98. PROFESSOR ATTKINS’ HAT

 

Amy: Howyou, Professor Attkins? It’s very kind of you to come to see us.

Alan: We’ve heard a lot about you from Sergei.

Professor: Sergeitold me a lot about you, too. Ivery glad to meet you.

Alan:Shall I look after you hat and coat, Professor?

Professor: Please,. Andn’t let me go without them. The other

day I had a lot of trouble with that hat of mine.

Amy: Really? tell us about it, Professor.

Professor: Well, it like this. I wanted to go out and couldn’t find my hat. I tried to remember where I earlier in the day. I remembered I in my rooms at the university. So I went there to look for my hat. I not find it. But I found my umbrella which Ilost a week before.

 

 

Alan: How fortunate!

Professor:Yes, n’t it? But my hat still missing. On my way home

I looked in  (to look in = to drop in - заглянуть; заскочить куда-л.) at my favorite coffee bar. The hat n’t there. But I found my glasses which I

left there that morning.

Alan: Lucky again, Professor! Whereyou go next?

Professor:Oh, I tired of the whole thing. So I went to my barber’s to have my hair cut.  Andyou know what the man said to me? " Would you mind TAKING off your hat first, Professor?"

 

REPEAT AND TRANSLATE

 

Howyou, Professor Attkins?

It’s very kind of you to you to come and see us.

I very glad to meet you too.

Shall I look after you hat and coat? – Please,.

 

The other day I had a lot of trouble with that hat of mine. I wanted to go out and couldn’t find it.

 

I tried to remember where I  earlier in the day. I remembered I  earlier on that day at the university.

Inot find it there. But I found my umbrella which Ilost a week before.

Then I looked in at my favorite coffee bar. I found my glasses which Ileft

that morning.

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                              99. ALAN SUFFERS FROM INSOMNIA

Alan:Whyyou keep LOOKING out of the window, Amy?

Amy:I watching out for Aunt Gwen. She said she would come at about 5.

Alan:Oh really? She here only yesterday. And you promised

you  wouldn’t invite her more than once a week.

 

 

Amy:She’s my only aunt, you know.

 

Alan:In any case, why must you look out of the window? Can’t she ring the

bell?

Amy:Shen’t want to disturb you.

Alan:Disturb me? Why should the bell disturb me?

Amy:Well, I told her you should asleep.

Alan:Asleep at 5 in the afternoon? Why?

Amy:I said you suffering from insomnia and you’d probably go to bed

after tea.

 

Alan:What a funny idea!

 

Amy:I thought it should stop her from COMING to see us today.

Alan:You ought ashamed of yourself, Amy, by MAKING up a silly story like that. But look, n’t it Aunt Gwen just coming up round the

corner?

Amy:Yes, it must . There’s only one hat like that in London.

 

 

Alan:Well, then. I think I’ll just go and have a little nap. (to have a little nap

-немножко вздремнуть).

Amy:What you mean?

Alan:Well, you said I would asleep, n’t you? Give my regards to auntie. And n’t forget to tell her that my insomnia getting much worse.

 

REPEAT, ANSWER AND TRANSLATE

 

                                         

WhatAunt Gwen say? – She said she would come at about five.

WhatAmy promise? - She promised she would n’t invite Aunt Gwen

more than once a week.

WhatAmy tell Aunt Gwen? – She told her that Alan would asleep.

What else she say to Aunt Gwen? – She said Alan suffering from

insomnia.

Whatshe say about Alan GOING to bed? – She said he would probably go to bed after tea.

Whyshe say all that? – She thought all that would stop Aunt Gwen from

COMING to see them today.

What Alan decide he would do? – He decided he would go and have a little nap.

 

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                                   100. THE MILLERS’ BOY RUNS AWAY

 

Amy:Oh dear, oh dear! Poor Mrs Miller!

Alan:What it this time?

Amy:It’s this boy of hers again. He’s run away.

Alan:Youn’t say. Whenit happen?

Amy:They’ve missed him this morning. When Mrs Miller went to Jack’s room to wake him he n’t there.

Alan:So he ran away during the night?

Amy:It looks like it. Mrs Miller found a note on his desk. It said he going to try to get to Russia. He wanted the first man to fly to Mars.

Alan:Well, what an enterprising (предприимчивый)  young man!

 

Amy:He asked his mum not to worry. He promised he would write to her

soon.

Alan:Thisa pretty kettle of fish (весёленькая история!). Now why he do it, I wonder?

Amy:Mrs Jones says he did it because of his school report. Heafraid his father would very angry with him.

Alan: he have a lot of money with him?

Amy:About 10 pounds.

Alan:He won’t get very far on that. the Millers called the police? 

 

Amy:Yes, of course. Mrs Miller rang at the police station at once. They said

they would look for the boy everywhere. 

Alan:Oh well, I’m sure theyfind him. n’t so upset about

 

it, darling. You always take things too much to heart.

 

 

LISTEN, REPEAT AND TRANSLATE

 

 

Amy: Young Millerrun away.

Alan: Whenit happen?

Amy:They missed him this morning. Mrs Miller found a note on his desk. It said he going to try to get to Russia. He wanted the first man to fly to Mars. He promised his mother he would write to her soon.

Alan:Whyhe do it, I wonder?

Amy:He probably did it because of his school report. He afraid his father would very angry with him.

Alan:How much money he have with him?

 

Amy:About 10 pounds.

Alan:He won’t get very far on that. the Millers called the police?

Amy:Yes, the police said they would look for the boy everywhere.