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  Упр. 51. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо.

   ... train stopped at ... little station. ... passenger looked out of the window of ... train carriage and, saw ... woman selling ... cakes. ... man had not had.'... breakfast in ... morning. 

   He was hungry and wanted to buy... cake. ... woman was standing rather far from ... carriage. ... man did not want to go and buy ... cake himself because he was afraid to miss ... train.

   He saw ... boy who was walking along ... platform near... carriage. He called ... boy and asked him: "How much does ... cake cost?" "Three pence, sir," answered ... boy. ... 

   man gave him a sixpence and said: "Bring me ... cake, and with ... other three¬ pence buy... cake for yourself." ... boy took ... money and went to ... woman.

    A few minutes later ... boy returned. He was eating ... cake. He gave ... man three pence change and said: "... woman had only one cake, sir."

   Запомните следующее застывшее словосочетание:

   The fact is (was) that ...

   Обратите внимание на употребление артикля со словом other (другой):

   another — другой (неопределенный), какой-то другой, еще один (во множественном числе или перед неисчисляемым существительным — other.)

   the other — другой (определенный), тот другой, другой из двух.

     

    A train .. at a little station. A passenger .the window of a train car-riage and saw a woman selling cakes. The man . had breakfast in the morning. . to buy a cake. 

   The woman . from the carriage. The man . buy a cake . to miss the train. . saw a boy . along the platform near the carriage. . called the boy. does a cake cost. answered the boy. 

   The man . me a cake. the other threepence buy a cake . The boy took the money . to the woman. . later the boy returned. . eating a cake. . gave the man threepence .The woman .