Green answered.
Advanced-26 :
Mr Robinson won a lot of money on football pools, but he did not know what the best thing to do with it would be, so he went to a friend who knew a lot about money matters.
This friend said to him, "Go and buy some modern paintings. Their value goes up every year."
Mr Robinson went to a good art shop and looked at some modern paintings. He did not understand them at all, and thought that they were terrible-and also very expensive.
At last he saw a small picture which did not have a price on it. It was square and white, and had a black spot in the middle, and a narrow brass frame. Mr Robinson liked it better than any of the others in the shop. "How much is this one?" he said to the shopkeeper.
"That, sir," answered the shopkeeper, "is the electric light switch."
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29.02.12 (2)
While Mrs Edwards was in town one Saturday, she saw a crash in an avenue : two cars ran into each other. The drivers got out, and an argument arose between them, but then a policeman arrived. He asked the drivers what had happened, and then he turned to the crowd which had collected round and said, "Did anyone see the accident?" Several people said they had, and Mrs Edwards was one of
While Mrs Edwards was in town one Saturday, she saw a crash in an avenue : two cars ran into each other. The drivers got out, and an argument arose between them, but then a policeman arrived. He asked the drivers what had happened, and then he turned to the crowd which had collected round and said, "Did anyone see the accident?" Several people said they had, and Mrs Edwards was one of
them.
A week later she was asked whether she was willing to be a witness in a court case concerning the accident, and she said she was; and a month later, a lawyer was questioning her in court. She began everything with, "I think that...," until the lawyer got angry and said, "You're not here to say what you think: you are here to say what you know."
"I'm sorry," objected Mrs Edwards, "but I'm not a lawyer, so I can't say things without thinking."
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1.09.11 (1)
Harry Marsh was a driving examiner who had to test people who wanted to get a driving-license. One day he came out of his office as usual and saw a car at the side of the road, with a young man in it. He got into the car beside the driver and told him to check the lights, then breaks and then all the other usual things. The driver performed everything promptly and faultlessly, without saying a word.
The Harry told the driver to start his engine and drive forward. Then he told him to turn right into a side road, stop, go backwards into another side road and then drive to the office again. On the way, the driver said to Harry politely, "Could you please tell me why we are doing all these things? I was passing through this town and only stopped to look at my map."
8.09.11 (2)
George was a newspaper reporter who worked for a small local newspaper in a country town. Nothing much ever happened there. One day George's boss sent for him.
"George" he said, "James Bright is making a speech at the Town Hall tonight. I want you to go and report on it for us."
"James Bright ?" said George. "He's a terrible old fool. He never says anything worth reporting." "Bright is our best-known local politician," said the boss. "We'll have to print a report on that speech."
So George went to the meeting and Bright spoke for two hours without stopping. When George got back to the office at last, the boss was waiting for him.
"Well, George," he said. "What did the old man say ?" "Absolutely nothing," said George.
The boss wasn't surprised. "All right, George," he said. "You'd better not write more than two and a half columns on it.
15.09.11 (3)
Many years ago an English lady in Africa was invited by an important local chief to be the first person to use his new bath-the first one in that part of Africa.
The lady went into the bath-house, turned on the taps and got into the nice, warm water. But when she looked up, she was frightened to see an eye watching her through a hole. She got out, dressed and ran outside. She saw and old man and a donkey there. He was carrying a petrol tin of hot water in one hand, and one of cold water in the other, and in front of him were two funnels.
"Why were you watching me in my bath ?" the lady asked him angrily.
The man answered politely, "I have to see which tap you turn on, madam, or I don't know whether to pour in hot or cold water."
22.09.11 (4)
Mr Edwards and Mr Wilson were friends. They were sitting in a train when another man came in. There was going to be an election soon, and Mr Edwards and Mr Wilson began talking about politics. Mr Edwards supported the Labour Party strongly.
Suddenly the third man began to argue with Mr Edwards. He supported the Conservatives.
