height, and all the doctors of the town were kept.... 5. I put the tulips in the water to keep them .... 6.
Keep your eyes ... and your mouth ... . ?. This fur coat is sure to keep you ... in any frost. 8. What is
the teacher to do to keep his pupils ...?
IV. Translate the sentences into English, using the patterns:
1. He годится обижать младших. 2. Нам почти никогда не удается выбраться за город в
выходной день. 3. Я говорила тебе, что ты можешь заболеть, если промочишь ноги. 4. Не
давайте пациенту спать, пока не придет врач. 5. Нехорошо пользоваться телефоном для
глупых шуток. 6. Займите детей и не давайте им шуметь, пока я разговариваю по телефону. 7.
В такой жаркий день надо держать окна открытыми. 8. Нельзя курить так много, ты
подорвешь свое здоровье. 9. Джон написал своему другу, что он возможно навестит его в
следующем году.
V. Make up dialogues or situations, using the patterns.
TEXT. HOW WE KEPT MOTHER'S DAY by Stephen Leacock
Leacock, Stephen (1869-1944) — a famous Canadian writer of the 20th century. His stories,
full of humour and sarcasm, expose the contradictions of life in modem bourgeois society.
Leacock says that the basis of humour lies in the contrasts offered by life itself, but "the deep
background that lies behind and beyond what we call humour is revealed only to the few who. by
instinct or by effort have given thought to it."
So we decided to have a special celebration of Mother's Day. We thought it a fine idea. It
made us all realize how much Mother had done for us for years, and all the efforts and sacrifice that
she had made for our sake.
We decided that we'd make it a great day, a holiday for all the family, and do everything we
could to make Mother happy. Father decided to take a holiday from his office, so as to help in
celebrating the day, and my sister Anne and I stayed home from college classes, and Mary and my
brother Will stayed home from High School.
It was our plan to make it a day just like Xmas32 or any big holiday, and so we decided to
decorate the house with flowers and with mottoes over the mantelpieces,33 and all that kind of thing.
We got Mother to make mottoes and arrange the decorations, because she always does it at Xmas.
The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in our very best for such a big
occasion and so they both got new hats. Mother trimmed both the hats, and they looked fine, and
Father had bought silk ties for himself and us boys as a souvenir of the day to remember Mother by.