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Владимир Дмитриевич Аракин
N o r a : Don't be silly, Harry. You've got a temperature, and staying in bed is the only sensible thing to do. Now just be quiet, and
stop preventing me from doing my housework.
H a r r y : No, seriously, Nora, I can't bear it. Lying flat on my back!
N o r a : Wel then, try lying on your stomach for a change!
H a r r y : Stop being funny. I'm going to get up. There! Look, I'm standing up. I'm quite all right. What's the use of staying in bed?
N o r a : I think you're being very silly. You'll only make your temperature go up again.
H a r r y : It's no use talking, Nora — being ill doesn't suit me.
N o r a: No — and trying to nurse you doesn't suit me!
H a r r y : Now don't be bitter about it. You know I'm grateful to you for looking after me. But you mustn't try to keep me in bed like a
naughty boy.
N o r a : Well, you began it by behaving like a naughty boy!
H a r r y : I'm all against this staying in bed for no reason.
N o r a : Harry, being ill
H a r r y : Why do you keep looking at the clock?
N o r a : I'm expecting Mother — she's coming over for the day.
H a r r y : Good heavens! I didn't know that.
N o r a : Yes, I think she has something she wants to talk to you about.
H a r r y : Oh heavens! Has she
N o r a
H a r r y
N o r a : What did you say?
H a r r y : Oh, er — nothing.
(From "Meet the Parkers", Tartu, 1961)
SECTION FOUR
Ex. 12.
H a r r y : We shall be awfully late home if that No. 12 bus doesn't come soon... Let's stand in this doorway out of the wind.
N o r a : All right, but we must be careful not to miss the bus... How did you enjoy the film?
H a r r y: I'd never have gone if I had known it was going to be so silly.
N o r a : Why, what was silly about it?
H a r r y : Well, no sane man would have married that other girl so soon after he had murdered his wife. It was sure to make
people suspicious,
N o r a : If he
immediately.
H a r r y: All the better for him if she hadn't! N o r a : Yes, but then he wouldn't have paid for his crime. Anyhow, I'd have enjoyed
the film much more if Elsa Hollywood had been in it instead of Linda Spangle.
H a r r y : And I'd have enjoyed it more, if we hadn't gone at all.
N o r a
H a r r y : Well, I shouldn't have been rude to her if she had stopped chattering when I asked her.
N o r a : I wish you'd behave better in public places.
H a r r y : I behave better! I like that! Why, if that woman had...
going?