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Книга для чтения на анашйском языке в 7—9 классах средних школ, лицеях, гимназиях, на I—II курсах неязыковых вузов

АДаптация текста

Г. К. МагиДсон- Степановой

Упражнения И Б. Антоновой

моски

ТРИС ПРЕСС

2008

удк 811.111(075) ББК 81.2Англ-9З

П75

Серия «Английский клуб» включает книги и учебные пособия, рассчитанные на пять этапов изучения ан глийского языка: Elementary (щля начинающих), РтеIntermediate (для продолжающих первого уровня), lntermediate (для продолжающих второго уровня), Upper lntermediate (для продолжающих третьего уровня) и Advanced (для совершенствующихся).

Серийное оформление А. М. Драгового

Приключенческие рассказы / адаптация текста Г. К. Ма[175 гидсон-Степановой; упражнения И. Б. Антоновой. — М..

Айрис-пресс, 2008. — 176 с.: ил. — (Английский муб). (Домашнее чтение).

ISBN 978-5-8112-3106-5

Книга представляет собой сборник детективных и приключенческих

рассказов известнейших английских и американских писателей XIX—XX веков в адаптации Г. К. Магидсон-Степановой. Текст каждого рассказа снабжен комментарием; упражнения направлены на отработку лексики и грамматических структур, а также проверку понимания текста и развитие речевых навыков. В конце книги приводится словарь.

Сборник предназначен для учащихся 7—9 классов средних школ, лицеев, гимназий, студентов I—lI курсов неязыковых вузов.

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ТНЕ SLEUTHS

In the Big City а тап тау disappear suddenly and completely. The police and all the private detective agencies 0f the City will take part in the search. Most often they do not fnd him and the man's face will be seen по more. Sometimes he тау appear again under the пате 0f 'Smith' от 'Brown' orone oftheir synonyms. Sometimes, aftersearching in the restaurants and the city's labyrinths, the sleuths will fnd• that the тап has only moved next door.1

The case 0f Мату Snyder2 is not without interest.

А middle-aged тап, of the пате 0f Meeks 3 сате from the West to New York to fnd his sister. She was Mrs. Мату Snyder, а widow, aged ffty-two, who had Ьееп living for а year in а tenement house in а crowded district.

1 the тап has only moved next door — человек цросто перебрался в соседнюю квартиру

2 Магу Snyder ['rnearl'snaldal — Мэри Снайдер з Meeks [mi:ks) — Микс

At her address he was toldl that Mary Snyder had moved away longer than a month before.2 No one could tell him her new address.

On coming out Mr. Meeks addressed a policeman who was standing on the corner, and explained his difficulty to him.

'My sister is very poor,' he said. 'I should like to find her as soon as possible. I have recently made a lot of money3 in a lead mine and I want her to have some of my money.4 There is no use in sending an advertisement5 to a newspaper, because she cannot read.'

The policeman pulled his moustache and looked so thoughtful that Meeks could almost feel the happy tears of his sister Mary dropping upon his bright blue tie.

'You may find your sister,' said the policeman, 'among the women knocked over by big trucks. Go down to Canal Street. There are many truck drivers in that district. Perhaps one of them has seen your sister. But if you don't want to do that, you can go to the police headquarters and ask them to send a detective in search of the old lady.'

At the police headquarters they were ready to help Meeks. Copies of

a photograph of Mary Snyder that her brother had were sent to all the police stations of the city. The case was given to detective Mullins.6 The detective took Meeks aside and said:

'This is not a very difficult case to solve. Shave off your beard, fill your pockets with good cigars, and meet me in the cafe of the Waldorf7 at three o'clock this afternoon.'

Meeks obeyed. He found Mullins there. They had a bottle of wine, while the detective asked questions about the woman who had disappeared.

'Now, ' said Mullins, 'New York is a big city, but we have systematized the detective business. There are two ways we can go about finding your

sister.8 We will try one of them first. You say she is fifty-two?' 'A little over,' said Meeks.

I At her address. he was told — TaM, rae OHa paHbme rlPONHBana, eMy C006111HJIM

2 had moved away longer than a month before — Bblexaaa ú)J1ee Mecflua TOMY

to make money — HaxHBaTb AeHbrH

4 I want her to have some of my money — xoqy noae.nwrbcq c Hei AeHE,raMH.

5 There is no use in sending an advertisement [ad'va:tlsmant] — Herr

AaBaTb 06'bHBJ1eHHe

6 Mullins ['mnllnz] — MaJIMH3

7 Waldorf ['woldo:f] — Y0JIA0p4) (4>aMHJIHfl)

8 There are two ways we can go about finding your sister. — MoxH0 HCKaTb Barny cecrpy cnoc06aMH.

The detective took the Westerner to the advertising office of one of the largest newspapers. There he wrote the following 'ad'l and handed it to Meeks:

'One hundred beautiful chorus girls are wanted at once2 for a new musical comedy, No. — Broadway. '3

Meeks was angry.

'My sister,' he said, 'is a poor, hard-working, old woman. How can an advertisement like this help in finding her?'

'All right,' said the detective, 'but you don't know New York. If you don't like this plan we'll try the other one.'

'Never mind the expense,'4 said Meeks. 'We'll try it.'

The sleuth led him back to the Waldorf. 'Take two bedrooms and a

parlour,' he said, 'and let's go up and talk.'

This was done, and the two were taken up to a very rich parlour on the fourth floor. Meeks did not know what to think. The detective sat down in a velvet arm-chair and pulled out his cigar case.

'I advise you, old man,' he said, 'to take the rooms by the month:5 you will pay less for them.'

'By the month!' cried Meeks. 'What do you mean?'

'Oh, it will take time to work the game this way.6 1 told you this

plan would cost you more. We shall have to wait till spring. In spring there will be a new city directory and we shall buy it. Your sister's name and her address may be in that directory. ' Meeks got rid of the city detective at once.

On the next day someone advised him to consult Shamrock Jolnes,7

New York's famous privête detective. He demanded much money for solving mysteries and crimes, but he always solved them.

Meeks waited for two hours in the great detective's apartment before he was received. Jolnes was sitting in an arm-chair, reading a magazine when Meeks came in.

The Westerner explained his task to the famous sleuth.

'If I find your sister, you will pay me five hundred dollars,' said Shamrock Jolnes.

'ad' advertisement — 06u1errpHHwroe COKpa11teHHe rageTHoro

2 One hundred beautiful chorus ['kožras) girls are wanted at once

Tpe6y10Tca CTO KpaCHBb1X xopHCTOK

3 No. — Broadway ['bro:dwa] — HOMep (AOMa) . no Bp0ABeK) (rJ1aBHaa

HbK)-ñOpKa)

4 Never mind the expense [Iks'pens]. — He cqwraåTecb c pacxoaaMM

5 to take the rooms by the month — CHHMaTb KOMHaTb1 110MecflHH0 6 It will take time to work the game this way. — 110Tpe6yeTca HeMWIO BpeMeHH, qT06bt pa3b1CKaTb ee TaKHM cnoc060M.

7 Shamrock Jolnes ['Jæmrak 'dsaunz) — IlleMpoK Am,KOJIH3

Meeks bowed to show that he agreed to the price.

'I'll try to solve your case, Mr. Meeks,' said Jolnes. 'The disappearance of people in this city has always been an interesting problem to me. I remember a case that I once solved. A family of the name of Clarkl disappeared suddenly from a small flat in which they were living. I watched the flat building fot two months for a clue.2 One day I noticed that a certain milkman's boy always walked backward when he carried his milk upstairs. This fact gave me a clue. I followed it and at once found the family that had disappeared. They had moved next door and changed their name from Clark to KraIc.'3

Shamrock Jolnes and his client went to the tenement house where Mary Snyder had lived. The detective wanted to see the room in which she had lived. It had been occupied by no one since her disappearance.

The room was small, dirty and poorly furnished. Meeks seated himself sadly on a broken chair while the great detective searched the walls and the floor and the old broken furniture for a clue.

At the end of half an hour Jolnes had found a few things that to Meeks did not seem important. They were: a cheap black hat pin, a piece of a theatre programme, and a piece of a small card on which was

the word 'Left' and then 'C 12'.

Shamrock Jolnes stood near the wall for ten minutes with his head upon his hand. At the end of that tinie he said:

'Come, Mr. Meeks, the problem is solved. I can take you immediately to the house where your sister is living. And don't be anxious about her.4 She has plenty of money — for the present at least. '5 Meeks was happy.

'How did you manage it? '6 he asked.

Jolnes was always ready to describe his methods to his surprised listeners.