They argued for a long time, and then Mr Edwards said, "Well, I can't make you change your mind, and you can't make me change mine, so let's have an agreement : I won't vote for the Labour Party, and you won't vote for the Conservative Party. Then we'll be able to stay at home comfortably, and nobody will lose anything." The other man agreed.
They all got out at the same station, and Mr Edwards drove Mr Wilson home in his car.
"That's the fifteenth person I've made that agreement with," he said to him.
29.09.11 (5)
Some people were queuing outside the Scala Theater for tickets for a very popular show. They had to wait for several hours, and during that time they were entertained by a young man who was playing very nicely on a trumpet. The queue enjoyed his music and put quite lot of money in the box that he had o the ground in front of him.29.09.11 (5)
At last one of the people in the queue said to him 'You play too well to be a beggar.'
'I'm not a beggar,' the young man said. 'I'm studying to be a trumpet player in a big band, and have to practiSE (именно 's') several hours every day, so I thought it would be nice to do it in the fresh air instead of in my small room on days when the weather was nice-and also to get a bit of money at the same time.'
6.10.11 (6)
Mr Richards worked in a shop which sold, cleaned and repaired hearing-aids. One day an old gentleman entered and put one down in front of him withou saying a word.
'What's the matter with it?' Mr Richards said. The man did not answer. Of course Mr Richards thought that the man must be deaf and that his hearing-aid must be faulty, so he said again, more loudly, 'What's wrong with your hearing-aid, sir?' Again the man said nothing, so Mr Richards shouted his question again as loudly as he could.
The man then took a pen and a piece of paper and wrote: 'It isn't necessary to shout when you're speaking to me. My ears are as good as yours. This hearing-aid is my wife's, not mine. I've just had a throat operation, and my problem is not that I can't hear, but that I can't speak.'
He telephoned the house agency and arranged to go down by train the next day and have a look at the house.
The house agent met him at the station and they drove to the house, which was at least a kilometre from the station.
The man who had come to see the house turned to the house agent when they reached it and objected, "I should be very interested to meet the man who threw that stone you memtioned in your advertisement!"
'What's the matter with it?' Mr Richards said. The man did not answer. Of course Mr Richards thought that the man must be deaf and that his hearing-aid must be faulty, so he said again, more loudly, 'What's wrong with your hearing-aid, sir?' Again the man said nothing, so Mr Richards shouted his question again as loudly as he could.
The man then took a pen and a piece of paper and wrote: 'It isn't necessary to shout when you're speaking to me. My ears are as good as yours. This hearing-aid is my wife's, not mine. I've just had a throat operation, and my problem is not that I can't hear, but that I can't speak.'
13.10.11 (7)
Mrs Grey was old and deaf, and she was in court, accusing a neighbour of allowing his dogs to come into her garden, damage her vegetables and run after her cat and her chickens.
After hearing both sides, the judge thought that it would be best and cheapest for everybody if Mrs Grey and her neighbour could come to some sort of arrangement to settle the matter between themselves, so he asked the lawyer who was representing Mrs Grey to find out how much money she wanted from her neighbour in order to stop the action against him.
Her lawyer explained to her what was happening, but Mrs Grey could not hear what he said, so he repeated loudly, "The judge wants to know what you will take."
"Oh thank you very much," Mrs Grey answered politely. "Please tell him that I'll have a glass of beer."
20.10.11 (8)
A man who was bored with living in London and desired to move to the country was looking for a house from which he could get to his office in the city easily every day. one day he saw an advertisement for a suitable house in Hampshire which was claimed to be within a stone's throw of a railway station from which there were frequent trains to London.20.10.11 (8)
He telephoned the house agency and arranged to go down by train the next day and have a look at the house.
The house agent met him at the station and they drove to the house, which was at least a kilometre from the station.
The man who had come to see the house turned to the house agent when they reached it and objected, "I should be very interested to meet the man who threw that stone you memtioned in your advertisement!"
