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Упражнения и Задания по Тексту

Assignment # One – Задание № 1

Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов, выражений и оборотов:

1. глубоко вздохнул – _________________________________________;

2. смутно помнил – _________________________________________;

3. нетерпеливо ждал – _________________________________________;

4. не отказался бы от чашечки кофе – _________________________________________;

5. усмехнулся – _________________________________________;

6. с презрением – _________________________________________;

7. готов поспорить – _________________________________________;

8. напрягся и ждал – _________________________________________;

9. по крайней мере – _________________________________________;

10. посмотрел прямо в лицо – _________________________________________;

11. внимательно смотрел – _________________________________________;

12. с трудом сдержал – _________________________________________;

13. оскорблял его – _________________________________________;

14. одержать верх над ним – _________________________________________;

15. любой признак поражения –_________________________________________.

Assignment # Two – Задание № 2

Дайте русские эквиваленты следующих слов, выражений и оборотов из текста; Составьте по три предложения с каждым их этих оборотов:

be anxious to do smth. – _________________________________________;

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stare at smb. – _________________________________________;

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there is much (little, no) sense in doing smth. – _________________________________________;

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smile at smb. – _________________________________________;

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keep on doing smth. – _________________________________________;

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Assignment # Three – Задание № 3

Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1) Describe Lanny’s mood early in the morning of the day of his return home.

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2) What was Lanny’s first disappointment that day?

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3) What made the ticket collector angry?

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4) Whom did Lanny see at the coffee-stall?

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5) In what way did the white men try to insult Lanny?

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6) It was hard for Lanny to control himself, was not it? Why did he do it?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

7) What did one of the men suddenly do?

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8) How did Lanny react?

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Assignment # Four – Задание № 4

Подготовьтесь к обсуждению с преподавателем и другими членами Вашей группы следующих тем. Составьте план:

1. Compare Lanny’s mood early in the morning with his mood after the incident at the coffee-stall. What was the reason for such a change?

2. Do you consider Lanny to be a person with a strong independent character in spite of humiliation he suffered? Give your grounds.

3. Explain the words “This is South Africa in brutal reality. Not out of books…” Comment on the racial laws of the country at that time.

Assignment # Five – Задание № 5

Кратко перескажите рассказ. Вы должны уложиться в 20 предложений.

Assignment # Six – Задание № 6

Найдите в тексте все Глаголы неправильного спряжения и Заполните таблицу, давая их формы. Перед выполнением Упражнения Вам необходимо ознакомиться с параграфами 48, 49, 50 и 51 5 Главы «Глагол» 1 Части «Части Речи в Английском языке» Первого тома Единого Грамматического комплекса. Всю необходимую Вам справочную информацию Вы можете найти во Втором томе в Приложениях «Таблица Времен Активного и Пассивного залогов». Проверить употребление форм причастий 1 и 2 ( Participles 1 & 2) (вторая, третья и четвертая формы глаголов) можно по Таблицам “Спряжение Неправильных глаголов». Обращаю внимание на то, что таблиц две: в одной дается список неправильных глаголов в алфавитном порядке – ее я рекомендую применять для быстрого поиска необходимого слова, во второй глаголы даны по типам образования формы – на эту таблицу необходимо ориентироваться при заучивании наизусть:

Assignment # Seven – Задание № 7

Используйте в предложениях следующие модели:

1) The only thing he could do was…

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2) The best thing to do is…

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3) The wisest thing he could do was…

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4) All he had to do was…

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Assignment # Eight – Задание № 8

Найдите в тексте все предложения, содержащие Прямую речь ( Direct Speech ) и переделайте их в Косвенную речь ( Indirect Speech ). Перед выполнением Упражнения Вам необходимо ознакомиться с параграфами 69, 70 и 71 «Прямая и Косвенная речь» 5 Главы «Глагол» 1 Части «Части Речи в Английском языке» Первого тома Единого Грамматического комплекса. Всю необходимую Вам справочную информацию Вы можете найти во Втором томе в Приложениях.

