101. YOUNG MILLER 
FOUND
Amy: I’m so glad that the boy
found.
Alan: 
n’t I tell you they would find him? Where 
he found?
Amy: In Canterbury.
Alan: Oh! Howhe manage to get as far as that?
Amy: He got there in Mr Perckin’s van.
Alan: What?
Amy: Mr Perckinn’t know about it, of course. His van
standing in front of his shop. And the boy just got in at the back .
Alan: And got a free ride to Canterbury. He probably hoped he would get to Dover. Howthe police catch him?
Amy: Theyn’t exactly catch him. He went to the police station himself.
Alan: A-ah, he thought better of the whole thing (to think better of it -
одуматься).
Amy: Yes, particularly as he found he’d lost all his money. But he
promised he would never run away again.
Alan: Howthey send him home?
Amy: Mr Miller went himself to fetch him.
Alan: And had it out with him when they got home, I suppose.
Amy: Nothing of the kind! Mr Miller wanted to, but his wife thought it 
better not to discuss the thing at all.
Alan: Now you see, the Millers simply
n’t strict enough with that
boy of theirs.
Amy: I
n’t think so. Mr Miller
too strict with him sometimes. And he 
n’t try to make friends with his son. But Mrs Miller tries 
very scientific about it.
Alan: These modern ideas! When I a boy I never…
Amy: Now, now, Alan, I know a thing or two from your mother. What
about that walk on the roofs? Or the experiment with your father’s gun?
Alan: Oh well, just stop your harmless jokes.
Amy: That’s exactly what young Jack says.
ПЕРЕВЕДИТЕ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Где нашли молодого Миллера? - В Кентербери.
Как ему удалось добраться до туда? – Он приехал в фургоне мистера Перкина.
Почему он поехал в Кентербери? - Наверное, надеялся добраться до Дувра.
Почему он пошел в полицию? - Потому что он обнаружил, что потерял все свои деньги.
Что он пообещал? - Он пообещал, что больше никогда не сбежит из дома.
Что думает обо всем этом его мать? - Она считает, что лучше вообще не обсуждать все это.
102. DEBBY AND AMY TALK ABOUT AMY’S JOB
Debby: You 
n’t told me anything about your job yet, Amy. What exactly 
you doing at present?
Amy: Cataloguing new books. We’ve bought quite a lot of science fiction lately.
Debby: children like READING at all now?children like
books like that?
Amy: Oh yes, theyextremely interesting really! I would read them myself if I had more time, but I
far too busy now. Work at my job, and the house KEEPING.
Debby: Couldn’t Alan and Jeena help you a little?
Amy: Jeenan’t much good ( not much good - толку чуть; никакого толку ). Besides, she’s busy with her lessons lately. And Alan doing his best (to do one's best - стараться изо всех сил), but he’s no good ( no good - не получается) at all (совсем) at house work, poor darling.
Debby: It’s your own fault, Amy. If I had a husband I would train him better.
Amy: Perhaps, you would. I always find it quicker to do everything myself.
Debby: That’s why you’re overworked.
Amy: I’m not getting enough sleep, that’s the worst.
Debby: You start very early,n’t you?
Amy: Yes, our librarymoved further west lately. And it’s a long way from here.
Debby: Well, then try to go to bed earlier. If you went to bed at ten you would get enough sleep, surely.
Amy: Yes, you’re right, Debby. I’ve tried that, but somehow itn’t
work . We always sit up too late, Alan and I.
Debby: Listen, Amy, I have an idea. That library of yours has several branches, hasn’t it?
Amy: Yes, it has, but what about it?
Debby: Ask them to transfer you to another branch. If you worked nearer
home, you wouldn’t waste so much time on the journey.
Amy: What? Oh no, that’s out of the question!
Debby: Why?
Amy: If In’t have that hour on the tube I wouldn’t have time to read
any books at all. And I must read something as a librarian, mustn’t I?
ПЕРЕВЕДИТЕ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Алан совсем не приспособлен к работе по дому.
Если бы у меня был муж, я бы его воспитывала бы лучше.
Я не высыпаюсь. Если бы ты ложилась спать в десять, то высыпалась бы.
Если бы у меня не было часа в метро по дороге на работу, у меня вообще не было бы времени читать книги.
103. AUNT GWEN GETS A LEGACY
Amy: Aunt Gwen, how nice to see you again! Please come in.
Alan: Oh, how you, aunt Gwen?
Aunt Gwen: I’m very well, thank you! I’m glad to find you at home, Alan.
I want to ask your advice.
Alan: Really?
Aunt Gwen: Of course! But In’t know I would want to ask for it.
Amy: Whatit aunt Gwen? What can Alan do for you?
Aunt Gwen: Here, read this letter.
(Alan reads the letter)
Alan: Hm…Very interesting.
Aunt Gwen: Yes,n’t it? Well, what I’m going to do about it?
Amy: But whatit all about? Whyn’t you tell me? If you told
me I might give you some advice too.
Alan: Aunt Gwengot a legacy, Amy. This letter from her solicitor in Australia . Her cousin thereleft her a small sheep farm.
Amy: A sheep farm in Australia? How peculiar! It would 
much simpler if it
in this country.
Aunt Gwen: If I20 years younger I wouldn’t hesitate to go out
there and run the farm myself.
Alan: If Iyou, aunt Gwen, I would instruct the lawyer to sell the
farm, and I would spend the money on a good holiday abroad.
Amy: And if Iyou, aunty, I would see the farm before I sold it.
Aunt Gwen: If I had money to spare I would do exactly as what you suggest, Amy. As it, I think I
follow Alan’s advice and sell the farm. I’ve no idea how much itworth.
Alan: If you wrote to that lawyer and asked him he would tell you.
Aunt Gwen: Of course I’ll write to him. Meanwhile, In’t think you
need worry about the money you borrowed from me last year. I won’t need it now. n’t in a hurry to return it.
Alan: Thank you, aunt Gwen! That’s awfully good of you!
ОТВЕТЬТЕ НА ВОПРОСЫ И ПЕРЕВЕДИТЕ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Что бы сделала тетя Гвен, будь она на 20 лет моложе? - Она бы поехала туда и сама бы управляла фермой.
Что бы Алан сделал с деньгами, будь он на месте тети Гвен? - Он бы потратил их на хороший отдых за границей.
Что бы сделала Эми, будь она на месте тети Гвен? - Сначала она бы захотела посмотреть ферму.
Что бы сделала тетя Гвен, если бы у нее были лишние деньги? - Она сделала бы, как предложила Эми.
