77. REPAIRING THE RADIO
Alan: What’s the matter with our radio? It worked all right last night.
And now listen! (CRACKLING and BUZZING in the radio)
Amy: What an awful noise! Turn it off, Alan.
Alan: I
n’t understand what
happened to this set. Who used it this morning? 
you turn it on, Amy?
Amy: No, In’t think I.
Alan: But who
playing with it? Jeena?
Amy: I’ve no idea.
Alan: Oh, well. I’ll try to put it right. Give me that screwdriver over
there, Amy.
Amy: This one or the bigger one?
Alan: No, that smaller one. Give it to me. Thanks.
Amy:you really think you can repair the set, Alan?
Alan: Why not? There’s a book on radio repair in my desk. Could you
get it for me, Amy?
Amy: Of course!
Alan: Now, let me see. There’s a bad connection somewhere, I
suppose.
Amy: Here’s your book, Alan.
Alan: Thanks! Yes! I think I know what
wrong. I want that
bigger screwdriver, please. Pass it to me, Amy. Well, now, it ought 
all right.
Amy: Well?
Alan: You see? The noisegone.
Amy: Yes, but there’s no sound at all!
Alan: Yes, that’s strange.
Amy: There’s a radio repair shop just round the corner.n’t you think…
Alan: Nonsense! I think it’s all right. Bring me a pair of pliers.
Amy: All right! I can’t find the pliers.
Alan: Never mind, I’ve managed without them. I think it’s all right
now. There you
! (The radio set is working again)
Amy: Oh, good, Alan! Thank you! Now perhaps, you look at the iron
and the washing machine.
ПЕРЕВЕДИТЕ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
- Эми, дай мне эту отвертку.
-Какую?- Маленькую.
Пожалуйста, дай мне ее.
- Дай мне книгу по ремонту радио.
-Где она?- В моем столе.
Пожалуйста, принеси мне ее.
78. BOB SMILEYOFF AGAIN
Alan: Youoff again, Bob. Where
you going this time?
Bob: To Moscow, to a conference on science films.
Alan: Alone?
Bob: No, with Stanley Ashton. Hethe man who made The
Globe of a Cell, one of the best science films. It
shown on
television. Perhaps, you saw it.
Alan: No, I’m afraid, In’t. that the film which got the
first prize at some film festival lately?
Bob: No, In’t think so. But films which get international prizes not always the best.
Alan: 
you got your passport?
Bob: Yes, I’ve got everything: passport, visas, tickets. The people who sending me to Moscowgot them all for me.
Alan: you going by air?
Bob: Yes, I’m flying by the British Airways.
Alan: you know anybody in Moscow?
Bob: Yes, one or two people. I’ve written to a man who
in
India with me 3 years ago. A very nice fellow.
Alan: Whenyou leaving?
Bob: Tomorrow at 9 a.m. from Heathrow.
Alan: I hope you’ll have a pleasant trip.
Bob: Thank you, very much.
ПЕРЕВЕДИТЕ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Стэнли Эштон - человек, снявший фильм «Мир клетки».
Это фильм, который недавно получил первую премию на каком-то кинофестивале?
Фильмы, получающие международные премии, не всегда самые хорошие.
Люди, которые посылают меня в Москву, приготовили для меня визы и билеты.Я написал человеку, который был со мной в Индии 3 года назад.
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79. AMY IN HOSPITAL
Amy: What pretty flowers! Thank you, Alan!
Alan: I’m glad you like them. Howyou staying (a hospital stay
= a stay in hospital), Amy?
Amy: I
much better. The doctor says I
making very good
progress (to make good progress – быстро идти на поправку).
Alan: That’s splendid! Iawfully worried about you. It all
happened so suddenly: your illness, then the operation.
Amy: Let’s forget it, Alan. My appendixout, and it’s all over
now.
Alan: Shall I bring you something to read?
Amy: Oh, yes! Please, do! The book that Jeena gave me yesterdaynot very interesting. Bring me some magazines.
Alan: Oh, that reminds me. Herethe periodical that aunt Gwen
gave me for you.
Amy: Show it to me. Dear me! A Cat Lover. How peculiar of aunt Gwen! Still you can leave it. I
give it to a nurse Jane Hoppkins, shea great cat lover.
Alan:that a nurse Imet with at the door?
Amy: No, that’s nurse Straightwoods. Nurse Hopkinsthe one I
introduced you to yesterday.
Alan: Oh, I see. Tell me, Amy, they look after you well in
here?
Amy: Oh, yes! All the nursesvery kind here, and they look after
the patients very well indeed.
Alan: you give them much trouble? ( togivetrouble-
причинять беспокойства)
Amy: Me? Certainly, not. They all say I’m a very patient patient.
Alan: You, Amy? Youthe most impatient woman I know.
Amy: That only shows how little you know me, darling.
ПЕРЕВЕДИТЕ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Та книга, которую мне вчера принесла Джина, скучноватая.
Вот журнал, который для тебя передала тетя Гвен.
Медсестру, с которой ты встретился у входа, зовут Стрейтвудс
.С медсестрой Хопкинс ты познакомился вчера.
ОТВЕТЬТЕ НА ВОПРОСЫ И ПЕРЕВЕДИТЕ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Где сейчас Эми? - Она в больнице.
Как ее здоровье? - Ей намного лучше.
Хорошо ли за ней смотрят в больнице? – Да, медсестры очень внимательно относятся к больным.