Assignment # Nine – Задание № 9

Переведите предложение “It seemed as though he were in another world”, и объясните употребление времен . Закончите следующее предложение :

1) The white man stared coldly at Lanny as if…

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2) Lanny was anxious to teach his people, he wished…

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3) The white men treated him with contempt as though…

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4) The ticket collector stared at Lanny as if…

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5) Lanny was no coward but he wished…

______________________________________________________________________________?

NO STORY by O. Henry

I was doing work on a newspaper.

One day Tripp came in and leaned on my table.

Tripp was something in the mechanical department. He was about twenty-five and looked forty. Half of his face was covered with short, curly red whiskers that looked like a door-mat. He was pale and unhealthy and miserable and was always borrowing sums of money from twenty-five cents to a dollar. One dollar was his limit. When he leaned on my table he held one hand with the other to keep both from shaking. Whisky.

"Well, Tripp," said I, looking up at him rather impatiently, "how goes it?" He was looking more miserable than I had ever seen him.

"Have you got a dollar?" asked Tripp looking at me with his dog-like eves.

That day I had managed to get five dollars for my Sunday story. "I have," said I; and again I said, "I have," more loudly, "and four besides. And I had hard work getting them. And I need them all."

"I don't want to borrow any," said Tripp, "I thought you'd like to get a good story. I've got a really fine one for you. It'll probably cost you a dollar or two to get the stuff. I don't want anything out of it myself."

"What is the story?" I asked.

"It's girl. A beauty. She has lived all her life on Long Island and never saw New York City before. I ran against her on Thirty-fourth Street. She stopped me on the street and asked me where she could find George Brown. Asked me where she could find George Brown in New York City! What do you think of that?! I talked to her. It's like this. Some years ago George set off for New York to make his fortune. He did not reappear. Now there's a young farmer named Dodd she's going to marry next week. But Ada – her name's Ada Lowery – couldn't forget George, so this morning she saddled a horse and rode eight miles to the railway station to catch the 6.45 a.m. train. She came to the city to look for George. She must have thought the first person she inquired of would tell her where her George was! You ought to see her! What could I do? She had paid her last cent f or her railroad ticket. I couldn't leave her in the street, could I? I took her to a boarding-house. She has to pay a dollar to the landlady. That's the price per day."

"That's no story," said I. "Every ferry-boat brings or takes away girls from Long Island."

Tripp looked disappointed. "Can't you see what an amazing story it would make? You ought to get fifteen dollars for it. And it'll cost you only four, so you'll make a profit of eleven dollars."

"How will it cost me four dollars?" I asked suspiciously.

"One dollar to the landlady and two dollars to pay the girl's fare back home."

"And the fourth?" I inquired.

"One dollar to me," said Tripp. "Don't you see," he insisted, "that the girl has got to get back home today?"

And then I began to feel what is known as the sense of duty. In a kind of cold anger I put on my coat and hat. But I swore to myself that Tripp would not get the dollar.

Tripp took me in a street-car to the boarding-house. I paid the fares.

In a dim parlour a girl sat crying quietly and eating candy out of a paper bag. She was a real beauty. Crying only made her eyes brighter.

"My friend, Mr. Chalmers. He is a reporter," said Tripp "and he will tell you, Miss Lowery, what's best to do."

I felt ashamed of being introduced as Tripp's friend in the presence of such beauty. "Why – er – Miss Lowery," I began feeling terribly awkward, "will you tell me the circumstances of the case?"

"Oh," said Miss Lowery, "there aren't any circumstances, really. You see, everything is fixed for me to marry Hiram Dodd next Thursday. He's got one of the best f arms on the Island. But last night I got to thinking about G – George –"

"You see, I can't help it. George and I loved each other since we were children. Four years go he went to the city. He said he was going to be a policeman of a railroad president or something. And then he was coming back for me. But I never heard from him any more. And I – I – liked him."

"Now, Miss Lowery," broke in Tripp, "you like this young man, Dodd, don't you? He's all right, and good to you, isn't he?"

