Упр. 51. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

... train stopped at... little station.... passenger looked out of the window of... train carriage and, saw... woman selling... cakes.... man had not had.'... breakfast in... morning. He was hungry and wanted to buy... cake.... woman was standing rather far from... carriage.... man did not want to go and buy... cake himself because he was afraid to miss... train. He saw... boy who was walking along... platform near... carriage. He called... boy and asked him: "How much does... cake cost?" "Three pence, sir," answered... boy.... man gave him a sixpence and said: "Bring me... cake, and with... other three­ pence buy... cake for yourself."... boy took... money and went to... woman. A few minutes later... boy returned. He was eating... cake. He gave... man three pence change and said: "... woman had only one cake, sir."

Запомните следующее застывшее словосочета­ние:

The fact is (was) that...

Обратите внимание на употребление артикля со словом other (другой):

another — другой (неопределенный), какой-то другой, еще один (во множественном числе или перед неисчисляемым существительным — other.)

the other — другой (определенный), тот дру­гой, другой из двух.

Упр. 52. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

... group of... farmers were sitting in... village house, and among... other things they began talk­ing about... echoes. One of... farmers said that there was... wonderful echo in... field near his farm where there was... large group of... trees. All... other farmers said that they would like to hear... echo, and... farmer invited them to come... next afternoon. But... fact was that... farmer did not really have... echo he had told... other farmers about. So when he came... home, he sent for... son of... cook and told him to go to... field, hide himself among... trees and imitate every­thing that was said.... next day... other farmers came, and... farmer took them to... field to listen to... wonderful echo. When they were in... field, he shouted at... top of his yoice: "Are you there?" The answer came back: "Yes, I've been here for two hours!"

Упр. 53. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

It was... nice summer day.... weather was fine,... sun was shining in... blue sky,... air was fra­grant with... smell of... grass and... flowers.... dog which was running about... streets of... little town saw... butcher's... stall with... lot of... meat.... dog cautiously approached... stall and, when... butcher turned away to talk to... woman, quickly seized... big piece of... meat and ran away with it. On... way home... dog had to cross... stream by... narrow bridge. As he was crossing,_£ he looked down into... stream and saw his reflec-| tion in... water. He though it was... other dogf with... other piece of... meat. He snapped at... reflection and dropped his own piece of... meat. That's how... dog was punished for... greediness.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочета­ния:

after a while

from S place to S place

Упр. 54. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

... guide was once showing... group of... rich American tourists... places of... interest in... little town in... south of... Italy. He took... tour­ists from... place to... place, but as... town was small, after... while... guide could not think of anything that might be of... interest to... Amer­icans. "Tell us something unusual about... weath­er or... climate of this place," said... American lady to... guide. "What can I tell her about our climate?" thought... guide. Then he had... idea. "Well," he said, "there is one unusual thing about our climate. One can easily notice that the wind here always blows from... west." "Really?" said... lady in... surprised tone: "What... interesting thing!" But... other tourist said: "You must be wrong. Look!... wind is blowing from... east now!" At... first moment... guide did not know what to say. But he was... clever man and soon found... way out. "Oh," he said, "is that so? Well, then it must be... west wind coming back."

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания:

It was S_ morning

It was night

It was S_ daytime

It was evening