The famous English writer Dickens lived in the 19th century. Dickens,

A famous English writer, lived in the 19th century.

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On horseback

On board a ship

Упр. 46. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

Swift,... famous English writer, was travelling one day on... horseback with his servant.... weath­er was bad, it was raining, and... roads were mud­dy. In... evening the two¹ men came to... inn. Before going to... bed Swift told his servant to clean his boots. But... servant was lazy and did not do it. In... morning Swift asked... servant why he had not cleaned... boots. "What's... use cleaning... boots now?" said... servant. "... roads are muddy, and... boots will soon be dirty again." "All right," said... writer. "Let's go. We must continue... journey." "But I haven't had... break­fast," said... displeased servant." "Well, what's... use giving you... breakfast now?" said Swift: “You will soon be hungry again."

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочета­ния:

In fact

The same

Запомните употребление артикля в восклицатель­ных предложениях, начинающихся со слова "what":

What a good boy! What a long story! What a day!

¹ Обратите внимание на употребление определенного артик­ля перед количественным числительным. В этом случае опре­деленный артикль имеет значение "эти": "Эти двое мужчин;" "Эти дна человека".

Упр. 47. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

In... small town in... East there was once … man who had... parrot.... parrot was taught to say... words: "There is no doubt about it." It used to repeat these words all... day long. Every time it was asked... question, it gave... same answer, "There is no doubt about it." One day... man decided to sell... bird; so he put... parrot into … cage and went to... market with it. "Twenty pounds for... very clever parrot!" he cried.... man who was passing by heard this and turned to... parrot "Are you worth twenty pounds?" he asked. "There is no doubt about it!" answered... parrot. "What... clever parrot!" said... man and bought... bird. He took... parrot home and invited his friends to look at... clever bird.... friends came and looked at... parrot and talked to it. Now you must know that... man was not rich. In... fact, he was often short of... money. So... week or two later, sitting in... armchair and looking at... parrot, he said: "What... fool I was to throw away such... lot of... money!" "There is no doubt about it!" cried … parrot. And this time... bird was right.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочета­ния:

It's high time

To take care of

To take aim

such a...

Упр. 48. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

... crow once said to her children: "It's... high time for you to look for... food." With these words she turned them out of... nest and took them to... field. But... crow's children did not like... idea. "We'd rather go back to... nest," they cried. "It's so nice when you bring... food to us!" "Indeed!" said their mother. "You are big enough to feed yourselves. My mother turned me out of... nest when I was much younger, and I had to take... care of myself." "But... people will kill us with their guns," said... young crows. "No... fear of that," answered their mother. "Before... people shoot, they take... aim, and that takes... time. When you see... man raising... gun to his face, you must just fly away."."That's... sim­ple thing to do," said... children, "but supposing... man or... boy wants to throw... stone at us: in such... case he won't have to take... aim." "Well, then he will have to bend down to pick up... stone," said... crow. "But what if he carries... stone in his hand ready?" "Why, if you are clever enough to think of that," said... mother, "you are clever enough to take... care of yourselves." And she flew away leaving... young crows in... field.

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1. Is this... interesting book? Is this... very interesting book? Is this... very interesting book you have spoken about so much? It is such... in­teresting book. Is it... same book you have recom­mended to us? 2. She is... teacher. She is... good teacher. She is... teacher of our school. She is... teacher of... English. Here is... teacher, ask her about... question which interests you. 3. There is... word in... text which I cannot understand. There is... very difficult word, too, which I cannot pro nounce. Here is... word I was looking up in the dictionary. This word is... adverb. 4.... first men wore vegetarians. 5. Serfdom was abolished in... Russia in... 19th century. 6. Columbus, who dis­covered... America, was... native of... Genoa, 7.... Rome is... ancient town. 8.... Ireland,.., Scotland and... Wales are parts of... United King­dom.

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... Russia is such... large country that when it is night in one part of... country, it is day in another part, when it is winter in one part of... country, it is already summer in another. Imagine it is... beginning of... May now. It is spring in... St. Petersburg.... weather is fine. It is still cool at... night, but it is quite warm in... afternoon. It sometimes rains, but... rain is warm, too.... ground is covered with... soft green grass, and... trees are covered with... green leaves. But while it is spring in St. Petersburg, it is still winter in... north of our country at... beginning of... May. Here it is cold and sometimes frosty,... rivers and... seas are covered with... ice.... ice does not melt in some places even in summer.... ground is covered with... deep snow. In... south of our coun­try... weather is quite different. It is already sum­mer in... Caucasus and in... Crimea. It is much warmer than in St. Petersburg. It is sometimes even hot.... sky is usually cloudless and it seldom rains here. People wear... summer clothes.

 

Источник: Б.Голицинский "Грамматика английского языка. Сборник упражнений"