a) Uwaga! Ten podpunkt należy wykonać indywidualnie.

 

b) 

1. George was working in Burma for the British colonial government and Mabel was engaged to him.

Fragment w tekście: "George worked in Burma for the British colonial government. He and Mabel became engaged when he was back in England." - George pracował w Birmie dla brytyjskiego rządu kolonialnego. Zaręczyli się z Mabel, kiedy wrócił do Anglii.

2. They couldn't get married for seven years because of some difficulties: Mabel's father died, the war came and then George was sent to a district which was unsuitable for a white woman.

Fragment w tekście: "But one difficulty came up after another. Mabel's father died, the war came, then George was sent to a district which was unsuitable for a white woman." - Ale wtedy zaczęły piętrzyć się trudności. Zmarł ojciec Mabel, wybuchła wojna, a następnie George'a wysłano do dzielnicy, która była nieodpowiednia dla białej kobiety.

3. The words His nerve failed him means that he suddenly became too afraid to do marry Mabel. It was because he hadn't seen her for seven years.

Fragment w tekście: "Then, suddenly, without warning, his nerve failed him. He had not seen Mabel for seven years. He had forgotten what she was like. She was a total stranger." - Nagle, niespodziewanie, opuściła go odwaga. Nie widział Mabel od siedmiu lat. Zapomniał już, jaka była. Poczuł, że jest dla niego obcą kobietą.