Fill in the blanks with articles if necessary before names of substances.
1. "Thanks," he said and she cut him a slice, reaching up to unhook ... big cheese that hung in a net from the ceiling. 2. ... sand was special. Elsewhere around the airport, on roadways and areas which the public used, ... salt was added to ... sand as a means of melting ... ice. 3. Everywhere, mingled with the smell of cooking were odours of ... stale eau-de-cologne, ... strong talcum powder and the sharp smell of ... antiseptics. 4. There had still been ... snow then, ... snow that had ruined them. 5. Bart heard Jan calling him. It was ... water that she wanted. He remembered that he had forgotten to place ... water near her bed in the evening. 6. She lay back. She didn't want to watch ... snow any more. 7. At once a draught of ... cool fresh air suffused the room. 8. I think you are unwise to eat ... meat. 9. This year the additional demand for ... fuel and ... rolled ferrous metal is to be met by saving of 60 per cent, as compared with the planned 50 per cent. 10. We were enjoying a breakfast of ... cake and ... chicken when gunfire slapped through the woods. 11. And now the thing that had been Doris – was only ... clay, just the raw material that would soon be fashioned into something else. 12. She was chewing ... gum. I couldn't bear the fact that she was chewing ... gum. 13. "It's ... best tea I've had for 18 months," Bart said tipping the last of a bottle of ... beer into the glass. 14. Every drug-store has a food counter with high stools in front of it and there they serve ... various juices, coffee, ice-cream, sandwiches, omelettes and other egg dishes. 15. She had no words, but she went on packing, wrapping sandals in ... paper 16. He's made of ... iron, that man. 17. He dropped silently back into … blue-black waters. 18. He broke open the carcase of the first bird and was cutting off thin bits of ... brown meat from the ribs, but he could stand it no longer. 19. It's on the edge of the lake and ... water comes right under it at high tide – you can hear it. 20. Bart filled the blackened kettle and set it beside ... fire while Jan arranged chops ... grilling iron and placed it on ... stones he had rolled up to make a fireplace. Soon ... fat was dripping on ... fire and ... meat sizzled tempting.
55. Fill in the blanks with articles wherever necessary paying particular attention to the words "tea" and "coffee". Retell the dialogue in indirect speech.
Interview
Tom met John Begg. ... young sales assistant, when he was buying ... coffee in ... big London department store. As John wasn't busy, he had ... talk with Tom.
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Tom: There are such ... lot of ... departments in ... store. Why did you choose to work in ... grocery department?
John: My father has ... grocery shop in ... Ireland, so I already knew ... bit about selling ... groceries when I came to England. I thought that blending and selling ... teas and ... coffees from all over ... world would be particularly interesting.
Tom: You certainly sell many different kinds of ... coffees and ... teas – some with ... strange names, too. What is "mate", for ... instance?
John: "Mate" is ... tea made from ... mate plant in ... Argentina. We also sell ... Jasmine-scented tea, amongst ... others, as well as ... dozens of ... different types of ... coffees that you can see.
Tom: I suppose ... different customers want … special blends?
John: Oh yes. Some of them are very particular indeed about ... blending, and want ... three or four different teas or coffees mixed together, or "blended" as we say.
Tom: Your customers must know quite ... lot about ... tea and ... coffee to ask for these special blends.
Translate from Russian into English.
1. Сидя на веранде, Барт мог слышать звон фарфора, стук серебра. 2. Ни один из них не ел хлеба в течение десяти лет. 3. Холодная вода освежила его после долгого сна. 4. Она носила коралловое ожерелье в серебряной оправе. 5. Вы хоть раз получали табак, который я посылал? 6. Джейн и Джон шли по грязи и слякоти, взявшись за руки. 7. Восхитительный аромат жарящегося цыпленка наполнил квартиру. 8. Когда суп был съеден, он повернулся к огню и зажег сигару. 9. Я наполнил ванну холодной водой. 10. На поверхности воды лежали листья. 11. Она приготовила себе кофе. 12. Мейбл взяла что-то из толстой красной шерсти. 13. «Диета? – подумала она. – Когда мне будет шестьдесят, я позволю себе распуститься. Я буду есть столько хлеба и масла, сколько мне захочется». 14. Перед Беатрисой стояла тарелка с маслом, горшочек с клубничным джемом, кофе и кувшин со сливками. 15. Ее слова повисли в тишине комнаты, как туман над водой. 16. Правда ведь, что не имеет значения, написано завещание пером или напечатано на машинке? 17. Она пила крепкий черный кофе, намазывая масло на кусок черствого хлеба. 18. Крыши и земля были покрыты снегом. 19. Джанис последовала за ней с чашкой теплого молока и померила у нее температуру. 20. У него кончились продукты, и он питался рыбой и кокосовыми орехами.
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