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est details, even if they seemed unimportant.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once came to
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Paris. He took a cab from the railway station to a hotel. When he paid the cabman, the
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cab — екіпаж cabman — візник
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man said, "Thank you. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."
"How do you know who I am?" Sir Arthur asked in the greatest surprise.
"Well, air," the cabman answered, "according to the newspapers, you were expected to come to Paris from the south of France. The train you arrived on came from the south of France. 1 could tell from your clothes, especially your hat and also from the
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fact that you carried an umbrella, that you were English. These details helped me to
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guess that you were probably Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."
"Splendid! Splendid!" said Sir Arthur. "You analyzed the facts absolutely correctly. And you had so few facta! Clever work! Very clever!"
"Of course," the cabman said. "Your name is on both your travelling bags. That fact also helped."
2. Answer the questions.
Who is Conan Doyle? Was the cabman a clever man? How did the cabman recognize Conan Doyle? What do you know about Sherlock Holmes? Have you read any story by Conan Doyle?
Task 6
1. Reud the text and translate tt into Ukratntan. (See the map at the beginning of the book.)
2. Answer the questions to each part of the text.
ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES PartІ
There are many people in the world who speak English. They live in different countries, such as Great Britain, the United
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