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THE WILL(Заповіт)

Mr. Conran was a very rich and mean man. When he died he had 20 million
pounds in the bank. He made all his money by selling very sticky sweets. His
nickname was "The Dentist's Friend".
Mrs. Conran died ten years before. Mr. Conran had only two relatives, his sons
Joseph and Oliver. They were identical twins. They were so alike that nobody could
tell them apart. Not even their father.
Joseph and Oliver left home when they were 20 years old, and they had never been
back.
When the twin brothers heard about their father's death, they went to his house right
away. Their father's lawyer, Ms. Madoc, was there to meet them.
She said, "Come into the library. I must read you your father's will".
They all went into the library and sat down. Ms. Madoc took a piece of paper from
the desk.
She said, "Your father made a very short will. It is in three parts. Part one says: I
leave all my money to my son Oliver".
The lawyer turned to the twin brothers and asked, "So which one of you is
Oliver?"
Both of the sons said, "I am. I'm Oliver!"
Ms. Madoc was very angry, "One of you must be a liar".
The twins argued and argued. Each called the other a liar and a cheat. Ms. Madoc
pulled them apart.
She said, "I think I'd better read you the second part of your father's will. It says: If
there is any argument about which son is a real Oliver, then I leave all my money to
Joseph!"
Once again the lawyer turned to the twins and asked, "Which one of you is
Joseph?"
"I am!" cried the two sons with one voice.
The lawyer got very cross. She banged the desk with her fist and said, "But a
minute ago you both said you were Oliver!"
They argued and argued for nearly an hour. Both twins tried to prove he was the
real Joseph. But Ms. Madoc called them both liars.
At last she said, "I think I must read you the third and the final part of your father's
will. It says: If both my sons turn out to be liars, then I leave all my money to Ms.
Madoc, my faithful lawyer".
So the twins left the house without a penny. The clever will had shown them both to
be liars. But it wasn't their father who tricked them. It was Ms. Madoc. Mr. Conran
never made a will.

1.Agree or disagree.
1. Mr. Conran was a wealthy person.
2.He was always giving money to charity.
3.He had another wife.
4.Joseph and Oliver were 20 years old when their father died.
5.Ms. Madoc worked as a lawyer.
6.Ms. Madoc was very pleased when the twins started
to fight.
7. Ms. Madoc had destroyed Mr. Conran's real will.
8. The twins got a lot of money.
9. Ms. Madoc was a clever man.
2) Answer the questions.(Відповіді повинні бути повні)
1. Why was Mr. Conran's nickname "the Dentist's
Friend"?
2.At what age did the twins leave home?
3.What was Ms. Madoc's profession?
4.What did the first pan of the will say?
5.Why did the twins begin to argue?
6.Did Ms. Madoc believe the twins?
7.What family trait could you see in the twins?
8.Did their father make a will?

3). Correct the mistakes.


1)Are this money yours?
2) There aren't no cakes left. The cat has eaten all of them.
3) We do any shopping every day.
4) You come to you if they will have time.
5) Why didn't you asked to help you?
6) Did you see none there?
4. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
1.He made all his money by selling very sticky sweets
2.I must read you your father's will".
3.The twins left the house.
4.I leave all my money to Ms. Madoc.
5.Ms. Madoc pulled them apart.
6. They will cheat the lawyer.

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