UNIT 5
Task 1. Before listening to the text “Mystery of the Girl in a Blue Dress” do the following exercises.
Ex.1. Look through the following words:
misty – туманный
headlight – фара (автомобиля)
to hitchhike – путешествовать автостопом
was astonished – был поражён
dank – промозглый
in vain – напрасно
Ex.2. Answer the questions: Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever seen a ghost?
Ex.3.Translate the following international words into Russian.
To stop ; stormy; fact; mystery; person.
Ex.4.Choose the right meaning of the underlined words.
He wanted to find an explanation to this strange fact (странный; необъяснимый). You are the thirteenth person who has been here to bring her home (заехать к ней домой; подвезти ее домой).Ex.5. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions.
To approach; 2) dead pale; 3) to help smb. out; 4) explanation; 5) mystery; 6) to brush away; 7) accident.Task 2. Listen to the text “Mystery of the Girl in a Blue Dress”.
MYSTERY OF THE GIRL IN A BLUE DRESS
John Hanson was driving home from London after a hard working day. It was a rainy, windy and misty autumn night. He was approaching the place and dreaming of a cup of hot tea and a bath, when suddenly a little girl showed up in his headlights. She stood by the roadside but didn’t seem to hitchhike.
John stopped and rolled down his window. She was about twelve or thirteen, quite pretty. A round face, big eyes, straight brown hair. But John was astonished – she was wearing only thin blue dress, though the weather was stormy and dank. John said nothing but just opened the door. The girl climbed into the back seat and said quietly: “My name is Mary. Please take me home.” Her voice was so quiet that John could hardly hear it. Her face was dead pale and John thought that she must have been frightened to stay there on the road, all alone.
He drove her the way she told him to go. But when he opened the door to help her out of the car, he couldn’t believe his eyes: nobody was in the back seat. John looked all around the car, but all in vain. The girl disappeared.
He wanted to find an explanation to this strange fact and went to the house he stopped at. A woman about fifty opened the door.
“Excuse me”, John said. “But there must be some mystery. I’m looking for a girl aged about thirteen. A round face, dark brown hair, big eyes”.
The woman smiled and brushed away a tear.
“Yes… Of course… It was really kind of you to have a trouble… But thirteen years ago our darling Mary lost her life in an accident… And we still miss her so much… I’m sorry… You are the thirteenth person who has been here to bring her home”.
Task 3. Do the exercises that follow the text.
Ex.1. Say if the sentences are true or false.
John Hanson lived in London. It was raining hard when he was driving home. A little girl stopped his car and asked him for a lift. The girl was wearing a thin blue dress though the weather was windy and cold. She was about eighteen. John asked her if she was cold. John took her home and helped her out of the car. The girl disappeared. John talked to a woman who lived in the house and asked her about the girl he was looking for. The woman answered the girl was her daughter.Ex.2. Answer the questions.
Where did John Hanson work? What was the weather like the day when he was coming back home? What was he dreaming of? Whom did he see by the roadside? Did the girl want to stop the car? How old was the girl? What was her name? What astonished John the most? What did the girl look like? Did John take her home? What was unusual in that story?Ex.3. Retell the story close to the text.
UNIT 6
Task 1. Before listening to the text “A Salve” do the following exercises.
Ex.1. Look through the following words:
slave – раб
gifted – одарённый
noise – шум
Ex.2.Choose the right meaning of the underlined words.
A great painter ( великий, хороший). How did you learn to paint? ( узнал; научился ).Ex.3. Translate the following words and expressions into Russian.
A great painter; beautiful pictures; studio; the night before; noise; quietly; to learn; to give lessons; to give smb freedom.
plete the following sentences with the explanations of the words.
A painter is… A studio is… A student is… A picture is… A slave is… A lesson is…Ex.5. What kind of person is a gifted painter? Give the examples.
Task 2. Listen to the text “A Slave”.
A SLAVE
Murillo was a great painter in Spain. He painted beautiful pictures and he had many students.
Once he came to his studio and found a very beautiful picture there. He asked his students who had painted that picture but nobody answered. Then he asked his slave Sebastian if he had seen somebody in the studio the night before. The slave did not answer. When the night came and everybody went away Sebastian began to paint. He did not think of the ddenly he heard a noise behind him. When he turned round he saw Murillo and his students watch him quietly.
