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7. Так продолжалось день, потом другой и еще один.

Revise English Grammar

В предложениях A magician was working on a cruise ship и The magician allowed himself to do the same tricks over and over again используются две основные формы прошедшего времени английского глагола – прошедшее длительное и прошедшее простое.

В вопросе Where did the magician find himself after the ship had sunk? используется третья основная форма прошедшего времени английского глагола – прошедшее совершенное время.

Проверьте свои знания этих временных форм (в случае необходимости используйте грамматический комментарий; раздел 4).

6. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verbs:

1. When the magician worked on a cruise ship he (to allow) _______ himself to do one and the same trick over and over again.

2. The magician (to hide) _______ the flowers under the table while he was doing his tricks.

3. There (to be) _______ only one problem yesterday.

4. There (to be) _______ three problems yesterday.

5. As soon as the captain (to see) _______ the show he started shouting at the magician.

6. He (to shout) _______ all day long.

7. After the ship (to sink) _______ the magician found himself on a log of wood.

8. When a week (to pass) _______ , the parrot (to say) _______ that he was giving up.

7. Make as many special questions to the sentences given as possible:

1. A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

2. The captain's parrot began to understand how the magician did every trick.

3. He started shouting in the middle of the show.

4. He is hiding the flowers under the table.

5. The magician found himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the ocean with the parrot.

8. Render the joke.

Section 5

Parrots

One lady approaches a priest and tells him, «Father, I have a problem. I have these two talking female parrots, but they only know how to say one thing.»

«What do they say?» the priest asked.

"They only know how to say 'Hi, we are prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?' "

«That's terrible!» the priest exclaimed. «But I have a solution to your problem. Bring your parrots over to my house and I will put them with my two male talking parrots whom I have taught to pray and read the Bible. Then my parrots will teach your parrots to stop saying that terrible phrase and your female parrots will learn to pray and worship.»

«Oh, thank you, Father!» said the lady.

So the next day, the lady brings her female parrots to the priest's house. The priest's two male parrots are holding rosary beads and praying in their cage. The lady puts her female talking parrots in with the male talking parrots, and the female parrots say, «Hi, we are prostitutes! Do you want to have some fun?» One male parrot looks over to the other and says, «Put the Bible away! Our prayers have been answered!»

Study the words and expressions given below:

to approach приближаться

female особь женского пола

male особь мужского пола

Hi! Привет!

prostitute проститутка

to exclaim восклицать

solution решение

to pray молить(ся)

to worship боготворить