George Washington,
who was the first president of the United States, was a wise man. Once he is
neighbour stole one of Washington’s horses. Washington, together with a police
officer, went to the neighbour’s farm to get the horse back. But the neighbour
refused to give the horse back; he claimed that it was his own.
Covering the horse’s eyes with his hands,
Washington said to the neighbour , “If the horse is really yours you must tell us
in which eye the horse is blind”. “In the right hand,” the neighbour said.
Washington took his hand from the right eye of
the horse and showed the police officer that the horse was not blind in the
right eye. “Oh, I must have made mistake,” the neighbour said, “the horse is
blind in the left eye.” Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in
the left eye either. “I guess I have made mistake,” said the neighbour.
“Yes,” said the
police officer, “and you have also proved that the horse doesn’t belong to you.
You must return it to Mr. Washington.”
wise [waiz] իմաստուն
police [pəlis]
ոստիկանություն
officer [ofis ə:]
սպա
neighbour [neibə] հարեւան
steale stole [sti:l
stoul] գողանալ
refuse [rifjuz] հրաժարվել
claim [kleim] պնդել
own [oun] սեփական
cover [`k/\v ə]
ծածկել
really [ri əli]
իրապես
blind [blaind] կույր
guess [ges] կռահել
prove [pruv] ապացուցել
belong [bilong]պատկանել
An Englishman who was in France for a short visit wanted to go
back to England. He had enough money to
pay only for the ticket. As he knew that the trip would take only two days, he
decided that he could live without eating those two days. So he bought a ticket
and got on the ship. When dinner time came, he was very hungry, but he said he
was not hungry. In the evening he was still more hungry but when the waiter
came to ask him to have supper, he said he was seasick, and he went to bed
hungry.
Next morning the Englishman felt half-dead with hunger: “I
shall eat,” he said to himself, “even if they throw me out into the sea.” So
when dinner time came he went into the dining-room and ate everything that was
on the table before him. After dinner he quickly got up and went to his cabin.
In the evening when the ship was not far from London, he ate his supper and
said to the waiter, “Bring me the bill for my meals”.
“But you paid for your meals, when you bought the ticket,”
answered the waiter.
You already know Mr. Priestley, the teacher and writer. In this lesson you will hear about his wife, Mrs. Priestley, the Priestley's house, and some of the people in the house. Mrs. Priestley knows all about the house; she does the work in it every day, and today she will tell you a little about it. Mrs. Priestley is a pleasant-looking woman of about forty, with warm brown hair and soft dark brown eyes. She is kind and gentle, but she manages her house (and, in her quite way) her husband very well. He is, of course, a cleverman, but a little unpractical, and he needs Mrs. Priestly to look after him. Mrs. Priestley, on the other hand, is very practical and full of common sense. The Priestleys have two children, John and Margaret. John is eighteen, six foot tall, and a fine manly fellow. He is at the university and is studying to be a doctor. He is a clever, hard working student, a first class footballer, boxer, and runner. He is thoughtful like his father. He will make a good doctor. Margaret is only eleven. She is a lovely little girl with golden hair and dark blue eyes and a spirit that is always bright and happy, full of joy and gaiety. She isn't fond of study of any kind, but she loves music and dancing and she sings very prettily. She is like a ray of sunshine in the house. Mr. Priestley is very fond of his son John and very proud of him; and Margaret is the apple of his eye. But here comes Mrs. Priestly. "Good morning, Mrs. Priestley; How are you?" Mrs. Priestley: Good morning everyone. I'm very well, thank you. You want to know about my house. Well, I am very pleased to be here and I will gladly tell you something about it.
The house is rather big, and there is a lot of work in it, so I can't do everything alone. I have Susan and Lizzie to help me with the work. Lizzie is our cook, and she is a very good cook, but she is no good at all at housework. Now, Susan is very good at housework, but she can't cook at all. She can't even boil an egg. But that is all right, for Lizzie gets on with her cooking, and Susan and I do the housework and believe me, we all work very hard. Susan and Lizzie get up at quarter to seven, and make the fire and open the windows. I get up at half past seven, and so does my husband, in time for breakfast at eight o'clock. We have breakfast in the breakfast room. I like to begin the day well, so our breakfast is always a good one. My husband reads his newspaper and smokes a cigarette with his last cup of tea, before he begins his work at nine o'clock. Then Lizzie and Susan begin to clean the house, wash up, make beds, and get the vegetables ready for lunch. We have lunch at one o'clock. After that I do some sewing, or go out for a walk or go to see people. We have afternoon tea about five o'clock,but for that we don't go into the dining-room. We go to the sitting-room, and Susan brings in the tea with plates of bread, and butter and small cakes. After tea we sit and talk or listen to the wireless or read. Sometimes we go to the cinema or to the theatre. About seven or eight o'clock we have dinner or supper, and at eleven o'clock I generally go to bed, but my husband likes to sit up late and read or write in his study. Well, that is all for the present. I will tell you more about the house some other time.