'On this torn piece of card,' he said, 'you can see the word "Left" the letter "C", and the number "12". Now, I happen to know7 that

No. 12, Avenue C is a first-class boarding house which of course is

I Clark [kla:k] — KJ1apK 2 for a clue — B Haaexae no.JIY-urrb KJTK)H K pa3raAKe

3 Kralc [kra:k] — KpaJIK

4 don't be anxious ['ænkfas] about her — He •rpeB0*bTeCb 3a Hee

for the present at least — Ha naHHb1å MOMeHT, BO BCHKOM cJ1yyae How did you manage it? — KaK BaM 3T0 yaaJ10Cb (pa3y3HaTb)? 7 Now, I happen to know . — Hy, a c.'1ygaiH0 3HaK) .

too expensive for your sister. But then I find this piece of a theatre programme. What does that mean? I think it means this: if your sister is a scrub woman as you have told me, we may think that she scrubs the floors in a theatre, too. Where is jewellery lost most often? In the theatres, of course. Look at that piece of programme, Mr. Meeks. Can you see the round mark on it? What does this mark mean? It means that a ring — perhaps a very expensive ring — has been wrapped in it. The explanation may be this: Mrs. Snyder found the ring when she was scrubbing the floor in the theatre. She tore off a piece of a programme, wrapped the ring carefully in it and carried it home. The next day she sold it, and then decided to find a more comfortable place in which to live. Well, if everything I have told you is right I see nothing impossible about the expensive boarding house No. 12, Avenue C. It is therel we shall find your sister, Mr. Meeks.'

Shamrock Jolnes finished his spéech with the smile of a successful artist„ Meeks's happiness was too great for words.

Together they went to No. 12, Avenue C.

They rang the bell and asked the servant who opened the door whether Mrs. Snyder lived there. The servant told them that no lady of that name had ever lived at that address.

As they were going away, Meeks examined the things from his sister's old room.

'I am no detective,' he said to Jolnes as he raised the piece of theatre programme to his nose, 'but it seems to me that the round mark on this paper was not left by a ring, but by one of those round pepper-mint drops.2 And this piece with the address omit looks to me like the end Of a theatre ticket — seat No. 12, row C, left side.' Shamrock Jolnes had a far-away look in his eyes.3 'I think you ought to consult Juggins,' he said.

'Who is Juggins?' asked Meeks.

'He is the leader,' said Jolnes, 'of a new modern school of detectives. Their methods are different from ours, but it is said that Juggins has solved some very difficult cases. I will take you to him.'

They found the great Juggins in his office. He was a small man with light hair. When they came in he was reading a book.

It is there — BOT TaM-T0 (ùMeHHO eraM) pepper-mint drops — MITHb1e .neueu1KM (KOHØernt,c)

3 had a far-away look in his eyes B ero raa3ax. noHBHJIOCb

3b1paxeHHe

The two great detectives shook hands with ceremony,l and Meeks was introduced.

'Tell me the facts,' said Juggins going on with his reading.

When Meeks finished, the great detective closed his book and said: 'Do I understand that your sister is fifty-two years of age, with a large mole on the side of her nose? Is she a poor widow, making her living2 by scrubbing floors?'

'That describes her exactly,' said Meeks. Juggins rose and put on his hat.

'In fifteen minutes,' he said, 'I will return bringing you your sister's present address. '

Shamrock Jolnes turned pale 3 but tried to smile.

In fifteen minutes exactly Juggins returned holding a little piece of paper in his hand.

'Your sister, Mary Snyder,' he announced calmly, 'will be found at No. 162, Chilton Street. She is living in the back room, on the fifth floor. The house is only four blocks from here,' he continued addressing Meeks. 'I think you should go and see if that is so and return here. Mr. Jolnes will wait for you, I hope.'

Meeks hurried away. In twenty minutes he was back again, with a

happy face.

'She is there and she is well!' he cried. 'Name your price.

'Two dollars,' said Juggins.

When Meeks had paid his bill and gone away, Shamrock Jolnes stood with his hat in his hand before Juggins.

'Would you mind telling me5 . he asked the greater detective.

'Certainly not,' said Juggins pleasantly. 'I will tell you how I did it. You remember the description of Mrs. Snyder? Did you ever know a woman like her who wasn't paying weekly installments on an enlarged portrait of herself?6 Women like her all do it. There is a big factory where portraits are enlarged just around the corner. I went there and got her address out of the book with the addresses of their clients. That's all.'

I shook hands with ceremony ['senmam] — uepeMOHH0 06MeHflJIMCb pyKonoxa-

THeM to make one's living — 3apa6aTbtBaTb Ha XH3Hb

3 turned pale — n06ÃeAHeJ1

4 Name your price. — ad. CKOJ1bK0 Baxr AOJ1xeH?

5 Would you mind telling me He 0TKaXHTe B JlKJ6e3HOCTH paccKa3aTb

Mye • • to pay weekly installments [In'stn:lmants] on an en'larged portrait ['p3:tr1t] of oneself — BHOCMTb exeHeaeJ1bHY10 nJ1aTy B paccpoHKy 3a YBeJIHHeHHe CBOeä cþoT0rpact)HH

Vocabulary

p. 3 to take part (in) — to take place 4 to address srnb to make/earn money to look thoughtful

p. 5 to get rid (of)

p. 6 to agree to smth/ with srnb at the end of (half an hour/that time, etc.)

7 to raise smth to srnth — to rise to be different (from)

p. 8 to go on (with) doing smth to make living (by doing smth) in twenty minutes/ an hour, etc.

Structures

p. 4 There's no use in doing smth

p. 5 It'll take (no) time to do smth

p. 7 It (he, she, etc.) means that . .

His happiness (sorrow, surprise, etc.) was too great for words.

It is said (thought, believed, considered, expected, etc.) that . . .

p. 8 He is said (thought, believed, etc.) to be (do)

EzeTEises

I. Pick out from the story the English equivalents of the following words:

YHaCTBOBaTb B ITOHCKax; HMeTb Mecro (11POHCXOAMTb); HiÐKHBaTb (3apa6aTb1BaTb) aeHbru; BblFJ1flneTb 3aAYMHHBb1M; cornamaTbCfi Ha H.-JI. (C K.-JI.); no HCTegeHHH novnyqaca•, (noAHecTH)

H.-JI. K H.-JI. — 110AHflTbCq; 11POAOJDKaTb zueJ1aTb H.-JI.; 3apa6aTb1-

BaTb (ae.naq H.-JI.); gepeg 20 MHHYT (nonqaca)

2. Study the following phrases; (a) recall the sentences in which they are used and (b) use them in sentences of your own.

to take part in; to get rid of; to agree to smth; at the end of half on hour; to be different from; to go on with doing smth; in 20 minutes.

3.	Complete the following sentences choosing the right word	4.	This detective demands so much money for solving mysteries
	in brackets.		and crimes that it's useless to address him if you are poor.

4. (At; in) half an hour the work will be finished.

5. The sun (raises; rises) early in summer.

6. The pupils (raise; rise) their hands when they know the answer.

6. Why wait till spring if we can solve the problem in no time?

7. Why spend so much money on this detective if we can employ

l. The first Olympics (took part; took place) in Greece.

2. He (took part; took place) in the competition and won.

3. I find your plan very interesting and agree (to; with) it.

7. Mr. Meeks (made; earned) money in a lead mine. a cheaper one?

8. Her sister (earned; made) money by scrubbing the floors.

	cies . in the search.	1.	What did Mr. Meeks mean when he said to the policeman that
2.	Mr. Meeks . . . a policeman who was standing at the corner.		there was no use in sending an advertisement to a newspaper?
3.	Mr. Meeks wanted his pister to have some of his money he .	2.	What did Mullins mean when he said to Meeks that they had
	in a lead mine.		systematized the detective business?
4.	The detective offered such silly ways of looking for Meeks's	3.	What did Mullins mean when he asked Meeks to take two
	sister that Meeks . . . him at once.		bedrooms for several months?
5.	Detective Jolnes demanded five hundred dollars to find Meeks's	4.	What does the author of the story mean when he wrote that
	sister and Meeks . . . the price.		Juggins listened to the great detective going on with reading?
6.	JugginS was of a new school of detectives and his methods .

4. Fill in the blanks with suitable words and word combinations from the story.Answer the questions to the story, using the construction 1. When somebody disappears all the private detective agen- 'It (she, he) meant that .

other sleuths.Thanslate the sentences from the story, using the con- 7. Mary was a poor widow, who . scrubbing floors. struction 'It takes (took; will take) (no) time to do' or

'How much time does (did; will) it take him (her, etc.) to

5. Rewrite the following sentences, using the constructions do

'There's no use in doing'; 'It's no use doing'; 'What's the

use of doing 1. MucTepy MHKcy 110Tpe60Banocb MHOI'O BpeMeHH, qtr06b1 HaMTH CBOIO cecrrpy.

1. "My sister can't read, that's why it's useless to send an adver- 2. OH cpa3Y 110HflJ1, HTO HaCTHb1ii aerreKTHB AXOJIH3 He 3Haerr, tisement to a newspaper" , said Mr. Meeks. Kax pellIHTb np06J1eMY,

3. "HaM no-rpe6yercsr BpeMfl, tiT06b1 Pa3b1CKaTb ee TaKHM 06pa30M' — ae•reKTHB MHKCY.

