Приключенческая история на английском кратко

Обновлено: 04.07.2024

Wrong email address

A couple going on vacation but his wife was on a business trip so he went to the destination first and his wife would meet him the next day.

When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email.

Unfortunately, when typing her address, he mistyped a letter and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher’s wife whose husband had passed away only the day before.

When the grieving widow checked her email, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint.

At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

Dearest Wife,
Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.

Will’s experience at the airport

After his return from Rome, Will couldn’t find his luggage in the airport baggage area. He went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that his bags hadn’t shown up on the carousel.

She smiled and told him not to worry because they were trained professionals and he was in good hands.

Then she asked Will, “Has your plane arrived yet?”

Clever kids

A police officer found a perfect hiding place for watching for speeding motorists.

One day, the officer was amazed when everyone was under the speed limit, so he investigated and found the problem.

A 10 years old boy was standing on the side of the road with a huge hand painted sign which said “Radar Trap Ahead.”

A little more investigative work led the officer to the boy’s accomplice: another boy about 100 yards beyond the radar trap with a sign reading “TIPS” and a bucket at his feet full of change.

Mouthology

A Professor was traveling by boat. On his way he asked the sailor:

“Do you know Biology, Ecology, Zoology, Geography, physiology?

The sailor said no to all his questions.

Professor: What the hell do you know on earth. You will die of illiteracy.

After a while the boat started sinking. The Sailor asked the Professor, do you know swiminology & escapology from sharkology?

The professor said no.

Sailor: “Well, sharkology & crocodilogy will eat your assology, headology & you will dieology because of your mouthology.

Captain

A navy captain is alerted by his First Mate that there is a pirate ship coming towards his position. He asks a sailor to get him his red shirt.

The captain was asked, “Why do you need a red shirt?”

The Captain replies, “So that when I bleed, you guys don’t notice and aren’s discouraged.” They fight off the pirates eventually.

The very next day, the Captain is alerted that 50 pirate ships are coming towards their boat. He yells, “Get me my brown pants!”

Elephant

The class teacher asks students to name an animal that begins with an “E”. One boy says, “Elephant.”

Then the teacher asks for an animal that begins with a “T”. The same boy says, “Two elephants.”

The teacher sends the boy out of the class for bad behavior. After that she asks for an animal beginning with “M”.

The boy shouts from the other side of the wall: “Maybe an elephant!”

I drove up to the office and broke a traffic rule — I crossed a double solid line on the road.
At that time, a police officer was standing on the street.
I thought he saw me go over the double lines.
But he kept standing.

I drove further slowly because I was near my office.
At that time, a car backed up.
The driver didn’t see my car, and smashed into it.

I’m standing, I’m hearing, and I can’t say anything.

Then he laughed and said: “Miss, please smile, you looked so upset that I had to tell you something to cheer you up” and let me go.

Это было 7 лет назад.
Я ехала на работу.

Я уже подъехала к офису, но нарушила правила дорожного движения — пересекла двойную сплошную линию.
А там как раз стоял сотрудник ГАИ.
Я думала, он видел как я пересекла сплошную.
Но он продолжал стоять.

Я поехала дальше, потому что была уже рядом с офисом.
В это время, какая-то машина сдавала назад, ее водитель не видел мою машину и врезается в меня.

Я стою слушаю и не могу ничего сказать.

Fortune and the man

One day a man was walking along the street. He carried an old bag in his hands. He was wondering why people who had so much money were never satisfied and always wanted more. “As to me,” he said, “if I had enough to eat, I should not ask for anything else.”

Just at this moment Fortune came down the street. She heard the man and stopped.

“Listen,” she said, “I want to help you. Hold your bag, and I shall pour diamonds into it. But every diamond which falls on the ground will become dust. Do you understand?”

“Oh, yes, I understand,” said the man. He quickly opened his bag and stream of diamonds was poured into it. The bag began to grow heavy. “Is that enough?” asked Fortune. “Not yet.” The man’s hand’s began to tremble.

