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«You foreigners are so clever,» said a lady to me some years ago. First I considered this remark exaggerated but complimentary. Since then I have learnt that it was far from it. These few words expressed the lady’s contempt and slight disgust for foreigners.
If you look up the word «clever» in any English dictionary, you will find that dictionaries are out of date and mislead you on this point. According to the «Pocket Oxford Dictionary», for instance, the word means quick and neat in movement … skilful, talented, ingenious. All nice adjectives, expressing valuable and estimable characteristics. A modern Englishman, however, uses the word «clever» in the sense: shrewd, sly, furtive, surreptitious, treacherous, sneaking, crafty, un-English, un-Scottish, un-Welsh.
In England it is bad manners to be clever. It may be your own personal view that two and two make four, but you must not state it in a self-assured way, because this is a democratic country and others may be of a different opinion. A continental gentleman seeing a nice panorama may remark: «This view rather reminds me of Utrecht, where the peace treaty concluding the War of Spanish Succession was signed on the 11th April, 1713. The river there, however, recalls the Guadalquivir, which rises in the Sierra de Cazorla and flows southwest to the Atlantic Ocean and is 650 kilometres long.»
This pompous, showing-off way of speaking is not permissible in England. The Englishman is modest and simple. He uses but few words and expresses so much — but so much — with them. An Englishman looking at the same view would remain silent for two or three hours and think about how to put his profound feeling into words. Then he would remark: «It’s pretty, isn’t it?»
An English professor of mathematics would say to his maid checking up the shopping list: «I’m no good at arithmetic, I’m afraid. Please correct me, Jane, if I am wrong, but I believe that the square root of 97344 is 312.»
And about knowledge. An English girl, of course, would be able to learn just a little more about, let us say, geography. But it is just not «chic» to know whether Budapest is the capital of Romania, Hungary or Bulgaria. And if she happens to know that Budapest is the capital of Romania, she should at least be perplexed if Bucharest is mentioned suddenly.
It is so much nicer to ask, when someone speaks of Barbados or Fiji: «Oh those little islands… Are they British?» (They usually are.)

2) He asked us, "Do you want to see a new film?"
3) She asked us, "Will you drink a cup of coffee?"
4) She said, "I'm terribly cold".
5) Each time he received the answer, "No, we haven't vacant rooms to-night".
6) At last he receieved a different reply, "We have a room empty but it has been reserved".
7) Then the man added, "It is half past twelve and they have not arrived, you may have the room".
8) He said, "I met Peter when I was in the library".
9) He said to us, "Shall we change the plan a little bit?"
10) Father said to Mother, "I can stay at home and work in the garden".
11) Mother said, "I'll arrange everything for the trip".
12) The teacher said to the students, "Don't talk, please".
13) She said, "How long does it take you to get to the University?"

