Дом Веммика это небольшой деревянный коттеджик, расположенный по центру большого газона. Фасад дома был выкрашен так, что напоминал зенитную батарею. Уверяю, я обожаю его. Это самый маленький дом из всех, что я видел. Окна малюсенькие, а дверь такая маленькая, что и не войти.
- Гляди, сказал Веммик - Когда я перехожу мост, я поднимаю его, чтобы никто не мог попасть в замок.
Мост представлял из себя доску в 4 фута: 2 в длину и 2 в ширину. Но я наслаждался улыбкой Веммика, его гордостью, с которой он поднимал свой мост. Он сказал мне, что каждый вечер в 9, стоящая на крыше пушка делает выстрел. Позже я услышал этот звук. Несомненно, он был весьма приятным.
- Позади, сказал он - цыплята, утки, гуси и кролики. Ещё у меня есть собственный огородик с овощами, я выращиваю там огурцы. Дождись ужина, и увидишь какой салат я умею готовить. Если замок окажется в осаде, то я смогу продержаться некоторое время, сказал он с улыбкой, но можно было уловить тень серьёзности на его лице.
Веммик показал мне свою коллекцию диковинок. Общим у них было то, что они были связаны с нарушением закона: ручка, которой был подписан приговор известному мошеннику, клубки волос, несколько написанных в тюрьме мемуаров.
- Я - сам себе инженер, сам себе плотник, сам себе водопроводчик и газонокосильщик. Я - сам себе мастер на все руки - сказал Веммик в ответ на мои комплименты. Веммик сказал мне, что у него ушло много лет, чтобы прижиться здесь.
- Это всё - ваше, мистер Веммик?
- О, да, я тут за всем приглядываю. Сейчас я - единственный владелец. Ты понимаешь, офис - это одно, а вот собственность - совсем другое. Когда я иду в офис, замок остаётся далеко позади, а когда иду в замок, то забываю об офисе. Если не возражаешь, я бы тебе так и посоветовал делать. Не хочу говорить о домашних делах будто о работе.
3. Веммик не любит думать о работе, когда занят домашними обязанностями и наоборот. Он любит свой замок
4. Потому что он является единственных хозяином и единственным работником в замке
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I. 1. Read the article and say in
... 2—3 sentences what it is about.
MR WEMMICK’S “CASTLE”
Wemmick’s house was a little wooden cottage in the middle of a large garden. The top of the house had been built and painted like a battery loaded with guns. I said I really liked it. I think Wemmick’s house was the tiniest I had ever seen. It had very few windows and the door was almost too small to get in.
‘Look,’ said Wemmick, after I have crossed this bridge, I raise it so that nobody can enter the Castle.’
The ‘bridge’ was a plank1 and it crossed a gap about four feet2 wide and two feet deep. But I enjoyed seeing the smile on Wemmick’s face and the pride with which he raised his bridge. The gun on the roof of the house, he told me, was fired every night at nine o’clock. I later heard it. Immediately, it made an impressive sound.
‘At the back,’ he said, ‘there are chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits. I’ve also got my own little vegetable garden and I grow cucumbers. Wait until supper and you’ll see for yourself what kind of salad I can make. If the Castle is ever attacked, I will be able to survive for quite a while,’ he said with a smile, but at the same time seriously.
Then Wemmick showed me his collection of curiosities. They were mostly to do with being on the wrong side of the law: a pen with which a famous forgery3 had been committed, some locks of hair, several manuscript confessions written from prison.
‘I am my own engineer, my own carpenter, my own plumber and my own gardener. I am my own Jack of all Trades4,’ said Wemmick, receiving my compliments. Wemmick told me that it had taken many years to bring his property to this state of perfection.
‘Is it your own, Mr. Wemmick?’
‘Oh yes, I have got a hold of it a bit at a time. I have absolute ownership now. You know, the office is one thing, and private life is another. When I go to the office, I leave the Castle behind me, and when I come to the Castle, I leave the office behind me. If you don’t mind, I’d like you to do the same. I don’t want to talk about my home in a professional manner.
1 plank [plæŋk] брус, доска
2 feet [fiːt] — мн. Ч. От foot — мера длины, равная 30,48 см
3 forgery [ˈfɔdʒərɪ] подделка
4 Jack of all Trades мастер на все руки
2. ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’. Read aloud the extract which proves this idea.
3. What do we understand about Wemmick’s home life?
4. Why does Wemmick call himself Jack of all Trades?
MR WEMMICK’S “CASTLE”
Wemmick’s house was a little wooden cottage in the middle of a large garden. The top of the house had been built and painted like a battery loaded with guns. I said I really liked it. I think Wemmick’s house was the tiniest I had ever seen. It had very few windows and the door was almost too small to get in.
‘Look,’ said Wemmick, after I have crossed this bridge, I raise it so that nobody can enter the Castle.’
The ‘bridge’ was a plank1 and it crossed a gap about four feet2 wide and two feet deep. But I enjoyed seeing the smile on Wemmick’s face and the pride with which he raised his bridge. The gun on the roof of the house, he told me, was fired every night at nine o’clock. I later heard it. Immediately, it made an impressive sound.
‘At the back,’ he said, ‘there are chickens, ducks, geese, and rabbits. I’ve also got my own little vegetable garden and I grow cucumbers. Wait until supper and you’ll see for yourself what kind of salad I can make. If the Castle is ever attacked, I will be able to survive for quite a while,’ he said with a smile, but at the same time seriously.
Then Wemmick showed me his collection of curiosities. They were mostly to do with being on the wrong side of the law: a pen with which a famous forgery3 had been committed, some locks of hair, several manuscript confessions written from prison.
‘I am my own engineer, my own carpenter, my own plumber and my own gardener. I am my own Jack of all Trades4,’ said Wemmick, receiving my compliments. Wemmick told me that it had taken many years to bring his property to this state of perfection.
‘Is it your own, Mr. Wemmick?’
‘Oh yes, I have got a hold of it a bit at a time. I have absolute ownership now. You know, the office is one thing, and private life is another. When I go to the office, I leave the Castle behind me, and when I come to the Castle, I leave the office behind me. If you don’t mind, I’d like you to do the same. I don’t want to talk about my home in a professional manner.
1 plank [plæŋk] брус, доска
2 feet [fiːt] — мн. Ч. От foot — мера длины, равная 30,48 см
3 forgery [ˈfɔdʒərɪ] подделка
4 Jack of all Trades мастер на все руки
2. ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’. Read aloud the extract which proves this idea.
3. What do we understand about Wemmick’s home life?
4. Why does Wemmick call himself Jack of all Trades?
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