April 15, 2020.

GETTING KNOWN (adapted)
by D. H. Barber
1.	Read and translate a story.
2.	Find any cases of gerund and infinitive in the verbal constructions, underline them.
(найдите случаи употребления герундия и инфинитива в глагольных конструкциях, подчеркните их)
3.	Fill in the prepositions or adverbs in the exercise below. (вставьте предлоги или наречия в упражнении под текстом)

The latest book of my poems has not been selling very well – in fact 122 of my personal friends and relations tell me they’ve bought it, but the publishers say only 84 copies have been sold. “The trouble is,” said Edith1, “that nobody has ever heard of you. What you need is a little advertisement2. Let people know that you exist and that you write poetry, and they will rush along to the libraries and ask for your latest book.” “But I can’t just put an advertisement in the newspaper saying I’m a poet.” Edith thought for a moment and then she said she had a bright idea. “Why not put an advertisement in ‘The Times’3,” she said, “saying that you recommend as butler in a small family a man who has been in your employment for twenty years?” “But I haven’t had anybody in my employment for twenty years,” I said. “And I’ve never kept a butler of any sort, as you know very well. And how can I sell more copies of my poems by pretending that I wanted to find work for a nonexistent butler who hasn’t been in my employment for twenty years?” “You’re not very bright this morning,” said Edith. “Don’t you know that the most successful sort of advertisement is the sort that doesn’t look like an advertisement? You ought to do something like this.” She got a piece of paper and a pen and wrote the following: “Mr L. Conkleshill4, the poet (author of Raspberry Bushes5 and Other Poems), strongly recommends as butler in a small family his present head man, who has been with him for twenty years.” “The idea is not bad,” I said. “but I refuse to do anything so dishonest. I absolutely forbid you to do it ...” As a matter of fact I secretly rather liked the idea; and I thought that when I absolutely forbade Edith to do it, she would pay the money herself and send in the advertisement. For some days, however, she did nothing, although I was careful to keep reminding her that I absolutely forbade her to send the advertisement. Nearly always, this sort of treatment produces the desired effect. Although I looked in “The Times” every morning, the advertisement didn’t appear. Edith went away to stay with a sick aunt, and I forgot all about the matter. Then came the event of The Man With The Dog. He was a big man, and the dog was a big dog, and they both stood outside the front door and made noises at me. “I’ll take the money now,” said the man in a bad-tempered voice. “What money is this?” I said politely. “Something due for milk supplied?” “Nonsense,” said the man. “Two pounds I want for the dog.” “I don’t want a dog,” I said uncertainly. Ours was a lonely sort of road, the man was a big sort of man, and it would perhaps be wiser to buy the dog. “Don’t want the dog!” said the man in an unpleasant voice. At last, I bought the dog for thirty shillings. I was weak, perhaps, but Edith had been saying for a long time that we ought to have a dog. I gave the dog some meat and locked him in the kitchen, and went back to my poem. Then the bell rang again, and I found two men on the step, both with large dogs. This time I didn’t argue. I just shut the door and went and looked at myself in the glass. I was worried. Were the dogs real, or were they the result of that last glass of whisky? I went up to my bedroom and looked down the long road that leads to the station. I could see six men with six dogs. Then the solution of the problem came to me, and I looked at “The Lost and Found advertisements”6 in “The Times”. “Mr L. Conkleshill offers £2 reward for the return of faithful dog Ogo, who first awakened the ideas in Faithful Eyes in his new book of poems.” Edith said afterwards that I hadn’t told her she mustn’t put in an advertisement about a dog.

Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary.
1. Nobody has ever heard ... you. 2. People don’t go ... the bookseller to ask ... your latest book. 3. She suggested putting an advertisement ... the newspaper. 4. She thought ... a moment and said she had ... an idea. 5. You should say that you recommend ... a butler a man who has been ... your service ... twenty years. 6. I can’t sell books ... pretending that I am looking for a job for a nonexistent butler. 7. It doesn’t look ... advertisement. 8. I repeated my orders several times ... a day. 9. Edith went ... to stay ... a sick aunt. 10. I bought the dog ... thirty shillings. 11. I wanted to catch ... the 5 o’clock train. 12. I looked ... myself ... the glass, I was worried. 13. I went ... to my bedroom and looked ... the window.

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