“You are the richest man in the world now.” Said Fortune.

“Just a few more, and a few more,” said the man. Another diamond was added and the bag slipped. All the diamonds fell on the ground and became dust.

Fortune disappeared, leaving the man in the street.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Everyone has heard of Sherlock Holmes. Everyone has read stories about Sherlock Holmes at one time or another. Sherlock Holmes was a famous detective. Actually, he was the most famous detective of all times.

The author of the Sherlock Holmes stories was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Once Sir Arthur arrived in Paris. He took a cab and asked the cabman to take him to the Ritz, the hotel where he was going to spend the night.

The cabman brought him to the hotel. When he received the fare he said:
“Thank you very much, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”
“How do you know who I am?” asked Sir Arthur. He was very much surprised.

“Well, sir, I read in the newspaper yesterday that you were coming to Paris from the South of France. I also noticed that your hair was cut by a barber in the South of France. Your clothes and especialy your hat told me that you were English. I put all the information together and quessed that you were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”

“That is wonderful,” said Sir Arthur.
“You could recognize me though you knew very few facts.”

“Besides,” added the cabman. Your name is on both of your travelling bags. That also helped.”

So, the cabman played a good joke on Conan Doyle.

Honesty is the best policy

A woodman was once working on the bank of a deep river. Suddenly his axe slipped from his hand and dropped into the water.
“Oh! I have lost my axe,” he cried. “What shall I do? Who can help me?”
Mercury heard the poor man’s cries and appeared before him.

‘What is the matter, poor woodman?” he asked. “What has happened? Why are you so sad and unhappy?”
Mercury listened to the man’s story and then said, “Perhaps I can help you.” He dived into the river and brought up a golden axe. “Is this yours?” he asked. “No, that is not mine,” was the answer.

Mercury dived a second time and this time brought up a silver axe. “Is this yours?” he asked. Again the answer was “No.” So Mercury dived a third time and brought up the very axe that the woodman had lost. “That’s my axe,” cried the man. “Yes, that is my axe. Now I can work again.”

Mercury was so pleased with the follow’s honesty that at once he made him a present of the other two axes and disappeared before the man could say, “Thank you”.

The woodman went home very pleased with his good luck. He told his friends all about it and one of them decided to try his luck. So he went to the same place, dropped his axe into the river, and cried out: “Oh! I have lost my axe. What shall I do? Who can help me?”

Mercury appeared as before, and when he learnt that man had lost his axe, he dived into the river. Again he brought up a golden axe. “Is this yours”? he asked.

“Yes, it is,” answered the woodman. “You are not telling me the truth,” said Mercury.

You will neither have this axe nor the one that you so foolishly dropped into the water.”

A present from the son

Long ago there lived an old woman in England. She had a son who was a sailor. He went to different countries and always brought presents for his old mother.

Once he went to China and brought some tea from that country.
At that time tea was very expensive and only rich people could buy and drink it. So the old woman was very happy to have such a nice present. But she didn’t know what to do with it as she had never bought tea before. She thought it was a vegetable. She told her friends about her son’s present and invited them to taste it with her. At last the day of the tea-party came. The woman called her guests to the dining-room and put a big dish of tea leaves on the table. The guests began to eat the leaves with salt just as they ate vegetables. Nobody liked it but didn’t tell the woman about it and continued to eat the leaves.

Some tome later the sailor came into the room. When he saw that all the guests were eating leaves, he smiled.

“What are you doing? Why are eating these leaves? Where is the tea?”
“Here it is, my son,” the old woman said.
“And where is the water in which you have boiled the leaves?” asked the man laughing.
“I threw it away, of course,” answered the woman.

Давным-давно в Англии жила одна пожилая женщина. У нее был сын, который был матросом. Он ездил в разные страны и всегда привозил подарки своей старой матери.

