Учебно-методическое пособие для факультативных занятий по английскому языку. Таганрог: Изд-во тти, 2013. 200 с
where to go? This is not an easy question. The hoi polloi 5
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an easy question. The hoi polloi 5 may go to Paris or Spain, but such an obvious choice will certainly not do for anyone with a little self-respect. There is a small international set that leads the fashion and you must watch them. Some years ago they discovered Capri, but now Capri is teeming with rich German and English businessmen, so you can't go near the place. Majorca was next on the list, but Majorca has become quite ridiculous in the last few years: it is now an odd mixture of Munich and Oxford Street, and has noth ing to offer (because, needless to say, beauty and sunshine do not count). At the moment I may recommend Tangie r, Rhodes is fairly safe too. The year after that, who knows, Capri may be tried again. Remember: travel is supposed to make you sophisticated. When buying your souvenirs and later when most casually — you really must practise how to be casual — you refer to any foreign food, you should speak of these things in the vernac - ular. Even fried chicken sounds rather romantic when you speak of Backhendl . 5 It is possible, however, that the mania for travelling is declining. I wonder if a Roman friend of mine was s imply an eccentric or the forerunner of a new era in snobbery. 'I no longer travel at all', he told me. 'I stay here because I want to meet my friends from all over the world.' 'What exactly do you mean?' I asked. 'It is simple,' he explained. 'Whenever I go to London, my friend Smith is sure to be in Tokyo and Brown in Sicily. If I go to Paris, Dupont is sure to be in London and Lebrun in Madagascar or Lyons. And so on. But if I stay in Rome, all my friends are absolutely sure to turn up at one time or another. The world means people for me. I stay here because I want to see the world.' And he added after a short pause: 'Besides, staying at home broadens the mind.' NOTES 1 to catch the bug from (colloq.)— to get infected. 2 to linger on — (here) to be still alive. 135 3 Welsh rarebit ['resbit] — melted cheese served on toasted bread 4 to stand a drink (colloq.) — to buy smb. a drink 5 hoi polloi ['hoi pa'loi] (Greek) — most people, the masses 6 Backhendl ['bAkhendl] (Germ.) — fried chicken жүктеу/скачать 1,77 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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