"Of course I like him. And of course he's good to me. He's promised me an automobile and a motorboat. But somehow I couldn't help thinking about George. Something must have happened to him or he would have written. On the day he left, he got a hammer and a chisel and cut a cent into two pieces. I took one piece and he took the other, and we promised to be true to each other and always keep the pieces till we saw each other again. I've got mine at home. I guess I was silly to come here. I never realised what a big place it is."

Tripp broke in with an awkward little laugh. "Oh, the boys from the country forget a lot when they come to the city. He may have met another girl or something. You go back home, and you'll be all right."

In the end we persuaded Miss Lowery to go back home. The three of us then hurried to the ferry, and there I f ound the price of the ticket to be but a dollar and eighty cents. I bought one, and a red, red rose with the twenty cents for Miss Lowery. We saw her aboard her ferry-boat and stood watching her wave her handkerchief at us. And then Tripp and I f aced each other.

"Can't you get a story out of it?" he asked. "Some sort of a story?"

"Not a line," said I.

"I'm sorry," he said quietly. There was disappointment in his tone. Tripp unbuttoned his shabby coat to reach for something that had once been a handkerchief. As he did so I saw something shining on his cheap watch-chain. It was the half of a silver cent that had been cut in halves with a chisel.

"What?!" I exclaimed looking at him in amazement.

"Oh yes," he replied. "George Brown, or Tripp. What's the use?"

Exercises and Assignments on the Text

Упражнения и Задания по Тексту

Assignment # One – Задание № 1

Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов, выражений и оборотов:

1. сотрудничать в газете – _________________________________________;

2. рыжие бакенбарды – _________________________________________;

3. чтобы они не дрожали – _________________________________________;

4. с нетерпением – _________________________________________;

5. по-собачьи преданными глазами – _________________________________________;

6. чтобы получить материал – _________________________________________;

7. он не вернулся – _________________________________________;

8. первый встречный – _________________________________________;

9. у которого она спросит – _________________________________________;

10. паром – __________________________________;

11. подозрительно – _________________________________________;

12. оплатить обратный билет – _________________________________________;

13. чувство долга – _________________________________________;

14. поклялся себе – _________________________________________;

15. трамвай – __________________________________;

16. обстоятельства дела – _________________________________________;

17. все готово к женитьбе – _________________________________________;

18. не могу думать о… – _________________________________________;

19. убедили – _________________________________________;

20. расстегнул потрепанное пальто – _________________________________________;

21. без колебаний – _________________________________________.

Assignment # Two – Задание № 2

look pale (miserable, unhealthy) – _________________________________________;

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borrow smth. – _________________________________________;

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run against smb. – _________________________________________;

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make one’s fortune – _________________________________________;

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look disappointed – _________________________________________;

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make a profit of – _________________________________________;

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feel ashamed of smth. (doing smth.) – _________________________________________;

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hear from smb. – _________________________________________;

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be true to smb. – _________________________________________;

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look at smb. in amazement – _________________________________________;

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feel awkward – _________________________________________;

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Assignment # Three – Задание № 3

Ответьте на следующие вопросы :

1) Describe Tripp and say how he made his living.

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2) What was Tripp in the habit of?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

3) Why did Chalmers look up at Tripp impatiently when he came in?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

4) What did Tripp tell Chalmers about the girl he had met in the street?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

5) Why did Chalmers refuse to write a story about the girl?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

6) Describe Ada and explain why Chalmers felt ashamed in her presence?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

7) Prove that Ada really loved George.

_______________________________________________________________________________.

8) Why did Tripp ask Ada if Dodd was good to her?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

9) What made Chalmers give Tripp the dollar in the end?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

Assignment # Four – Задание № 4

Перескажите рассказ от лица: 1) Триппа; 2) Г-на Чалмерза; 3) Ады Лоуэри.

Assignment # Five – Задание № 5

Подготовьтесь к обсуждению с преподавателем и другими членами Вашей группы следующих тем. Составьте план:

1. Why did not Tripp tell Ada who he was? What do you think prevented him from returning to his native village? Do you consider his behaviour in this situation right? Give your grounds.

