Задание №30 — Лексика

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Daphne

Daphne was a fan of Bedford Castle show. She watched a new scene being shot early the next morning when she went for a walk before breakfast. The actors were different this time, some of the younger stars, and the father on the show with them. Daphne 30______them all and stood rapt until they finished shooting. She couldn’t 31 ______ getting tired of it or becoming blasé about it. It was magical watching them.

After breakfast, she walked up to the castle, and waited for a 32 ______of the parts they showed visitors. The history of the place was fascinating. Its heyday of opulence and luxury had been in the nineteenth and earlier part of the twentieth century. The Bedford family had had serious reverses after the Crash of 1929. Changing times had continued to diminish their fortune after the Second World War, and by the 1960s they were in serious 33 ______. However, they 34______ to hang on to the castle and estate by selling works of art, valuable objects like Faberge boxes, or the occasional investment that did well. The guide explained that the parts of the castle being used to film the show were the most beautiful but the tourists couldn’t see them at the moment because they were in use for filming on a daily basis. Learning about it was fascinating and Daphne bought a book about the family and the castle on the way out. She learnt that nothing had changed much in the castle. The family couldn’t 35 ______ it. They had titles and a beautiful castle, but had no money to 36 ______ it.