Приключения Шерлока Холмса / The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (сборник)

 Emily… an office with eight other people. She says it’s very noisy there…

2. When Anne arrived at the hospital she said she’d….. a ward with some other patients… have a private ward. It was the first time she was in hospital and she wanted to have somebody to talk to.

3. If you’re afraid to go to the doctor, I can… you there.

4. Sherlock Holmes… a lot of… together with Dr. Watson and Police Inspector Lestrade.

5. Monica would like to become a vet as she… animals.

6. Tom would… travel by train… by air.

He hates travelling by plane.

7. Evelyn was short of money and… to her that she could borrow some from her aunt.

8. Several car accidents… at the crossroads before traffic-lights were put up there.

9. Don’t cook curry for our party. We don’t… Indian food.

10. Helen Stoner… Sherlock Holmes early in the morning and asked him… her…

II

“My name is Helen Stoner, and I am living with my stepfather, who is the last of one of the oldest families in England, the Roylotts of Stoke Moran.

“The family was at one time among the richest in England, but at present only a few acres of land and an old house are left. The last squire lived the horrible life of a poor aristocrat; but his only son, my stepfather took a medical degree[8 - took a medical degree – получил диплом врача] and went to India, where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he established a large practice. In a fit of anger, however, he beat his native servant to death and went to prison.

After that he returned to England a gloomy and disappointed man.

“When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner, the young widow. My sister Julia and I were twins, and we were only two years old at the time of my mother’s second marriage. She had a considerable sum of money and all this she left to Dr. Roylott while we lived with him, but a certain sum should be paid to each of us every year in the event of our marriage[9 - in the event of our marriage – в случае нашего замужества].

After our return to England my mother died – she was killed eight years ago in a railway accident. Dr. Roylott then left London and took us to live with him in the old house at Stoke Moran. The money which my mother had left was enough for all our wants, and it seemed we could be happy.

“But a terrible change occurred to our stepfather at this time.