2. Do you think this story happy or sad? Is the unexpected end of the story typical of O. Henry? Could you think of another end of the story?

3. Comment on the title of the story.

4. Describe Tripp’s life in New York during those four years.

Assignment # Six – Задание № 6

Кратко перескажите рассказ по плану. Вы должны уложиться в 15 предложений.

Assignment # Seven – Задание № 7

Assignment # Eight – Задание № 8

Найдите в тексте все Предложения с Герундием. Отметьте глаголы, после которых используется Герундий . Найдите в тексте все Предложения с Причастиями. Перед выполнением Упражнения Вам необходимо ознакомиться с параграфами 48, 49, 50 и 51 и с параграфами 110, 111, 112, 113 и 114 «Причастие – Неличные формы глагола»5 Главы «Глагол» 1 Части «Части Речи в Английском языке» Первого тома Единого Грамматического комплекса. Всю необходимую Вам справочную информацию Вы можете найти во Втором томе в Приложениях «Таблица Времен Активного и Пассивного залогов». Проверить употребление форм причастий 1 и 2 ( Participles 1 & 2) (вторая, третья и четвертая формы глаголов) можно по Таблицам “Спряжение Неправильных глаголов». Обращаю внимание на то, что таблиц две: в одной дается список неправильных глаголов в алфавитном порядке – ее я рекомендую применять для быстрого поиска необходимого слова, во второй глаголы даны по типам образования формы – на эту таблицу необходимо ориентироваться при заучивании наизусть:

Assignment # Nine – Задание № 9

Откройте скобки и используйте правильную форму Герундия ( Gerund ). Найдите в тексте все Предложения с Причастиями. Перед выполнением Упражнения Вам необходимо ознакомиться с параграфами 48, 49, 50 и 51 и с параграфами 110, 111, 112, 113 и 114 «Причастие – Неличные формы глагола»5 Главы «Глагол» 1 Части «Части Речи в Английском языке» Первого тома Единого Грамматического комплекса. Всю необходимую Вам справочную информацию Вы можете найти во Втором томе в Приложениях «Таблица Времен Активного и Пассивного залогов». Проверить употребление форм причастий 1 и 2 ( Participles 1 & 2) (вторая, третья и четвертая формы глаголов) можно по Таблицам “Спряжение Неправильных глаголов». Обращаю внимание на то, что таблиц две: в одной дается список неправильных глаголов в алфавитном порядке – ее я рекомендую применять для быстрого поиска необходимого слова, во второй глаголы даны по типам образования формы – на эту таблицу необходимо ориентироваться при заучивании наизусть:

1) I hate (borrow) money, I prefer (lend) money.

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2) Chalmers avoided (lend) money to Tripp.

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3) Chalmers could not help (feel) awkward when he was introduced to Ada.

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4) It's no use (try) to persuade him.

______________________________________________________________________________?

5) He was ashamed of (behave) like this.

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6) To Tripp's disappointment the reporter said the stuff was not worth (put) in a story.

______________________________________________________________________________?

7) When Ada spoke about George she couldn't help (cry).

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8) Ada was looking forward to (meet) George in New York.

______________________________________________________________________________?

Assignment # Ten – Задание № 10

Assignment # Eleven – Задание № 11

Перескажите историю Мисс Лоуэри, используя Косвенную речь ( Indirect Speech ). Перед выполнением Упражнения Вам необходимо ознакомиться с параграфами 69, 70 и 71 «Прямая и Косвенная речь» 5 Главы «Глагол» 1 Части «Части Речи в Английском языке» Первого тома Единого Грамматического комплекса. Всю необходимую Вам справочную информацию Вы можете найти во Втором томе в Приложениях.

Unit 20

THE EXPLOSION

from The Citadel by A. J. Cronin

Adnrew Manson, a young inexperienced doctor, has come to work in a small miners town in Wales. His very first case proves to be typhoid. Andrew is terribly anxious, especially when the disease begins to spread. He is at a loss what to do and turns for advice to Philip Denny, a doctor who has been living in the town for some time.

Andrew gazed at Denny, burning to ask a dozen questions.

