Esop and his Fables

…ancient stories of Esop seem to fascinate many people.

…fable is …short story that teaches …lesson.

Esop was …Greek slave who lied in …6^th century B.C. He wrote down over …hundred fables; he wasn’t …author of all …fables; he collected them from many countries. …most famous are “…Hare and …Tortoise”, :…Lion and …Mouse”, “…Wolf I Sheep’s Clothing”. Many fables have …animals as their main characters. However, …people are also …main characters in some of …Esop’s fables.

The farmer and his Sons

There was once …old, dying farmer. Before he died he wanted to teach his three sons how to be …good farmers. So he called them to him and said, ”My boys, before I die I want you to know that there is …great treasure buried in …vine-yard. Promise me that you will look for it when I’m dead”. …sons promised and they began looking for …treasure. They worked very hard in …hot sun. I their minds they pictured …boxes of …gold coins, …diamond necklaces and other things like that.

But they found not …single penny. They were very upset. But then …grapes started to appear on …vines and their grapes were …biggest and best in …neighbourhood and they sold them for …lot of money. Now they understood everything and they lived happily and wealthy ever after.

…moral of …story is: …hard work brings …happiness and …wealth.

…American Tourist in …Britain

…man from …California was spending …month in …Britain. One day he booked into …hotel in …Cheltenham, …nice old town in …west of …England. Then he went out to look around …place. But …man didn’t return to …hotel. He disappeared, leaving …suitcase full of clothes behind. …police were called in, but they were unable to find out what had happened to …missing tourist. It was …mystery.

But two weeks later …man walked into …police station in …Cheltenham. He explained that he was very sorry, but while walking around …town he had got lost. He had also forgotten …name of …hotel he had booked into. So he had decided to continue with his tour of …country and had gone to visit …friend in Scotland before returning to pick up …case he had left behind.

In Search of …Good Job

There is …lot of unemployment nowadays so it is getting more and more difficult to get … kind of …job you really want. Then you have to decide what is more important to you – how much you earn or …job satisfaction. Do you want to work with your hands (called …manual work) or do you prefer to work in …office (called …clerical work)? Then you are thinking about …career, or applying for …job, first of all you should go out and look for …work instead of sitting around all day doing nothing.

Susan is …teacher of …English in …state secondary school. She’s …graduate of …Sussex University with degree in …English Literature. When she graduated, she first worked in …office but was bad at typing and soon got bored with …job. She decided to teach, so she went to …teacher training college. Susan teaches …six different classes of …children between …age of 12 and 18. …pupils enjoy her lessons, but she finds it … hard work. She gives …children …lot of homework to do, and every evening she has to mark it and prepare for …next day. One problem is that …children in …Susan’s school don’t behave very well. They are often impolite. Susan and …other teachers have to be very strict with them.

Susan’s brother Harry is 21. He passed his school exams with …good marks and left …school at 19. Now he is at …university. He is …student and receives …grant from …state to help him pay …university fees and his personal expenses. He is very keen on …mathematics and it will be useful to him in …future. He works hard and enjoys his studies. …university courses in …Britain usually last for …three years. After this, Harry hopes to graduate. …good degree will get him …good job

Exercise 17

In each of the following sentences there are two words that are possible and one that isn’t. Cross out the incorrect word in each sentence.

1. There wasn’t much / some / any salt in her omelette.

2. There was some / a bit of / a few ham in her vegetarian salad.

3. A few / several / a little of his chips were burnt.

4. There were hardly any / little/ not many desserts they liked on the menu.

5. There were only a couple of / a little / a few flavours of ice-cream to choose from.

6. There were no / very few / any taxis outside when they left the restaurant.

7. He had never had some / any/ so many problems in this restaurant before.

8. They had anything / hardly anything / nothing in common.

Exercise 18

Choose words from exercise 17 to complete the sentences below. Compare with a partner.

• I could live without _______

• I could live without a _______

• I couldn’t live without ______

• I couldn’t live without a ________

Exercise 19

Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following English proverbs. Use them in the situations of your own.

