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An extraordinarily beautiful young men.

The room was filled with the smell of roses. Sitting on a sofa, smoking a cigarette, was lord Henry Wotton. Through the open door came the distant sounds of the London streets.

In the centre of the room stood a portrait of an extraordinarily beautiful young man. Sitting a little distance in front of it was the artist himself, Basil Hallward. As the painter looked at the portrait, he smiled.

«It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you ever have done,» said Lord Henry slowly. «You really must send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Grosvenor is really is the only place to exhibit a painting like that.»

«I don’t think I shall send it anywhere», the painter answered, moving his head in that odd way that used to make his friends laugh at him at Oxford University. «No: I won’t sent it anywhere.»

Lord Henry looked at him in surprise through the thin blue smoke of his cigarette. «Not send it anywhere?»

«I know you will laugh at me,» Basil replied, «but I really can’t exhibit it. I have put too much of myself into it.»

Lord Henry stretched himself out on the sofa and laughed. «Too much of yourself in it! Basil, this man is truly beautiful. He does not look like you.»

«You don’t understand me, Harry,» answered the artist. «Of course, I am not like him. I would be sorry to look like him. It is better not to be different from other people. Dorian Gray -»

«Dorian Gray? Is that his name?» asked Lord Henry, walking across the room towards Basil Hallward.

«Yes, that is his name. I wasn’t going to tell you.»

Lord Henry laughed and the two men went out into the garden together. After a pause, Lord Henry pulled out his watch. «I am afraid I have to go, Basil, but before I go I want you to explain to me why you won’t exhibit Dorian Gray’s picture. I want a real reason.» ( adapted from The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde)



Вопросы
  1. Sitting on a sofa, was

  2. A portrait was of

  3. Lord Henry named this portrait ___ and advised Basil to ______

  4. The reason why Basil didn’t want to exhibit this portrait

  5. The name of the picture model was

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