An hour later, sam and colette were still talking about the disc they had found when jeremy walked into the information centre. sam slipped the disc in his shirt.
'colette, i want you to go and see why this man hasn’t reported to paradise.’ jeremy gave colette a piece of paper.
but we haven't finished. the job here doesn't really need both of you,' jeremy interrupted. 'sam can finish the job on his own. go! ' colette had never taken anyone to paradise before. she had heard that it could be quite difficult if someone did not want to go and she was very nervous. she did not know what to expect when she reached mayfield's house. at the same time, she could not stop thinking about sam and the disc. why had they decided to keep the disc? had they done the right thing? colette felt worried and very alone. after a few minutes, colette arrived outside sky tower. she rang the bel for no. 54. a woman's face appeared on the video screen. colette spoke. 'ls thomas mayfield in, piease? i'm from the 25 brigade. i've come to see why mr mayfield hasn't reported to paradise." 'wait a minute, please.' colette could hear the tears in alice mayfield's voice. colette waited nervously. usually, people went straight to the paradise centres for the old when they reached the right age, but there were always some people who did not want to go and the youth brigade had to go and get them. colette could not understand why they did not want to go
to paradise. they had everything there. everything was done for them. why did they want to stay at home waiting to be dragged there? this was part of the job that very few people in the brigade liked. colette was becoming more and more anxious. this was worse than she had expected. suddenly, alice mayfield's sad face appeared on the screen again. 'all right . you can come in.' colette entered the building and got in the lift. seconds later she stepped out into mayfield's living-room. thomas walked towards her. colette spoke first. 'you haven't reported to paradise. they've been expecting you. it was your fortieth birthday last week, wasn't it? ' yes, but i'm still useful. i have a good job. i do it well. i don't want to retire and i don't want to leave my wife either. colette looked at the couple. she felt sorry for them but she knew she had to do her job. mechanically, she repeated the words she had been taught. 'i'm sorry. it's the law. you've reached the age and i've come to take you. you'll like it there. if you don't come with me now, you'll be in trouble." alice threw her arms round her husband's neck. 'please go! they'll put us all in prison. mayfield sighed resentfully. he knew that he had little choice and wearily said, 'all right, all right, i'm coming!
'l'll give you five minutes to say goodbye. as colette stood waiting she looked round the room. her eyes fell on a photograph. it was a picture of a baby. was it her? colette did not know her parents. like the others, she had been brought up in a special school from the age of two. she looked at the tearful couple and suddenly thought, what will it be like for me in a few years' time? come on! ' she said loudly, and led thomas out of the building. meanwhile, sam was at home. after hours of searching in the headquarters basement, he had finally found an old machine to play his video disc. he stood and stared at the machine. he knew that what he was going to do was forbidden. should he watch the disc or shouldn't he? should he just throw it into the nearby river and forget about finding it? sam shook himself. he turned the machine on and put the disc in. he breathed in deeply and sat down. his life was about to change..