Welcome to Los Angeles, also called LA. It's the second largest American city. LA is famous for one of its suburbs, Hollywood, which is the capital of world movie production. The biggest and most successful film studios — Disney, Universal, Fox, Warner Bros, Paramount, Columbia, MGM — are here. These are star factories. A lot of famous stars have been through the gates of these studios.
Celebrities don't only work in LA, they also live in and around the city. Most celebrities' homes are in Beverly Hills, an area near^A. It's a place where the stars can feel safe: the Beverly Hills police is sure to turn up seconds after a call. If there is one city that is even more beautiful and glamorous than Beverly Hills, it's Malibu, known for its beautiful beach. Here celebrities can look at the ocean from the windows of their multi-million-dollar homes.
The stars' addresses are not a secret, and the public can drive past celebrities' homes, but you are unlikely to spot a star from the window of your car or a tourist bus.
You may have more luck on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills where the expensive shops are. Julia Roberts or Barbara Streisand are likely to go there to do their shopping.
Or try Hollywood Boulevard, with its world-famous movie theaters like Mann's Chinese Theater, the Egyptian Theater and the 3,300-seat Kodak Theater, where the Oscars take place. Every year, usually in February, celebrities are sure to come for the most important event in show biz: Oscar Night. On that day the prestigious Academy Awards, called "Oscars", are presented for the year's best achievements in the film world. You'll be surprised to find out that the "red carpet" area that leads to the Kodak Theatre is actually a huge shopping mall called Hollywood and Highland, which is full of shops and restaurants. This place attracts a lot of tourists who like to imagine that star directors like Stephen Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino will turn up for a cup of coffee just before the Oscars. They are unlikely to do so, because on the big day all the shops are closed and the public can't even go in. But you're certain to see your favourite star if you stand outside in the huge crowd of people waiting behind the velvet ropes.
If you missed the Oscars, you're unlikely to see any celebrities on an ordinary day, but don't leave Hollywood Boulevard in a hurry. Look down at your feet and you'll see bronze stars set in the sidewalk. Look closer and you'll be able to read the names of the people who made Hollywood famous: film directors, producers, camera operators, actors and actresses, and musicians. It's the Walk of Fame, the most unusual monument to talent and success in the world. The tradition started in the late 1950s and now there are more than 2,500 stars in the sidewalk. Every year twenty new celebrities get their stars, but a star isn't cheap. It costs about $40,000 to install and look after one.
If you don't look down, Hollywood Boulevard looks like an ordinary street. There are no architectural masterpieces, it's not very clean and it's full of little souvenir shops. In the evening teenagers often come to sing and dance here They pay no attention to the tourists and the stars in concrete.

rest. a) to have b) have c) having 3. They always made ______ at home. a) to stay b) stay c) staying 4. She enjoys _________ to music. a) to listen b) listen c) listening 5. Math ________ a difficult subject for me. a) am b) is c) are 6. He has been sleeping __________ two hours. a) at b)for c) since 7. Is there_________ meat? We need to buy _______. a) some b) any c) no 8. This problem __________discussed at our last meeting. a) will be b) has be c) was 9. She has been reading the book _______ 5 o’clock. a) for b) since c) at 10.________ you go to the disco last week. a) do b) will c) did 11. She said: “I am having breakfast”. a) She said she has been having breakfast. b) She said she was having breakfast. 12. I usually go to _______ bed early. a) the b) - c) a d) an 13. I_____________ come with you if __________finish translating this article. a) will/will b) -/will c) will/- d) -/- 14. Sportsmen arrived in ______ Almaty on ______ twenty-first of July. a) the/the b) the/- c)-/- d) -/the 15. Spring begins ________ March. a) of b) in c) on 16. We asked if he ________ to join us. a) wants b) wanted c) will want 17. Turn _________ the light. It is 11 o’clock already. a) on b) off c) down d) up 18. I was born ________ 1978. a) on b) at c) to d) in 19. In winter the days are _______ than in autumn. a) short b) shortest c) as short d) shorter 20. When I entered the classroom the lesson _______ . a) had already start b) was already started c) had already started 21. One day Mark Twain was traveling in France by train. He was going to a small town near Paris. He asked the conductor to wake him up when they got to the town and went to sleep. It was early morning when he woke up. The train was already near Paris. Mark Twain ran up to the conductor and cried: “I asked you to wake me up! Why didn’t you do it?” The conductor answered: “You may be angry, sir, but not so angry as the American whom I put off the train instead of you”. Mark Twain asked the conductor: a) to help him with his suitcase b) to bring a cup of coffee c) to wake him up d) to show the map e) to walk with him

3.He said:"John,have you been in mane caves?Are you a caver?"

4.Joe said:"I think i'll go to the library to study"

5."Where did you buy this hat?"she wanted to know.

6.The teacher told us:"Don't let any strangers in"

7.She asked me:"May i get a cup of coffee?"

8."If you spill the milk,there won't be any for the cat,"-sait my mother to me

9.Sallu wanted to know:"Is there anything I can do to help you?"

10."I've just telephoned the doctor,"-said Maurice