Упр.48 Unit 2 2020 ГДЗ Enjoy English 11 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Биболетова, Бабушис 11 класс, Дрофа: 48 Read the joke and answer the questions.
World Famous Universities
Two young men who had just graduated from Harvard got into a taxi in downtown Boston. They were all excited about the graduation and were talking non-stop about their futures as the cab took off.
After listening to them for a couple of minutes, the cab driver asked, “You boys Harvard graduates?”
“Yes, Sir! Class of ‘94!” they answered proudly.
The cab driver extended his hand back to shake their hands, saying, “Class of ‘58.”
1 What do ‘94’ and ‘58’ stand for?
2 What were the two men proud of?
3 Was the cab driver proud of the same thing? Why do you think so?
4 What does the title of the joke mean?
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Ответ

1. ‘94’ and ‘58’ stand for the years when the men graduated from Harvard.
2. They were proud of graduating from Harvard.
3. No, he wasn’t. He was proud of the same university, but he showed it in a different way: he said he had graduated from Harvard too, only in 1958.
4. The title means that Harvard is a world-famous university, known all over the world.