2. The detective was so silly that it was useless to argue with him. 4. AxarMHcy 110Tpe60Ba.nocb Bcero nsrrrraauaTb MHHYT, t-rr06b1 HOBb1it a.Jupec cecrpbl MHcTepa MHKca.

3. Mary Snyder didn't live in that crowded district any longer, so 5. CKOJ1bKO BPeMeHH noerpe60Baaroc,b ÄXOJIH3Y, HT06b1 OCMOTPCTb it was useless to wait for her at her old KOMHaery?

6. CKOJ1bKÓ BpeMeHH Te6e norpe6yerrcfl, HT06b1 3a6POHHPOBaTb ABe KOMHaTb1 B roCTHHHIIe?

10 11

8. Complete the following situations, using the following construction: 'his (her; their; etc.) sorrow (happiness; surprise; etc.) was too great for words.'

1. When Mary found out that it had taken her brother only fifteen minutes to find her new address . . .

2. When Mr. Meeks heard what sum of money the detective demanded,

3. When they all got to know about the great detective's death, .

4. When he said he would be our examiner, . . .

5. When Mary Snyder got a considerable (3HaHHTeJ1bHb1it) sum of

2. What was he told at her old address?

3. Why did he intend to find her as soon as possible?

4. What made him think that it was no use sending an advertisement to a newspaper?

5. What does the author mean by the following words: "The policeman looked so thoughtful that Meeks could almost feel the happy tears of his sister Mary upon his bright blue tie" ?

6. In what way did they help Meeks at the police headquarters?

7. What did Meeks dislike in Mullin's ways of finding his sister?

8. How much money did Jolnes demand from Meeks? Did Meeks agree to the price?

	money from her brother, . . .	9. What things did Jolnes find for a clue after he searched the walls and the floor of the room?
9.	Make two new sentences beginning With the words in	10. Why did Jolnes come to an unexpected conclusion that Meeks's

brackets out of the one given below.	sister had plenty of money? Il. What did the round mark on a piece of programme mean to
Model: People say that this detective solves some very difficult	Joines?
cases.	12. Did the things Jolnes found mean the same to him what they
(It) (This detective)	meant to Meeks? What did they mean to Meeks?
It is said that this detective solves some very difficult cases.	13. What served Juggins a clue to find Meeks's sister? How did he
This detective is said to solve some very difficult cases. 1. People believe that the police will find a disappeared woman as	actually find her?
soon as possible.	Il. Talking points.
(It) (The police)	I.	Give as much background information about (a) Mary Snyder;
2. People report that Mary Snyder is a very poor and hard-		(b) her brother as you possibly can.
working widow.	2.	Pick out some facts which show that Meeks was a kind man.
(It) (Mary Snyder)	3.	Prove that Meeks's first impression of the policeman he addres-
3. People considered that Jolnes was a real professional.		sed was false.
(It) (Jolnes)	4.	Give the reason explaining why Jolnes told Meeks about the
4. People thought that Juggins would demanda big sum of money		disappearance of the Clark family.
for finding Meeks's sister.	5.	Describe the method employed by Jolnes in finding Meeks's
(It) (Juggins)		sister.
5. People expect that he will lend some money to his poor sister.	6.	Compare Meeks's and Jolnes's attitude to the thing found in
(It) (He)		Mary Snyder's room.
6. People said that Meeks got rid Of the city detective in no time.	7.	Say which of the following definitions does the story fit, and
(It) (Meeks)		why: (a) a detective story describing the sleuths' attempts
12		13

7. MHKcy no-rpe60BœT0Cb ABa qaca, HT06b1 6b1Tb flPHHflTbIM (be received) Be-TIHKHM Cbm_1MKOM.

10. Answer the questions.

I. What for did Meeks come from the West to New York?

to find a disappeared woman; (b) a detective story ridiculing (Bblœvrevrnarolll¼ä) the sleuths' attempts to find a disappeared woman; (c) a detective story written with the purpose of giving a psychological study of a woman's character; (d) a story proving the necessity for a detective to know human psychology.

12. What makes you think that

the case of Mary Snyder is not without interest?

Mr. Meeks could be a detective?

Jolnes made use of Sherlock Holmes's methods?

Juggins knew the women's psychology better than all the rest of the detectives?

THE GREEN DOOR

One evening Rudolf Steinerl was slowly walking along a crowded street in the central part of the city. Rudolf was young and he was a true adventurer.2 Few were the evenings3 on which he did not go out in search of an adventure. He firmly believed that the most interesting thing might lie just around the next corner. Sometimes his love for adventures led him into trouble, Twice he had spent the night in a police station; more than once he had found himself the victim4 of clever swindlers.

Rudolf Steiner ['ru:dðlf 'stalna) — CTaäHep a true adventurer [adventJara] — HCKæreJ1b rtpHKJnogeHHii

3 Few were the evenings . — HeMH0ro 6bWIO BeqepOB (HH6epcu* ucnoab306aHa data 6b'ðeaeHua c.aoaa few.) more than once he had found himself the victim — He OJIHH pa-3 OH OKa3b1BaJICfl xepTBoit

The young adventurer was pleasant in appearance. By daylightl he was a salesman in a piano-store.

Rudolf moved slowly and watchfully in the crowd. During his walk he passed a giant Negro, standing in front of a large building. The electric letters of a dentist's sign were winking high above the next floor. The Negro, fantastically dressed in a red coat, yellow trousers and a military cap, handed the dentist's cards to the passers-by.

The young man often went along this street, and the Negro with the dentist's cards was a familiar sight2 to him. Usually, he passed the Negro without taking any of the dentist's cards. But tonight the African managed to put one into Rudolf's hand. When he had walked a few yardsTurther, he glanced at the card indifferently. Surprised, he looked at it again with interest. One side of the card was blank, on the other were written in ink three words, 'The Green Door'. Rudolf saw

a man in front of him throw down the card3 the Negro had given him.

Rudolf picked it up. It was an ordinary dentist's advertising card with the dentist's name and address on it.

The adventurous piano-salesman stopped at the corner and thought.

Then he passed the Negro again and took a second card from the black giant's hand. He read the same mysterious words, written in exactly the same hand-writing as it was on the first card.

Rudolf picked up three or four cards, thrown down by people, both

in front of and behind him; each one was a dentist's card. He passed the Negro again, but this time he received no card. It even seemed to Rudolf that the black giant turned away from him in disappointment.

Yes, it was time to act. The Negro had twice selected him out of the crowd. It was the Hand of Fate.

The young man stood aside from the crowd and looked at the building in which, as he understood, his adventure must await him. It was five stories high. A small restaurant occupied the basement. The first floor was occupied by a shop. The second floor, as the winking letters showed, was the dentist's. Above this floor were the signs of dressmakers, musicians and doctors. Still higher up, curtains on the windows and milk bottles on the window-sills indicated flats.

After Rudolf had finished his inspection of the house, he ran up the stone steps into it and then up the stairs. He paused only at the top. The landing was dimly lighted by two pale gas-lamps, one far to his

By daylight — 3ð. AHeM

2 a familiar sight — npMBb1HHoe 3peJIHue

3 saw a man in front of him throw down the card — YBHaeJ1, qT0 qeJ10BeK BilepeAM

Hero Bbr6POCHJ1 KapT0HKy

right, the other nearer to his left. He looked towards the nearer lamp and saw by its pale light a green door. For one moment he hesitated. Then the true adventurer walked straight to the green door and knocked at it. His heart was, beating fast;l what might not be behind this green door:2 danger, death, love, disappointment

A lightsound was heard inside, and the door slowly opened. A girl

not yet twenty stood there, very pale and thin. Suddenly the girl almost fell. Rudolf caught her and laid her on an old sofa that stood against the wall. Then he closed the door and looked around the room.

It was very clean, but poor. The girl lay quite still, as if in a faint.3 He began to fan her with his hat. That was a clever idea because he struck her nose with it and she opened her eyes. Then the young man knew at once that it was this face he had been looking for.4 The frank grey éyes, the little nose, the brown curling hair — were the best reward

of all his wonderful adventures. But the face was sadly thin and pale. The girl looked at him calmly and then smiled.

'I fainted, didn't I?' she asked weakly. 'Well, who wouldn't?5 You try going without anything to eat6 for three days and see!'

'Good heavens!'7 exclaimed Rudolf jumping up. 'Wait till I come back.' He threw open the green door and ran down the stairs. In twenty minutes he was-back again. In both hands he was holding packets from the restaurant. He laid them on the table -— bread and butter, cakes, pies, pickles, a roasted chicken, a bottle of milk and one of red-hot tea.

'It is awful,' said Rudolf, 'to go without eating! You must not do such foolish things any more. Supper is ready.'

He helped her to a chair8 at the table and asked: 'Is there a cup for the tea?'

'On the shelf, by the window,' she answered.

When he returned with the cup, he saw her beginning upon a huge pickle. He took it from her laughingly, and poured the cup full of milk.

