2015-01-21
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... 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!"
