Fill in the blanks with articles before nouns in some syntactic position if necessary.
1. The elder Royce, who served Warren Trent as ... companion and ... privileged friend, had already spoken out with a disregard of consequences. 2. Ed Everhart, ... one-armed man, worked with the writer as ... telegraph messenger. 3. What ... odd, unsatisfactory child you are! I can't make you out. 4. The sky pressed down like a metal dome from ... horizon to ... horizon. 5. Gretchen didn't wait for the three-day-old cherry because she was due at the army hospital just outside the town where she worked as ... volunteer. 6. And you really live by the river. What ... jolly life! 7. Since her return to Hong Kong Kitty had hesitated from ... day to ... day to go to her house. 8. Look here, ... Doctor! My wife's got a crazy idea in her head. 9. Before the first year had passed I had saved a thousand dollars and we had lived in comfort. But at what ... cost! 10. "Jeff," Tony said finally, "how are you as ... fisherman?" 11. From ... time to ... time this morning I tried to concentrate, just on music, then on reading. 12. When they reached Sympathy Scat Leonard offered her a cigarette and they smoked peacefully ... side by ... side. 13. "I am convinced that with you as ... teacher, everything will be possible," Antonie said. 14. What ... progress you have made in your language learning! 15. "I didn't mean to hurt you, ... sweet," she said. "But we are ... old friends and we used to say what we meant to each other." 16. He took a room in an inn opposite Wolfgang's so that they could consult with each other from ... window to ... window. 17. After a few moments, ... other soldier found Jok lying on his side under the truck, shaking from ... head to ... foot, his arms clasped about himself. 18. He'll write something better than ....book "The Match Girl". 19. It's ... same reason I warned you about. 20. Among them was ... astronomer Christopher Wren, better known as ... architect. 21. What they felt the lack of most bitterly was ... tobacco. 22.... former president Alf Budd warned delegates that affiliation to CND would split the union from ... top to ... bottom. 23. She was ... daughter of a solicitor in Liverpool. 24. "Good morning, miss," Michael said to the girl, who glanced up from her typing, ... hands on the typewriter.
Translate the following sentences from Russian into English paying attention to the use of articles with nouns in some syntactical positions.
1. Я слышал голос этого человека много лет назад, когда он был главой шайки. 2. Она была лучшей поварихой на острове. 3. Джеймс в ужасе стоял на тротуаре. Он дрожал с головы до ног. 4. О’Доннел был главою хирургического отделения и президентом медицинского совета госпиталя. 5. У меня есть там друзья, которых я навещаю время от времени летом. 6. Какими они были друзьями! 7. Его карьера (как) школьного учителя прервалась в 1911 году из-за болезни. 8. «Я бы предпочел не говорить о нем, отец», - сказал он наконец. 9. В течение многих лет Ньютон был президентом Королевского общества. 10. Она была замужем за сэром Максом Маллованом, известным археологом. 11. Время от времени я встречался с Ирэн. 12. Он беспокойно ворочался с боку на бок, но сон не приходил. 13. «Вы обращались со мной как с ребенком до сих пор», - медленно сказала Люси. 14. «Как смешно!» - сказала миссис Ван Хоппер, когда мы поднимались в лифте. 15. Я путешествовал из города в город в поисках свободы. 16. Мы требовали, чтобы доктор Мэнсон ушел в отставку. 17. Академик Петров был самым опытным специалистом по туберкулезу. 18. Я вас очень уважаю, доктор, и мне было бы жаль, если бы вы обо мне плохо думали.
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The Education of Benjamin Franklin
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History has given Benjamin Franklin ... place of ... enduring fame. He was ... writer, ... inventor, and ... statesman, whose life story has enjoyed ... popular success for 200 years.
Franklin's education at ... school stopped when he was ten years old. But he never stopped learning. For him, ... books held ... key to living happily and successfully. They were ... precious gifts.
In his early youth, he had ... friend who worked for ... bookseller. Sometimes his friend would lend him ... book, which he was careful to return quickly. Often he sat up in his room reading most of ... night in order to return ... honk before his friend's employer noticed its absence.
