2. Read the text. Are the sentences 1–8 true (T) or false (F)? 1) The two men don’t look very different. 2) Holmes doesn’t like talking about himself. 3) Watson knows that Holmes is a detective before he goes to live with him. 4) Mrs Hudson does most of the cooking and cleaning for Holmes and Watson. 5) Watson helps Holmes with his detective work, but he also has another job. 6) Watson is useful to Holmes because he is a doctor. 7) Holmes is married, but he doesn’t live with his wife. 8) Watson lives in the Baker Street flat in all the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Перевод задания: Прочитайте текст. Верны (T) или неверны (F) утверждения 1–8?

1. F — They look quite different. (Они выглядят довольно по-разному.)
2. T — Holmes is a very private person and has a lot of secrets. (Холмс — очень скрытный человек, у него много секретов.)
3. F — Watson doesn’t know that Holmes is a detective when he first goes to live with him. (Когда Ватсон впервые начинает жить с Холмсом, он не знает, что тот детектив.)
4. T — Mrs Hudson is their housekeeper and does the housework. (Миссис Хадсон — их домработница и занимается домашней работой.)
5. T — Watson helps Holmes, and he works as a doctor. (Ватсон помогает Холмсу и работает врачом.)
6. T — Holmes doesn’t know much about medicine, but Watson does. (Холмс мало знает о медицине, а Ватсон знает.)
7. F — Watson gets married and goes to live with his wife; Holmes is not described as married. (Ватсон женится и переезжает к жене; о браке Холмса не говорится.)
8. F — Watson later lives with his wife, not in the Baker Street flat in all the stories. (Позже Ватсон живёт с женой, а не в квартире на Бейкер-стрит во всех рассказах.)