Упр. 46. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо

Swift,... famous English writer, was travelling one day on... horseback with his servant.... weath­er was bad, it was raining, and... roads were mud­dy. In... evening the two¹ men came to... inn. Before going to... bed Swift told his servant to clean his boots. But... servant was lazy and did not do it. In... morning Swift asked... servant why he had not cleaned... boots. "What's... use cleaning... boots now?" said... servant. "... roads are muddy, and... boots will soon be dirty again." "All right," said... writer. "Let's go. We must continue... journey." "But I haven't had... break­fast," said... displeased servant." "Well, what's... use giving you... breakfast now?" said Swift: •'You will soon be hungry again."

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочета­ния:

in S_ fact

the same

Запомните употребление артикля в восклицатель­ных предложениях, начинающихся со слова "what":

What a good boy! What a long story! What a day!

¹ Обратите нниманик на употребление определенного артик­ля перед количественным числительным. В этом случае опре­деленный артикль имеет значение "эти": "Эти двое мужчин;" "Эти дна человека".

Упр. 47. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

In... small town in... East there was once.., man who had... parrot.... parrot was taught to say... words: "There is no doubt about it." It used to repeat these words all... day long. Every time it was asked... question, it gave... same answer, "There is no doubt about it." One day... man decided to sell... bird; so he put... parrot into.., cage and went to... market with it. "Twenty pounds for... very clever parrot!" he cried.... man who was passing by heard this and turned to... parrot "Are you worth twenty pounds?" he asked. "There is no doubt about it!" answered... parrot. "What... clever parrot!" said... man and bought... bird, He took... parrot home and invited his friends to look at... clever bird.... friends came and looked at... parrot and talked to it. Now you must know that... man was not rich. In... fact, he was often short of... money. So... week or two later, sitting in... armchair and looking at... parrot, he said: "What... fool I was to throw away such... lot of... money!" "There is no doubt about it!" cried.., parrot. And this time... bird was right.

Запомните следующие застывшие словосочета­ния:

it's S_ high time to take S_ care of to take S_ aim such a...