Произведения Марка Твена по праву считают классикой американской литературы. Его рассказы известны своим тонким интеллектуальным юмором и оригинальностью образов. В эту книгу вошли его лучшие смешные рассказы. Книга содержит комментарии и словарь, облегчающие чтение. Предназначается для продолжающих изучать английский язык (уровень 4 – Upper-Intermediate).
Оглавление
Марк Твен. Смешные рассказы / The Funny Stories
How to Cure a Cold
The McWilliamses And The Burglar Alarm
To Raise Poultry
The Siamese Twins
How I Edited an Agricultural Paper (Once)
Playing the Courier
About Barbers
The Danger of Lying in Bed
Speech on the Weather
The Story of the Good Little Boy
The Story of the Bad Little Boy
How to Tell a Story
The Golden Arm
A Letter from Santa Claus
Vocabulary
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D
E
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J
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Y
Отрывок из книги
It is a good thing, perhaps, to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction – their profit – their actual benefit. It is the only object of this article.
If it helps to restore the health of one sufferer among my race, to bring back to his dead heart again the quick, generous impulses of other days, I shall be rewarded for my work.
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I never took but one dose; that was enough.
Under its influence, my brain showed miracles of meanness, but my hands were too weak to execute them. Like most other people, I often feel mean, and act so, but until I took that medicine I had never felt proud of it.
