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Text 1 ‘Emily Brontё

A JIPSY CHILD

 

One day Mr Earnshaw came back from a long journey. He had travelled sixty miles to Liverpool and back on business, and was very tired. “Look what I have brought you!” he said. His children, Catherine and Hindley, were expecting presents and they rushed eagerly to see what it was.

They were very disappointed to see only a dirty, black-haired gipsy child. “I found him all alone in the busy street of Liverpool”, Mr Earnshaw explained to them, “and I couldn’t leave him to die. He can sleep in your room, children.” But Catherine and Hindley were very angry because they hadn` t received any presents, and refused to let the strange child share their room. However, Mr Earnshaw insisted and, and little by little the boy became accepted by the family. He was called Heathcliff, as a first and last name. No one ever discovered who his parents were.

Catherine and he became great friends, but Hindley hated him, and was often cruel to him. Old Mr Earnshaw was strangely fond of that gipsy child, and frequently punished his son for behaving badly to Heathcliff. Hindley began to be jealous to his father’s feelings for Heathcliff, and saw them both as enemies.

This situation couldn’t last. As Mr Earnshaw grew old and ill, Heathcliff became even more his favourite, and Hindley often quarrelled with father. When Hindley was sent away to study, everybody hoped that they would have peace in the house. (1160) *

 

Answer the questions.

1 Why was Mr Earnshaw very tired when he came back home from Liverpool?

2 Did Catherine and Hindley rush to their father because they were very happy

to see him?

3 What disappointed them?

4 What did Mr Earnshaw tell the family about the gypsy child?

5 What was the boy’s name?

6 How was the boy accepted by the family?

7 Who became Heathcliff`s friend and who – his enemy?

8 Why did Hindley quarrel with his father?

9 The family hoped to have peace in the house because Heathcliff was sent to study, didn’t they?

10 Why do you think Mr Earnshaw was fond of Hethcliff more than his own son?

Text 2Chris Culshaw

The Fir Coat

 

Mrs Melrose was on the night train from London to Glasgow. The compartment was very cold. Mrs Melrose had a very expensive fir coat. She wrapped it around her and tried to sleep. There was only one other person in the compartment – a woman.

In the morning Mrs Melrose left the compartment to get a drink. When she came back she had a nasty shock. The other woman was wearing her fur coat.

Mrs Melrose said, “Give me my coat back or I’ll call the guard!” The other woman just smiled and said it was her coat. So Mrs Melrose ran to get the guard.

The guard had no idea who the real owner of the fur coat was. He said, “When we get into Glasgow I’d better take you both to the police.”

An hour later a young policewoman was trying to find out who owned the coat. She said, “I must take this coat away and examine it.”

She left the room and came back a few minutes later. “I am afraid the owner of this coat is in very serious trouble,” she said. “When I was examining the coat I found it in the pocket.” The policewoman showed a small plastic bag full of white powder. “This is a dangerous drug. The owner of this coat may go to prison for a long time.”

The other woman stood up and said, “Oh …well….perhaps I am wrong”. Then she left the police station as fast as she could.

Mrs Melrose was very upset. She said, “This is my coat. I don` t know anything about the drugs.” The policewoman smiled at her, “Don` t worry. I’m sure you are the real owner of this coat. I didn’t find anything in the pocket. This is a packet of salt I borrowed from our canteen.” (1249)

 

Answer the questions.

1 Where was Mrs Merlose going by train?

2 How many people were there in the compartment?

3 Why did Mrs Melrose try to sleep in her fir coat?

4 Was she wearing her coat when she left the compartment for a drink?

5 Why was Mrs Melrose shocked when she came back to the compartment?

6 Why did Mrs Merlose ask the guard to help her?

7 Did the guard help Mrs Melrose?

8 Who helped Mrs Melrose to get her coat back?

9 Why did the policewoman decide to examine the coat?

10 Why did the other woman leave the police station?

Text 3 O` Henry

 

LOVE FOR АRT

 

Joe and Delia both loved art. Joe came to New York to study painting; Delia left a little town for New York to study music. Joe and Delia met at the friend` s studio, and a year later they got married. Joe and Delia were very happy, but one day they found that they had no money. Delia decided to give music lessons, and a few days later she came home very pleased with herself. “Joe, dear”, she said. “I have found a pupil. The family is rich, they` ll pay me five dollars a lesson!” However, Joe was not happy about that. He didn’t want his wife to work, he wanted her to study and be a famous pianist.

A week later Delia brought home 15 dollars for three lessons. To her surprise Joe put four five-dollar bills on the table too. He said that he had sold one of his pictures.

One Saturday evening Delia came home late, she looked very tired and her right hand was banged. Delia said: “My pupil’s family invited me to dinner after the lesson and the girl spilled some hot sauce on my hand. She was very sorry about that. “At what time did you burn your hand, Delia?” Joe asked her. “About five. The iron…I mean the sauce...” “Darling,” Joe took her hand in his. “Where are you working?” And she told him the truth. Delia couldn’t find any pupils and as she wanted Joe to study painting, she had to work in a laundry. “How did you know I wasn’t giving music lessons?” she asked. “I sent up these bandages this afternoon for a girl who had burnt her hand with an iron. I am working in the machine room of the same laundry.” (1228)

 







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