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Reading 3. 1. Read the story. A Cent Cut into Two Pieces¹
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A Cent Cut into Two Pieces¹ I worked at an office. I wrote short stories about life in New York. One day, as I was engaged at the office, Tripp came in. I didn't know exactly where Tripp was working, but he was very poor. He was pale² and unhealthy, and whenever he came I knew that he was going to ask me for a dollar, and then spent it on whisky. This time Tripp looked more unhappy than ever. "Well, Tripp, how are you?" said I. "Have you got a dollar, Mr. Chalmers?" asked Tripp. "Would you like a good plot for a story? I've got an excellent one. It will probably³ cost you a dollar or two". “What is the story?" I asked impatiently. "It's a girl. A real beauty. She had lived in a village for twenty years and has never seen New York before. I happened to meet her in the street. I was passing by⁴ when she addressed me and asked where she could find George Brown. Asked me where she could find George Brown in New York! She comes from a little village and has seen nothing in her life but farms. I talked to her. She told me she was going to marry a farmer next week. But there had been a certain George Brown who had left the village some years ago and gone to the city to earn money. He never returned to the village. But before marrying the farmer, Ada - her name is Ada - wants to find George Brown and to have a talk with him as she seems to care for him still. That is why she has come to New York.. I couldn't leave her alone. She told me that she had spent all her money and that she didn't know what to do and where to go. So I took her to a boarding house and left her there. I want you to come with me to see her." "What nonsense⑤ you are talking, Tripp", said I. "I thought you said you had a ploy of a story "Oh, it will make a story, I assure you," said Tripp. "You can describe the girl and add a lot about true love - well, you know how to do it and it will cost you only four dollars." "How will it cost me four dollars?" I asked. "One dollar to the landlady⑥ in the boarding house⑦," Tripp answered, "and two dollars to pay the girl's cost home." "And the fourth dollar?" I asked. "One dollar to me," said Tripp, "for whisky. Are you coming?" There was nothing to be done but I said to myself that Tripp would never persuade me to give him his dollar for whisky. Angrily I went with him to the boarding house. Tripp was right; she was a beauty. We found Ada comfortably sitting in an armchair and crying. She told me everything. When she spoke about George Brown tears came to her eyes. What could I do? I was not George. "George and I", she went on, "loved each other. When he was nineteen that was six years ago - he left the village and went to New York to earn money. He said he would come back for me. But I never heard from him any more. On the day we parted George and I cut a cent into two pieces. I took one piece and he took the other, and we promised to be devoted to each other. Something has happened to him, I am sure. It certainly was very silly of me to come here looking for him. I never even thought what a big place New York is." And then Tripp and I told her how important it was for her to stop looking for the unlucky George and to return home at once. I paid the landlady a dollar, and the three of us left the boarding house. I bought a ticket and a red rose for Ada. We saw her off. And then Tripp and I looked at each other. Tripp seemed even more unhappy than usual. "Can't you make a story of it?" he asked me, "Not a line." said I. There is nothing interesting in this little adventure; but we have helped Ada. Let us try to forget it," said I. I didn't want to give Tripp his dollar for whisky. Just as we were walking toward the bus stop, Tripp took out his handkerchief, and I saw a cheap silver watch chain. Something was hanging on the watch chain. It was a half of a cent that had been cut into halves. "What?" I said, looking at him with surprise, "Oh, yes," he answered, "my real name is George Brown. But what's the use?" Without another word I took Tripp's whisky dollar out of my pocket and put it into his hand. (After O. Henry) Notes: 1. piece - бөлік. 2. pale - бозарған. 3. probably - бәлкім. 4. to pass by – жанынан өту. 5. nonsense –далбаса, сандырақ. 6. landlady – пансионның иесі. 7. boarding house – пансион, жиһаздалған бөлмелер үстелімен 2. Say what you have learned about: 1) Tripp; 2) Ada; 3) Chalmers. Think and answer. 1. What made Tripp sure that Chalmers would get interested in the girl's story? 2. Why couldn't Ada marry the farmer without seeing George brown first? 3. Why did Tripp want the girl to leave New York? 4. Why didn't Ada recognize Tripp? 5. Why didn't Tripp tell Ada his real name? Choose the proverb which best illustrates the idea of the story. Prove your choice. 1. A good name is better than riches. 2. East or West, home is best. 3. Lost time is never found again. жүктеу/скачать 2,92 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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