5 o'clock tea with Denis p.2

Дата публикации: Mar 03, 2015 3:38:9 PM

An old man died and left his son a lot of money.

But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left.

Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him.

When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

'My money has finished and my friends have gone,' said the young man. 'What will happen to me now?'

'Don't worry, young man,' answered Nasreddin. 'Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier.'

The young man was very glad.

'Am I going to get rich again then?' he asked Nasreddin.

'No, I didn't mean that,' said the old man. 'I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.'

Ништяки:

1. лексика

foolish [ˈfuːlɪʃ] - глупый; дурашливый; безрассудный

left

An old man died and left his son a lot of money. Оставил

But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Не осталось

Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. Оставили

a+smth (alone/again)

When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin

Everything will soon be all right again.

no vs. not vs. nothing vs. none

so that soon he had nothing left

I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.

-> no vs. not http://e-repa.ru/dw/doku.php?id=speechpatterns:blog:2013-04-20-222150

none vs. nothing http://e-repa.ru/dw/doku.php?id=lexic:blog:2014-03-26-222026

2. речевые модели

to get + past participle

Am I going to get rich again then?

to get used to being poor and to having no friends

'used to' vs. 'to be used to' vs. 'to get used to'

to get used to + <noun/gerund> - привычка в текущий момент, достигнутая путем: целеопределение → переход в другое состояние → “защелкивание” → статика.

Если to get сравнить с run или go, то в нем есть целеопределение, при финализации которого произойдет своего рода “защелкивание” = переход в другое состояние

go to see

When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin

“Well, you can go to see anyone you want to. — Ну, можешь поехать к кому хочешь. (Gone with the wind.Mitchell, Margaret)

Elliott had always felt that nature was an impediment to the social life, and he had no patience with people who could bother to go to see a lake or a mountain when they had before their eyes a Regency commode or a painting by Watteau. - Эллиот всегда воспринимал природу как помеху в жизни хорошего общества и просто отказывался понимать, как люди могут куда-то ехать, чтобы увидеть озеро или гору, когда у них перед глазами есть комод эпохи регентства или картина Ватто. (The Razor's Edge Maugham, William Somerset)

Однородные члены (homogeneous parts of the sentence)

I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends. Привыкнуть быть бедным и не иметь друзей.

I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends. Привыкнуть быть бедным и не имеющим друзей. Стяжение выше.

3. управление

What will happen to me now?

4. перфекты

My money has finished and my friends have gone

5. модальные - will/would vs. going to

What will happen to me now? Источник изменений - внешняя сила, под которую приспосабливается человек.

Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier. Источник изменений - внешняя сила, под которую приспосабливается человек.

Am I going to get rich again then? Источник изменений - сам человек.

I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends. Источник изменений - внешняя сила, под которую приспосабливается человек.

Вопросы:

1. Why do you think it seems to be a law of nature that children of shrewd and thrifty parents are lazy, foolish and extravagance?

The first question is why does it seem to be a law of nature that children of shrewd and thrifty parents are lazy, foolish and extravagance.

I think that almost parents are not professional of parenting and education of children because they never learn it.

I think that a child is a very difficult project and not any person could finish it.

And if parent are shrewd and thrifty in their doings, they usually think about only morphological points of благосостояние of their children.

The parents think about food, about house and money.

В то время как they ought to think about education and parenting of their children.

Because of this, if the family is rich the children of the family early or later took all money of the family and because they never learned to be an effective and shrewd and thrifty person who want to project some projects in his or her life, they always just spend all money, just use the plenty that their parents left to them.

That's all, thank you.

The first question is why does it seem to be a law of nature that children of shrewd and thrifty parents are lazy, foolish and extravagance.

I think that parents are not experts in children's education and even parenting skills because they never learn such skills from specialists and psychologists.

I believe that a child is a very difficult project to manage and the more to finish.

Even if the parents are shrewd and thrifty in all their doings, they usually care only about morphological part of their children's well-being: meal for dinner, roof for shelter, a lawn for games and money for everything else.

