Mrs. Priestley tells a story and MR. Priestley puts up a hen-house

[Do you remember Andrew Macaulay, Mr. Priestley's neph­ ew? We met him in Book II (Lesson 10). He is staying again at the Priestleys' for a short holiday, so we'll look into the sitting­ room and listen to their talk. Andrew is about eleven years old.]

A n d r ew: I wish I had a million pounds. M a r g a r e t P r i e s t l e y: Why, Andrew?

A n d r ew: I'd buy a motor-boat, a big car like Lucille's, and I'd go all over the world. I'd be the happiest boy alive.

M a r g a r e t: I don't think you would.

A n d r ew: Of course I should. With all that money I could have everything I wanted. Don't you think so, Uncle Charles?

M r. P r i e s t l e y: I don't know, Andrew, I've never had a million pounds, and I'm not sure that I should recognize a happy man if I saw one.

A n d r ew: Aunt Mary, you agree with me, don't you?

M r s. P r i e s t 1e y: Well, I don't know, but that last remark of your Uncle Charles reminds me of an old story... but you've probably heard it.

A n d r ew and M a r g a r e t: Oh no, I'm sure I haven't.

Please tell us a story.

M r s. P r i e s t 1e y: Well, I'll tell you the story - but after that it's bedtime for both of you.

Once upon a time (all

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old stories

begin like that), and in

a country a long way off, there was a king who was very ill. All the doctors of the court attended him but, in spite of all they could do, he got worse instead of better. At last in despair they called in a famous doctor from another country. He came, looked at the king, and then, looking very grave, said, "Your Majesty, there is only one thing that can cure you".

"What is that?" said the king. "Whatever you want shall be brought for you".

"You must sleep for one night", said the doctor, "in the shirt of a happy man!"

So the king sent two of his chief servants to find a happy man and, when they had found him, to bring back his shirt.

Well, they went first to the richest man in the city and asked him if he was a happy man.

"Happy!" he said, "when I never know whether my ships are going to be wrecked next day, when thieves are always trying to break into my house. How can a man be happy with all these worries?"

So they went to the king's Chief Minister, the most power­ ful man in the country, except for the king.

"Are you a happy man?" they said.

"Don't be silly", he said. "There's Ruritania threatening to make war on us any day. There's that villain Popoff trying to push me out of power, the workers are always wanting to have more money, and the wealthy wanting to pay less taxes. How do you think a Chief Minister can be a happy man?"

So they went all over the country looking high and low for a happy man but never finding one.

They were returning home, tired and miserable (for they quite expected that the king would have them put to death for not finding what he wanted), when they saw a beggar, sitting by the roadside. He had made a little fire, and was frying some sausages in a frying-pan, and singing merrily as he watched his supper cooking.

They looked at each other. Had they found what they were looking for? They went up to him and one of them said, "You sound very happy, my friend".

"Of course, I'm happy", he said.

They could hardly believe their ears. With one voice they said, "We want your shirt".

The beggar roared with laughter.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen", he said, "but I haven't got a shirt".

M a r g a r e t: Oh, Mummy, what a nice story. You are nearly as good as Hob at telling stories.

M r s. P r i e s t 1e y: Thank you, dear. And now come on, bedtime!

M r. P r i e s t l e y: Yes, Andrew, get to bed early, I've a big job for you and me in the morning.

A n d r ew: Oh, Uncle Charles, what is it?

M r. P r i e s t 1e y: You'll hear tomorrow morning. Good night.

The Next Morning Andrew and Mr. Priestley

A n d r ew: What's the job, Uncle Charles, that you want me to help you with?

M r. P r i e s t 1e y: Well, we are getting ten new hens and I want a house for them. I've bought a hen-house, it arrived

yesterday afternoon, but it's in parts and needs to be put to­ gether.

A n d r ew: That's just the sort of job I like.

M r. P r i e st 1e y: Come on then to the back-garden.

don't

(Between you and me, I * * *

 

feel too hopeful about the

success of this job. Mr. Priestley is all right at teaching English, but I shouldn't call him a good "practical" man. And as for Andrew, well, he has all the confidence of a boy of eleven. We'll leave it at that and go to the back-garden and watch them.)

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The Back-garden

M r. P ri e s t l e y: Right. Now let's get to work. Here are the parts. These two long ones will be the sides, I think. That one will be the back and that one the front.

A n d r ew: Oh yes, and the other piece will be the roof. It's easy. We'll soon have it up.

M r. P r i e s t 1e y: Well, it may not be so easy as it looks, but we'll try what we can do.

A n d r ew: Have you all the tools: hammer, nails, saw, screws, screwdriver?

M r. P ri e s t 1e y: Here are nails and a hammer. We shan't need a saw; the wood is sawn into the right sizes already. And I don't think we'll need screws or screwdriver.