27.10.11 (9)
A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of them could not understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter.
During his lecture he told an amusing story which went on for rather a long time. At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese, and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds, after which all the students laughed loudly.
After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him, "Now please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into such a short Japanese one."
"I didn't tell the story at all, " the interpreter answered with a smile. "I just said, "The honorable lecturer has just told a funny story. You will all laugh, please."
3.11.11 (10)
Mr Williams was a gardener and a very good one too. Last year he came to work for Mrs Elphinstone, who was old, fat and rich.
She knew nothing about gardens, but thought that she knew a lot, and was always interfering. One day Mr Williams got angry with Mrs Elphinstone and called her an elephant. She did not like that at all, so she went to a lawyer, and a few months later Mr. Williams was in court accused of calling Mrs Elphinstone an elephant. The magistrate found Mr Williams guilty, so Mr Williams said to him, "Does that mean that I am not allowed to call this lady an elephant any more ?"
"That is quite correct," the magistrate answered.
"And am I allowed to call an elephant a lady ? the gardener asked.
"Yes, certainly," the magistrate answered.
Mr Williams looked at Mrs Elphinstone and said, "Goodbye, lady."
10.11.11 (11)
There are lots of different kinds of Christian groups in the world, and one of them decided that they would adopt the motto : " There are no problems. There are only opportunities." People think too much about difficulties which prevent them from doing good deeds," they said, "and not enough about things that help them to do them."
Once this group was having a big conference in a hotel, when one of the members came up to the conference inquiries desk and said to the girl behind it, " Excuse me, miss, but I have a problem."
The girl pointed to the motto, and said to the man, "No sir, You haven't got a problem. You only have an opportunity."
The man smiled patiently at her and answered, "Well, you can call it whatever you like, but there's a young woman in the room I was given when I arrived twenty minutes ago."
17/11/11 (12)
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24.11.11 (13)
A lot of people go to the seaside for their holidays, and the various towns try to organize entertainment for them. In one seaside holiday town in the south of England, arrangements were made for a band to play outdoors in a public park every evening for a week. Unfortunately it rained the first evening, and although the band performed well, there was only one person in the audience because, although the band was under cover, the audience were not.
The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a waterproof hat and a coat. After an hour, the conductor of the band went to this man and inquired whether he had a special request.
"Yes, I have," said the man. "Please finish as soon as you can. I'm the keeper of this park, and I want to lock the gates and go home."
1.12.11 (14)
A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so he began: "My name is Stone, and I'm even harder than stone, so do what I tell you or there'll be trouble. Don't try any tricks with me, and then we'll get on well together."
Then he went to each soldier one after the other and asked his name. "Speak loudly so that everyone can hear you clearly," said, " and don't forget to call me "sir".
Each soldier told him his name, until he came to the last one. This man remained silent, and so Captain Stone shouted at him, "When I ask you a question, answer it ! I'll ask you again : "what's your name, soldier ?"
The soldier was very unhappy, but at last he replied. "My name's Stonebreaker, sir." he said nervously.
8.12.11 (15)
An old admiral was famous in the navy for his bad temper, so everyone tried hard not to annoy him. One week his ships were going to take part in a big international exercise, so he came on board in the evening, had his dinner and then went to bed. In the morning he had his breakfast early, came up to the bridge and examined the ships in his group carefully. Then he said angrily,
17/11/11 (12)
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24.11.11 (13)
A lot of people go to the seaside for their holidays, and the various towns try to organize entertainment for them. In one seaside holiday town in the south of England, arrangements were made for a band to play outdoors in a public park every evening for a week. Unfortunately it rained the first evening, and although the band performed well, there was only one person in the audience because, although the band was under cover, the audience were not.
The man was sitting in a chair, wearing a waterproof hat and a coat. After an hour, the conductor of the band went to this man and inquired whether he had a special request.
"Yes, I have," said the man. "Please finish as soon as you can. I'm the keeper of this park, and I want to lock the gates and go home."