I His heart was beating fast — CepAue ero 6wrocb yqarueHH0

2 what might not be behind this green door — wro TO.nbKO He CKPb1BaeTCfl 3a 3•T0ä

3eJ1eHoå aBepb10

3 as if in a faint — CZIOBHO B 06MopoKe it was this face (that) he had been looking for — BOT 3TOT 06pa3 OH M HCKaJ1 (060pom it is (was) that (who, whom) ynompe6naemca 6Nðene-Hua xaxoeonu60 "aeHa xomopNü e caygae cmagumca .ueotcðy it is (was) u that.)

5 Well, who wouldn't? — A KTO xe He n0-TepflJ1 6b1 c03HaHHH?

6 You try going without anything to eat . — nonp06yWre Huqero He eCTb

7 Good heavens! — Boxe MOä! (O He6eca!)

8 He helped her to a chair — OH noMor ao

'Drink this, first,' he ordered, 'and then you shall have some tea,l and then a chicken wing. If you are very good, you shall have a pickle tomorrow. And now, we'll have supper.

He drew up the other chair. The tea brightened the girl?s eyes and brought back some of her colour.2 She began to eat hurriedly like some starved wild animal. She did not seem surprised at Rudolf's presence3 in her room. She took his help as a natural thing. But when she had finished her meal, she told him her little story.

It was one of a thousand that happen in the city every day. The shop girl's story of small wages• and big 'fines', that help to make the shop's profit so large. A story of illness and then of lost job, of lost hope . . . and the knock of the adventurer upon the green door.

'To think of you going through all that '4 he exclaimed.

'It was something awful,' said the girl.

'And you have no relatives or friends in the city?'

'None whatever. '5

'I am alone in the world too,' said Rudolf after a pause.

'I am glad of that,' said the girl, and her words pleased the young man.

Suddenly her eyes closed and she said, 'I am awfully sleepy, and I feel

so good.'

Rudolf rose and took his hat.

'Then I shall say good night. A long night's sleep will be fine for

He held out his hand, and she took it and said, 'Good night.' But her eyes asked a question so frankly and pathetically that he answered it with words.

'Oh, I am coming back tomorrow to see how you are getting along.5 You can't get rid of me so easily.'

When he was at the door, she suddenly asked, 'And why did you knock at my door?'

I and then you shall have some tea — Bbl Bb111beTe (Shall eo 2-.u u 3-M a. ea. u MH. g. MoðaabHo-gcn0MoaarneabHbLM u 6b'pao•caem ðona, yeepeHHocmb, yapoay, 06eugaHue.) and brought back some of her colour — H JIHUO ee rrop030BeJ10

3 She did not seem surprised at Rudolf's presence — Kaga-nocb, wro OHa He yauB.nflJraCb nPHCYTCTBHFO PyÃOJ1b(þa

4 To think of you going through all that. — 110JWMaTb TOJ1bKO, wro BaM npMu1J10Cb

BCe 3T0 HCr1b1TaTb.

5 None whatever. — HHKoro COBepmeHH0.

how you are getting along KaK Bbl ce6fl HYBCTByere

He looked at her for a moment. He remembered the cards. But he decided that she must never know the truth. He would never tell her that he knew of the strange means she had used to get help.

'One of our piano-tuners lives in this house,' he said. 'I knocked at your door by mistake.'

The last thing he saw in the room, before the green door closed, was her smile.

At the landing he looked with great interest about him. Then he went _ along the landing to its other end, and coming back, went up to the next floor. Every door that he found in the house was painted

Wondering, he went down into the street. The Negro was still there. Rudolf went up to him, with his two cards in his hands.

'Will you tell me why you gave me these two cards and what they mean?' he asked.

The Negro smiled at him.

'Oh, it is there,' he said, pointing down the street.

'But I am afraid you are late for the first act.'

Rudolf looked the way the Negro pointedl and saw above the entrance to a theatre the electric sign of its new play, 'The Green Door'.

'It is a first-rate show 2 sir,' said the Negro. 'The agent of the theatre gave me a dollar and asked me to hand out a few of his cards along with the dentist's3. May I give you one of the doctor's cards, sir?'

At the corner of the street in which he lived, Rudolf stopped fór a glass of beer and a cigar. When he came out, he buttoned his coat, pushed back his hat and said very seriously to the lamp post on the corner: 'All the same, I believe it was the Hand of Fate that showed me the way to find her.'

That conclusion shows that Rudolf Steiner was certainly a true

adventurer.

Vocabulary

p. 15 to lie (lay; lain) — to lay (laid; laid) to lead smb into trouble to find (oneself a victim) — to found

I Rudolf looked the way the Negro pointed — Pya0J1b(þ 110CMOTPeJ1 B HanpaBJ1e-

HUH, yKa3aHHOM HerpoM

2 It is a first-rate show. — 3-ro nepBOKJ1aCCHoe npeÃCTawueHMe.

3 along with the dentist's — BMecTe c KapTOHKaMH 3y6H0T0 Bpaqa

p. 16 to look/glance/stare/gaze at smth to look at/towards for/about/after/through

p. 17 to try doing smth — to try to do smth

p. 19 to smile (laugh) at smb.

Structures

p. 16 It (even) seemed to him that .

p. 18 she didn't seem surprised (angTy; excited; etc.) at .

Exercises

1. Pick out from story the English equivalents for the following words and words combinations:

.nexaTb HeriOABH>KHO; KJ1aCTb; 0Ka.3aTbCa xepTB0ii; OCHOBaTb (YHHBepcwreer; d)0HÄ); B3rJ1flHYTb Ha BH3HTKY 3y6Horo Bpaya; CMOrrpeTb B HarrpaBJTeHHM (YKaaaHHOM K.-JI.); HCKaTb; npocMarrpHBaTb; or.T1flaeTbCH; 11PHCMaTPHBaTb 3a K.-JT.; YJ1b16aTbCfl (CMeflTbCfl) K.-JI. (Han K.-JI.)

2. Study the following phrases; (a) recall the sentences in which they are used and (b) use them in the sentences of your own.

to lead smb into trouble; to glance/look at; to look towards/for/ about; to smile at.

3. Complete the following sentences choosing the right word in brackets.

1. Being a true adventurer he wanted the most interesting thing (lie; lay) just around the corner.

2. After he (lay; laid) on the sofa she opened her eyes.

3. He looked at her (laying; lying) motionless as if in a faint.

4. The girl watched him (laying; lying) all those tasty things on the table.

5. It is a well-known fact that Lomonosov (found; founded) the Moscow State University.

6. When Rudolf (founded; found) some cards with the same words written on he realized that it was the Hand of Fate.

7. He was not afraid of (founding; finding) himself the victim of an interesting adventure.

4. Complete the idea with suitable prepositions.

1. She doesn't look... the advertisements because she can't read.

2. He looked . . . but found nothing interesting.

3. Rudolf looked . . . the lamp and saw a green door.

4. Mr. Meeks wanted to live together with his sister and was looking . . . her everywhere.

5. I looked , the policeman pointed and saw the street I had been looking .

5. Complete the passage with suitable prepositions and linking devices (linking devices are listed below). The absence of a preposition is marked by ,• the absence of a linking

device is marked by

because after then finally

The young man was gazing the building in which, as it seemed . him, his adventure was awaiting him.

— he finished examining the house he decided to enter it. — he ran the steps into it and the stairs.... the right there was a gas and . . . its pale light he saw a green door. He hesitated but only . a moment, — the true adventurer had waken . inside him. — he walked straight . . . the green door and knocked it.

6. W ay s of looking. Look at the extract from the Longman Lexicon of Contemporary English. Watch the differences and similarities in the meaning.

watch — I. to look at (some activity; amusement, or event) usually while sitting or standing; 2. to keep one's eyes fixed on; 3. to look for; to expect and wait.

stare (at) — to look for a long time at smth or smb with very wide-open eyes.

gaze (at) — to look, esp for a long time over esp a wide distance, esp with great interest. glance (at) — to give a rapid look notice — to pay attention (to) with the eyes, other senses, or mind

7. Complete the sentences with 'watch', 'stare', 'notice', 'glance

1. He couldn't bear to as the surgeon began the operation.

2. You shouldn't . . at people, It's not polite.

3. Rudolf . . . his chance to come across a true adventure.

6. A. This dish doesn't taste very good.

B. Try (putting; to put) in some salt.

7. Rudolf tried (opening; to open) the green door. It wouldn't open.

8. He tried (to persuade; persuading) the girl not to eat too much

but she was too hungry to listen to him.

4.	I was in a hurry this morning. I had only time to .	at the
	newspaper headlines.		10. Disagree with the ideas given below.

5. Juggins . . . something which helped him to find Meeks's sister.

When Rudolf had climbed upstairs, he stopped and the Modeli : It seems(ed) to everybody that she wasn't surprised. doors in front of him. Oh, no! She seems(ed) surprised.

Mode12: It seems(ed) to everybody that she was surprised.

