Have you ever thought that English could do you a favour and make you the happiest person in the world?
If you are still hesitating- we offer you some real episodes from people's lives which will persuade you why it is necessary to know English well.
English makes people happy
Scene 1. At home.
Author. It wasn't long,long ago, just last year. It was a usual summer morning. Ihor, a teenager of 14, was woken up by the telephone ring.
Ihor. (sleepy).Hello.
Olha.(his classmate and a very pretty girl). Hi,Ihor! I hope I haven't woken you up.
Ihor. Are you joking? I have been working in the garden foralready two hours. Nice to hear you. How are you doing?
Olha. I'm great. You know I'm calling to invite you to my birthday party tommorow.
Ihor.(a little surprised).What? Me? Are you serious?
Olha. I'm not joking. Please, I will be very glad to see you tommorow. Will you come?
Ihor.(out of breath) Yes, yes. Sure.
Olha. See you.
Ihor. Bye.
Author. It was like a hurricane. Ihor was both excited and bewildered. He was happy to be invited to the birthday party, on the one hand. But on the other hand, there was a problem what to buy Olha to impress her greatly. Having thouth a little, he left for the market to buy some parfume.
Scene 2. At the market
Ihor. Good morning.
Shopassisstant. Good afternoon. Can I help you?
Ihor.Could you show me some bootles of parfumery.
Author. Unfortunately, neither the shopassisstant nor Ihor knew English well. As a result, the shopassisstant offered the boy men's perfume instead of women's.
Ihor. Let me smell it. Hhm, it's rather nice smell. I am sure Olha will appreciate my present. How much is it?
Shopassisstant. It's of the latest fashion. So it's rather expensive. It costs 1 thousand hryvnias.
Ihor. I will take it and the price doesn't matter.
Author. The shopassisstant wrapped the shopping nicely, sticked a greeting card to it and gave the boy...