"You've got cases too?" he asked anxiously.

"Four! All in the same area as yours," Denny paused. "One day, very soon, we're going to have an outbreak of an epidemic. It's the main sewer that's to blame. It leaks like the devil, and poisons half the wells of the town. I've hammered at the Health Officer about it till I'm tired." His tone was cold and bitter.

"It's shame!" Andrew burst out. "I wish he were here and knew what we know."

Denny shrugged his shoulders, "It's no use."

There was a silence. Andrew got up from his seat at the table and moved towards the door.

"I'm much obliged f or the information. From now on every drop of water in the area is going to be boiled."

"It's the Health Office who ought to be boiled," muttered Denny.

During the weeks that followed Andrew slaved joyfully. He loves his work and counted himself fortunate to have such an opportunity so early in his career. He worked tirelessly with all the fire of his passionate nature. He only wished he could do more.

Then, unexpectedly, Denny rargh imu p." Manson! Can you come to my place at three o'clock? It's important."

Denny received him in silence with a gloomy eye and a darkened forehead. "One of my patients died this morning. I have two new cases of typhoid." He spoke quietly, with a still, cold rage.

"We must write to the Ministry of Health," said Andrew.

"We could write a dozen letters," Denny said bit- terly. "It's a waste of time No! I've thought it all out. There's only one way to make them build a new sewer."

"How?" asked Andrew eagerly.

"Blow up the old one!"

For a second Andrew wondered if Denny had taken leave of his senses. He stared at him in terrified astonishment, then he muttered, "There'll be no end of trouble – if it's found out."

Denny glanced up a him, "You needn't come in with me, if you don't want to."

"Oh, I'm coming in with you," Andrew answered slowly. Immediately he wished he had not said those words.

All that afternoon Andrew went about his work regretting the promise he had given. He was a madman, this Denny, who would, sooner or later, get him into serious trouble. It was a terrible thing that he now proposed. If discovered, they might get struck off the Medical Register. Andrew was seized with horror at the thought of his beautiful career suddenly cut short, ruined. He cursed Denny violently, swore a dozen times that he would not go.

Yet, for some strange reason, he would not, could not draw back.

At eleven o'clock that night Denny and he started out in company with Hawkins, Denny's dog, for the main manhole of the sewer.

The two men and the dog moved along the deserted street. In the pocket of his overcoat Denny had six sticks of dynamite. Andrew carried six empty tins, each with a hole in the lid, an electric torch, and a length of fuse.

Immediately they reached the manhole they set to work, raising the rusty iron cover which had not been disturbed for years.

They slipped a stick of dynamite in each tin, cutting fuses and attaching them. One by one the tins were dropped into he ill-smelling depths. In the light of a match Andrew saw Denny's pale hard face, his own shaking hands.

As the last tin went in with its short fuse burning, the dog took it into its head to hunt a rat. They chased the dog and captured it, expecting an explosion beneath their feet. Then swiftly the cover was flung back, and they raced madly up the street.

They had scarcely reached the corner when bang! the first tin exploded.

"By God! We've done it!" exclaimed Andrew.

Then swiftly the explosions followed: two, three, four, five, and the last.

Doors and windows were flung open, people ran out of their houses. In a minute the street was crowded. A party of men set out with lanterns to explore. Under cover of the darkness and the noise Denny and Manson slipped away. Before eight o'clock next morning the Health Officer arrived upon the scene by car, nervous and frightened.

Wiping his forehead he approached Denny who, with Manson, stood amongst the crowd. For a moment Andrew felt uncomfortable.

But it did not enter the Officer's mind to suspect anybody.

"It's a mystery to me how it all happened. We'll have to get that new sewer for you straight off now," was all he said.

NOTES:

1. sewer – канализационная труба;

2. to be struck off the Medical Register – to have no further right to practise as a doctor.

