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Lesson 20. Topic: A wonderful island.

Task 1. Read and translate the text.
A wonderful Island.
As a young man Andy landed on the Isle of Capri and was immediately
taken by its beautiful hills and mountains. The young female tour-guide Jina

couldn’t stop Andy from climbing the mountain. «What an amazing place! I
wish I could live here!» - exclaimed Andy. He decided to build a house on
top of the cliff. Jina was trying to talk him out of doing so. «If you knew
what a terrible village it is, you would never agree to live here», she
insisted. But Andy was determined to stay.
He had designed his new house and had made all the necessary

instructions to workers, before he returned to his northern home country.
Though it was summer, it was constantly raining in his native city.
"If the weather wasn’t so awful, it would be such a lovely city", he
thought.
And he dreamt of returning to Italy.
When he finally arrived in Capri, he discovered that his house had
already been constructed. It was an impressive temple with sunny terraces

surrounded by a magnificent garden. The garden was a perfect home for
Andy’s pets. He was an animal lover and kept pets as diverse as an owl and
a parrot, as well as many types of dog.
Andy had hardly had time to settle down, when the war in his country
started.
He was conscripted into the army and served in the military air service.

«I hate this war. If it hadn’t started I wouldn’t have left my beloved village.
I wish I could return home to my pets», he once confessed to his fellow
pilots. Fortunately, he was able to return home quite soon and lived in his
gorgeous Villa ever since.
T ask 2. Write down and learn the new words.
T o land, to be taken by, to exclaim, to talk out of, to discover, hills,
awful, female / male, tour-guide, a cliff, on top of, a temple, an instruction,

necessary, impressive, beloved, military service, to serve in the army, a
pilot, a terrace, perfect, magnificent, diverse, an owl, a parrot, a pet, to settle
down, to insist on, to climb, to be determined, to be conscripted into the
army, to confess, amazing, as well as, surrounded, a fellow.