Однажды он отправился в Китай и привез из этой страны чай. В то время чай был очень дорогим, и только богатые люди могли купить и пить такой чай. Поэтому старушка была очень счастлива иметь такой приятный подарок. Но она не знала, что с делать с таким чаем, поскольку она никогда не покупала его раньше. Она подумала, что это овощ.

I’m four years old at home, and two and a half in buses and trains

A mother and her young son got into a bus and sat down. The bus conductor came up to them and asked them to pay the fare. The mother said, ‘I want one ticket to Oxford,’ and gave him a shilling.

The conductor was looking at the small boy for a few seconds and then said, ‘How old are you, young man?’
The mother began speaking, but the conductor stopped her, and the boy said, ‘I’m four years old at home, and two and a half in buses and trains.’

The mother took sixpence more out of her bag and gave it to the bus conductor.
He gave her one ticket and a half.

Женщина доставила из сумки еще шесть пенсов и отдала кондуктору. А тот дал ей один взрослый и один детский билет.

I prefer to play the part of a great man on the stage

Once David Garrick, a famous actor, was told by a Member of Parliament that as he was so popular he could easily become an MP too. “No thank you,” the actor replied. “I prefer to play the part of a great man on the stage than the part of a fool in Parliament.”

Can my dog have a seat in the bus?

One wet day a woman with a dog got on a bus. It was a very big dog and its feet were dirty.
The woman said, “Oh, conductor, if I pay for my dog, can he have a seat like the other passengers?”

The conductor looked at the dog and then said, “Certainly, madam, he can have a seat, but like the other passengers, he mustn’t put his feet on it.”

Why do men in this country wear black when they marry?

Mrs. Robinson was a teacher in a big school in an American city. She had boys and girls in her class, and she always enjoyed teaching them, because they were quick and because they thought about everything carefully.

One day she said to the children: “People in a lot of countries in Asia wear white clothes at funerals, but people in America and in Europe wear white clothes when they’re happy, what color does a woman in this country wear when she marries, Mary?”

Mary said, “White, Miss because she’s happy.”

“That’s good, Mary,” Mrs. Robinson said. “You’re quite right. She wears white because she’s happy.”
But then one of the boys in the class put his hand up.

“Yes, Dick,” Mrs. Robinson said. “Do you want to ask a question?”
“Yes, Miss,” Dick said. “Why do men in this country wear black when they marry?”

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COAT FROM THE DEAD

One evening a man called James was on the road from Oxford to London. There weren’t many cars on the road because it was late. Suddenly in the lights of his car he saw a woman by the road – she was quite young and very pretty. ‘It’s dangerous to walk along the road when it’s dark and late,’ he thought. He stopped, opened the window and asked the young woman, ‘Where are you going? It’s dangerous to stand here at night… perhaps I can take you to London with me.’ The young woman didn’t answer but she opened the door of the car and got in.

James asked her a lot of questions: ‘What’s your name? Where do you live? Why are you on the road at night? Is your family in London? Where are your friends? Have you got any money? Are you hungry?’ The young woman sat next to James but she said nothing. Not one word. She only looked at the road.

Three days later he opened the back door of his car and found a coat. ‘This isn’t my coat,’ he thought. Then he remembered the young woman. Perhaps it was her coat. He had to drive to London again that evening so he thought, ‘l’ll take her coat back. ..I remember the street and the house.’ He drove there, parked in front of the house and walked up to the door. An older woman answered.

‘Does a young woman live here?’ he asked’. l think this is her coat – she left it in my car three days ago.’

The woman looked at the coat and began to cry. ‘That was my daughter’s coat.. .’

‘Here, please give it back to her then,’ James said.

‘l can’t,’ the woman said. ‘She’s dead.’

‘Dead!’ said James.

‘Yes, she died five years ago.’

Five years ago?’ James asked quietly.

‘Yes, on the road between Oxford and London. .. in an accident,’ the woman said.

Однажды вечером мужчина по имени Джеймс направлялся из Оксфорда в Лондон. Машин на дороге оказалось немного, так как время было позднее. Вдруг в свете фар он увидел женщину, она была молоденькая и симпатичная.

