Ex 14 Open the brackets, using the correct form of the verb in brackets, retell the passages.

Jesse felt ready to cry. He (sit) long in the office waiting for Tom Brackett, his brother-in-law. For two weeks he (walk) from Kansas City, Missouri, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, thinking of the moment when Tom Brackett who (work) here as a dispatcher since he (lose) his shop (say): "Why, of course, Jesse, you can start whenever you (be) ready."

And then Tom (enter) the office. He (соте) in quickly with some papers in his hands; he (look) at Jesse, but he (not know) him. Was it his clothes? Or was it that Jesse (change) so much? True, they (not see) each other for five years.

"Yes?" Brackett (say) suddenly. "What you (want)?"

"I (be) Jesse Fulton. Yes, I (be); and Ella (send) you her love."

Brackett (rise) and (walk) over to the counter until they (be) face to face. Tom Brackett (look) at his brother-in-law for a long time before he (say) at last:

"Yes, I (believe) you are, but you sure (change)."

He never (see) anyone who (look) more unhappy. His sister (write) to him every week but she (not tell) him things were as bad as that.

After Jesse (answer) a few questions about Ella and the children he (think) it (be) time to start.

"Tom," Jesse said. "I (come) here to ask you for help."

"I can't (give) much. I only (get) thirty-five a week."

"I know," Jesse (reply) excitedly. He (expect) this. "But I (meet) a man who (work) for you. He (be) in our city. He (drive) trucks for you. He said you always (need) men and you (can) give me a job. As soon as I (hear) it I (start) out. For two weeks I (walk) on to get here and see you."

"You (mean) you (walk) from Kansas City for two weeks to get a job here?"

"The man (tell) me drivers (pay) a dollar a mile. And I (need) the dollar badly. I just can't live like that any longer. It's long since I (give) Ella and the kids enough food to eat or any clothes to wear ... ."

(From "The Happiest Man on Earth" by A. Maltz)

READING

Ex 15 Read and retell the following.

KARL MARX

Karl Marx was 31 years old when, in 1849, with his wife and three children he began his exile in London. He was received there very coldly. His first home was in Chelsea, which he had to leave very soon as the rent* was too high. The family moved to 28, Dean Street, Soho, where in two small rooms they were to remain for six years.

The life was hard and because of their financial difficulties Marx was often unable to go out into the street as much of his clothing was in the hands of the pawnbroker.* Writing to a friend in Germany in August 1851 he said that his position was "gloomy" and his wife was "worn down by the day-to-day struggle against poverty". The years in Dean Street were full of struggle and tragedy. Three of Karl Marx's children died there.

At that time he continued his economic studies and worked daily in the British Museum from nine o'clock in the morning till seven at night.

A change for the better took place in 1852 when the New York Daily Tribune asked him to write for them. He wrote two articles weekly for eight or nine years. Though the pay was not high it was some help for the family.

In 1862 Marx tried to get work with one of the railway companies as an official, but he was refused because they said his handwriting was poor.

Frederick Engels helped him with money and Marx was able to write his great work. Capital, the first volume of which was published in 1867.

The years from 1868 to 1883 were for Marx a time of great activity and struggle within the international Socialist movement against the anarchists led by Bakunin.

In 1872 Marx went to the Hague for the international congress at which the anarchists were defeated.

On March 14, 1883 Marx died in his chair in the study at his home 41, Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill, where he spent the last fifteen years of his life. From this house he was carried to his resting place in Highgate Cemetery which has since become a place of pilgrimage which is visited every year by hundreds of Socialists from all over the world.

(After "Karl Marx in London" by S. Russell)

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