A n d r ew: Suppose we put the back and one side into po­ sition and I will hold them there while you nail them together. M r. P r i e s t 1e y: I don't think we should nail them to­ gether. The makers of the hen-house have sent a small bag of

nuts and bolts. We should bolt them together.

A n d r ew: Oh yes, that's right. Look, there's a hole here for the bolt to go in. Now I'll hold the side and end together while you push the bolt through the hole. Oh! look out!

(There's a crash as the side falls down)

Sorry, Uncle Charles, the wind caught that side and I couldn't hold it. I hope it didn't hurt your foot.

M r. P r i e st 1ey: Oh, it's nothing much; I'm probably lamed for life, but never mind. I think, Andrew, it would be better if I held the side and you pushed the bolt through the hole.

A n d r ew: Right ho! Here it comes.- You see it?

M r. P ri e s t l e y: Yes. That's all right. Now you come to this side, put the nut on and screw it up tight with the span-

ner... Good. Now we'll put on the other side in the same way. Push the bolt through the holes, put the nut on and screw it up.

 

A n d r e w: We are getting on well, aren't we, Uncle Charles; we can put the front on now. I'll go inside and push the bolt through and you can screw the nut on.

... It doesn't seem to go through very well. (That's pro­ bably because they are putting it through from the wrong side; the nut ought to be on the inside!)

I'll get a hammer and knock it through.

M r. P r i e s t 1e y: All right, but be careful what you do.

A n d r ew: Oh, I know how to use a hammer. (Knock)...

It's going... (Knock)... (CRASH'.)

M r. P r i e s t 1 e y: Now what's happened?

A n d r e w: Oh, I'm sorry, Uncle Charles; the hammer slipped out of my hand and went through the window. I'm afraid the glass is no use now.

M r. P r i e s t 1 e y: Oh, well, it's no use crying over spilt milk. I'll go to the shop tomorrow and ask them to cut me ano-ther piece of glass.

A n d r ew: We'll put the roof on now. I'll stay inside and see that it fits properly. You just nail it on, don't you; I don't see any holes for bolts. Here's the hammer and you've plenty of nails outside. You should drive some nails in here... (Knock, knock)... Good!... now some more nails all round here (Knock, knock, knock). - That s very good... just one or two more and the roof will be on (Knock, knock, knock). Oh, splendid, that's the job done. I'll come out now and see what it looks like from outside...

Hey! I say, how do I get out? The door's locked.

M r. P r i e s t 1 e y: Well, unlock it; isn't the key inside?

A n d r ew: No, isn't it outside?

M r. P r i e st 1e y: No, the makers must have forgotten to send me a key!

(I think at this point we'd better go away and leave them to it.)

Y nP A >K HE HHSI

I. IlpH,ll,YMaii:Te npeM01KenuH co cJie,!Q'IOW:HMH CJIOBaMu u CJiouoco11e­ TaunHMH:

1. million

2. attend

3. in spite of

4. grave (adj.)

5. wreck

16. tools

17. saw (noun)

18. saw (verb)

19. screw

20. nuts and bolts

6. threaten

7. villain

8.tax

9. minister

10. beggar

11. fry

12. merrily

13. practical

14. confidence

15. leave it at that

21. screwdriver

22. lame

23. spanner

24. never mind

25. remark (noun)

II. 06'hHCHHTe 3ua11euuH cJie,!Q'IOW:HX Bhipa1Keuuii:

1. It's no use crying over spilt milk. 4. Between you and me.

2. We are getting on well. 5. Right ho!

3. They could hardly believe their ears.

III. BcTaBhTe npony:w:e1D1b1e cJioua, 11To6b1npe)Vlo1KeHHH HMeJIH CMhlCJI:

1. I wish I - a million pounds.

2. I don't think that I - recognize a happy man - if I saw one.

3. You - reminded me of a story, but I expect you have - it before.

4. Once - - - there was a king - was ill.

5. The - suggestion for curing the king was a - one.

6. There is - one thing that can - you.

7. The king sent servants to find the - of a man - was happy.

8. They had no -. Nobody seemed to be -.

9. As they -home they noticed a beggar -by the roadside.

10. He was - sausages over a little -, and he - merrily as his supper was -.

11. They thought that at last they had - what they were looking -.

12. They were wrong. The beggar - no shirt.

13. Andrew were full of -, and Mr. Priestley was better at

- English - putting up a hen-house.

14. That's just the - of job I like.

15. Now let's - to work.

IV. IlocTaBbTe Bonpocb1K CJie,!Q'IOmuM npe,!UI01KeHIDIM, noJib3YHCb cJio­ BaMH: "Where?", "How much?", "Did you?", "What?", "Why?", "Have you?", "How old?", "When?", "How many?"