Женщина не ответила, но открыла дверцу и села в машину.

Молодая леди сидела рядом с Джеймсом, но ничего не говорила. Ни единого слова. Она лишь всматривалась в дорогу. Вскоре он перестал задавать вопросы, и они поехали дальше в полной тишине.

Он подъехал к месту назначения, припарковал авто и направился к двери.

Ему отварила пожилая женщина. Он спросил:

— Здесь ли проживает молодая леди? Я думаю, что это ее плащ. 3 дня назад она оставила его в моем автомобиле

3 Портфолио: Твоя школьная газета проводит соревнование приключенческих / смешных / загадочных историй. Напиши свою историю (около 100 слов). Подумай о:

It was early morning. Mike and Ben were playing football in the yard, when accidentally ball broken window in the garret. The boys immediately ran into the house and went up. They were scared, because the house was new and they knew that their parent wouldn’t be happy when they found out about the accident. In the garret, they found the ball in box with a lot of papers. Mike took one of them. “It is a treasure map!” – he exclaimed happily. “Really? Let me see!” – Ben answered. It turned out that the treasure was somewhere in the garden. They started looking for it. After a few hours, they finally found it under the tree. The boys were anxious in anticipation of gold coins. When they opened the box, they found old toys and staff of somebody else. “Well, that’s also the treasure” – said Ben sadly.

It was a bright, spring morning and Elizabeth and her two best friends, Catherine and Becky, decided to go away for the weekend. After a while they got hungry, so they stopped to get something to eat. Becky and Elizabeth went into the shop while Catherine stayed in the car.

When the two girls walked back to meet Catherine, they realized the car was not there anymore. They glanced around and noticed it was parked behind the shop. After a few minutes they both began to worry, as they couldn’t see Catherine.

Then they heard a voice coming from a shed behind the shop. It was Catherine. She (had) wanted to go to the WC and the door (had) locked behind her. She was inside for nearly an hour. After a few minutes of laughter and tears, the girls were back on the road and all was well.

Это было ясное, весеннее утро, и Элизабет и её две лучшие подруги, Кэтрин и Бекки, решили поехать отдыхать на выходные. Через некоторое время они проголодались, так что они остановились, чтобы найти что-либо покушать. Бекки и Элизабет пошли в магазин, пока Кэтрин оставалась в машине.

Когда две девушки возвращались обратно, чтобы встретиться с Кэтрин, они поняли, что машины там больше не было. Они огляделись вокруг и заметили, что она была припаркована за магазином. После нескольких минут они обе начали беспокоиться, потому что они не могли увидеть Кэтрин.

Затем они услышали голос, исходящий из тени за магазином. Это была Кэтрин. Она хотела пойти в туалет, а дверь перед ней закрылась. Она была внутри почти что час. После нескольких минут смеха и слёз, девушки вернулись на дорогу, и все было хорошо.

Before you write your story, decide on the main character(s) and the events. Write the events in the order they happened. This helps the.

3 Portfolio: Your school magazine is holding a(n) adventure/humorous/mystery story competition. Write your story.

*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Чтение коротких рассказов на английском – один из самых эффективных методов изучения языка. Интересные истории на английском языке с переводом помогают расширить словарный запас и улучшить грамматику. Кроме того, это лучшая практика для тренировки изученных слов и закрепления правил.

Вот какую пользу дает чтение рассказов и историй на английском:

чтение историй на английском расширяет словарный запас, позволяет понять специфику употребления многих идиом, разговорных оборотов, художественных приемов;
во время работы с историями на английском развивается умение понимать главную идею написанного;
чтение историй на английском языке позволяет увидеть практическое применение грамматических структур;
при чтении историй на английском у читателя появляется возможность научиться понимать оценить стиль автора.

Читая истории на английском можно значительно повысить мотивацию к изучению: понимание текста на иностранном языке вдохновляет на дальнейшее обучение. Изучая английский, истории полезно читать для проверки своих знаний и умения понимать и интерпретировать иноязычную речь.