8. Form a phrase matching the verb in A column withOh, no! She doesn't (didn't) seem surprised.

the preposition in B column and a suitable word(s) inIt seemed to everybody that Meeks was angry with the policeC column.

2.It seemed to me that he isn't satisfied with the results of the

c search.

to look for pointed by-the policeman 3. It seemed to the young man that the girl was not hungry.

about a sick person4. It seemed to me that he is very nervous •a day or two before the after a disappeared person through oneself 5. It seemed to everybody that he was calm and unworried before the way a newspaper the performance.

9.	Complete the sentences putting the words in brackets into	7. It seemed to Jolnes that Mary Snyder owned the ring.
	the -ing form or into to-infinitive. Don't forget that	11. Answer the questions.

6. It seemed to the detective that room was too poor and dirty.

they use 'try + ing form' in the meaning 'make an experiment' 'do smth and see what happens' (nonp060BaTb caenaTb H.-n.) and 'try + to-infinitive' is used in the meaning 'make an effort' (nonblTaTbCfl CAenaTb q.-n.)

1. 'If you tried (going; to go) without anything to eat for three days you would also faint,' said the girl.

2. A. I don't know what's wrong but the car won't start.

B. Why don't we try (to push; pushing) it?

3. I tried (pushing; to push) the car up the hill but I couldn't move it.

4. 'Please, try (to come; coming) tomorrow,' the girl asked Rudolf.

5. Many professional detectives tried (finding; to find) Mary Snyder and (to get; getting) the money from her brother but they couldn't.

I. What was Rudolf Steiner by nature? What was he by daylight?

any of the dentist's cards or did he pass

2. Did Rudolf usually take without doing it? How did it happen that on that particular evening Rudolf took the card?

3. What made Rudolf give another look at the card?

4. What for did he take another card from the Negro? Was it different from the previous one?

5. What for did Rudolf pick up three or four cards thrown by the people?

6. What seemed suspicious to him when he passed the Negro once

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again?

7. What made his heart beat faster when he found himself in front of a green door?

8. What did Rudolf see inside the room?

9. Why was it a clever idea to begin to fan the girl?

10. What was the girl's story?

Il. What was the question the girl wanted to ask Rudolf when they were saying good-bye to each other?

12. Did Rudolf tell the girl the truth about how he had found her? Why not? What did he actually say to her?

13. What did he see at the landing looking with interest about him? 14. What did the words on the card really mean?

15. How did it happen that the Negro handed theater tickets along with the dentist's?

16. Did his meeting with the girl seem to Rudolf a mere coincidence or the Hand of Fate?

12. Talking points.

I) Give as muCh background information about (a) Rudolf Steiner, (b) the shop girl as you possibly can.

2) Prove that Steiner was a true adventurer,

3) 'It was time to act. ' What did the author mean by these words? 4) Describe Rudolf's actions after he inspected the house.

5) Explain why he hesitated in front Of the green door before he opened it.

6) Give at least two reasons explaining why the girl didn't seem surprised at Rudolf's presence and took his help as a natural thing.

7) Fiñd at least one fact to prove that (a) they liked each other at first sight; (b) the girl was shy by nature.

8) Say what you think there was more in it: the Hand of Fate or just a coincidence. Give your reasons.

9) Say which of the following definitions this story fits, and why: (a) a detective story describing a romantic adventure of two young people; (b) a detective story written with the purpose of cheering up a romantic reader; (c) a story presenting a sad fate of a poor shop girl.

THE ADVENTURE OF MY AUNT

My aunt was a big woman, very tall, with a strong mind and will. She was what you may call a very manly woman. My uncle was a thin, small man, very weak, with no will at all. He was no match for my aunt.l From the day of their marriage he began to grow smaller and weaker. His wife's powerful mind was too much for him; it undermined his health, and very soon he fell ill.

My aunt took all possible care of him:2 half the doctors in town visited him and prescribed medicine for him enough to cure a whole hospital. She made him take all the medicines3 prescribed by the doctors, but all was in vain. My uncle grew worse and worse and one day she found him dead.

I He was no match for my aunt. — OH 6b1J1 He napa Moeä -re-ryu_1Ke.

2 My aunt took all possible care of him. — TeTyu1Ka MOR BCflHecKH 0 HeM 3a60-

TWIaCb.

3 She made him take all the medicines — Oua 3acTaBH.na ero rlPHHHMaTb BCe JleKapcTBa

My aunt was very much upset by the death of her poor dear husband. Perhaps now she was sorry that she had made him take so much medicine and felt, perhaps, that he was the victim of her kindness. Anyhow, she did all that a widow could do to honour his memory. She spent very much money on her mourning dress, she wore a miniature of him about her neck as large as a small clock; and she had a full-length portrait of him always hanging in her bedroom. All the world praised her conduct. 'A woman who did so much to honour the memory of one husband, deserves soon to get another,' said my aunt's friends.

Some time passed, and my aunt decided to move to Derbyshirel where she had a big country house. The house stood in a lonely; wild part of the country among the grey Derbyshire hills.

The servants, most of whom came with my aunt from town, did not like the sad-looking old place. They were afraid to walk alone about its half-empty black-looking rooms. My aunt herself seemed to be struck with the lonely appearance of her house.2 Before she went to bed, therefore, she herself examined the doors and the windows and locked them with her own hands. Then she carried the keys from the house, together with a little b0¥ of money and jewels, to her own room. She always saw t03 all things herself.

One evening, after she had sent away her maid, she sat by her toilettable, arranging her hair. For, in spite of4 her sorrow for my uncle, she still cared very much about her appearance.5 She sat for a little while6 looking at her face in the glass first on one side, then on the other. As she looked, she thought of her old friend, a rich gentleman of the neighbourhood, who had visited her that day, and whom she had known since her girl-hood.

All of a sudden she thought she heard something move7 behind her. She looked round quickly, but there was nothing to be seen.8 Nothing but9 the painted portrait of her poor dear husband on the wall behind

I Derbyshire ['da:blfla] — Aep6Mu1Hp

2 My aunt herself seemed to be struck with the lonely appearance of her house. Ka3a.nocb, HTO H MOB Teryu1Ka 6b1.na HenpMflTH0 nopaxeHa HenpMBeTJIHBb1M (6yKB. nycTb1HHb1M) BMAOM ÃOMa.

3 to see to — ripgcMa•rpHBaTb 3a, 3a60THTbCfl o

4 in spite of — HeCMOTpq Ha

5 she still cared very much about her appearance — OHa BCe xe OqeHb c.rueAHJ1a

3a CBOeä BHeUIHOCTb10

6 a little while — HeKOTOPOe BpeMfl

7 All of a sudden she heard something move — BHe3anH0 0Ha yc.nblnra-na,

6yxro HTO-TO 3aU1eBeJIHJ10Cb

8 there was nothing to be seen — HMqero He 6b1.no BHAHO

9 but — KPOMe

her. She gave a heavy sigh to his memory as she always did wheñever She spoke of him in company, and went on arranging her hair. Her sigh was re-echoed. She looked round again, but no one was to be seen.

'Oh, it is only the wind,' she thought and went on putting her hair in papers,l but her eyes were still fixed on her own reflection and the reflection of her husband's portrait in the looking-glass. Suddenly it seemed to her that in the glass she saw one of the eyes of the portrait move. It gave her a shock.2

'I must make sure,'3 she thought and moved the candle so that the light fell on the eye iri the glass. Now she was sure that it moved. But

not only that, it seemed to give her a wink4 exactly as her husband used to do when he was living. Now my aunt got really frightened . . . Her heart began to beat fast. She suddenly remembered all the frightful stories about ghosts and criminals that she had heard.

But her fear soon was over. Next moment, my aunt who, as I have said, had a remarkably strong will, became calm. She went on arranging

her hair. She even sang her favourite song in a low voice and did not

make a single false note. She again moved the candle and while moving it she overturned her work-box. Then she took the candle and began without any hurry to pick up the articles one by one from the floor.

She picked up something near the door, then opened the door, looked for a moment into the corridor as if in doubt whether to g05 and then walked quietly out.

She hurried down the stairs and ordered the servants to arm themSelves with anything they could find. She herself caught up a red-hot6 poker and, followed by her frightened servants, returned almost at once. They entered the room. All was still and exactly in the same order as when she had left it. They approached the portrait of my uncle.

'Pull down that picture,' ordered my aunt. A heavy sigh was heard from the portrait. The servants stepped back in fear.

'Pull it down at once,' cried my aunt impatiently. The picture was pulled down and from a hiding-place behind it, they dragged out a big,

black-bearded fellow with a knife as long as my arm, but trembling with fear from head to foot. He confessed that he had stolen into my aunt's room to get her box of money and jewels, when all the house

papers — nanw1b0TKH

2 to give a shock — n0TPflcaTb, nopaxaTb

3 | must make sure — fl AOJT*Ha y6eAHTbCfl (np0BepMTb) it seemed to give her a wink — OH (rJ1a3), Ka3WIOCb, noaMMrHY.n eii (to give a wink — noAMMrHYTb)

5 as if in doubt whether to go — KaK 6b1 B COMHeHHM, HATH JIM eti

6 red-hot — pacKa-neHHaa AOKpacHa

was asleep. He had once been a servant in the house and before myput in the preposition 'of', where it is necessary. Don't

aunt's arrival had helped to put the house in order-I He had noticed the hiding-place when the portrait had been put up. In order2 to see what was going on in the room he had made a hole in one of the eyes of the portrait.

