tailieunhanh - LUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA CÁC TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC – LEV TOLSTOY- SHORT STORY 16-1

LEV TOLSTOY SHORT STORY 16-1 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | LEV TOLSTOY SHORT STORY Polikushka CHAPTER I. Polikey was a court man--one of the staff of servants belonging to the court household of a boyarinia lady of nobility . He held a very insignificant position on the estate and lived in a rather poor small house with his wife and children. The house was built by the deceased nobleman whose widow he still continued to serve and may be described as follows The four walls surrounding the one izba room were built of stone and the interior was ten yards square. A Russian stove stood in the centre around which was a free passage. Each corner was fenced off as a separate inclosure to the extent of several feet and the one nearest to the door the smallest of all was known as Polikey s corner. Elsewhere in the room stood the bed with quilt sheet and cotton pillows the cradle with a baby lying therein and the three-legged table on which the meals were prepared and the family washing was done. At the latter also Polikey was at work on the preparation of some materials for use in his profession--that of an amateur veterinary surgeon. A calf some hens the family clothes and household utensils together with seven persons filled the little home to the utmost of its capacity. It would indeed have been almost impossible for them to move around had it not been for the convenience of the stove on which some of them slept at night and which served as a table in the day-time. It seemed hard to realize how so many persons managed to live in such close quarters. Polikey s wife Akulina did the washing spun and wove bleached her linen cooked and baked and found time also to quarrel and gossip with her neighbors. The monthly allowance of food which they received from the noblewoman s house was amply sufficient for the whole family and there was always enough meal left to make mash for the cow. Their fuel they got free and likewise the food for the cattle. In addition they were given a small piece of land on which to raise vegetables. They had a