The traveller

There is no part of 1. ____ world which I have not visited. I have travelled through 2. ____ thickest jungles of 3. ____ Africa and 4. ____ upper regions of 5. ____ Amazon. I have been through 6. ____ Taj Mahal, 7. ____ Vatican, and 8. ____ Leaning Tower of 9. ____ Pisa. I have even gone to 10. ____ Seven Wonders of 11. ____ World. I wonder if you can tell me 12. ____ names of 13. ____ seven great structures in this group?

I have been over 14. ____ Cuba, 15. ____ Philippine Islands, 16. ____ England, and 17. ____ Russia. I have touched 18. ____ top of 19. ____ Empire State Building, 20. ____ peak of 21. ____ Mount Everest, and 22. ____ whole range of 23. ____ Alps. I have drifted on 24. ____ Rhine River, 25. ____ Lake Victoria, 26. ____ Atlantic Ocean, 27. ____ Caribbean Sea, and 28. ____ Gulf of 29. ____ Mexico. I have been through 30. ____ streets of 31. ____ New York, 32. ____ Berlin, and 33. ____ Singapore. I have wandered through 34. ____ Balkans, 35. ____ Near East, and 36. ____ Scandinavian Peninsula. How many of these things have you done?

I have passed through 37. ____ House of Parliament in 38. ____ Great Britain, through 39. ____ White House in 40. ____ Washington, and through 41. ____ Kremlin in 42. ____ Moscow. I have been to 43. ____ Coliseum in 44. ____ Rome, 45. ____ Acropolis in 46. ____ Athens, 47. ____ Louvre in 48. ____ Paris, 49. ____ Lenin’s Tomb in 50. ____ Russia, and 51. ____ Statue of Liberty in 52. ____ New York Harbor. I have been in 53. ____ Texas, 54. ____ largest state in 55. ____ United States, in 56. ____ Venezuela, 57. ____ northernmost state of 58. ____ South America, and in 59. ____ Republic of 60. ____ Panama, split by 61. ____ Panama Canal. Do you think that you could locate all these places on your map?

I have been through 62. ____ Orient, over 63. ____ length of 64. ____ Long Island, and down 65. ____ Park Avenue. I have traveled down 66. ____ Mississippi River, over 67. ____ Island of 68. ____ Formosa, and around 69. ____ entire Australian Continent. I have gone through 70. ____ United Nations Building and 71. ____ Imperial Japanese Palace. I have been through all 72. ____ countries in 73. ____ Americas, in all 74. ____ cities in 75. ____ Europe, and from 76. ____ one end of 77. ____ British Commonwealth to 78. ____ other.

Although I have gone to 79. ____ Columbia University and 80. ____ M.I.T., 81. ____ Saint Andrews, 82. ____ Oxford, and 83. ____ Sorbonne, 84. ____ University of 85. ____ California, 86. ____ Pennsylvania State College, and 87. ____ Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, I didn’t learn geography in these schools. Now can you guess who I am?

Exercise 6.

. Supply the correct article wherever necessary.

Sugar is one of most important plant products. Word sugar applies to more than 100 distinctive substances, each with scientific name. Sugar most commonly obtained from plants is sucrose. When it has been refined, sugar is colorless and odorless. However, sugar obtained from sap of maple tree tastes different from sugar derived from juice of sugar beet. Impurities account for difference in taste of two forms of sugar. Sugar is produced in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Americas. Sugar which comes from Cuba is largely cane sugar. Sugar from midwestern part of United States is largely beet sugar.

Exercise 7.

Complete the following dialogues with a, anortheonly where necessary. Memorize and play out them.

1.	- That’s ____ very nice shirt you are wearing.
- Do you really like it?
- Yes, and I like ____ colour too.
- I got it for $7 in ____ sale.
2.	- I haven’t seen ____ Bob lately. How is he?
- He’s been off ____ work for ____ day or two.
- Really? What’s ____ matter?
- He’s gone down with ____ cold.
- Give him my ____ regards.
3.	- Excuse me, please. Could you tell me how to get to ____ town centre?
- Take ____ third on ____ right and go straight on.
- Should I take ____ bus?
- No, it’s only ____ couple of hundred meters.
- Thank you.
- It’s ____ pleasure.
4.	- I keep feeling dizzy, and I’ve got ____ headache.
- How long have you been like this? I think you’ve got ____ flu.
- What should I do?
- Take ____ prescription to ____ chemist’s and then go straight to ____ bed.

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