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One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Every day, when she went to the shops, she spent very little money. She bought the cheapest meat, the cheapest vegetables. And when she was tired, she still walked round and round the shops to find the cheapest food. She saved every cent possible.
Delia counted the money again. There was no mistake. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And the next day was Christmas.
She couldn’t do anything about it. She could only sit down and cry. So she sat there, in the poor little room, and she cried. Delia lived in this poor little room, in New York, with her husband, James Dillingham Young. They also had a bedroom, and a kitchen and a bathroom – all poor little rooms. James Dillingham Young was lucky, because he had a job, but it was not a good job. These rooms took most of his money. Delia tried to find work, but times were bad, and there was no work for her. But when Mr James Dillingham Young came home to his rooms, Mrs James Dillingham Young called him ‘Jim’ and put her arms round him. And that was good.
Delia stopped crying and she washed her face. She stood by the window, and looked out at a grey cat on a grey wall in the grey road. Tomorrow was Christmas Day, and she had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents to buy Jim a Christmas present. Her Jim. She wanted very much to buy him something really fine, something to show how much she loved him.
Suddenly, Delia turned round and ran over to look in the glass on the wall. Her eyes were bright.
Now, the James Dillingham Youngs had two very special things. One was Jim’s gold watch. It once belonged to his father, and, before that, to his grandfather. The other special thing was Delia’s hair.
Quickly, Delia let down her beautiful, long hair. It fell down her back, and it was almost like a coat around her. Then she put her hair up again, quickly. For a second or two she stood still, and cried a little.
Then she put on her old brown coat, and her old brown hat, turned, and left the room. She went downstairs and out into the road, and her eyes were bright.
She walked along by the shops, and stopped when she came to a door with ‘Madame Eloise — Hair’ on it. Inside there was a fat woman. She did not look like an ‘Eloise’.
‘Will you buy my hair?’ Delia asked.
‘I buy hair,’ Madame replied. ‘Take your hat off, then, and show me your hair. ’
The beautiful brown hair fell down.
‘Twenty dollars,’ Madame said, and she touched the hair with her hand.
‘Quick! Cut it off! Give me the money!’ Delia said.
1. Give the full answers for these questions.
1. Had Della saved much or little money for Jim’s present?
2. Was the money which she had saved all in pennies, nickels or quarters?
3. What holiday was approaching?
4. What are the most important holidays in the United States?
5. What are the most important holidays in Russia?
6. Which day of the year is Independence Day in the United States?
7. On which day of the week does Thanksgiving Day always fall?
8. Why had Della been able to save very little money for Jim’s present?
9. Who was Jim?
10. Was Jim’s salary large or small?
11. In general, would you consider Della economical or extravagant?
12. What were the two possessions in which Della and Jim took great pride?
13. Why were they so proud of Della’s hair?
14. To whom had Jim’s watch belonged previously?
15. To what shop did Della go after deciding to sell her hair?
16. Was this shop located on the first or the second floor?
17. How many floors are there in the building in which you study English?
2. Choose the correct form.
1. Narrow is the opposite of (big, little, wide, deep)
2. A penny is (five cents, one cent, two cents, half a dollar)
3. The word sign is pronounced to rhyme with (lion, line, seen, been)
4. Distinguish in meaning between pale and pail.
5. Give the corresponding noun form of these adjectives: long, wide, high, deep
6. The word knees is pronounced to rhyme with ( niece, peace, sneeze, face)
7. Give the opposites of these words: heavy, old, beautiful, full, below, poor, far, happy
8. A common synonym for finally is (at first, at hand, at last, seldom)
3. Write these words in sentences
To take a look at, to get up, to look out, to go far, to let something fall, to take pride in, for a moment, to put on, in general
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