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3.12. Where you find a noun phrase without a determiner, put in a/an or the if necessary. Retell the story. Which Was the Fastest?

This is a story about Frenchman, Englishman and American who were once travelling by train in Europe. Conversation was about how fast trains were in their countries. Frenchman said, "In my country trains go so fast that telegraph posts by railway line look like garden fence". Englishman said, " At home trains run so fast that we have to pour water on wheels to stop them from getting hot." American said, "That's nothing! I was once taking trip and my daughter came on to platform to see me off. While I was getting into compartment train started. I leaned out of window to give her kiss and kissed instead cow in fields six miles down railway line."

3.13. Complete these sentences. Dramatize the story.

Once (1) a poor flower-girl, one of those whom one can so often run into in (2) ….. suburbs of London, quite by (3) ….. chance overheard (4) ….. conversation between (5) ….. two gentlemen. One of (6) ….. gentlemen was (7) ….. professor of phonetics. He was saying to (8) ….. other that he could teach (9)….. uneducated people to speak good English.

(10) ….. two men were having (11) ….. private talk, but (12) ….. girl, who was hidden in (13) ….. shadow of (14) ….. house nearby was so interested in what they were saying that she stepped forward, trying not to miss (15) ….. word. (16) ….. fact was that she had for (17) ….. long time been thinking of learning to speak correctly, and now she saw (18) ….. excellent chance for herself. If she improved her manner of speaking (19) ….. owners of (20) ….. big flower shops would not turn her down any longer. She asked (21) ….. two gentlemen to buy (22) ….. few flowers from her and tried to speak to them, but they didn't listen to her and soon went away.

Great was (23) ….. professor's surprise when (24) ….. next day (25) ….. girl came to his house and had (26) ….. courage to ask him to give her lessons. At first (27) ….. professor refused to teach her, saying it was no use even trying, but (28) ….. girl insisted and finally he gave in.

(29) ….. first lessons, however, were rather discouraging: (30) ….. pupil's lips were stiff, (31) ….. endless exercises tired her, and (32) ….. results were poor: she failed to produce educated English sounds.

(33) ….. professor was cross with his pupil and could not forgive himself for giving in to (34) ….. girl. After (35) ….. while, however, he discovered that she was clever . Soon she learned to give (36) ….. excellent imitation of his own pronunciation. She took (37) ….. great interest in her lessons. She never missed (38) ….. single chance of practising the sounds. In spite of all (39) ….. difficulties she never lost courage or gave up hope. As (40) ….. result her English became so good that (41) ….. people who met her never guessed that she was not (42) ….. real lady. Neither her manner of speaking nor (43) ….. way she behaved gave her away.

(44) ….. story of (45) ….. girl is to be found in one of Bernard Shaw's most popular plays, which has been produced successfully both in (46) ….. country of (47) ….. author and in many other countries of (48) ….. world.