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Простой английский
1-й (начальный) уровень
Даймонд Дав
1-Е ПОГРУЖЕНИЕ
Русский студент в Техасе
Москва
2011
УДК 8.11.111-26
ББК 81.2Англ-93
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Chapter 1
Flight to the USA
Hello! My name is Dmitry. This book is a collection
of short stories about my visit to America.
This story begins in 1997 when I am only 21. I am a
student of the Moscow State Linguistic University. I stu-
dy English and I want to be a translator. My university
sends me to an American university for practice. I get my
visa and buy airplane tickets. The university is in Texas.
But Aeroflot does not fly there. So I buy Delta Air Lines’
tickets.
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One January morning, I take my luggage and go to
the airport. My girlfriend and my parents go there with
me. They say goodbye to me, wish good luck, and go
home. Soon I am in the airplane. It does not fly to Texas.
But this is not a problem. I know that I must go to New
York City and change airplanes.
The flight is long but not difficult. We get to New
York City on time. There, I take my luggage and register
for my new flight. The second plane flies to Dallas, which
is in Texas. But the university is not there. It is in Austin,
the capital of Texas. In the air, the flight attendant gives
us some drinks. I feel thirsty so I ask for a tomato juice.
When I get it I am very much surprised. There is ice in
the juice. It is bad because I have a little cold. But the
Americans always put ice in drinks on their local flights.
If you don’t want ice you must tell them about it.
Finally, we are in Dallas. I want to get my luggage
and change planes again. I wait and wait. But I don’t see
my bags. I don’t know what to do. All the people around
me get their luggage and go away. I am alone now. I have
only 10 minutes left before my next flight. I run to the re-
gistration desk in panic.
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There, I learn that my plane for Austin is ready to fly
without me. The girl at the registration desk tells me that
my luggage is in the plane. They always transfer the lug-
gage themselves on local flights. This is good news. My
luggage is not lost! I run to my third plane and soon we
are in the air. It is hot in the plane. All the people wear
light clothes because Texas is in the south. The weather is
warm there even in winter. But I still have a winter coat
in my hands. So the people in the airplane are surprised.
When I tell them that I am from Moscow they are sur-
prised even more.
Finally, we are in Austin. I get my luggage and feel
absolutely happy. A man from the university meets me.
He takes me to the student hotel by car. When I get to my
room I am very tired. Soon I fall asleep.
Exercises
1. Answer the questions in Present Simple (do/does +
1st form).
A. Special questions.
1. What does the Russian student study?
2. When does the story begin?
3. Where does the Russian university send the stu-
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dent?
4. Why does the author fall asleep soon after he gets
to his room in the student hotel?
5. Who goes to the airport with the Moscow student?
6. How does the author go to the student hotel from
the airport?
7. Which plane flies to Dallas?
B. General questions.
1. Do Aeroflot’s planes fly to Texas?
2. Does the Moscow student get his bags in Dallas?
3. Does the author run to the registration desk in pa-
nic?
4. Do the Americans put ice in drinks on their local
flights?
2. Answer the questions in Present Simple (“to be”:
am/is/are).
A. Special questions.
1. What is the student’s name?
2. When are the people in the third airplane sur-
prised?
3. Where is ice?
4. Why are the people in the airplane surprised?
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5. Who is in the Austin airport?
6. How old is the Moscow student?
7. In which plane is it hot?
B. General questions.
1. Is Dmitry a student?
2. Are the flights short?
3. Is the university in Austin?
4. Is Austin the capital of California?
5. Is it hot in the second plane?
3. True or false?
1. The first plane flies to Dallas.
2. The Russian student asks for a tomato juice in the
plane.
3. The student’s luggage isn’t lost.
4. The author isn’t happy in Austin.
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Chapter 2
Ice in Texas
It is never cold in Texas. If you walk in Austin in
January you see a lot of green grass. All the trees have
leaves. But these leaves have different colours: green, yel-
low, brown, or red. The bushes have leaves, too. You can
even see some flowers. You can think that it is autumn.
It is Sunday morning now. It is raining. So I am
staying at my student hotel and relaxing. After breakfast,
I listen to music. Then I watch TV. At 12 o’clock, I read a
fantasy book. After lunch, I learn to play pool. The Ame-
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ricans who live in the student hotel play pool very well.
They practice every day. But I am only a beginner. So the
Americans always win.
Classes at the university are going to begin on Mon-
day. But students are not serious. They are very happy.
They are still relaxing. They are walking happily in the
streets and having beer parties. They say that the universi-
ty is closed for 2 days! I am surprised and I don’t believe
my ears. In the evening, I decide to go for a walk.
When I am in the street, I understand everything.
There is no water in the streets after the morning rain.
There is ice everywhere because the temperature is minus
2! This is not usual for Texas. People there don’t see
snow or ice every winter. It is always warm in winter and
hot in summer. It is never cold in spring or autumn.
All people drive cars. They go to their work or to the
university by cars. Only some international students don’t
have cars. But there is a problem: nobody knows how to
drive a car on icy roads!
There are some hills in Texas. The roads go up and
down sometimes. Now all the roads are in ice. So drivers
can’t stop their cars. There are a lot of car accidents on
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