1. I'd buy a motor-boat and a big car.

2. No, I've never heard a story about a happy man's shirt before.

3. It's just five to four.

4. Because ten new hens are coming tomorrow.

5. The 2 1/2p. stamp is red.

6. He is eleven years old.

7. I am going to North Wales this year.

8. No, I looked up, but it had flown away.

9. I first came to England in 1955.

10. The hen-house costs £5. 4s. 6d.

11. He was singing and frying sausages.

12. He said there was only one thing that could cure him.

13. Mr. Priestley had ordered ten new hens.

14. No, he didn't succeed in unlocking the door.

15. Because the makers had forgotten to send a key.

V. 06'bHCHHTe ua3uaqeuue CJie,!Q'IOw:nx npe,nMeToB:

1. A hammer. 2. A nail. 3. A screwdriver.

4. A lock on a door. 5. A frying-pan. 6. A saw.

Coquueuue CocTaBbTe ycTuo HJIH uanumnTe paccKa3 ua TeMy:

(a) The Happy Man's Shirt.

(b) Mr. Priestley, Andrew and the hen-house.

(c) Say or write what you would do if you had a million pounds.

LESSON 7

SENTENCES AND CLAUSES

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Iam teaching you English. (Yrnep)l(,ll;eHMe) Do you understand that? (BoITpoc)

Bring your book here. (IlpMKa3) Please help me with my work. (Ilpocb6a)

B Ka)l(,ll;OM M3 3THX ITpe)l;JI02KeHMH ecTh TOJibKO o,r:i:MH rna­ ron B JIHOH cJ:>opMe.

TaKMe ITpe,r:i:no2KeHMH Ha3bIBaIOTCH ITpocTb MM (Simple

Sentence).

HecKOJibKO ITPOCTbIX ITpe)l;JI02KeHMH Moryr o6'he,r:i:MHHTbCH Me)K)l;y co6oM: ITPM ITOMO:rn;M coI030B. HaITpMMep:

II am teaching you English I and Iyou are listening to me. I

IDo you understand that I or is the I matter still n ot clear? I

IBring your book herel and Iopenit at page 21 but don't

begin

read ng.

Ilpe)l;JI02KeHMe, COCTOH:rn;ee M3 HeCKOJibKHX ITPOCTb X, co­ e,r:i:HHeHHbIX COI03aMH, Ha3bIBaeTC5I CJI02KHOCoqHHeHHb M (Com­

pound Sentence).

Ilpe)l;JI02KeHHH, BXO)l;H:rn;Me B CJI02KHOCOqMHeHHOe ITpe)l;JI0- 2KeHMe, HBJIHIOTCH 3aKOffqeHHb MM ITO CMb CJIY M O)l;MHaKOBO Ba2KHb MM ITO CBoeM: 3HaqMMOCTM.

0,r:i:HaKO BCTPeqaIOTCH ITpe)l;JI02KeHHH, KOTOpb e He MMeIOT

3aKOffqeHHOro CMb CJia. B HHX, KaK M BO BCex ITpe)l;JI02KeHHHX, eCTb JIHaH cJ:>opMa rnarona, HO OHM ITpMo6peTaIOT 3aKOH­ qeHHb M CMb CJI JIMIIIb B coqeTaHMM c,r:i:pyrMM ITpe)l;JI02KeHMeM. BoT HeCKOJibKO ITpMMepoB TaKHX ITpeM02KeHMH, He HBJIHIO­

:rn;MXCH caMOCTOHTeJibHb MM:

which I want; that he was tired; when he saw the policeman.

Ho B coqeTaHMM c,r:i:pyrMMM ITpeM02KeHHHMM OHM o6pern­ IOT CMb CJI. HaITpMMep:

That s the book which I want.

Hob said that he was tired.

The thief ran away when he saw the policeman.

TaKMe rrpe,n:Jio)KeHMJI Ha3hIBaIOTCJI rrpM,n:aToqHhIMM (Clauses). lpe.ll:JIO)KeHMJI, K KOTOpb M OHM OTHOCJITCJI M 6e3 KOTOPhIX OHM He MOryT CYIIIeCTBOBaTb, Ha3hlBaIOTCJI rnaBHhl­

MM (Principal) rrpe.ll:JIO)KeHMJIMM; 3aBMCMMb e)Ke rrpe.ll:JIO)Ke­

HMJI Ha3hIBaIOTCJI rro,n:qMHeHHh MM (Subordinate). Ilpe.ll:JIO)Ke­ HMe, COCTOJIIIl,ee M3 O,n:Horo rJiaBHOro M HeCKOJihKMX rrpMaTOqHh X, Ha3hlBaeTCJI CJIO)KHOIIO.ri:qMHeHHhlM (Complex) rrpe.ll:JIO)KeHMeM.

 

A COMPLEX SENTENCE CONTAINS ONE PRINCIPAL AND ONE OR MORE SUBORDINATE CLAUSES