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the two gifts.
jim and della were very poor. they lived in new york in a small room on the top floor of a high building. jim was 22 years old, della was 21.
both husband and wife worked very hard, but there never was any money in the house: for all they got went to pay for food. and the rent was $8 a week.
and yet they owned two treasures of which they were very proud. these treasures were jim’s gold watch which he had got from his father, and della’s beautiful golden hair.
it was the eve of new year’s day. della wanted to give jim a present. she counted her money. one dollar and 87 cents. that was all she had. only $1.87 to buy a present for jim. so she got up and went to the looking-glass. her eyes shone brilliantly. quickly she undid her hair. it fell to its full length. it reached below her knees and covered her like a cloak. and then she did it up again and nervously. she put on her old brown jacket and her old brown hat. then she ran out the door and down the stairs to the street.
she stopped before a sign and read the words: “m-me sofronie. hair goods of all kinds”. then she entered the shop. madame was sitting at the counter.
“will you buy my hair? ” asked della.
“let me see it,” said madame.
della took off her hat and undid her hair.
“twenty dollars,” said madame, lifting the mass of della’s golden hair with a practiced hand.
“give me the money,” said della…
the next two hours were like a happy dream. della was hurrying from shop to shop looking for jim’s present.
she found it at last. it was a watch chain for which she paid $21. and then she hurried home with the chain and the remaining 87 cents.
jim was not at home. della got out her curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work; in forty minutes her hair was covered with tiny curls. she looked like a schoolboy. she said to herself: ”i hope jim will not kill me. but what could i do? oh, what could i do with a dollar and 87 cents? ”
at 7 o’clock the coffee was ready. della set waiting for jim. she heard his steps on the stairs, and she turned white for just one moment. the door opened and jim entered the room. he looked thin and very serious…and suddenly jim stopped. his eyes were fixed upon della, and there was an expression in them that she could not understand.
“jim, darling” she cried. “don’t look at me like that! i sold my hair because i wanted to give you a present. my hair will grow again. it grows very fast. say “happy new year”, jim, and let us be happy. you don’t know what a beautiful present i have for you.”
jim said nothing. he drew a package from his overcoat pocket and put it on the table.
“if you open the package, you will understand,” he said.
della took off the paper. there lay the beautiful combs that della had seen in a broadway sop window. now they were hers, but her hair was gone.
suddenly della jumped and cried: “oh, jim, you have not yet seen your present! ” she held it out to him.
“isn’t it a beautiful chain? give me your watch! i want to see how it looks on it.”
jim fell on the sofa and put his hands behind his head and smiled.
“della,” said he, “i sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. is the coffee ready? ”
A middle-aged, well-to-do woman from Surrey was doing her Christmas shopping. She thought she would like a cup of tea. She went to a cafe in the department store, took a vacant seat with relief and laid all her parcels and her handbag on the chair next to her. A pot of good English tea was brought. While she was enjoying it she suddenly noticed a hand from behind snatch her handbag. She was so shocked that she could not react at once. When the woman understood all, the thief had disappeared. She walked to the Security and reported that she had been robbed and explained what had happened. She really did not have much hope that her handbag with the keys, money, credit cards would be found, especially so close to Christmas, when there was so little money in people's purses but it was more of a pleasant surprise when the people from the store rang her later that day. They said they had found her bag and added that if she came straight away, she would be able to get it back. Happy she hurried to the store. But when she arrived at the place, the people had no idea what the old dear was talking about. The poor shopper returned home. While she was opening the door it suddenly occurred to her that it was the handbag snatcher who had phoned her. During her absence the thief had taken away all the things from her house.
Объяснение:
1 The lesson begins at 8.00 am.
Does the lesson begin at 8.00 am?
At what time does the lesson begin?
What begins at 8.00 am?
2 I usually get here on Sundays
Do I usually get here on Sundays?
Where do I usually get on Sundays?
Who ysually gets here on Sundays?
3
She goes at the cinema every month.
Does she go to the cinema every month?
Where does she go every month?
Who goes to the cinema every month?
4
I go to shcool every day
Do I go to school every day?
Where do I go every day?
Who goes to school every day?
5
She does the washing up twice a day
Does she do the washing up twice a day?
How many times a day does she do the washing up?
Who does the washing up twice a day?
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