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2.1 Text 1

Mr. Stern had a small shop. Once his friend called at his shop and noticed a shabby blind on the window in his shop. He said: “Excuse me and don’t get angry with me, but you will have to buy a new blind if you want to have a lot of customers. I recommend you to change the blind as soon as possible as the old one is too bad.”

“Yes, you are right. I know that I have to buy a new blind, but it is very expensive. However, I believe I shall be able to do something.”

Some weeks later his friend visited his shop again, and was very glad to see a new blind. “I see you have got a nice new blind. I think you have paid a lot of money for it!” – “Oh, yes, the blind is rather expensive, but I decided to turn to my customers for help. You see, I put a box in my shop with a notice: “For the blind”. And in this way I got the money to buy this new blind.”

2.1.1 Vocabulary notes

to turn to smb. For help – o6paтиться к кому-либо за помощью

a blind – жалюзи

blind – слепой

2.2.2 Answer the questions

Why did Mr. Stern’s friend recommend him to buy a new blind?

Who helped Mr. Stern to buy a new expensive blind? Why?

2.2 Text 2

A ticket-collector who had worked at the railway station for forty-five years was going to retire. One day he was talking to his friends about his work. He had enjoyed everything: his friends, his manager, the work itself. There was only one thing which he didn’t like in all of it. “What is it?” the friends asked him. “Oh, the passengers, certainly the passengers.”

2.2.1 Vocabulary notes

to retire – уходить в отставку, увольняться

2.3 Text 3

Bill works in a factory, and he usually comes home at half-past six every evening. He came home early last Friday, and he was very angry. He shut the door very hard, went into the living-room and sat down.

His wife was in the kitchen. She came up to her husband and looked him for a few seconds. Then she said to him, “Why are you angry, Bill?”

“Bus tickets cost three pence last week, but now they cost two pence,” he said.

“But that isn’t bad, Bill,” his wife said. “It’s good. Going by bus is cheaper now.”

“Yes, it is,” Bill said, “but I always walk to work in the mornings, and I walk home in the afternoons. Last week I saved six pence every day, but now I save four pence.”