Методика работы с историями

Выбранную историю первый раз нужно прочитать бегло: попытаться понять общую идею прочитанного, не стремиться понять каждое слово;
во время чтения истории на английском во второй раз обратить внимание на интересные слова и структуры, употребление грамматики;
интересные фразы и слова из истории можно выписывать в отдельную тетрадь для того, чтобы в дальнейшем иметь возможность возвращаться к ним.

Если вы испытываете трудности с пониманием прочитанного или не понимаете большую часть, то скорее всего вам не хватает теоретических знаний. В таком случаем рекомендуем подтянуть ваш уровень пройдя бесплатный курс английского с нуля до разговорного уровня для занятых.

Для начинающих подходят истории на английском с простым сюжетом и несложными грамматическими конструкциями. Это могут быть истории-сказки, шуточные истории, простые сюжеты и рассказы о животных, детях, путешествиях. Мы подготовили для вас короткие, но интересные истории на английском языке с переводом. Но перевод находится под хайдом, чтобы вы не подглядывали во время чтения. Постарайтесь самостоятельно понять о чем история, и только потом открывать перевод.

A Good Lesson (Хороший урок)

The Shoebox (Коробка от обуви)

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoebox in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover.

In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoebox and took it to his wife’s bedside. She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box. When he opened it, he found two knitted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000.

He asked her about the contents.

‘When we were to be married,’ she said, ‘ my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and knit a doll.’

The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.

‘Honey,’ he said, ‘that explains the dolls, but what about all of this money?

Where did it come from?’

‘Oh,’ she said, ‘that’s the money I made from selling the dolls.’

Мужчина и женщина были женаты более 60 лет. Они делились всем. Они говорили обо всем. Они не хранили никаких секретов друг от друга, за исключением того, что у старушки на шкафу была обувная коробка, о которой она предупредила своего мужа, никогда не открывать и не спрашивать про нее.

За все эти годы он никогда не думал о коробке, но однажды старушка сильно заболела, и доктор сказал, что она не выздоровеет.

Пытаясь разобрать их дела, старик снял обувную коробку и отнес ее к постели своей жены. Она согласилась, что пришло время, чтобы он знал, что в коробке. Открыв ее, он нашел две вязаные куклы и пачку денег на общую сумму 95 000 долларов.

Он спросил ее о содержимом.

«Когда мы должны были пожениться, — сказала она, — моя бабушка сказала мне, что секрет счастливого брака заключается в том, чтобы никогда не спорить. Она сказала мне, что если я когда-нибудь разозлюсь на тебя, я должна просто молчать и вязать куклу.

Старичок был так тронут; он должен был сдерживать слезы. В коробке были только две изысканные куклы. Она была зла на него только два раза за все эти годы жизни и любви. Он почти лопнул от счастья.

«Дорогая, — сказал он, — это объясняет куклы, но как насчет всех этих денег?

Hit the Floor! (Мордой в пол!)

Jenny and Robert Slater were on holiday in America. They were young and it was their first time away from home in England. They had a car and visited many famous and interesting places.

‘I want to see New York,’ Jenny said one morning. ‘Let’s go there.’

‘Mmm, I don’t know, love. Everybody says New York’s a dangerous place and there are a lot of very strange people there,’ her husband answered.

‘We’ll be careful,’ said Jenny. ‘Then we won’t have any problems.’

So they arrived in New York early in the evening and found a hotel. Later they went out and drove round the streets. They didn’t have any problems. ‘See,’ Jenny said. ‘Nothing to be afraid of.’

They had dinner in a good restaurant and then went to a cinema. They arrived back at their hotel at midnight. Under the hotel was a garage so they drove into it and left the car. It was quite dark there and they couldn’t see very well.

‘Where’s the lift?’ Jenny asked.

‘Over there, I think, near the door,’ Robert answered. ‘Come on, let’s go. I don’t like this dark place.’