1. Who will tell you about the Priestleys' house? 2. How old is Mrs. Priestley? 3. What colour are her eyes and hair? 4. What does she manage very well? 5. How many children have the Priestleys? 6. What are their names? 7. How old is John and where is he studying? 8. What is he studying to be? 9. What is he fond of? 10. What colour is Margaret's hair? 11. What does she do? 12. Is Mrs. Priestley fond of her? 13. Who does the cooking in the Priestleys' house? 14. What time does Lizzie get up? 15. What time do you generally go to bed? 16. Do the Priestleys have an early breakfast? 17. Where do they have breakfast? 18. What does Mrs. Priestley do after lunch? 19. What do they have for tea? 20. When will Mrs. Priestley tell you more about the house?
Վերջին Թարմացում on Երեքշաբթի, 03 Դեկտեմբեր 2019 14:35
This is Mr. Priestley, the teacher.
He teaches English and he knows English,
French and German and he speaks and reads
and writes these languages very well.
He is not very young, but he is not old.
He is about forty-four or forty-five years
old. He is a good-looking man, tall, handsome,
rather thin, with dark-brown hair just beginning
to go grey. He is always very well-dressed, but
quietly, in good taste. He usually wears suits
of dark brown, dark blue or dark grey.
He speaks quietly and pleasantly, but there
is strength under his quietness, and every
student in his class knows this. He is quiet
and pleasant because he is strong. Strength
is generally quiet; weakness often is not.
He reads great many books, and he writes books
for his students. In the picture you can see
him sitting in his study, in a big armchair
by the fire. A bright fire is burning in the
fireplace. It burns all day in cold weather.
Another armchair is on the opposite side of
the fire. On his left there is a tray with
a coffee pot and a coffee-cup on it, and near
to it you can see his pipe and tobacco.
A cat is sitting on the arm of his chair.
That is Mr. Priestley's cat, Sally. She often
sits there, or on his desk when he is writing,
and watches him. He has a book in his hand
and he is reading it. There are books on the
shelves all round the walls of his study.
More books are on his desk, and some others
are on the floor. His desk is in the middle of
the room. Pens, pencils, an inkpot and paper
are on the desk. The telephone is on the left,
and a tray for letters is on the right. Just
behind the telephone there is a reading-lamp.
He works here at his books for three or four
hours every evening. You can see his typewriter
on a little table in a corner of the room. But he
can't type very well. He types with only two fingers
and a thumb!
It is almost eleven o'clock by the clock on the
wall, but Mr. Priestley is still working.
He works very late, sometimes till two or three
o'clock in the morning, but generally he goes
to bed about twelve or one o'clock.
He often teaches his students in this room.
He hasn't many students, generally about six.
They come here for their lessons every day except
Saturday and Sunday. Saturday and Sunday are
holidays.
1. Who is the man in the picture?
2. Is he young or old? How old is he?
3. What is he?
4. What language can he speak and read and write?
5. What colour is his hair?
6. What can you say about his clothes?
7. Where is he sitting? Are there any other chairs in the room?
8. What has he in his hand?
9. What is he doing?
10. Where are the books in the room?
11. When is there a fire in the room?
12. Where is the desk?
13. What is on Mr. Priestley's left?
14. What things are there on the desk?
15. What colour of suits has he generally?
17. Where is his reading-lamp?
18. Where is his typewriter?
19. Has he many students?
20. Which days are "week-days"?
Վերջին Թարմացում on Չորեքշաբթի, 26 Փետրվար 2020 21:51
Look at the picture on this page. It is a picture of a farm. The farm is in the country. It is not in the town. It is a warm day; it is not a cold day. The sun is in the sky. There are some white clouds, but they are small and the sky is very blue. There is a mountain on the right of the picture, and not far from the mountain there is a river. There are a few boys in the picture. All the boys are in the river except one. He is on the green grass. There are one or two big trees and some small trees in the picture. The small trees are apple-trees. They are on the left of the picture. There are a lot of red apples on the trees. These apple-trees are in the garden of the farm house. There are flowers round the door and the windows of the farm house.
