Общий курс английского языка. Часть 4 (В2 – С2)

Danya walked around the surroundings.

Then he went into the castle and saw a lot of interesting things there. No one was visible inside, but for some reason the boy asked:

– Tell me, please, and whose castle it is?

– Of course it’s yours, sir Daniel! – he heard back.

The castle had a cozy bedroom. Danya was tired, on walking around his star, and wanted to sleep. He lay in a soft bed, covered himself with a duvet and fell asleep very quickly.

– Danya, get up! – he suddenly heard his grandmother’s voice.

«It’s ten o’clock in the morning, wash yourself and sit down for breakfast.»

The boy sat at the table, the breakfast seemed to him unusually tasty. He was very happy and with pleasure told his granny everything that he had managed to see in his yogurt dream.

When it was time to go to bed, he went to his grandma, who was cooking something, standing at the stove, and asked:

– Granny, it’s time to sleep, I’ve come for my yogurt dreams, give me, please, a glass of your wonderful yogurt!

The next morning, telling his grandmother another unusual dreams about the star, Danya asked:

– Granny, what is a secret of your magical yogurt, what do you put there?»

Grandmother got thoughtful for a while and then answered:

– I put there the freshest home-made yogurt, add small pieces of various delicious fruits according to my mood, and a very large portion of my love for you, my boy.

In fact, that’s all.

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Держись (Holding Her Down)

Часть 1

Не принимая во внимание несчастные случаи (barring accidents), хороший бродяга (…good hobo), молодой и ловкий (with youth and agility), может продержаться на поезде (can hold a train down), невзирая на все усилия (despite all …efforts) поездной команды (of …train-crew) его ссадить (to «ditch» him) – учитывая (given), конечно (of course), что всё это происходит в ночное время (night-time), и это самое обязательное условие (as an essential condition).

Когда такой бродяга (when such …hobo), при таких условиях (under such conditions), решает (make.. up his mind) что (that) ему нужно продержаться на поезде (he be..* going to hold her down/ am, is, are), либо (either) он на нём удерживается (he do..