В мире фразовых глаголов. Книга вторая

Задание 19

Give away или give up? Прочтите эту забавную историю про фокусника и попугая, заполнив пробелы нужным глаголом в правильной форме.

THE MAGICIAN AND THE PARROT

There was once a magician who worked aboard a cruise ship, performing mainly sleight of hand tricks. He was actually quite a skillful magician, but his routines were regularly ruined by the onboard parrot who would fly around, squawking out and ___________ his secrets, like so:

"IT'S UP HIS SLEEVE, IT'S UP HIS SLEEVE!" or

"IT'S IN HIS POCKET, IT'S IN HIS POCKET!" or

"IT'S IN HIS MOUTH, IT'S IN HIS MOUTH!"

magician фокусник; parrot попугай; aboard на борту; cruise ship круизное судно; perform исполнять; mainly главным образом; sleight of hand tricks фокусы, основанные на ловкости рук; skillful опытный, искусный; routine номер программы, выход (артиста); ruin портить, губить; who would fly around который каждый раз начинал кружил над ним (модальныйглагол would указываетздесьнаповторяемостьдействия); squawk вопить, пронзительно кричать; sleeve рукав; pocket карман; mouth рот

The magician was getting pretty sick of this, and threatened to kill the parrot if it ruined his act one more time.

That evening, right at the climax of his act – just as he was about to vanish into a puff of smoke – the ship hit an iceberg, and sank in seconds.

get pretty sick of sth сильно уставать от чего-либо; threaten грозить, угрожать; act выступление; climax кульминационный момент; was about tovanish как раз должен был исчезнуть; puff of smoke клуб дыма; hit an iceberg налететь на айсберг; sink (sank, sunk) идти до дну

Amazingly, the magician and the parrot were the only ones who survived.

The magician lay atop a piece of driftwood, visibly dazed. As he opened his eyes, he could see the parrot staring at him with its beady little eye.

The parrot sat there for hours, just staring at him, and eventually said, "OK, I ___________ – what did you do with the ship?"

amazingly удивительно, поразительно; survive выжить; lie (lay, lain) лежать; atop на; поверх; driftwood коряга; visiblydazed явно в полубессознательном состоянии; stare уставиться; beady eyes глаза-бусинки; eventually наконец

Ключ.

Вот что у вас должно было получиться: 1. the parrot would fly around, squawking out and giving away his secrets; 2. OK, I give up.

Задание 20

В этих предложениях говорится о некой ошибке, совершенной полицейскими.