В книге собраны лучшие юмористические рассказы, которые превратят изучение английского языка в увлекательное занятие. Чтение поможет легко и без напряжения погрузиться в мир настоящего английского языка и пополнить активный словарный запас.
Тексты подготовлены для уровня Elementary (для начинающих нижней ступени) и снабжены комментариями. В конце книги предлагается англо-русский словарь.
Издание рассчитано на всех, кто стремится читать на английском языке.
Оглавление
О. Генри. Смешные рассказы / The Funny Stories
A Man of Habit. Jerome K. Jerome
1. Smoking and drinking
2. Falling asleep
3. The editor's story
4. The end of the editor's story
The Ransom of Red Chief. O. Henry
1. A good idea
2. Good morning
3. The letter
4. The answer
Luck. Mark Twain
1. The student
2. The soldier
The Open Window. H. H. Munro (Saki)
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2
Should Married Men Play Golf? Jerome K. Jerome
Should We Say What We Think, or Think What We Say? Jerome K. Jerome
Why We Hate The Foreigner. Jerome K. Jerome
The Man Who Would Manage. Jerome K. Jerome
The Man Who Went Wrong. Jerome K. Jerome
The Degeneration of Thomas Henry. Jerome K. Jerome
Portrait of a Lady. Jerome K. Jerome
How to Cure a Cold. Mark Twain
The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm. Mark Twain
To Raise Poultry. Mark Twain
The Siamese Twins. Mark Twain
How I Edited an Agricultural Paper (Once) Mark Twain
Англо-русский словарь
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Отрывок из книги
There were three of us in the smoke-room of the ship – me, my very good friend, and, in the opposite corner, a shy man, the editor, as we knew out later, of a New York Sunday paper.
My friend and I were talking about habits, good and bad.
.....
So the shy man told his story.
“I'm going to tell you about a man from Jefferson,” he began. “He was born in the town, and for forty-seven years he never slept a night outside it. He was a respectable man – a merchant from nine to four, and a religious man in his free time. He said that a good life meant good habits. He got up at seven, had family prayer at seven-thirty, had breakfast at eight, got to his business at nine, had his horse brought to the office at four, and rode for an hour, reached home at five, had a bath and a cup of tea, played with children and read to them till half-past six, dressed and dined at seven, went to the club and played whist till quarter after ten, returned home to evening prayer at ten-thirty, and went to bed at eleven. For twenty-five years he lived that life without any variations. He was used by the local astronomers to check the sun.
