4. __ children of his age seldom have natural pleasure in __ soap and water.
(E. Bronte) 5. He bought __ cold beef, and __ ham, and __ French bread and butter, and came back with his pockets pretty heavily laden.
(Dickens)6. There were two bottles of __ wine, __ plate of __ oranges... with _ powdered sugar.
(Dickens)7. Here, have __ champagne, I quite forgot to offer you any, or would you rather have __ tea?
(Murdoch)8. She made __ coffee.
(Murdoch)9. __ coffee without __ bread could never honestly serve as supper.
(Saroyan)10 __ rest of us had finished eating, but Cave had cut himself another slice of __ cheese.
(Snow)11. Mrs. Leek... frankly gave way to __ soft tears while eating __ bread-and-butter,
(Bennett)12. You've caught cold: I saw you shivering, and you must have __ gruel to drive it out.
(E. Bronte) 13. She did not answer, but her face was hard and pale as __ stone.
(Galsworthy)(b) Insert articles where necessary. (Articles with nouns of material.)
1. She hurried in again and found __ water almost boiled away. (Lindsay)2.... __ blood is thicker than __ water. (Galsworthy)3. She went about looking into __ dining room, which... had been transformed into __ kind of jewel box glowing with __ flowers, __ silver, __ gold, __ tinted glass. (Dreiser) 4. Rosa tasted __ wine. It was harsh but refreshing. (Murdoch)5. You drank __ wine with breakfast, dinner and supper, and fifty people always drank it with you. (/. Shaw)6. She looked with __ eager, hungry eyes at __ bread and __ meat and __ beer that __ landlady brought her. (Eliol) 7....Willows replied that he had made friends with __ sculptor in Pisa... and had commissioned this artist to make __ bust of himself in __ marble. (Hardy)8. __ coffee was better than Dinny had hoped and very hot. (Galsworthy)9. Without giving her __ opportunity to protest any more, he went to __. thelephone and ordered __ coffee and several sandwiches. (Caldwell)10. She wears __ little sailor hat of __ black straw that has long been exposed to __ dust and soot of London. (Shaw)11. The mother was yellow in colour and her skin resembled __ leather. (Murdoch)12. The maid brought in __ pears, __ cold chicken, __ tongue, __ cheese. (Snow)13. My heart... felt as heavy as __ lead. (Dи Maurier) 14. Every meal was __ bread and __ coffee and __ cigarettes, and now -he had no more bread. (Saroyan)
Exercise 7. Translate into English.
1. Портфель мал, но кожа хорошая. 2. Я люблю зеленый бархат. 3. Он не любил кофе. 4. Ему не понравился кофе. 5. Чай слишком крепкий; я не люблю крепкий чай. 6. Не забудьте дать кошке молока, у нее теперь котята!
