Mother: Look here, I think you've been a good boy this year and I want you to have a good holiday. Would you like to go to the seaside? Ted: 2. Sounds OK to me, but don’t you think I’ll get bored and sick of doing nothing? (Мне это кажется нормальным, но не думаешь ли ты, что мне станет скучно и надоест ничего не делать?)
Mother: OK. How about a riding holiday? There is no water there and horses are nice and friendly animals. Ted: 4. Don’t be silly! I can’t swim, you know! I’ll drown [draun] (tonytn). (Не глупи! Я не умею плавать, ты же знаешь! Я утону.)
Mother: How do you feel about going to the countryside to visit your grandmother? Ted: 1. Oh, God, what for? There are thousands of mosquitoes [mo’skitauz] there in summer. They can bite me! (О, Боже, зачем? Там летом тысячи комаров. Они могут меня покусать!)
Mother: Well, I think I know the place where you’ll feel absolutely safe. The sofa in the living room is just what you need. Ted: 3. I hope you don’t mean it — I don’t want to fall down and break a bone. (Надеюсь, ты не шутишь — я не хочу упасть и сломать кость.)