There are a lot of animals on this farm. There are horses in the field near the river. One of the horses is black, the others are brown. In the next field there are some sheep; in the next one there are some pigs; and near to the pigs there are some cows. Some of the cows are brown, others are black and white. All the sheep are white except one. It is black. There is a horse and cart in the picture. There are cabbages and potatoes in the cart. There is a field of yellow corn behind the farm house. A man is digging in the garden. There are some cabbages in the garden. The man, who is near the gate is a farmer. There is a dog behind the farmer. That is the farmer's dog. There is a woman near the door of the farm-house; that is the farmer's wife. The farmer's wife is feeding the chickens.
1. Is this a picture of a town?
2. Is it a warm day or a cold day?
3. Where is the sun?
4. What colour are the clouds?
5. What colour is the sky?
6. Where is the mountain in the picture?
7. What is near the mountain?
8. Who are in the river?
9. How many boys are there in the river?
10. Where are the boys?
11. How many clouds are there in the sky?
12. Where is one big tree?
13. Where are the small trees?
14. What are on the trees?
15. What colour are the apples? 16. What are in the field near the river?
17. Is there a cart in the picture?
18. What is in the cart?
19. What are round the door and windows of the farm-house?
20. What are in the field next to the horses?
21. What colour are the sheep?
22. Where are the pigs?
23. Where is the field of corn? 24. What colour is the corn?
25. Where is the farmer's wife? 26. Who is feeding the chickens? 27. Who is digging in the garden? 28. Who is standing near the gate?
Here we have another picture of the hotel at the seaside. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their children, Charles, Henry, Mary and Jane, are staying at the hotel. The hotel has the words Devon Hotel below the two open windows. Just below the words under the windows there is a black and white striped canvas. It is a warm day; the sun is shining brightly. The windows are all open, and people are sitting outside under the canvas and the big umbrella to get shade from the sun. Mrs. Smith is wearing a red and white striped dress. All the women are wearing thin dresses because it is a hot day. One of the boys has a big ball under one arm and a towel under the other. That is Henry Smith. He is running quickly down the steps; he is about half way down. He is wearing a red bathing suit. The boys can play football on the sand. Some children are playing on the yellow sand or bathing in the blue water. Charles Smith is swimming to a big, black rock. You can see his arm just coming out of the water. He can swim very well. He is a good swimmer. There are some other boys and girls in the water, but they can't swim very well; they are swimming badly; they are not good swimmers; they are just learning. They want to learn. A young man is teaching these children to swim.
His name is John Priestley. He is a very good swimmer. Two of the girls have tennis rackets in their hands and are wearing short white dresses. One of the girls is Mary Smith. She plays tennis well, she is a good player. The other girl is Jane Smith; she can't play very well. Mary is teaching Jane to play tennis. They play tennis on the grass behind the hotel. A big girl is walking slowly to the sea. She is carrying a book in her hand. She wants to sit down and read her book. She is looking for a place in the shade. There are three or four little boys and girls on the right of the picture. They are digging in the sand. They have buckets and spades and are looking for shells. They have some shells in their buckets. A girl is riding a donkey. She is Margaret Priestly. She is the sister of John Priestly. John Priestley is her brother. She rides very well. Her brother is a good rider, too. A little boy is riding a bicycle. He can't ride very well. He is just learning; his father is holding the bicycle. The waiters are standing quietly under the canvas near the big window. They are wearing white suites. One of the waiters has a tray in his hand. Mrs. Smith is looking at the children. She has a book in her hand, but she isn't reading. Mr. Smith has a newspaper, but he isn't reading, he isn't looking at the swimmers, he isn't looking at the riders, he isn't looking at the children. What is he doing? He is sleeping.
1. Who are staying at the Devon Hotel? 2. Who are with the boys and girls? 3. Where are the words Devon Hotel? 4. What is there just below these words? 5. What kind of day is it? 6. Where are the people sitting? 7. Why are they sitting under the striped canvas? 8. What kind of dresses are the women wearing? 9. What are the names of Mr. and Mrs. Smith's children? 10. What colour is Mrs. Smith's dress? 11. What is the boy on the steps carrying? 12. What has he under his arms? 13. Where is he on the steps? 14. What is one boy in the water doing? 15. What are other boys and girls doing? 16. Can these boys and girls swim well? 17. Why can't they swim well? 18. What kind of dresses are the girl with tennis rackets wearing? 19. What are some little boys and girls doing? 20. Can some of the boys swim well? 21. What kind of suits are the waiters wearing? 22. Where can the boys play football? 23. Where can the girls play tennis? 24. What has one of the waiters in his hand? 25. Where are the waiters standing? 26. What colour is (a) the sand, (b) the sky, (c) the bathing suit of the boy on the step?
Վերջին Թարմացում on Հինգշաբթի, 14 Նոյեմբեր 2019 14:05