“Sebastian”, cried Murillo, “you are a very good painter. How did you learn to paint?”
“You gave lessons to your students, and I heard them”, answered the slave. Murillo understood that the slave was a very gifted painter, so he gave him freedom and began to work with his “slave” who was not a slave any longer.
Task 3. Do the exercises that follow the text.
plete the sentences choosing the right variant.
1. Murillo painted beautiful pictures and had a lot of ___ .
a) slaves
b) students
c) money
2. Sebastian was Murillo’s ___ .
a) student
b) son
c) slave
3. Murillo gave ___ to his students.
a) freedom
b) money
c) lessons
4. Murillo gave freedom to ___ .
a) all his slaves
b) Sebastian
c) his students
Ex.2. Say if the sentences are true or false.
1) Murillo had many students.
2) Sebastian didn’t paint the picture.
3) Sebastian was a very gifted student.
4) Murillo knew who had painted the picture.
5) Sebastian painted a lot of beautiful pictures.
Ex.3. Define the logical order.
1) Once Murillo found a very beautiful picture.
2) He began to work with his slave.
3) “How did you learn to paint?” cried Murillo.
4) They watched Sebastian quietly.
5) Suddenly he heard a noise behind him.
6) Murillo asked his students about the picture.
Ex.4. Answer the following questions.
1) Where did Murillo live?
2) What was Murillo?
3) Where did Murillo find a very beautiful picture?
4) What did Sebastian do when everybody went away from the studio?
5) How did Sebastian learn to paint?
6) What did Murillo do for Sebastian?
Ex.5. Retell the story close to the text.
UNIT 7
Task 1. Before listening to the text “Disappointed Hopes” do the following exercises.
Ex.1. Look through the following words:
served – подана (на стол)
diamond – бриллиант
engaged to – помолвлен с
nevertheless – тем не менее
had changed her mind – передумала
Ex.2. Choose the right meaning of the underlined words.
Let’s examine the fish carefully (тщательно; внимательно). Nevertheless, I didn’t pay much attention to it (никогда; тем не менее).Ex.3. Give the Russian translation of the following words and expressions.
To have dinner; to examine; to laugh; to be sure; to happen; to be sent; to get married; to stay; to receive; to pay attention; a ticket; meeting; on board; to invite; mouth; bone.
Ex.4. Explain the following phrase: “I was so upset”.
Ex.5. Make up word-combinations using the following words.
1) Summer a) girl
2) small b) company
3) young c) day
4) big d) town
5) beautiful e) tourist
6) diamond f) ring
7) fish g) bone
Task 2. Listen to the text “Disappointed Hopes”.
DISAPPOINTED HOPES
One summer day a group of tourists was having dinner at a hotel in a small town not far from London. When fish was served, a young tourist said for fun: “Let’s examine the fish carefully, perhaps we’ll find a diamond in it”. Everybody laughed, but an old man said quietly: “Please, don’t laugh. I’m sure you’ve heard many stories like that. But let me tell you what happened to me when I was young”.
“When I was a young man”, he began, “I worked for a big company in New York. One day I was sent to London to do some work there. I was engaged to a beautiful girl, and before I left for England, we decided that we would get married when I returned home.
I stayed in England for two months. I sent letters and postcards to the girl almost every day, but after the first two weeks I didn’t receive any answer. Nevertheless, I didn’t pay much attention to it, and before I left home I had bought a beautiful diamond ring for her.
Next day I bought a ticket for the ship to New York. I was so happy dreaming of our meeting. But on board the ship I was brought a telegram. It was from my friend in New York, who told me that the girl had changed her mind and was going to get married to another man. I was so upset that I threw the diamond ring into the sea.
At the port I was met by my friend and he invited me to dinner. While we were sitting at the restaurant and eating fish, I suddenly felt something hard in my mouth. What do you think it was”?
“The diamond!” all the tourists cried.
“No”, the old man answered, “It was a fish bone”.
Task 3. Do the exercises that follow the text.
Ex.1. Answer the questions choosing the right variant.
1. Where were the tourists having dinner one day?
a) on board the ship
b) at the hotel
c) in a cafй
d) at the port
2. What did the young man hope to find in the fish?
a) a ring
b) a diamond
c) a dollar
d) a watch
3. Where did the old man work when he was young?
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