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1. Tom: I eaten seven hamburgers for breakfast.

Teacher: Ate, Tom! Ate.

Tom: No, Miss, seven. There were eight on the plate but I couldn’t manage the last one.

2. Mother: How was your cookery lesson?

Daughter: Awful. I was sent out of the class because I burnt something.

Mother: That wasn’t very fair. What did you burn?

Daughter: The classroom.

3. Teacher: Are you chewing gum?

Pupil: No, I’m Andrew Brown.

4. A clever butcher

A Norfolk butcher was famous for his rabbit pies, which he used to bake himself. As time went by, however, customers started to complain that his pies weren’t quite as nice as they used to be. One day a friend said:

– Frank, what happened to your rabbit pies?

– Why?

– They don’t taste as good as they used to.

– Well between you and me, – said the butcher, – my pies have been in such great demand that there aren’t enough rabbits to go round.

– So what do you do?

– I mix in a bit of horse meat.

– Horse meat! – exclaimed the friend. – How much horse meat do you put in?

– About fifty-fifty, – replied the butcher.

– What do you mean fifty-fifty?

– One horse to one rabbit.

Vocabulary

To manage – справиться

Cookery lesson – урок кулинарии

Fair – справедливый

To chew – жевать (chewing gum – жевательная резинка)

Butcher – мясник

Pie – пирог

Customer – покупатель, клиент

To complain – жаловаться

To be in great demand – пользоваться большим спросом

To mix in – подмешивать, мешать с