Suddenly they saw a very tall young man with a big black dog. They were nervous and walked past him as fast as they could to the lift. The door of the lift opened and Jenny and Robert got in. Before the doors closed the man and the dog jumped in – three people and one big black dog in the lift.

‘On the floor, Girl!’ the tall man said. Jenny and Robert were afraid now, so they quickly got down on the floor. When the lift stopped at the next floor, they stood up, gave the man all their money and got out fast.

‘That man was a robber! Perhaps he had a gun… It’s dangerous here!’ Robert said. ‘We’re going to leave New York now!’

‘Yes, you’re right.’ Jenny answered. ‘There are some dangerous people in New York.’

First thing next morning they took their room key to the desk and gave it to the woman.

‘There’s nothing to pay, Mr Slater,’ she said. ‘A tall young man with a nice dog came to the desk late last night and paid for your room. Oh, wait a minute – he left this for you, too.’ She gave Robert an envelope.

He opened it carefully and took out a letter. They read it together: ‘Here’s your money and I’m very sorry you were afraid in the lift last night. “Girl” is the name of my dog.’

Дженни и Роберт Слэйтер были в отпуске в Америке. Они были молоды, и это был их первый раз вдали от дома в Англии. У них была машина и они побывали во многих известных и интересных местах.

Они поужинали в хорошем ресторане, а затем пошли в кино. Они вернулись в свой отель в полночь. Под отелем был гараж, поэтому они поехали в него и оставили машину. Там было довольно темно, и плохо видно.

Внезапно они увидели очень высокого молодого человека с большой черной собакой. Они нервничали и шли мимо него так быстро, как могли до лифта. Дверь лифта открылась, и Дженни с Робертом вошли. До того, как двери закрылись, в нее забежал мужчина и собака — три человека и одна большая черная собака в лифте.

Первым делом на следующее утро они взяли ключ от своей комнаты и отдали его женщине.

Will’s experience at the airport (Случай с Уиллом в аэропорту)

After his return from Rome, Will couldn’t find his luggage in the airport baggage area. He went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that his bags hadn’t shown up on the carousel.

She smiled and told him not to worry because they were trained professionals and he was in good hands.

Then she asked Will, “Has your plane arrived yet?”

После возвращения из Рима Уилл не мог найти свой багаж в багажном отделении аэропорта. Он пошел в бюро находок и сказал женщине, работающей там, что его сумки так и не появились на карусели.

Она улыбнулась и сказала ему, чтобы он не беспокоился, потому что у них работают профессионалы, и он в надежных руках.

Fortune and the man (Фортуна и мужик)

“Listen,” she said, “I want to help you. Hold your bag, and I shall pour diamonds into it. But every diamond which falls on the ground will become dust. Do you understand?”

“You are the richest man in the world now.” Said Fortune.

“Just a few more, and a few more,” said the man. Another diamond was added and the bag slipped. All the diamonds fell on the ground and became dust.

Fortune disappeared, leaving the man in the street.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Сер Артур Конан Дойль)
Everyone has heard of Sherlock Holmes. Everyone has read stories about Sherlock Holmes at one time or another. Sherlock Holmes was a famous detective. Actually, he was the most famous detective of all times.The author of the Sherlock Holmes stories was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Once Sir Arthur arrived in Paris. He took a cab and asked the cabman to take him to the Ritz, the hotel where he was going to spend the night.The cabman brought him to the hotel. When he received the fare he said:
“Thank you very much, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”
“How do you know who I am?” asked Sir Arthur. He was very much surprised.“Well, sir, I read in the newspaper yesterday that you were coming to Paris from the South of France. I also noticed that your hair was cut by a barber in the South of France. Your clothes and especialy your hat told me that you were English. I put all the information together and quessed that you were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.”

“That is wonderful,” said Sir Arthur.
“You could recognize me though you knew very few facts.”

“Besides,” added the cabman. Your name is on both of your travelling bags. That also helped.”

So, the cabman played a good joke on Conan Doyle.