While they should think about education and parenting of their children.

So, if a family is rich the children, early or later, will take the money and then, being infantile and foolish, they just will waste all the money that will be a kind of freebie for them.

To conclude my answer I would like to say that people never value the money that wasn't earned with some efforts by themselves.

The first question is why it seems to be a law of nature that children of shrewd and thrifty parents are lazy, foolish and extravagance.

I think that parents are not experts in children's education and even parenting skills because they never learn such skills from specialists and psychologists.

I believe that a child is a very difficult project to manage and the more to finish.

Even if the parents are shrewd and thrifty in all their doings, they usually care only about morphological part of their children'swell-being: meal for dinner, roof for shelter, a lawn for games and money for everything else.

While they should think about education and parenting of their children.

So, if a family is rich the children, early or later, will take the money and then, being infantile and foolish, they just will waste all the money that will be a kind of freebie for them.

To conclude my answer, I would like to say that people never value the money that wasn't earned with some efforts by themselves.

2. Why did friends leave the young man soon after he had spent all his money? Were they false or true friends of him? Why do you think he had no true friends?

The second question is why friends left the young man soon after he had spent all his money.

And they were false or true friends of him and why he had no true friends.

Certainly, I think that the friends of the young man were false friends because he left him after he spent all his money.

So, he followed him because of his money only.

And such people are called false friends.

The final question why he had no true friends I would like to answer this question that I think that the young man didn't have public or common education with other children.

Probably he had personal education.

But maybe he didn't play in the street and in the yards with other children and he didn't find himself in such situations were the friends становятся true friends.

I think that strong emotion to other people such as friendship or love is appeared only certain situation where some people suffer with territorial deprivation.

And in the situation any person would feel strong emotion to people surrounding him.

They may be hate or love and consequently the person would have enemies or friends.

Thank you.

The second question is why friends left the young man soon after he had spent all his money and what kind of friends they were and why he had no true friends.

Certainly, the friends of the young man were false friends because they left him after he had spent all his money.

So, they had followed him because of his money only.

Such people are called false friends.

As for the final part of the question, I would like to say that the young man probably didn't have public or common education where he could find friends.

Probably he had a personal education.

Certainly, Ali played in the streets with other children, but he also didn't have true friends there, because, being foolish and shallow, he probably concerned himself only as a customer in the relationships.

It is no great surprise that his friends treated him in a similar manner.

To conclude my answer, I would like to say that Ali was left by his friends because he himself was a false friends of them.

The second question is why friends left the young man soon after he had spent all his money and what kind of friends they were and why he had no true friends.

Certainly, the friends of the young man were false friends because they left him after he had spent all his money.

So, they had followed him because of his money only.

Such people are called false friends.

As for the final part of the question, I would like to say that the young man probably didn't have public or common education where he could find friends.

Probably he had a personal education.

It is no great surprise that his friends treated him in a similar manner.

To conclude my answer, I would like to say that Ali was left by his friends because he himself was a false friends of them.

3. What would you ask Nasreddin if you were the young man?

The third question is what I would ask Nasreddin if you were the young man.

If I were in the young man's shoes I would ask Nasreddin about what I should do in my situation.

I would tell Nasreddin about myself, my main strengths and my frailties and weaknesses and I would ask him how I could change myself to be effective, to be shrewd and thrifty and not to be foolish young man.

Thank you.

The third question is what I would ask Nasreddin if you were the young man.

If I were in the young man's shoes I would ask Nasreddin about what I should do in my situation.

I would tell Nasreddin about myself, my main strengths and my frailties and weaknesses and then I would ask him how I could change myself to become effective and to be shrewd and thrifty.

Thank you.

The third question is what I would ask Nasreddin if you were the young man.

If I were in the young man's shoes I would ask Nasreddin about what I should do in my situation.

I would tell Nasreddin about myself, my main strengths and my frailties and weaknesses and then I would ask him how I could change myself to become effective and to be shrewd and thrifty.