Трущобы Лондона: жизнь семьи Кэнти в Offal Court

На что обратить внимание: 1. **Порядок прилагательных**: В английском языке прилагательные, описывающие размер, возраст и состояние, обычно идут именно в таком порядке. В тексте: 'It was small, decayed, and rickety' — здесь 'small' (размер), 'decayed' (состояние), 'rickety' (качество). Обратите внимание, что 'rickety' описывает не просто ветхость, а шаткость и ненадёжность. 2. **Конструкция 'might sleep where they chose'**: Глагол 'might' здесь выражает не разрешение, а возможность в прошлом (эквивалент 'could'). 'Where they chose' — придаточное места с глаголом в прошедшем времени. Это типичная конструкция для B1, показывающая свободу выбора в ограниченных условиях: 'they had all the floor to themselves, and might sleep where they chose'.

The house which Tom's father lived in was in a foul little pocket called Offal Court, out of Pudding Lane (рядом с Пудинг-лейн; out — из). It was small, decayed, and rickety, but it was packed full of wretchedly poor families. Canty's tribe occupied a room on the third floor. The mother and father had a sort of bedstead in the corner; but Tom, his grandmother, and his two sisters, Bet and Nan, were not restricted — they had all the floor to themselves, and might sleep where they chose. There were the remains of a blanket or two, and some bundles of ancient and dirty straw, but these could not rightly be called beds, for they were not organized; they were kicked into a general pile mornings, and selections were made from the mass at night.

especially [ıs`peSəlı], material [mə`tıərıəl], ancient [`eınSənt]

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