Exercises and Assignments on the Text

Упражнения и Задания по Тексту

Assignment # One – Задание № 1

Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов, выражений и оборотов:

1. шахтерский городок – _________________________________________;

2. очень обеспокоен – _________________________________________;

3. неоднократно сообщал – _________________________________________;

4. бесполезно – _________________________________________;

5. с этого момента – _________________________________________;

6. трудился с удовольствием – _________________________________________;

7. в самом начале карьеры – _________________________________________;

8. без устали – _________________________________________;

9. пустая трата времени – _________________________________________;

10. взорвать – _________________________________________;

11. не сошел ли он с ума – _________________________________________;

12. греха не оберешься – _________________________________________;

13. рано или поздно – _________________________________________;

14. по непонятной причине – _________________________________________;

15. ржавая железная крышка – _________________________________________;

16. собаке пришло в голову – _________________________________________;

17. побежали как сумасшедшие – _________________________________________;

18. едва они успели добежать до угла – _______________________________________________;

19. распахивались – _________________________________________;

20. под покровом ночи – _________________________________________;

21. в толпе – _________________________________________;

22. не пришло в голову – _________________________________________.

Assignment # Two – Задание № 2

be at a loss – _________________________________________;

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turn to smb. for advice (help) – _________________________________________;

________________________________________________________________________________

it is … that is to blame – _________________________________________;

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shrug one’s shoulders – _________________________________________;

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to have an opportunity to do smth. – _________________________________________;

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regret smth. – _________________________________________;

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get smb. into trouble – _________________________________________;

________________________________________________________________________________

be/feel nervous (frightened, uncomfortable) – _________________________________________;

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suspect smb. – _________________________________________;

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cut smb.(smth.) short – _________________________________________;

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be seized with horror – _________________________________________;

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Assignment # Three – Задание № 3

Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1) Who was Andrew Manson?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

2) What troubled Andrew and made him turn for advice to Philip Denny?

_______________________________________________________________________________.

3) What was the real cause of the spreading of the disease in the town?

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4) Andrew insisted that every drop of water should be boiled. Could it put an end to the epidemic?

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5) Why did Denny refuse to write a letter to the Ministry of Health?

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6) Why did Andrew think that Denny had taken leave of his senses?

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7) Why did Andrew regret that he had given the promise to go with Denny? Illustrate your answer by the text.

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8) What do you think made Andrew go with Denny in the end?

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9) What did they both risk in case they were discovered?

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10) What was the result of their “experiment”?

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Assignment # Four – Задание № 4

Перескажите рассказ от лица: 1) Дэнни; 2) Эндрю; 3) Наблюдателя по вопросам Здравоохранения.

Assignment # Five – Задание № 5

Подготовьтесь к обсуждению с преподавателем и другими членами Вашей группы следующих тем. Составьте план:

1. Denny and Andrew risked their careers. What do you think make them run such a great risk? Can you call them real doctors?

2. Who was responsible for the situation in the town? What can you say about the role of the Health Officer in the described events? Compare his behaviour with the behaviour of the young doctors.

3. Compare the characters of Denny and Andrew. What did they have in common? What did they differ in? Who to your mind was a stronger personality? Give your grounds.

Assignment # Six – Задание № 6

Кратко перескажите рассказ по плану. Вы должны уложиться в 15 предложений.

Assignment # Seven – Задание № 7

Assignment # Eight – Задание № 8

Найдите в тексте все Предложения в Условном наклонении ( Subjunctive Mood ) после глагола wish. Проанализируйте употребление временных форм в предложениях с Условным наклонением.

Assignment # Nine – Задание № 9

Задайте вопросы к словам, выделенным подчеркнутым наклонным шрифтом :

1) Andrewwas seized with horror at the thought of his career suddenly cut short.

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2) In the pocket of his overcoat Denny had six sticks of dynamite.

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3) A party of men set out with lanterns to explore.

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4) Before eight o'clock the Health Officer arrived upon the scene by car.

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Assignment # Ten – Задание № 10

Assignment # Eleven – Задание № 11

Попрактикуйтесь в употреблении следующих моделей :

1) It never entered my mind…

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2) You’ll get into trouble if…

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3) From now on…

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4) I count myself fortunate to…

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5) We were at a loss…

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Assignment # Twelve – Задание № 12

Измените предложения таким образом, чтобы в них был применен глагол wish:

1) Andrew regretted that he had agreed to help Denny.