A present from the son (Подарок от сына)
Long ago there lived an old woman in England. She had a son who was a sailor. He went to different countries and always brought presents for his old mother.Once he went to China and brought some tea from that country.
At that time tea was very expensive and only rich people could buy and drink it. So the old woman was very happy to have such a nice present. But she didn’t know what to do with it as she had never bought tea before. She thought it was a vegetable. She told her friends about her son’s present and invited them to taste it with her. At last the day of the tea-party came. The woman called her guests to the dining-room and put a big dish of tea leaves on the table. The guests began to eat the leaves with salt just as they ate vegetables. Nobody liked it but didn’t tell the woman about it and continued to eat the leaves.Some tome later the sailor came into the room. When he saw that all the guests were eating leaves, he smiled.“What are you doing? Why are eating these leaves? Where is the tea?”
“Here it is, my son,” the old woman said.
“And where is the water in which you have boiled the leaves?” asked the man laughing.
“I threw it away, of course,” answered the woman.

Давным-давно в Англии жила одна пожилая женщина. У нее был сын, который был матросом. Он ездил в разные страны и всегда привозил подарки своей старой матери.Однажды он отправился в Китай и привез из этой страны чай. В то время чай был очень дорогим, и только богатые люди могли купить и пить такой чай. Поэтому старушка была очень счастлива иметь такой приятный подарок. Но она не знала, что с делать с таким чаем, поскольку она никогда не покупала его раньше. Она подумала, что это овощ.

Wrong car (Не та машина)

A Magic Ring (Волшебное кольцо)

The astonished farmer took the ring given to him by the peasant woman, and went home. In evening he came to a big city. There he went to a merchant and showed him the magic ring. When the merchant heard the astonishing story, he thought of a plan. He invited the farmer to stay in his house for the night. At night he came up to the sleeping peasant, carefully took the ring off the man’s finger, and put on another ring, which looked exactly like the one he had taken off.

So they worked as hard as they could and got enough money to buy the land they wished to have.

Then the farmer’s wife thought of asking for a cow and a horse. They discussed the matter more than once.
“My good wife”, — said the farmer, — “we shall get a horse and a cow without the ring.”
They went on working hard for a whole year and again bought the things they wished to have.

Thirty, then forty years had gone by. The farmer and his wife had grown old. Their hair became as white as snow. They were happy and had everything they wanted. Their ring was still there. Although it was not a magic ring, it had made them happy. For you see, my dear friends, a poor thing in good hands is better than a fine thing in bad hands.

Удивленный фермер взял кольцо, данное ему крестьянкой, и пошел домой. Вечером он приехал в большой город. Там он пошел к торговцу и показал ему волшебное кольцо. Когда торговец услышал удивительную историю, он задумал план. Он пригласил фермера остаться в его доме на ночь. Ночью он подошел к спящему крестьянину, осторожно снял кольцо с пальца мужчины и надел другое кольцо, которое было похоже на то, которое он снял.

Поэтому они работали изо всех сил и получили достаточно денег, чтобы купить землю, которую они хотели иметь.

Тридцать, потом сорок лет прошло. Фермер и его жена состарились. Их волосы стали белыми, как снег. Они были счастливы и имели все, что хотели. Их кольцо все еще было там. Хотя это было не волшебное кольцо, оно сделало их счастливыми. Видите ли, мои дорогие друзья, плохая вещь в хороших руках лучше, чем хорошая в плохих руках.

This really mysterious story happened one day, when I was a child. It was evening. My sister and I watched TV, while our granny was knitting socks, sitting in the arm-chair. Suddenly a ball of her thread rolled behind the arm-chair. In some minutes we saw it under the table which was in the corner, straight opposite the arm-chair. The thread was torn. But the most mysterious wasn't this. We all were surprised because of the moment how the thread could get through the arm-chair. Because it was very low. The space between the arm-chair and floor was really small. How could it be? Many years passed. But this event is the riddle for us for nowadays.

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