My aunt did not send for the police. She could do very well without3 them: she liked to take the law into her own hands. She had her own ideas of cleanliness also. She ordered the servants to draw the man through the horsepond in order to wash away his crimes, and then to

dry him well with a wooden 'towel' 4

But though my aunt was a very brave woman, this adventure was too much even for her. She often used to say, 'It is most unpleasant for a woman to live alone in the country.' Soon after she gave her hand to

the rich gentleman of the neighbourhood.

Vocabulary

p. 25 half the doctors (half of them; half empty) enough to cure — to treat

p. 26 lonely — alone

p. 27 to be (get) frightened — to be afraid of (for) smb to begin to do — to begin doing

p. 28 to like to do — to like doing — I'd (he'd; they'd) like to do

Structures

p. 27 used to do — to get (be) used to doing

Ezercises

1. Pick out from the story the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations:

IlOJTOBHHa AOKTOPOB; 110JTOBHHa H3 HHx; BblneHMTb; -net-IMTb; 6b1Tb gcnyraHHb1M', wcnyraTbca; OAMHOKHM; OAHH; aeJ1aTb q.-J1. KoraaTo; nPHBb1KHYTb q.-J1.; HMe-Tb npHBb1HKY ae-naTb H.-JI.

to put in order — npHBOÄHTb B nopaÄOK

2 In order — Toro) HT06b1 to do without — 06XOA1*TbCfi 6e3 qer0-JIH60

4 a wooden 'towel' ['tatsal] — AepeBHHHoe '110JIO•reHue' (HMeKYTCH B p03rH)

forget that

after •all', 'half', 'both' the preposition 'of' can be left out if it is followed by •me, her, my, your, his + noun'; 'of' can't be left out before 'them', 'us', 'it'. (E.g. Half (of) the doctors in town visited him. But: I haven't finished my job yet. I've done only half of it.)

I. Half . , . the house was occupied by a shop and the other half

by a restaurant. The landing of both . parts was hit by two pale gas lamps.

2. He bought a lot of tasty things for a hungry girl but hid half . .

them.

3. The girl was planning to spend the whole day in the office but

it so happened that she spent half . . . it in bed.

4. He shared half . . . the house with his sister.

5. We haven't redecorated the whole house yet, but we have done about half it.

Think of your own sentences with 'both' and 'all' and put them down.

Complete each sentence, using 'enough' and an adjective,

an adverb or a noun from the box. Don't forget that

'enough' goes after adjectives and adverbs (E.g. Are you warm enough?) but before nouns (E.g. Is there enough salt in the soup?)

rich frightful

money quietly time medicine

1. Meeks was . . to provide his sister.

2, The girl didn't have . to buy something to eat.

3. Rudolf couldn't hear everything the girl was telling him because she spoke

4. Her husband's portrait seemed . ; so she left the room.

5. Meeks didn't have . to wait till spring when there'll be a new directory.

6. The doctors prescribed . but he still felt worse.

5.	Choose the right word in brackets. Sometimes two answers	7.	Complete the sentences with either to-infinitive or the
	are possible. Don't forget that		-ing form. Don't forget that

the articles one by one from the floor.
4. It took him twice to begin (realizing; to realize) that such a		I. My aunt often used to (say; saying): 'It's most unpleasant for
detective would never find his sister.		a woman to live alone in the country.
5. Take an umbrella. It's starting (raining; to rain).		2. She was used to (care; caring) very much about her appearance.
6. Complete the sentences. Put this verbs in brackets either		3. Rudolf got used to (walk; walking) along crowded streets in the of city.
in the -ing form or the to-infinitive. Don't forget that		central part the 4. I used to (have; having) long hair when I was a child.

after the verb 'begin' (as well as after 'like', 'prefer', 'continue', 'hate','used to do' is a set phrase and you can't change its form as it refers 'love', 'start') both the -ing form or the to-infinitive can be used. only to past habits or to repeated actions in the past which are already But: they don't normally use the -ing form after the continuousover (E.g. Jolnes used to examine the rooms of disappeared people forms of 'begin', 'like', 'prefer', etc. Besides, after 'begin' (as well as now he doesn't do it.). It is normally rendered in Russian as '6b1Bano', after 'start' and 'continue') they normally use the verbs 'understand'Korna-TO'.

'know' and 'realize' in the to-infinitive.Notice the difference in meaning and structure between 'used to do' and 'be/get used to doing' 'be accustomed to') (E.g. Jolnes is/got I. Another moment and she began (realizing; to realize) that oneused to examining the rooms of disappeared people for a clue. = He of the eyes of the portrait started (to move; moving).is/got accustomed to examining the rooms of disappeared people for 2. Shh! She's starting (to sing; singing). a clue. It's his habit now.). It can be translated as 'y K.-n. nphBblHKa' 3. She overturned the work-box and began (picking; to pick) up('smb. is used to doing') or 'K.-n. nP"Bb1K' ('smb got used to doing').

in English they often use 'like + -ing form' to say that they enjoy The girl used to (working; work) in a big shop but she lost the 5. something (E.g. It was clear that the girl liked being in his company. = She enjoyed his company.). They use 'like + to-infinitive' to say job because of illness. that they choose to do something because they think it's a good idea

(E.g. My aunt liked to take the law into her own hands, She 8. Answer the questions to the story, using the constructions thought it was a good idea to do that, though she might not enjoy 'to be/get frightened', 'to be afraid of' or such words as it.). After 'would like/love' only to-infinitive is used. 'fear' 'frightful', 'lonely' or 'alone'.

I. 'I'd like (finding; to find) my sister as soon as possible,' — said
Meeks to the city detective.		1. What was the aunt's reaction when she saw the eye in the
2. 'I like (solving; to solve) difficult cases and I'll try to solve		portrait move?
yours,' — said Jolnes to Meeks.		2. What kind of stories did she suddenly remember?
3. I try to look after my teeth. I like (to go; going) to the dentist		3. Was her fear soon over and why?
at least twice a year.		4. What were her servants afraid of after they moved to a big and
4. I'd love (to come; coming) tomorrow to see how you are getting		sad-looking country house?
along, said Rudolf to the girl. 5. Rudolf liked (reading; to read) adventure stories as he himself		5. What was the servants' reaction to a heavy sigh heard from the
was a true adventurer.		portrait?
6. My sister loves (to go; going) shopping.		6. Where did her house stand? What did it look like?
7. My aunt didn't like (to live; living) in that sad-looking place		7. How did the thief behave after the servants dragged him out
and moved to her husband's house in the town.		from the portrait?
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10. Answer the questions.

1. Why was the author's uncle no match for his wife?

2. In what way did the aunt take care of the uncle when he got ill?

3, What made her think that her husband was the victim of her kindness?

4. In what way was she trying to honour his memory?

5. 'My aunt herself seemed to be struck with the lonely appearance of her house.' Give reasons from the story to prove this Statement.

61 Why didn't she get frightened when she heard something move behind her and when she thought that her sign was re-echoed? What gave her an actual shock?

7. What did she do to make sure there was nobody in her bedroom?

8. Did the aunt overturn her work-box by chance or on purpose? Give your reasons.

9. Who did she and her servants see after they had pulled down the portrait? Describe the man.

10. What for did the man steal into the aunt's room?

Il. Under what circumstances did a plan to rob the aunt come to his mind?

12. Why didn't the aunt send for the police?

13. How did she punish the thief?

11. Talking points.

1. Give as much background information about (a) the author's

aunt, (b) her husband and (c) the thief as you can.

2. Pick out some facts to show that the author's aunt was a woman with a strong mind and will.

3. Give your reasons explaining why the aunt did so much to honour her husbands memory.

4. Pick out facts to prove that the author was ironical towards his aunt.

5. Describe all the aunt's actions before she went to bed?

6. Prove that the aunt was not as much afraid of the house as her servants.

7. Say if, in your opinion, the aunt went on arranging her hair because (a) her fear was really over; (b) she had a definite purpose on her mind. Give your reasons.

8. Try to reconstruct the logic of the aunt's reasoning just before she overturned her work-box.

THE ADVENTURE OF SHOSCOMBEI OLD

PLACE

Sherlock Holmes2 looked impatiently at his watch. 'I am waiting for a new client,' he said, 'but he is late. By the way,3

Watson 4 do you know anything about horse-racing?'

'Yes, I do,' I answered. 'What do you want to know?'

'I should like to know something about Sir Robert Norberton.5 Does the name tell you anything?'