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Исключения!
1) названия некоторых стран и местностей: the Ukraine Украина; the Argentine Аргентина; the Congo Конго; the Caucasus Кавказ; the CrimeaКрым; the Hague Гаага и др.;2) Артикль the с официальными названиями стран, включающими такие слова, как republic, union, kingdom, states, emirates, а также с географическими названиями стран во множественном числе: the German Federal Republic Германская Федеративная Республика; the Russian Federation Российская Федерация; the United Kingdom = the UK Объединенное Королевство; the United States of America = the USAСоединенные Штаты Америки; the United States Соединенные Штаты; the United Arab Emirates Объединенные Арабские Эмираты; theNetherlands Нидерланды; the Philippines Филиппины;3) с названиями континентов, стран, городов, если они имеют индивидуализирующее определение: the Moscow of the 17th century Москва XVII века; the Europe of the Middle Ages средневековая Европа.
С прочими именами собственными!
1) улиц и площадей: Broadway Бродвей, Wall Street Уолл-стрит; Trafalgar Square Трафальгарская площадь ( в Лондоне), Red Square Красная площадь;2) мостов и парков: Westminster Bridge Вестминстерский мост; Hyde Park Гайд парк в Лондоне, Central Park Центральный парк в Нью-Йорке;3) аэропортов, морских портов, станций ж/д и метро: London Airport Лондонский аэропорт; Kennedy (Airport) аэропорт Кеннеди; London PortЛондонский порт; Paddington Station станция Паддингтон;4) учебных заведений (университеты, колледжи и т.п.): Columbia University Колумбийский университет, Cambridge Кембридж, Oxford Оксфорд;5) журналов: Time Magazine, National Geograohic – журналы.6) исключения (встреч. иногда): the Arbat Арбат (в Москве), the Garden Ring Садовое кольцо (в Москве), the Via Manzoni улица Манзони (в Милане); the Gorki Park парк имени М. Горького (в Москве) и др. II  Определенный артикль the употребляется с названиями:1) сооружений и отдельных уникальных зданий: the Great Wall of China, the Ostankino Television Tower, the Kremlin, the Tower, the White House,the Winter Palace, the Royal Palace;У этого правила много исключений, особенно если название сооружения или здания содержит определение, выраженное именем собственным (имя человека или название населенного пункта): Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, London Zoo, Edinburgh Castle и т.д.2) театров, кинотеатров, концертных залов, оркестров, клубов: the Royal Opera House Королевский оперный театр, the Bolshoy Theatre Большой театр;3) картинных галерей, музеев, памятников: the National Gallery Национальная картинная галерея, the Tretyakov Gallery Третьяковская галерея;the British Museum Британский музей, the Hermitage Эрмитаж; the Washington Monument памятник Вашингтону , the Lincoln MemorialМемориал Линкольна;4) гостиниц, ресторанов: the Metropole гостиница "Метрополь", the Savoy гостиница "Савой", the Hilton гостиница "Хилтон", the "Astoria"гостиница "Астория";5) кораблей, музыкальных групп: the Titanic корабль "Титаник", the "Queen Mary" корабль "Королева Мария", the "Cutty Sark" клипер "Катти Сарк"; the Beatles группа "Битлз";6) большинства газет: the Guardian газета "Гардиан", the Times газета "Таймс", the Washington Post "Вашингтон Пост". Не принято употреблять артикль с названиями газет там, где его нет в языке оригинала: Izvestia газета "Известия".7) государственных учреждений, организаций и политических партий: the Labour Party Лейбористская партия, the United Nations OrganizationОрганизация Объединенных Наций, the Red Cross Красный Крест, the Greens "зеленые", the Democratic Party Демократическая партия.Традиционно артикль не используется со словом Parliament парламент (в Англии); NATO; может быть опущен перед словом (The)Congress (в США). 
ЧИТАЙ ВНИМАТЕЛЬНО.

Национальный флаг Англии представляет собой белое полотнище с красным прямым крестом Святого Георгия, который считается небесным покровителем англичан. Официальные пропорции флага — 3:5, ширина линий красного креста составляет 1\5 от ширины полотна. Первое упоминание флага Англии с Георгиевским крестом относится к 1545 году.Крест Святого Георгия является одной из первых известных эмблем Англии. Он стал английским символом в Средневековье, во время Крестовых походов.Святой Георгий стал покровителем Англии в ХІІІ веке. Существует теория, что Крест стал использоваться, как национальная эмблема (но не флаг), в ходе Уэльской войны 1275 года.Есть мнение, что Крест был принят Англией для наделения флота особой символикой. Английский монарх Ричард Львиное Сердце изначально выбрал в качестве покровителя Святого Георгия. Потом английские суда поднимали белый флаг с красным крестом, чтобы извлечь выгоду определённую: когда-то Крест был символом Генуи, и Англия таким образом подпадала под протекторат мощного флота.

The national flag of England is a white flag with a red direct cross of St. George, considered the patron Saint of the English. The official proportions of the flag is 3:5, the width of the lines of the red cross is 1\5 of the width of the canvas. The first mention of the flag of England with the George cross refers to 1545.The cross of St. George is one of the earliest known emblems of England. He became a British symbol in the middle Ages, during the Crusades.
Saint George became the patron Saint of England in the THIRTEENTH century. There is a theory that the Cross was used as the national emblem (but not the flag), during the Welsh war of 1275.
It is believed that the Cross was adopted by England to grant the Navy special symbols. English monarch Richard the lion Heart originally chose as patron St. George. Then the English court raised the white flag with the red cross, to benefit certain: once the cross was the symbol of Genoa, and England thus fell under the protectorate of a powerful fleet.