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trips, more rubbish to keep me away from the office?"
"How would you like to take up art?"
The old gentleman's answer was a sharp, "Rubbish!"
"I don't mean seriously," said the doctor. "Just fool around with chalk and pencils."
To the doctor's great surprise, the old man suddenly said almost childishly, "But, Caswell, how shall I start playing with the chalk if I'm foolish enough to start?"
"I've thought of that. A friend of mine is the head of an art school and I can get a student from his school to come here once a week. If you don't like it after some time, you can stop it."
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just fool around — просто розважитись
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foolish enough — досить слабенький
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Some of the statements below do not correspond to the contents of the text. Read them.
1. Mr. Ellsworth was in the hospital.
2. He liked medicine.
3. He was 56 years old.
4. Mr. Ellsworth had to be kept from buying things.
5. He did not like buying things.
6. Mr. Ellsworth was sitting on the floor when the doctor came in.
7. The doctor suggested to Mr. Ellsworth to buy a new car.
8. Mr. Ellsworth liked the idea to take up arts.
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Task 13
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1. Read the second part of the story "Art for Heart's Sake" by R. Goldberg.
ART FOR HEART'S SAKE Part II
Doctor Caswell went to his friend and told him about Mr. Ellsworth's wish. The friend just had a young man — Frank Swain, eighteen years old, a very good student. He needed
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