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CAN YOU understand this text?

a Read the article once. How good was Branko's English when he first met Faith? How good is it now?

b Read the article again and choose the best words to complete the gaps.

We fell in love without speaking

▲ Faith and Branko Ristic: 'It felt unreal, like magic.'

I'll never forget the first moment I saw Branko. It was 2009, and I was 25, working as a musical director for a circus in the UK. I'd travelled alone to the village of Gornja Grabovica in Serbia, on a mission to learn Roma-style accordion. A week or so into my two-month 1, a friend called Dusan took me to meet his cousin Branko, who he said was one of the country's best violinists.

When we arrived, Branko came out of the house wearing a white vest and jeans. I don't remember thinking he was attractive, 2 for some reason I took a photo of him that I still have today. We all sat around a table in the garden. I didn't speak a word of Serbian and Branko knew no English, so Dusan tried to 3 Branko was shy; it wasn't every day an English woman turned up at his house. The following day I went back, and we played music together late into the night. We did this several more times, quickly developing a strong connection. It was totally platonic, however; nothing else entered my head, partly because he had a girlfriend.

After two months, I returned to Britain and for the next couple of years I was busy touring with my work. Then, in July 2011, I had a few weeks 4, and went back to Serbia. As soon as Branko heard I was back in Gornja Grabovica, he came straight to see me. With Dusan translating again, he told me he'd thought about me every day since I had left. He had 5 with his girlfriend months earlier. It felt unreal, like magic. It was exciting to acknowledge our connection, but unusual to feel something for each other without being able to communicate fully.

That night we went to an igranke, a dance. I just enjoyed being near Branko. His body language was so open, and he was so kind and loving. The next day we played music together for hours, creating new compositions. He 6 couldn't say a word in English, and I'd only picked up basic things in Serbian, but it just felt right. We could usually work out instinctively what the other was trying to say, and if we couldn't, we'd just laugh. It was so romantic. If I could rewind time, I'd 7 that moment.

Branko and I planned to go to Britain together for a while, to earn money and introduce him to my life; but he had 8 travelled even in his own country, and his tourist visa was refused twice. It was difficult to go back alone. When I returned to Serbia, we decided to get married, and we had a simple but chaotic wedding. We built a house on the exact spot we first met, in Branko's grandmother's garden. Today my Serbian is pretty good, and 9 Branko still doesn't speak fluent English, he understands a lot. They say music is the language of the soul. We took a leap to 10 if that is true, and music has held us together ever since.

Abridged from The Guardian

Понимаете ли вы этот текст?

a. Прочитайте статью один раз. Насколько хорош был английский Бранко, когда он впервые встретил Фейт? Насколько он хорош сейчас?

Ответ:

When Branko first met Faith, he knew no English. Now, he still doesn't speak fluent English, but he understands a lot.

Когда Бранко впервые встретил Фейт, он совсем не знал английского. Сейчас он все еще не говорит свободно по-английски, но многое понимает.

b. Прочитайте статью еще раз и выберите лучшие слова, чтобы заполнить пропуски.

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