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2) “It is impossible to stop the epidemic”, Andrew thought.

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3) It is a pity the Health Officer did not respond to their information.

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4) Andrew regretted that he did not have enough time for work.

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5) Andrew was sorry that Denny had suggested such a plan.

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6) When the Health Officer approached Andrew, the young man regretted everything he had done.

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THE INVISIBLE MAN (extract) by H. G. Wells

The hero of the novel is Griffin, a young gifted scientist. He invents a substance that makes a person invisible and tries it on himself. Wishing to continue his experiments, Griffin comes to the quiet provincial town of Iping and stops at a local inn. His secluded way of life and strange occupation arouse the suspicion of the narrow-minded Mr. and Mrs. Hall – keepers of the inn. They begin spying on Griffin. Finally things come to an open quarrel.

The stranger returned to his room about half-past five in the morning, and there he remained until near midday, the blinds down and the door shut. All that time he must have been hungry. Three times he rang his bell, but Mrs. Hall would not answer it, as she was angry with him for his rudeness. What the stranger was doing was unknown. He must have occupied himself with some experiments at his table. Several times his cursing, the tearing of paper and violent smashing of bottles were heard. About noon he suddenly opened the door and stood staring at the people in the bar. "Mrs. Hall," he called. Mrs. Hall came forward holding in her hand an unsettled bill. "Is it your bill you want, sir?" she asked.

"Why wasn't my breakfast served? Why haven't you answered my bell? You must have thought I can live without eating. What!"

"You should have paid my bill, sir," said Mr. Hall.

"I told you three days ago I was expecting a remittance"

"I am not going to wait for any remittances."

"Look here, my good woman –" he began in a pleading tone.

"Don't good woman me," said Mrs. Hall, "and before I get any breakfasts, you've got to tell me one or two things I don't understand. Your room was empty but how did you get in again? You must have climbed in through the window. I suppose you know that people who stop in this house come in by the doors – that's the rule."

"You might have been more polite, at least," the stranger interrupted her in an angry voice stamping his foot. "You don't understand who I am. I'll show you!" He took off his spectacles and everyone in the bar gasped: there was – nothing behind them! He began to remove the bandages that covered the rest of his face. Mrs. Hall shrieked and fell down unconscious as she saw that the stranger had no head. The people in the bar made for the door. The news of the headless man spread all the way down the street in no time and soon a crowd of perhaps forty people gathered round the door of the little inn. A little procession pushed its way through the crowd: first Mr. Hall, then Mr. Bobby Jaffers, the village constable, and then the blacksmith who lived across the street. Mr. Hall must have been to the police to bring help. They all marched up the steps and entered the stranger's room at once. They saw the headless figure sitting at the table.

"What's this?" came an angry voice from above the collar of the figure.

"You're a strange person," said Jaffers, "but head or no head I'll have to arrest you." And he produced a pair of handcuffs. At the next moment the stranger's gloves came off and dropped on the floor. He ran his arm down his waistcoat, and the buttons to which his empty sleeves pointed, became undone. Then he bent down and began doing something with his shoes and socks.

"Why!" said Jaffers, "that's no man at all. It's just empty clothes. Look!" He held out his hand and it seemed to meet something in the air.

"Can't you be more careful? You might have hurt my eye," said the angry voice. "As a matter of f act, I'm invisible. It's strange, perhaps, but it's not a crime."

"I've got my instructions –" Jaffers said holding his handcuffs ready.

"Well," said the stranger, "I'll come. But no handcuffs."

"Pardon me, but – Suddenly the figure sat down. Before anyone could realise what was happening, the shoes, socks and trousers had been kicked of f under the table. Then the stranger jumped up and threw off his coat.

"Hold him," cried Jaffers, "once he gets the things off –" There was a rush at the white shirt which was fluttering in the air. Jaffers grasped at it, and only helped to pull it off.

