Cat CDZ

Read the text and mark the sentences True (T), False (F), Not Stated (NS). A philosophy professor stood in front of his class and had some things in front of him. First, he began filling (наполнять) a large glass jar with rocks (камешки). The students agreed (согласились) that the jar was full. So the professor smiled and picked up a box of small peb­bles (мелкие камешки, галька)) and put them into the jar. The pebbles, of course, fell into the small spaces. Then the professor poured (высыпал) a box of sand into the jar, shook it, and the sand completely filled the jar. Then he explained. "The jar represents (представляет) your life," said the professor. "The rocks are the important things - your family, your religion, your health; if you lost everything else, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the smaller things that matter - your job, your house, your car. The sand rep­resents the trivial things (мелочи). If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks, just like life. Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter (имеют значание). The rest is just sand." One student asked what a cup of coffee meant. The Professor smiled and said: "Look, what happens!" then he poured (вылил) the contents of the cup into the jar and the coffee was easily absorbed. "Now it's full", he said. 'You know," the Professor continued, "the moral of the story is simple. No matter how full your life is, there is always room for a cup of coffee with a friend."