1.12.11 (14)
A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so he began: "My name is Stone, and I'm even harder than stone, so do what I tell you or there'll be trouble. Don't try any tricks with me, and then we'll get on well together."
Then he went to each soldier one after the other and asked his name. "Speak loudly so that everyone can hear you clearly," said, " and don't forget to call me "sir".
Each soldier told him his name, until he came to the last one. This man remained silent, and so Captain Stone shouted at him, "When I ask you a question, answer it ! I'll ask you again : "what's your name, soldier ?"
The soldier was very unhappy, but at last he replied. "My name's Stonebreaker, sir." he said nervously.
8.12.11 (15)
An old admiral was famous in the navy for his bad temper, so everyone tried hard not to annoy him. One week his ships were going to take part in a big international exercise, so he came on board in the evening, had his dinner and then went to bed. In the morning he had his breakfast early, came up to the bridge and examined the ships in his group carefully. Then he said angrily,
"There should be two cruisers in this group, but I can only see one.Where's the other ?" No one dared to answer, and this made the admiral even angrier. His face became redder and redder.
"Well ?" he shouted. "What are you fools hiding from me ? Where's the second cruiser ? What's happened to it ? Answer me !"
At last a young sailor found enough courage to speak. "Please, sir," he said, " you are on it"
"Well ?" he shouted. "What are you fools hiding from me ? Where's the second cruiser ? What's happened to it ? Answer me !"
At last a young sailor found enough courage to speak. "Please, sir," he said, " you are on it"
29 числа, в ЧТ, пришедших на занятие несчастных студентов группы бе постигло несчастье. Нас подло обманули, дав прослушать совершенно другую аудиозапись, которой не имеется здесь.
ОтветитьУдалитьВыкладываю ее. (Она - это номер 5)
Some people were queuing outside the Scala Theater for tickets for a very popular show. They had to wait for several hours, and during that time they were entertained by a young man who was playing very nicely on a trumpet. The queue enjoyed his music and put quite lot of money in the box that he had o the ground in front of him.
At last one of the people in the queue said to him 'You play too well to be a beggar.'
'I'm not a beggar,' the young man said. 'I'm studying to be a trumpet player in a big band, and have to practiSE (именно 's') several hours every day, so I thought it would be nice to do it in the fresh air instead of in my small room on days when the weather was nice-and also to get a bit of money at the same time.'
В связи с этим есть вероятность, что следующая аудиозапись (№6) будет такой:
Mr Richards worked in a shop which sold, cleaned and repaired hearing-aids. One day an old gentleman entered and put one down in front of him withou saying a word.
'What's the matter with it?' Mr Richards said. The man did not answer. Of course Mr Richards thought that the man must be deaf and that his hearing-aid must be faulty, so he said again, more loudly, 'What's wrong with your hearing-aid, sir?' Again the man said nothing, so Mr Richards shouted his question again as loudly as he could.
The man then took a pen and a piece of paper and wrote: 'It isn't necessary to shout when you're speaking to me. My ears are as good as yours. This hearing-aid is my wife's, not mine. I've just had a throat operation, and my problem is not that I can't hear, but that I can't speak.'
Так и получилось, номер шесть был как написано в первом каменте
ОтветитьУдалитьсегодня снова попался "не тот" кусок..
ОтветитьУдалить№8 - такой:
A man who was bored with living in London and desired to move to the country was looking for a house from which he could get to his office in the city easily every day. one day he saw an advertisement for a suitable house in Hampshire which was claimed to be within a stone's throw of a railway station from which there were frequent trains to London.
He telephoned the house agency and arranged to go down by train the next day and have a look at the house.
The house agent met him at the station and they drove to the house, which was at least a kilometre from the station.
The man who had come to see the house turned to the house agent when they reached it and objected, "I should be very interested to meet the man who threw that stone you memtioned in your advertisement!"
уже не знаю, что будет следующий..