"You could have held him faster," one of the men said to the policeman, "why did you let him go?" "Here he is!" another man cried out. The struggling crowd was moving down the stairs and towards the house door.

"I got him!" shouted Jaffers. He held fast his unseen enemy, he must have been hit suddenly as he cried out with pain and fell heavily on the ground. There were excited cries of "hold him!" "Invisible!" Half way across the road a woman screamed as something pushed by her. A dog must have been kicked by an invisible foot as it ran howling into the yard nearby. And the invisible man was gone forever from Iping.

NOTES:

1. substance – вещество;

2. secluded – скрытный;

3. remittance – денежный перевод

Exercises and Assignments on the Text

Упражнения и Задания по Тексту

Assignment # One – Задание № 1

Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов, выражений и оборотов:

1. одаренный ученый – _________________________________________;

2. испытывает на себе – _________________________________________;

3. местная гостиница – _________________________________________;

4. должно быть проделывал какие-то опыты – _________________________________________;

5. неоплаченный счет – _________________________________________;

6. могли бы быть и повежливее – _________________________________________;

7. разбинтовать – _________________________________________;

8. потеряла сознание – _________________________________________;

9. достал наручники – _________________________________________;

10. дело в том, что – _________________________________________;

11. прежде чем кто-либо успел понять, что происходит – _________________________________;

12. закричал от боли – _________________________________________;

13. исчез навсегда – _________________________________________.

Assignment # Two – Задание № 2

arouse suspicion (much talk, interest) – _________________________________________;

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spy on smb. – _________________________________________;

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stare at smb. – _________________________________________;

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in an angry (pleading) voice – _________________________________________;

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spread in no time – _________________________________________;

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push one’s way through the crowd – _________________________________________;

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let smb. go – _________________________________________;

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shriek with joy – _________________________________________;

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hold smb./smth. fast – _________________________________________;

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Assignment # Three – Задание № 3

Ответьте на следующие вопросы :

1) Who is the main character of the story?

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2) Why did he come to a small provincial town?

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3) Why did Griffin's behaviour arouse the suspicion of the inn-keepers?

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4) What was Griffin occupied with one day?

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5) Why did not Mrs. Hall answer the bell?

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6) What did she bring Griffin instead of breakfast? In what manner did she speak?

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7) What were Mrs. Hall’s claims?

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8) Describe the behaviour of the people in the bar when Griffin took off his spectacles and removed the bandages?

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9) Who entered the stranger's room some minutes later?

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10) What instructions did the constable have?

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11) In what way did Griffin manage to escape from the hands of the police?

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Assignment # Four – Задание № 4

Перескажите рассказ от лица: 1) Гриффина; 2) Г-жи Холл; 3) одного из Посетителей бара.

Assignment # Five – Задание № 5

Подготовьтесь к обсуждению с преподавателем и другими членами Вашей группы следующих тем. Составьте план:

1. The society of a small provincial town was very marrow-minded. Give the facts from the text to prove it.

2. Do you agree that it was difficult for a progressive scientist like Griffin to work and create among such people? Give your grounds.

Assignment # Six – Задание № 6

Кратко перескажите рассказ по плану. Вы должны уложиться в 15 предложений.

Assignment # Seven – Задание № 7

Разыграйте диалоги между: 1. Г-ном Холлом и Незнакомцем; Гриффином и констеблем.

Assignment # Eight – Задание № 8

Assignment # Nine – Задание № 9

Найдите в тексте все Предложения с Модальными глаголами (Modal Verbs), после которых идут Совершенные Инфинитивы (Perfect Infinitive) .

Assignment # Ten – Задание № 10

Составьте 15 упреков на основе модели: You might have been more polite.

Assignment # Eleven – Задание № 11

Задайте вопросы к словам, выделенным подчеркнутым наклонным шрифтом :

1) Several times violent smashing of bottles was heard.

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2) Mrs. Hall shrieked and fell down unconscious as she saw that the man had no head.

______________________________________________________________________________?

3) The news of the headless man spread all the way down the street in no time.

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4) Mr. Hall must have been to the police to bring help.

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Assignment # Twelve – Задание № 12

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