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Assignment
№ 8.
Find in the text the sentences which are given in the passive voice
Assignment
№ 9.
Find from the text all the direct speech sentences.
Unit 5
BRAVE MOTHER (from “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”)
by H. Beecher-Stowe
Part I
Mr. Shelby had a large plantation and many slaves in the South of America. He never had
enough money. He borrowed large
sums from a man named Haley, whose business was to
buy and sell slaves. Mr. Shelby could not pay the money back, and Haley said be would
take Shelby's house or some slaves. Mr. Shelby decided to sell Tom, who helped him to
look after the farm.
"Tom is a good man," said Mr. Shelby; "he helps me on the farm and I trust him."
"Well, I'll take your Tom if you add a boy or a girl to him," answered Haley.
"I don't think I have a boy or a girl that I could sell. If I
could pay the money back I
wouldn't sell slaves at all."
Here the door opened and a small Negro boy, between four and five years of age, entered
the room. Mr. Shelby gave him some fruit and said, "Now, Harry,
show this gentleman
how you can dance and sing." The boy began to sing one of the most popular Negro songs
in a clear voice.
"Bravo!" said Haley, throwing the boy a piece of an orange.
"Now, boy, walk like an old man!" said Mr. Shelby. The boy began walking about the
room, his master's stick in his hand, in imitation of an old man.
"Hurrah! Bravo! What a boy!" said Haley. "Shelby,
I like that boy, if you add him, the
business is done." At this moment the door opened and
a young Negro woman about
twenty-five entered the room. You could tell immediately, that
she was the mother of the
boy. The same beautiful dark eyes and silky black hair.
"Well, Elisa?" asked her master as she stopped and looked at him.
"I was looking for Harry, please, Sir."
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The boy ran to his mother showing her the nice things which he had got from the men for
his performance.
"Well, take him away, then," said Mr. Shelby;
and she quickly left the room, carrying the
child in her arms.
"I say, Shelby," said the trader, "that is a fine woman. You could get much money for her
in New Orleans, any day. I've seen a thousand dollars paid for a girl like that."
"I don't want any money for her. My wife likes her and wouldn't part with her. I don't want
to speak about it."
"Well, you'll let me have the boy, won't you?" said the trader.
"What do you want the boy for?" asked Shelby.
"I have a friend who sells good boys in the market. He sells them to rich people. Boys can
be waiters, open doors and help in the house."
"I don't want to take the boy from his mother," said Mr. Shelby.
"Oh, you can send the woman away for a day or a week; then your wife can give her a new
dress or some other thing to make it up with her."
"I'll think
it over and talk to my wife," said Mr. Shelby.
"But I want to know the result as soon as possible," said Haley, rising and putting on his
coat.
"Well, come this evening between six and seven, and you shall have my answer," said Mr.
Shelby, and the trader left the house.
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