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Section Six Section Six Section Six Section Six Ex. 19 BALZAC AS A HANDWRITING EXPERT Balzac, the famous French writer, was a man of great talent. But he himself was proud of his ability to tell a person’s charac ter by his or her handwriting. He often told his friends that he could tell anybody’s character exactly by his handwriting. One day a woman friend brought him a young boy’s exercise book. She said that she wanted to know what Balzac thought of the boy’s character. 450 Balzac studied the handwriting carefully for a few minutes. The woman, however, told him that the boy was not her son and that he might tell her the truth. “All right,” said Balzac. ”I shall tell you the truth.” And he said that the boy was a bad, lazy fellow. “It’s very strange,” said the woman smiling. “This is a page from your own exercise book, which you used when you were a boy.” Section Seven Section Seven Section Seven Section Seven Section Seven Ex. 9 A: Is it going to rain? B: I hope not. A: Ought we to take our coats? B: I think so. A: Shall we be late? B: We might be. A: Is the car all right? B: I expect so. A: Will it break down? B: I doubt it. A: Have you got enough petrol? B: I hope I have. Ex. 17 MY BEDROOM At night when I feel tired and sleepy, I go up to my bedroom and switch on the electric light. I take off my shoes, undress and put on my pyjamas. Then I get into bed and switch off the light. After a few minutes I fall asleep. I sleep the whole night through. Punctually at seventhirty in the morning, the alarmclock rings and wakes me up. I get out of bed, put on my dressing gown and slippers, and go into the bathroom, where I turn on the hot and cold taps. While the water’s running into the bath, I wash my face and neck, clean my teeth, and shave. My shaving things are on the shelf above the basin. Then I turn off the taps 451 and have my bath. Sometimes I have a shower. When I’ve dried myself with a towel, I get dressed. On the dressingtable in front of the lookingglass, you’ll see a hairbrush and a comb, a handmirror, a bottle of scent and a powderbox. These, of course, don’t belong to me, but to my wife. In the chest of drawers I keep clean linen such as shirts, collars and handkerchiefs, besides things like socks and ties. The dirty linen is put in a linen basket and sent to the laundry. In the wardrobe I keep my suits and other clothes, which I hang on coathangers. Ex. 19 THE SMOKING CHIMNEY One afternoon Professor N. was walking along a country road when he saw a farmer eating his supper alone in the road before his house. The professor approached the farmer and asked him: “Why are you eating here alone?” “Well, sir,” answered the farmer after a short pause, “the chimney smokes.” “That is too bad,” said the professor. “You must have it repaired. Let’s have a look at it.” And before the farmer could say a word the professor tried to enter the farmer’s house. As soon as he opened the door a broom fell on his shoulders and a woman’s voice cried: “Go away, you old rascal, or I’ll kill you ...” The professor left the house quickly. The farmer sat in the road looking very unhappy. The professor approached him and put his hand on his shoulder. “Never mind,” said he, “my chimney smokes sometimes too.” жүктеу/скачать 3.9 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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