Читать «Английский разговорный шутя. 100 анекдотов на все случаи жизни» онлайн - страница 17
Виктор Александрович Миловидов
7.
Section 10 Bride and groom
A small tourist hotel was all abuzz about an afternoon wedding where the groom was 95 and the bride was 23. The groom looked pretty feeble and the feeling was that the wedding night might kill him, because his bride was a healthy, vivacious young woman. But lo and behold, the next morning, the bride came down the main staircase slowly, step by step, hanging onto the bannister for dear life.
She finally managed to get to the counter of the little shop in the hotel. The clerk looked really concerned, «Whatever happened to you, honey? You look like you\'ve been wrestling an alligator!»
The bride groaned, hung on to the counter and managed to speak, «Ohhh God! He told me he\'d been saving up for 75 years and I thought he meant his money!!»
bride невеста
feeble слабый, хилый
healthy здоровый
vivacious живой, веселый
bannister перила
concern озабоченность, беспокойство
whatever что бы то ни было, что же
to wrestle бороться, заниматься борьбой
alligator аллигатор
to groan стонать
save up копить
to mean иметь в виду
to be all abuzz
lo and behold
step by step шаг за шагом, ступенька за ступенькой
to hang onto (on to) sth висеть, виснуть на чем-л.
for dear life (борясь) за жизнь из последних сил
Exercises to the text1. Why was the hotel all abuzz?
2. How old were the groom and the bride?
3. What did the groom look like?
4. In what manner did the bride come down the next morning?
5. What did the clerk at the counter ask the bride?
6. How long had the groom been saving up?
7. What had he been saving up?1. The hotel was all abuzz _______ the wedding.
2. The groom looked _______ feeble.
3. The _______ was that the wedding night might kill him.
4. _______ next morning, the bride came down the main staircase.
5. She _______ managed to get to the counter.
6. The clerk looked _______ concerned.
7. You _______ like you\'ve been wrestling an alligator.1. Жених выглядел весьма хилым.
2. Брачная ночь могла убить его.
3. Но, о чудо! на следующее утро невеста медленно спустилась вниз, держась за перила.
4. Клерк выглядел действительно озабоченным.
5. Вы выглядите так, словно боролись с аллигатором.
Revise English GrammarВ предложениях