'Well, yes,' I answered. 'Sif Robert Norberton lives in Shoscombe Old Place. He is the most daredevil rider in England. He is also a boxer and an athlete. But people say he is a dangerous man.'

I Shoscombe ['JDskam] ILIOCKOM6 (Ha3BaHHe Mecra)

2 Sherlock Holmes ['f3:lak 'hournz] — IllepJ10K XOJIMC

3 By the way — KceraTH, Mexay nPOHMM

4 Watson ['wotsan] — VOTCOH (apyr 11.1epJ10Ka X0JIMca, YlaCTBYiOu1Hä B 60.11bmHHcTBe ero npHKJnoqeHHM)

5 | should like to know something about Sir Robert Norberton ['robat 'no:batan]. MHe XOTeJIOCb 6b' y3HaTb q•ro-HM6yAb O cape P06epTe Hop6epT0He.

'How is that?' said Holmes.

'Everybody knows that he horsewhipped Sam Brewerl once. He nearly killed the manw

'And who is Sam Brewer?'

'Sam Brewer is a well-known money-lender,' I said.

'Ah,' said Holmes, 'that sounds interesting. Now, Watson, can you give me some idea of2 Shoscombe Old Place?'

'Only that it is in the centre of Shoscombe Park and that the famous Shoscombe stud and training quarters3 are there.' fAnd the head trainer,'4 said Holmes, 'is John Mason.5 Don't look surprised at my knowledge, Watson, for this is a letter from him which I have in my hand. But let us have some more about Shoscombe '6

'There are the Shoscombe spaniels,' I said. 'You hear of them at every dog show.7 The lady of Shoscombe Old Place is very proud of

them.'

'The lady of Shoscombe Old Place Sir Robert NorbertoÑs wife, I suppose,' Sherlock Holmes said.

'No,' I said, 'Sir Robert has never married. He liyes with his widowed sister, Lady Beatrice Falder.8 The place belonged to her late husband, but when she dies, it will go to her husband's brother. Norberton has no right to it at all. His sister draws the rentsg every year .

'And brother Robert, I suppose, spends the money?? asked Holmes. 'Yes,' I said. 'He gives her a lot of trouble, and still I have heard that she is very fond of him. But why do you ask me all these questions? What is wrong at Shoscombe?'lO

'Ah, that is just what I want to know. And here, I think, is the man who can tell us.'

The door opened and a tall, clean-shaven man with a firm, serious expression came in. He bowed coldly and calmly and seated himself upon the chair which Holmes pointed to.

Sam Brewer ['sæm 'brtsa) — C3M Bpyep

2 can you give me some idea of — MOxe•Te JIM Bbl paccxa3aTb MHe wro-

HH6yab O training quarters — MaHex, TeppHTOPHfl, rae nPOHcx0AHT TpeHHpoBKa 6er0Bb1X

4 the head trainer — raaBHbrii TpeHep

5 John Masan ['d3Dn 'melzn] — Mett3H

6 But let us have some more ' about Shoscombe. — HO nor0B0pHM euze 0 Illoc-

KOM6e.

7 a dog show — BblCTaBKa c06aK

8 Beatrice Falder ['blatrls 'fo:lda] — BeaTpnca 00.J1baep

9 to draw the rents — noJ1yqaTb apeHÃHy10 rl.na•ry 3a 3eMJIFO

10 What is wrong at Shoscombe? — HTO cayqWIOCb B L110CKOM6e?

'You had my note, Mr. Holmes?' he said.

'Yes, but it explained nothing.'

'It was too difficult for me to put the details on paper,' said the man.

'It was only face to facel I could do it.'

'Well, we are at your service.'2

'First of all, Mr. Holmes,' went on the man, 'I think that my employer, Sir Robert, has gone mad. '3

Holmes raised his eyebrows. 'I am a detective, not a doctor he said.

'But why do you think so?'

'Well, sir, when a man does one queer thing, or two queer things, there may be a meaning to it. But when everything he does is queer, then you begin to wonder.'

'What is wrong with your employer?' asked Holmes.

'I'll tell you everything, Mr. Holmes,' said the horse trainer. 'I know you are gentlemen of honour and I know that it won't go beyond the room. Sir Robert has got to win this Derby.4 You see, he is up to the neck in debt, and it's his last chance. He thinks of nothing but5 the Derby and his young horse — Shoscombe Prince'. His whole life depends on it. If the horse wins the race, he is saved. If Shoscombe Prince does not win — his money-lenders will tear him to pieces. '6

'It seems really a difficult situation,' said Holmes, 'but why do you say he is mad?'

'Well, first of all, you have only to look at him. I don't believe he sleeps at night. His eyes are wild. And then he behaves very strangely to Lady Beatrice'.'

'And how is that?'

'They have always been the best of friends. The two of them liked

the same things, and she loved the horses as much as he did, and above all, she loved the Prince. But that's all over now.

'Well, she seems to have lost all interest8 in the horses and never goes to the stable any longer. '

I It was Only face to face (that) TOJ1bK0 B JIHHHOM pa3roBope npu.uegaHue 2 Ha cmp. 16.) to be at somebody's service ['S3:v1S] — 6b1Tb r0TOBb1A K ycJ1yraM

3 to go mad — c YMa

4 has got to win this Derby ['da:bl] — BO 6b1 To HH CTaJIO BbMrpaTb Ha npeACT0nueM Aep6u (CKaHKH, np0B0ÄR111Hecfl exer0ÄH0 B 3nCOMe, 6JIH3 JIOHAOHa)

5 He thinks of nothing but . OH He JWMaeT HH O geM apyr0M, KPOMe to tear [tea] to pieces — pa.30PBaTb B KJIOMbH

7 But that's all over now. — Ho c 3TMM Tenepb noKOHqeH0.

she seems to have lost all interest — OHa, OHeBHAH0, noTepflJra BCHKHiå HHTepec

'Do you think there has been a quarrel?' asked Sherlock Holmes.

'l am sure they have quarrelled. If they had not, he would never have given awayl his sister's favourite spaniel. He gave it few days ago to old Barnes2 who keeps the "Green Dragon" inn, three miles away.'

'That certainly does seem strange. '3

'She couldn't go out with him because she was an invalid, but he spent two hours every evening in her room. That's all over, too, now. He never goes near her. And she takes it to heart. 4 She is drinking like a fish now, Mr. Holmes.'

'Did she drink before this quarrel?' tLsked Holmes.

'Well, she drank her glass of wine. But now it's often a whole bottle an evening. The butler told me. But then, again, what is master doing down at the old church crypt at night? And who is the man that meets him there?'

'Go on, Mr. Mason,' said Holmes. 'You get more and more interesting. '

'It was the butler who saw him go;'5 the horse trainer went on. 'It

was twelve o'clock at night and raining hard. So next night I went up to the house, and the butler and I went after him. We were afraid to get too near him. If he had seep us, it would have been a bad job,6 for he is a terrible man when he starts fighting. It was the church crypt that he was making for,7 and there was a man waiting for him there.' 'What is this church crypt?' asked Holmes.

'Well, sir, there is an old church in the park. And under this church there is a crypt which has a bad name8 among us. It's a dark, damp, lonely place by day, and there are few people who would not be frightened to go near it at night. But master is not afraid. He

never feared anything in his life. But what is he doing there in the night-time?'

'Wait a bit!' said Holmes. 'You say there is another man there. It must be one of your own stablemen, or somebody from the house. I'm sure you have only to find out who it is and question him.'

I If they had not, he would never have given away — He nocCopHJIHCb,

OH HHKoraa 6b1 He 0TAa-rr

2 Barnes [ba:nz] — BapHec

3 That certainly does seem strange. — BOT 3•T0 Kaxe-TCfl cerpaHHb1M. (Tnaeon do ynompe6aeH 3ðeCb ana yctuieHua 3HageHua c.ubccaoooeo enaaoaa seem.)

to take something to heart — rlPHHHMaTb q•ro-JIH60 6.nM3K0 K cepauy

5 It was the butler who saw him go — He KTO HH0ä, KaK AB0peuKHä, BHAeJ1, KaK

OH Lue:l (CM. npu.uegayue 2 Ha cmp. 16.) it would have been a bad job — aeJ10 nPHHfi.no 6b1 CKBepHb1ii 060p0T

7 to make for — HanpaBJIRTbCfl Kyaa-JIM60

8 to have a bad name — 11011b30BaTbca aypuoy CJ1aBog

'It's no one I know.'l

'How can you say that?'

'Because I saw him, Mr. Holmes. It was on that second night. Sir Robert turned and passed us, while the butler and I were hiding in the bushes like two rabbits, because the moon was shining that night. But we could hear the other man going behind. We were not afraid of him. So we got up when Sir Robert had passed us. We pretended that we were just having a walk in the moonlight. We went straight towards him. 'Oh, hullo,' said I, 'who may you be?' I don't think he had heard us coming, so he looked over his shoulder with a face as if he had seen the devil himself He gave a loud cry and ran away as fast as he could in the darkness. Oh, yes, he could run! In a minute he was out

of sight and hearing2 . . . And who he was or what he was we never found. '

'But did you see him clearly in the moonlight?' asked Holmes.