But Franklin was not ... lonely scholar. For him, learning was ... social experience. In his ''Autobiography," he tells about organizing ... club called the "Junto" which met every Friday night to improve its members' minds:
"... rules I made required every member, in ... turn, to produce one or more questions on any point of ... Morals, ... Politics, or ... Natural Philosophy. ... questions would then be discussed by ... whole group. Also, once in three months, each member was required to read ... article he had written on any subject he pleased.
"Our discussions were directed by ... president and conducted as ... honest search for ... truth. We were to avoid ... unpleasant arguments or ... desire for ... victory. Any member who did not obey these rules had to pay ... fine."
... Junto which Franklin organized continued for many years. It was ... best group for ... discussion of ... philosophy, ... morality, and ... politics that existed in that part of ... country. ... questions were given to ... members during ... week before they were to be discussed. This encouraged ... members to read carefully about each subject so that they might speak with more understanding. They learned to become ... better conversationalists too, since ... rules prevented ... disagreeable arguments.
When the Junto was organized, before ... middle of ... eighteenth century, there were no public libraries. There was even not ... good bookstore ... south of Boston. In New York and Philadelphia, ... printers sold only a few ordinary school books. ... people who loved to read were obliged to send to England for their books. Franklin decided to improve this situation.
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Each member of the Junto owned a few books. ... room had been rented in which ... members held their meetings. Franklin suggested that all ... members should bring their books to that room. In this way ... books would be ... help to all during ... weekly discussions. Also, each member would be allowed to take and read at ... home any book he chose. ... arrangement was so satisfactory that Franklin soon decided that something similar should be done for ... other people in his city. His autobiography tells how he put ... idea into ... action.
"Realizing ... benefits of ... Junto's little collection, I suggested starting ... public library. I made ... necessary plan and rules and had ... lawyer put them in ... proper written form. Each man who signed ... agreement promised to pay forty shillings immediately to purchase ... first books and ten shillings each year to buy more books.
We began with ... small amount of ... money, and ... books were ordered from England. ... library was open one day ... week for lending. Any one who took ... book signed ... promise to pay double ... value if he didn't return it to ... library. ... library soon showed its usefulness and was copied by ... other towns. Reading became fashionable."
Franklin's experiences in trying to get people to join ... library taught him ... valuable lesson: "I soon learned that it is not wise to present one's self as ... proposer of any useful plan. When one needs ... help of one's neighbors for such ... purpose, one must remember this: Do not let them think you are trying to increase your own fame in ... community.
"Therefore, I kept myself out of it as much as I could. I presented ...library as ... plan of 'several friends'.
I said they had asked me to propose it to those whom they considered to be ... lovers of reading. In this way, ... organization progressed more smoothly.
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"I used this method on many later occasions. From my frequent successes, I can strongly recommend it."
Franklin's ability to learn from ... observation and ... experience contributed greatly to his success in ... public life. He once explained how his observations concerning ... human nature helped him win ... friendship of ... man who could have been ... powerful enemy.
"In 1736, I was chosen to be ... secretary of the Assembly. No one opposed ... choice that year. ... next year I was proposed again. This time ... new member made ... speech against me. However, I was chosen again.
"I liked being ... secretary to ... Assembly. I did not like ...opposition of this new member, who was ... wealthy, educated gentleman. It was probable that, in time, he would have great influence in ... Assembly, and I wanted to gain his favour.
"So after some time had passed, I used this method of winning his friendship. I had heard that ... gentleman had ... certain special and interesting book in his library. It was one of very few existing copies. I wrote him expressing my desire to read that book. I asked him to favour me by lending it to me for ... few days. He sent it immediately, and I returned it in ... week with ... note telling him how very grateful I was for ... favour.
"... next time we met in ... Assembly, ... gentleman spoke to me with ... great kindness. (He had never done this before.) After that, he was ready to help me on all ... occasions. We became ... good friends, and our friendship continued to his death.
"This is another instance of ... truth of ... old saying: 'He who has once done ... kindness will be more ready to do you another than he for whom you yourself have done ... favour.' And it shows how much profit there is in removing ... causes for ... hate."
Throughout his life, Benjamin Franklin continued his education learning from ... human contacts as well as from ... books.
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