Leisure

W. Davies (1871-1940)

What is this life if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs,

And stare as long as sheep and cows.

No time to see when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see in broad daylight

Streams full of starts, like skies at night.

No time to turn to Beauty’s glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is if full of care

We have no time to stand and stare.

Notes:

care – забота

to stare – пристально смотреть

beneath the boughs – под сучьями, под ветвями

in broad daylight – в разгар дня

stream – ручей

to turn to Beauty’s glance – зд. восторгаться сверканием красоты

to enrich – обогащать; украшать

3.8.3 Read and try to retell the jokes

“How is it that you are late this morning?” the boy was asked by his teacher.

“I overslept,” was the answer.

“What? Do you sleep at home as well?” asked the teacher.

Mother: It is nine o’clock and you are not yet in bed. What will your father say when he comes home?

Henry: He’ll say: “Supper! Supper! What’s for supper?”

A man was very ill and was advised to go to the village to have a good rest. Doctor’s recommendations were: to go to bed early, to drink much milk, to eat much meat and butter and to smoke only one cigarette a day.

A month later the man came to the doctor again.

“How are you?” said the doctor. “I see you are quite well.”

“Oh, yes. I am quite well, thank you,” answered the man. “I did everything you had advised me. I went to bed early, ate much meat and butter, drank much milk. But one cigarette a day almost killed me.”

“Why?” asked the doctor.

“Because I had never smoked before.”

Orenburg Region

Read the new words according to the transcription; mind their pronunciation and meaning

1 to dispose of 2 resource 3 abundance 4 to distinguish 5 deposits 6 stocks 7 saturation 8 extraction 9 purity 10 industrial waste 11 to contain 12 mining industry 13 blacksmith's and press equipment 14 boring devices 15 cast iron 16 rolled goods 17 head of cattle 18 food stuffs 19 wheat 20 sun-flower seeds 21 gourds

располагать чем-либо ресурсы, запасы, ископаемые изобилие, богатство различать, выделять залежи, месторождение запасы насыщенность добывание, разработка чистота промышленные отходы содержать горная промышленность кузнечное и прессовое оборудование буровое оборудование чугун прокат поголовье скота продовольственные товары пшеница подсолнечник бахчевые культуры