Английский разговорный шутя. 100 анекдотов на все случаи жизни - стр. 29

5. Telling the story to a friend the next day at the local watering hole, his best friend sadly shakes his head.

6. Taking the Harley rat up on the porch, I start screamin' and a cussin'.

7. Slamming open the door and screamin', his wife is always asleep.

7. Find English equivalents to the Russian words in the scanword:

1. (а…) избегать, 2. (t…) идти на цыпочках, 3. (b…) брать взаймы, 4. (1…) местный, 5. (m…) беспорядок, 6. (е…) выставка, 7. (е…) возбуждение, 8. (f…) парень, 9. (а…) обезьяна, 10. (s…) без рукавов.

8. Render the joke.

There were three guys talking in the pub. Two of them were talking about the amount of control they had over their wives, while the third remained quiet.

After a while one of the first two turned to the third and said, «Well, what about you? What sort of control do you have over your wife?»

The third fellow says, «I'll tell you. Just the other night my wife came to me on her hands and knees.»

The first two guys were amazed. «Wow! What happened then?» they asked.

The third man took a healthy swallow of his beer, sighed and uttered, "She said, 'Get out from under the bed and fight like a man!' "

Study the words and expressions given below:

control контроль, власть

pub паб, пивная

amount объем, величина

to remain оставаться

swallow глоток (пива, воды, вина)

healthy swallow большой глоток

beer пиво

to sigh вздыхать

to utter произносить

to fight сражаться, драться

Get out! Убирайся! Вылезай!

after a while через некоторое время

what sort of? какого типа? какого вида?

the other night на днях вечером

1. Answer the questions to the text:

1. How many guys were there in the pub?

2. What did they drink there?

3. What were two of them talking about?

4. What question was the third guy asked?

5. In what way had the third guy's wife come to him one of the nights?

6. What did she say to her husband?

2. Fill in the blanks with the words from the text:

1. Two of the guys are talking about the _______ of control they had over their wives.

2. The third guy _______ quiet.

3. After a _______ one of the first two guys turned to the third one.

4. What _______ of control do you have over your wife?

5. Just the _______ night my wife came to me.

6. The first two guys were _______.

7. The third man took a healthy _______ of his beer.

3. Match the two parts of the sentences:

4. Match the words and expressions in the left column to those in the right one:

2. Какого размера власть ты имеешь над своей женой?

3. Третий парень хранил молчание.

4. Через некоторое время один из первых двоих повернулся к третьему.