1. Прочитайте текст еще раз. Найдите предложения с прямой речью. Переведите их в косвенную речь.
2. Придумайте и запишите заключительную фразу, что бы сказал мистер Эперли мальчику, когда тот вернул ему доллар и собаку.
When I was a boy I lived a long way from school. I had to walk through the forest to get to our
school. I usually took my father's gun with me.
One day, coming from school, I heard cries from Mr. Epperly's house. His dog, Old Ranger, had
fought with a mad dog, half an hour before. Now all the people were afraid of Old Ranger because
the dog could have become mad too. They all asked Mr. Epperly to shoot Old Ranger.
Mr. Epperly said he could not do it himself. He asked some people to do it but nobody agreed. Mr.
Epperly came up to me and said, "Joe, why can't you take the dog with you to the forest on your
way home and shoot it?"
I told Mr. Epperly I did not want to shoot Old Ranger. "I'll give you one dollar if you do it", he
said.
I had never had a dollar. I did not want to shoot Old Ranger but now it seemed to me that all the
people wanted it.
Mr. Epperly gave me one dollar, I took Old Ranger and went to the forest. I knew I could never
shoot Old Ranger. So I decided to take him secretly home. At home I explained everything to my
mother. She let me keep the dog in the yard for a month.
It was the most difficult time in my life. The Epperly children did not want to walk to school with
me. And the other children at school asked me, "What have you done with your dollar?" They did
not want to play with me. I could not explain anything to them.
Then came the happy morning. "You can take Old Ranger 1ome now, Joe", my mother said "A
month is over. The dog isn't dangerous any more".
I took the dog. He was very happy to go with me. We were not far from Mr. Epperly's house. Mr.
and Mrs. Epperly were very glad to see Old Ranger and me.
Then I gave the dollar back to Mr. Epperly
Charity begins at home, they say. What is charity? It is the way to help needy people. When one person or many people need help, other people can donate money and do other useful things for them. Mother Teresa once said: “To truly give charity, you must be free of selfishness!” The charity is popular nowadays but some rich and famous people do it only for their image and brand. But several years before all people did it sincerely, to my mind.
Charity is well developed in foreign countries, unfortunately, in Russia, charity isn't very popular. There are so many charitable organizations in the world today. They allow people to donate either directly or online, through websites.
Charity can be different, for example, people can help the old or the orphans. We can send different things, food and money to them.
Charity is really good. If we want to help people and we also have a capability to do it, we must do it. And maybe our world will be better.
To conclude, charity helps some people financially, helps others appreciate what they have, and makes the community a better place.
2. There were many sculptures in the park.
3. Marine Park is the name of a public park in the New York City.
4. An acrobat is an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination.
5. An orchestra was directed by a perfect conductor.
6. The band played for the whole night.
7. Players came out for warming.
8. Great artists of old time created paintings that still delight us.
9. A referee shal always be neutral to both parties.
10. Many screens were placed in the city so that everyone could follow the game.
11. The audience was respectful of the speaker's opinion.
12. They performed sheet music for full and string orchestra.
13. All musicians were extremely talented and we liked the concert a lot.
14. He works in the office half-time.
15. Popular singers took part in the charity events.
16. The job of whale trainers is very dangerous.
17. We were lucky to have a good guy during our trip to London.
18. Facebook presented a new feature which allows you to follow your visitors.
19. We went to the swimming pool after school.
20. The stadium was full of spectators.
21. Demonstrative evidence, exhibits and other physical forms of evidence used in court to demonstrate, show, depict, inform or teach relevant information to the viewer.
22. Lighting is what turns your home into a place for doing things you love.
23. My brother liked the performance of the tightrope dancer.
24. Musical instruments were created or adapted to create special sounds.