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  Swift, ... famous English writer, was travelling one day on ... horseback with his servant. ... weath¬er was bad, it was raining, and ... roads were mud¬dy. In ... evening the two1 men 

  came to ... inn. Before going to ... bed Swift told his servant to clean his boots. But ... servant was lazy and did not do it. In ... morning Swift asked ... servant why he had not cleaned ... 

  boots. "What's ... use cleaning ... boots now?" said ... servant. "... roads are muddy, and ... boots will soon be dirty again." "All right," said ... writer. "Let's go. 

  We must continue ... journey." "But I haven't had ... break¬fast," said ... displeased servant." "Well, what's ... use giving you ... breakfast now?" said Swift: •'You will soon be hungry again."

  Запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания:

  in S_ fact

  the same

  Запомните употребление артикля в восклицательных предложениях, начинающихся со слова "what":

  What a good boy! What a long story! What a day!

  1 Обратите нниманик на употребление определенного артикля перед количественным числительным. В этом случае определенный артикль имеет значение "эти": 

  "Эти двое мужчин;"   "Эти дна человека".

  Ключ к упражнению 

  . a famous English writer.on horseback. The weather was bad. the roads were muddy. In the evening. to an inn. .going to bed. the servant . . 

  In the morning.asked the servant .cleaned the boots. .the use cleaning the boots. said the servant. The roads. the boots . said the writer . continue the journey .

  had breakfast . said the dis-pleased servant. . the use giving you breakfast.