The Crow and Her Children

... crow once said to her children, "It's... high time for you to look for... food." With these words she turned them out of... nest and took them to... field. But... crow's children did not like... idea. "We'd rather go back to... nest," they cried. "It's so nice when you bring... food to us!" "Indeed!" said their mother. "You are big enough to feed your­selves. My mother turned me out of... nest when I was much younger, and I had to take... care of myself." "But... people will kill us with their guns," said... young crows. "No... fear of that," answered their mother. "Before... people shoot, they take... aim, and that takes... time. When you see... man raising... gun to his face, you must just fly away." "That's... simple thing to do," said... children, "but supposing... man or... boy wants to throw... stone at us: in such... case he won't have to take... aim." "Well, then he will have to bend down to pick up... stone," said... crow. "But what if he carries... stone in his hand ready?" "Why, if you are clever enough to think of that," said... mother, "you are clever enough to take... care of yourselves." And she flew away leaving... young crows in... field.

Обратите внимание на употребление артикля со словами:

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

Упражнение 21. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. Прочитайте и переведите рассказ:

... 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 voice, "Are you there?" The answer came back, "Yes, I've been here for two hours!"

Запомните следующие устойчивые словосочетания:

At sunrise

At sunset

In the country

To the country

In town

To town

bybus bytram bytrain by car

Упражнение 22. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо. Прочитайте и перескажите рассказ: