Рассказы с неожиданным финалом для подростков
Книга из серии Easy Classics предназначена для школьников-подростков, изучающих английский язык на уровне B1 (Средний), а также для всех, кто хочет перейти от учебных текстов к настоящей художественной литературе в адаптированном формате.В сборник вошли известные рассказы О. Генри, Оскара Уайльда, Саки, Роберта Льюиса Стивенсона и Вашингтона Ирвинга. Читателя ждут истории о неожиданной щедрости и настоящем благородстве, о привидении, которое само боится людей, о похищении, которое пошло совсем не по плану, о детской хитрости, загадочном сне длиной в двадцать лет и таинственном всаднике без головы.Язык произведений упрощен до уровня B1, но сюжет, атмосфера и характеры героев сохранены. Каждый рассказ сопровождается словариком и заданиями для самостоятельной работы.В сочетании с аудиоверсией этот сборник становится особенно эффективным инструментом изучения английского языка.
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37 Della had one dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Most of it was in pennies. She saved this money little by little. She often paid in very small coins, and the shopkeepers did not like it. Still, Della saved every penny she could. Della counted the money again and again. $1.87. Tomorrow was Christmas. She sat down on the small old couch and cried. Life could feel hard. Sometimes there were tears, sometimes there were smiles. That day, Della had more tears than smiles. Della and her husband lived in a cheap flat. It was small and simple. Their life was not easy, but they loved each other. Her husband’s name was James Dillingham Young, but eve-ryone called him Jim. Della was his wife. Jim’s salary was not high. Before, he earned more, but now he earned less. Money was always a problem. Della stopped crying. She wiped her face and looked out of the window. Outside, everything looked grey and cold. Tomorrow was Christmas Day, and she wanted to buy a present for Jim. She loved Jim very much. She wanted something nice for him — something special. But what could she buy with $1.87? In their flat there was a mirror between the windows. Della looked into it. Then she did something quickly. She took off her hat and let her hair fall down. Della had beautiful hair. It was long, brown, and shiny. It reached almost to her knees. Jim and Della had only two things they were really proud of. One was Jim’s gold watch, which came from his father and grandfather. The other was Della’s hair. In old stories, there were very rich people, like the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. Della and Jim were not rich at all, but they still had their two treasures: the watch and the hair. Della looked at her hair and made a decision. She put on her old jacket and her old hat and went out. She stopped in front of a shop with a sign: “Mme. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds.” Della ran upstairs. “Will you buy my hair?” Della asked. “I buy hair,” the woman said. “Take off your hat.” Del...
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