Ex. II, p. 57

Ex. I, p. 57

Revision (Units One, Two), p. 57

1. "I'd like to have these documents typed." - "All right, leave the documents with the secretary." 2. "Why is there a light in his room? He can't still be working."- "He must have forgotten to switch it off when he was leaving." 3. I've been looking for the house for a quarter of an hour already, but I can't find it anywhere. She must have given me the wrong address. She can't have done it; on purpose. She must have done it by mistake. 4. She can't have gone home. She must be waiting for us somewhere in the Institute. If she had decided to leave, she would have left a message for me with the secretary. 5. I must have my watch repaired. It stops now and then. 6. Your skirt needs pressing. 7. I must have my coat cleaned. 8. He can't have forgotten about the meeting. He may not have received your letter. 9. "None of them rang us up yesterday. Can they have left Moscow?" - "They can't have le;ft without saying good-bye to us." 10. I wish I were (was) in Leningrad now. 11. How he wished he could drive a car! 12. He wished he had asked for her telephone number. If he had known it, he would have rung her up. 13. He wished they would visit him. 14. Can he have refused to go there? 15. This house must have been built at the beginning of the century. 16. The weather was good and Nick suggested we walk to the station. 17. I would be very grateful if Nick offered to drive me to the station, it is raining so hard. 18. I have no doubt (I don't doubt) that we'll persuade him to stay with us for a few mare days. 19. She tried to convince him that it was necessary to go there immediately. 20. I've serious doubts whether somebody can finish the work today. 21. Victor had been under treatment for two months when at last he felt better.

1. Mr. Butt was a fussy old man and a great bore. His friends tried to avoid him as he was in the habit of offering them his help (in the habit of offering to help them) which was not wanted (which they never asked for). Some of them even tried to cure Mr. Butt of his bad habit, but all their efforts were in vain. "I'd feel miserable if my friends refused my help," Mr. Butt would repeat.

2. Late one night I met Mr. Butt in the street. He was hurrying somewhere. He said he was going to a certain Mr. Jones, the son of an old friend of his. I tried to persuade Mr. Butt to put off his visit till the morning. "They're sure to be asleep already. You'd better leave it till the morning." But Mr. Butt wouldn't hear of it. "Fred and his wife moved to our town only this week. I'm sure they have not made friends with anybody yet and are in need of help... I would have visited them yesterday if I had known they were here..."With these words he hurried away (hurried

"I wonder what the Joneses will think of such a late visitor. If I were them I wbuldn't let in that fussy old fellow," I said to myself.

3. Fred and Betty had just gone to sleep when there was a loud knock at the; door. Fred opened the door and was astonished to see Mr. Butt in the doorway. However, he could do nothing (there was nothing he could do) but invite him in. The room was in great disorder. The Joneses had had no (had not yet had) time to unpack all their things. Mr. Butt immediately offered them his help (offered to help them). He said he would come again in the morning. No matter how hard the Joneses tried to persuade him not to do it, he wouldn't listen (the Joneses tried in vain to persuade him not to do so, but he wouldn't listen).

4. Mr. Butt came to their place every day for a month, and Betty was in despair. "I wish we had not come to this awful town!" she exclaimed, over and over again. "If we had stayed at my parenls', we would never have met him..."

There seemed no hope of getting rid of the old fusspot. One day driven to despair Betty suggested they move to another town or go back to her parents, but Fred did not agree. Suddenly an idea occurred to her. "Let's try to persuade him to go for a holiday somewhere."

"That's a brilliant idea!" exclaimed Fred, brightening. "We'll tell him that he does not look well and needs a good rest and medical treatment. We can even suggest a definite resort..." And he produced (took out) a map to find some remote comer. "And what if he refuses?"

5. For a long time Fred and Betty tried to convince Mr. Butt that he was in need of (needed) a good rest. At last he gave in. That was luck. Not a minute had passed before he said: "Look here, my friends. Although I am persuaded (convinced) that I really need a thorough rest, I can't afford this luxury..."

"But the luxury won't cost you anything. We're offering to pay all the expenses of your holiday..."Mr. Butt stared at them in amazement. He couldn't utter a word. When he recovered he said: "Thank you very much, my dear friends. I'll return healthy and strong, I'll be helping you again..."

Unit Three

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