1. One man, no man.

2. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

3. Friends are thieves of time.

4. Life is not a bed of roses.

5. No news is good news.

6. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

7. Too much knowledge makes the head bold.

8. Clothes do not make the man.

9. Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

10. Time is money.

11. Business is business.

12. Business is first, pleasure is afterwards.

13. The way to man’s heart is through his stomach.

14. Speech is silver, but silence is gold.

15. Misfortunes never come singly.

Exercise 20

Cross out one word which doesn’t fit well with the others (in each line).

1. Worker, operator, electrician, factory;

2. hair stylist, astronomer, manager, mathematician;

3. laboratory, library, bakery, advisor;

4. artist, linguist, worker, musician;

5. factory, library, bakery, laboratory;

6. grocery, bakery, greengrocery, laboratory;

7. helper, banker, novelist, ventilator;

8. astronomer, pharmacist, linguist, electrician;

9. buyer, traveler, officer, microcomputer;

10. journalist, seller, buyer, sales manager

Exercise 21

Translate into English all the answers to the questions.

1. What can you say about Gainsborough? – Художник Гейнсборо намалював багато картин.

2. Who is waiting for me? – Якийсь містер Тул, місцевий лікар.

3. Who wrote this book? – Професор Кейдж, викладач університету.

4. What happened to Jane? – Неборака Джейн потрапили в автомобільну катастрофу; зараз вона в лікарні.

5. What happened then? – Капітан Кук наказав усім залишити корабель, але сам піти відмовився.

6. How did you find Sondra? – О, це була чудова Сандра, та Сандра, що я зустрів три роки тому.

7. You see, you’ve failed again. – Так, на жаль, я ніколи не стану Наполеоном.

8. How’s Dick getting on? – Ти його не впізнаєш. Це вже не той Дік, якого ти колись знав.

9. Who is the man on your right? – Я тебе познайомлю. Це – містер Вайт, а це – містер Чейз.

10. Did you see anybody here? – Так, я бачив полковника Рейда і капітана Сміта, вони запитували про вас.

11. What was the reason for your defeat? – Знаменитий генерал Сміт. Мої солдати просто не могли витримати такого.

12. Let me introduce Mrs. Winston. –Я не мав жодного сумніву, що ви – та сама місіс Він стон, про яку я стільки чув.

13. Do you know anything about the Whites? –Старий Вайт – учений, автор кількох книг. Що стосується молодого Вайта, то він поки нічого видатного не зробив.

14. What do we know about the case? – Не дуже багато. Якийсь містер Брамс приїхав відвідати свою дочку і зник по дорозі з вокзалу.

15. Any other curiosities? – Ну, наприклад, Шекспір і Сервантес вмерли в тому самому році.

Exercise 22

Translate into English.

1. How do you like London? – Це вже не Лондон 80-х років, коли я вперше приїхав сюди.

2. What do you know about the world’s greatest lakes? – Байкал – найглибше озеро у світі. Воно відзначається рідкісною красотою берегів.

3. What oceans are there on our planet? – Тихий, Атлантичний, Індійський і Північний Льодовитий; найбільший – Тихий океан.

4. What mountains are the highest in North and South America? – У Північній Америці – Кордильєри, а у Південній – Анди.

5. Where did the plane land? – Літак приземлився у Франції, в провінції Нормандія.

6. And what can you say about the capital of Wales? – Кардіфф, крім того, що є столицею Уельсу, ще й великий порт.

7. What street is the main one in the Scottish capital? – У шотландській столиці, Единбурзі, центральною є вулиця Принсез Стріт.

8. What can you say about the geographical location of the USA? – США розташовані у центральній частині північноамериканського континенту. Західне узбережжя омивається Тихим океаном, а східне – Атлантичним океаном і Мексиканською затокою.

9. What do you know about the fiftieth state of the USA? – П’ятидесятим штатом США стали у 1959 році Гавайські острови, розташовані у Тихому океані між Америкою і Азією.

10. What is the highest point in the USA? – Найвищою точкою у США є висота 4540 метрів у горах Сьєра Невада.