English: Разговорная грамматика для реального общения. Книга 2 - стр. 7
Упражнение 9*
а) Прочтите текст The Story of Alex and His Stuff, раскрывая скобки и используя правильные формы глагола to have. Обратите внимание на форму прошедшего времени глагола tohave: had. Убедитесь, что вы полностью понимаете смысл – проверьте себя по ключу. Перескажите текст.
б) Сравните оригинальный текст и русский перевод, приведенный в ключе. Подумайте, почему автор внес в перевод некоторые грамматические и стилистические изменения. Скажите, оправданны ли они с точки зрения правильного русского языка.
My friend Alex (have) a problem. He thinks he (have – должен) to have everything. He (have) a huge (огромная) apartment, but he (not, have) a comfortable sofa. He (have) a cool smartphone, but he (not, have) anyone interesting to call. Alex (have) an expensive car, but it (have) a constant weird noise (странный шум), and he (not, have) time to fix it.
His girlfriend, Chloe, (have) a lot of patience (терпение), but even it (have) its limits. One day she said, "Alex, you (thave) too much junk (барахло). You (thave) a collection of vintage posters, but you (not, have) a free wall to hang (повесить) them! You (have) a subscription (подписка) to every streaming service (зд.: онлайн-кинотеатр), but you (not, have) time to watch anything!"
Alex had an idea. "You (have) a point (ты права)," he said. "But first, I (have) a question: do you (thave) plans for Saturday? I (have) two tickets to a concert."
Chloe sighed (вздохнула). "I (have) a better idea. Let's (have– зд.: провести) a garagesale (гаражная распродажа). You (have) so many things you don't need. Other people could (могли бы) (have) them!"
So, on Saturday, they had a sale. A man had an interest (заинтересовался) in Alex's old guitar. A student had just enough (достаточно) money for the dusty (пыльные) books. A little girl had a big smile (широко улыбнулась) when she got (получила) the almost-new skateboard.
By the evening, Alex had less (меньше) stuff, but he had more (больше) money and