When the man was leaving the office, another manager came up to him. "You mustn't be so honest with people," he smiled. "Next time use your imagination and make something up." The young man went to another insurance company. The manager immediately asked him "Did your parents have any illnesses?" and "How old were they when they died?" But this time the young man was ready with an answer. "My mother was very keen on sports. She died when she was ninety because she fell off her bike. My father was ninety-nine and died while he was playing football. He had missed the ball and was very upset about it." The manager gave a big smile. "We must give you some life insurance right away, sir!" he said. перевести в косвенную речь

1) The manager of the company said to him they would have to ask me a couple of questions.

2) The young man answered he was happy to answer my questions and asked if my parents had had some illnesses.

4) I answered that my mother had been very unhealthy when she was a child, and she had had problems with her health all her life.

5) The manager asked if my father had been healthy.

6) I answered he had had heart problems.

7) The manager said quietly he was sorry to hear that.

8) He asked how old they had been when they died.

9) I answered they had been still very young and my mother had been thirty-five and my father had been forty.

10) He said he, couldn't give me some life insurance.

11) When the man was leaving the office, another manager came up to him and said I had to be so honest with people and added I had to use my imagination and make something up.