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Dear Bill,
please come to my birthday party on Sunday, October, 20 from 2: 00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. The party will take place at my house. I hope you can come.
Your friend,
Tom
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Tom and his father started early in the morning but they got to London at 7 o'clock in the evening. All the way his father thought of an advice he should give to his son. Then he said:
"You should work hard at school. Always tell the truth and never do bad things!"
"Well, I'll try," - the boy replied.
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If you are sitting in a British home and you want to leave the room for anyreason, your host will expect you to say where you are going. Otherwise people may think you are upset for some reason.
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The Daily Telegraph is solidly Conservative; nearly all its readers are Conservatives. It has more copies than any other British newspaper but it costs less to buy and its reporting of events is full of details.
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Mr.Hazell was an unpleasant person. He could not get on well with people. He was very proud of himself and his family. He believed he was perfectly normal. He had a son and in his opinion there was no finer boy anywhere. So he was too snobbish.
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A woman went to the beach with her children.One of them was 4 years old. He led his mother to the shore where he saw a dead sea gull on the sand." Mommy, what happened to him?" – the little boy asked. " He died and went to heaven" – the mother said. The boy thought for a moment and asked: "And God threw him back down?"
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It happened on a very foggy day in London. Mr. Smith lost in the fog. He was in a hurry for a very important meeting in Parliament. Suddenly he ran into a man.
" Can I help you?" the man asked. He promised to take Mr. Smith to Westminster. In ten minutes they found themselves at Westminster. The man turned out to be blind since his birth, and that made him such a perfect guide in the fog.
Текст для аудирования с магнитофона.
Unknown words:
to be struck – быть поражённым
dazzled – удивлённый
self – sacrifice - самопожертвование
Russians are not different from the other Europeans. They also like to travel, associate with others, have life's pleasures, and give their all to sports.
In Russia I'm often struck, sometimes dazzled by the beauty of people's souls and the kindness in their hearts. Since my first visit I have met many people who have touched me deeply. In some cases I was moved by their sensitivity or generosity and self – sacrifice.