'Oh, yes, I would recognize his yellow face again. What could he have in common3 with Sir Robert?'

Holmes sat for some time thinking hard.

'Who sits with Lady Beatrice?' asked Holmes.

'She has a devoted maid, who has been with her for five years.' There was a pause.

'And then,' began Mr. Mason again, 'why should Sir Robert want to dig up4 a dead body?'

Holmes sat up quickly.

'We only found it out yesterday — after I had written to you.

Yesterday Sir Robert went to London, so the butler and I•rent down to the crypt. It in order, sir, except that in one corner there was a bit of a human body.'

'You informed the police, I suppose?'

'Well, sir,' answered the man with a grim smile, 'I don't think it will interest the police. It was just the head and a few bones of a mummy, maybe a thousand years old. But it wasn't there before. That I'll swear and so will the butler.5 It had been hidden away in a corner and covered over with a board, but that corner had always been empty before. '

It's no one I know. — OH nocTOPOHHHä. (H ero He 3HaR).) he was out of sight and hearing — ero He 6b1JIO HH BMAHO, HH CJ1b1UIH0

3 to have something in common — HMeTb HTCE'1H60 06u_1ee

4 why should Sir Robert want to dig up — 3ageM 6b1 Capy P06epTY n0Haa06wrocb

BblKanb1BaTb so will the butler — TaKXe 110KJ1flHeTCfl ABOpe11KHit ( yr-no ynompe6neHHNÚ c.MNcnoeoú aaaaon 6 noð06H0ú EOHcmpyxuuu He noemopaemca.)

'What did you do with it?' asked Holmes.

'Well, we just left it there.'

'That was wise,' said Holmes. 'You say Sir Robert was away yesterday. Has he returned?'

'We expect him back todaÿ.'

'When did Sir Robert give away his sister's dog?'

'It was just a week ago today.l The dog was howling and Sir Robert got very angry. He caught it up and I thought he would kill it. Then he gave it to Sandy Bain 2 the jockey, and told him to take the dog to old Barnes at the "Green Dragon" , for he never wished to see it again.' Holmes lit his pipe and sat for some time in silent thought.

'It's not clear to me yet what you want me to do in this matter, Mr. Mason,' he said at last. 'Can't you make it more definite?' 'Perhaps this will make it more definite, Mr. Holmes,' said our visitor.

He took a paper from his pocket and, unwrapping it carefully, showed us a burned piece of bone. Holmes examined it with interest.

'Where did you get it?'

'There is a central heating furnace3 in the cellar under Lady Beatrice's room. The boy who runs the furnace4 came to me this morning with this thing. He had found it in the furnace. He did not like the

look of it.'

'Nor do 1,'5 said Holmes. 'What do you make of it 6 Watson?'

'It is burned black,'7 said I, 'but there's no doubt that it is part of

a human leg bone.'

'Exactly!' Holmes became very serious. 'When does the boy who runs the furnace leave the cellar?'

'He leaves it every evening,' said Mr. Mason.

'Then anyone could visit it during the night?'

'Yes, sir.'

'Can you enter it from outside?' asked Holmes again.

'There is one door from outside. There is another which leads up by a stair to the floor in which Lady Beatrice's room is situated.'

I It was just a week ago today. — Mcno-ffHHJ1acb KaK pa-3 HeAeJ1ñ (KaK 3T0 CJ1"HJ10Cb).

•2 Sandy Bain ['sændl 'bem) — C3HAH BehH a central heating furnace ['f3.•ms) — Ilex-lb UeHTpaJTbHOro OTOr1J1eHHfl

4 the boy who runs the furnace — HCTOr1HHK (6yE8. napeHb, BeuaEou1Hit neHbEO) 5 Nor do I. — Ml-re Toxe (He HpaBMTCfl).

6 What do you make of it? — KaK Bbl BCe 3T0 pacueHHBae•re?

7 It is burned black — OHa (xocTb) 06yr.nHJ1acb

'You say, Mr. Mason, that Sir Robert was not at home last night?'

'No, sir, he wasn't.'

'Then whoever was burning bones in the furnace, it was not he,' said

Holmes.

'That's true, sir,' said the horse trainer.

'What is the name of that inn you spoke of?'

'The "Green Dragon". '

'Is there good fishing in that part of the country?'

The honest trainer showed very clearly upon his face that he was sure that Sherlock Holmes had gone mad, too.

'Well, sir,' he said, 'I've heard there are fish in the river not far from the "Green Dragon" , and in the Hulll lake. It's in Shoscombe Park.'

'Very good! Watson and I are famous fishermen are we not,

Watson? We shall reach the inn tonight. Of course I need not say2 that we don't want to see you, Mr. Mason. But a note will reach us,

and I'm sure I can find you if I want you.'

On a bright May evening Holmes and I were discussing our plans for fishing with Mr. Barnes, the innkeeper.

'What about the Hull lake?' asked Holmes. 'Are there many fish in

'Don't fish there, sir,' answered the innkeeper. 'You may find yourself in the lake before you have finished.'

'How is that?'

'It's Sir Robert, sir, he doesn't want any strangers to come3 near his park. Sir Robert is the sort4 that strikes first and speaks afterwards. Keep away from the park.'

'Of course, Mr. Barnes,' said Holmes, 'we certainly shall. By the way, you have a beautiful spaniel here. We saw it in the hall.'

'You are quite right, sir, there aren't any better in England. It was Sir Robert himself who gave it to me. I have to keep it on a lead.5 It would run back to Shoscombe if I let it run about.'

Hull [hAl] — Xan (Ha3BaHHe 03epa)

2 | need not say — H3JTH111He rOBOpHTb

3 he doesn't want any strangers to come — OH He xe-naeT, t-rr06b1 qyxøe JIK)AM noaxoaw1H

4 Sir Robert is the sort . — Cap P06epT rtpHHaÃJ1eMHT K KæreropHM

5 on a lead — Ha n0BOAKe; Ha npHBH3H

'We are getting some information, Watson,' said Holmes when the innkeeper had left. us. 'By the way, Sir Robert is still in London, I hearl. Let's go to Shoscombe and try to get some more information there.'

'Have you any theory, Holmes?' I asked him.

'Only this, Watson, that something happened a week or s02 ago which has changed the life at Shoscombe Old Place. What is that something? Let's consider the facts. The brother no longer visits his dear invalid sister. He gives away her favourite dog. Her dog, Watson! The lady keeps her room-3 she has lost interest in the horses and never goes to the stable any longer; she also drinks like a fish now.'

'How will you explain the crypt?'

'Now let's consider the facts about Sir Robert himself,' went on Holmes without answering my question. 'He is mad keen upon winning the Derby.4 He is in the hands of the money-lenders. At any moment his horses and his racing stables may be seized by his creditors. He is a very brave man. He lives on his sister's money . .

'And how will you explain the crypt?'

'Ah, yes, the crypt! Let us suppose, Watson, it's only a hypothesis, — that Sir Robert has killed his sister.'

'My dear Holmes, it is out of the question,'5 | cried.

'Very possible, Watson,' he said. 'But I think that we may try a small experiment tomorrow in order to throw light on the matter. And now let's go to bed and have some rest.'

About eleven o'clock in the morning we started for a walk and took the black spaniel with us. When we came to the gates of Shoscombe Park, Sherlock Holmes said:

'Let's wait here. Mr. Barnes tells me that Lady Beatrice takes a drive6 at this time of day. When her carriage comes to the gates, it must go slowly while the gates are being opened.7 When it comes through

I I hear — 3ð. CJ1brmaJT

2 or so — HJIH OKOJTO Torx)

3 to keep one's room — He BblXOÄHTb M3 cBoeti KOMHaTb1

4 He is mad keen upon winning the Derby. — OH AbflB0ã1bCKH 3auwrepecoBaH B TOM, HT06b1 BblMrpaTb Ha CKaqKax.

it is out of the question = 3T0 HCK.nŒoqeHO

6 to take a drive — Bble3xaTb nporyJIKy

7 while the gates are being opened — n0Ka Bopo•ra OTKpb1BaTOT

them, I want you, Watson, to stop-the driver with some question. And I shall stand behind this bush and see what I can see.'

We did not wait long. In a quarter of an hour we saw a big open

carriage coming through the park to the gates. Holmes hid himself behind his bush with the dog. While a servant was opening the gates, I was able to get a good look at the people in the carriage. A young woman with red cheeks and light hair sat on the right. At her left was an old woman. Her face and shoulders were wrapped in a shawl.

I held up my hand and asked the driver if Sir Robert was at Shoscombe Old Place. At the same moment Holmes rose and let the spaniel out of his hands. With joyous cry the dog ran forward to the carriage and jumped up on the step. Then in a moment its joy changed to rage, and it bit at the black skirt of the invalid.

'Drive on! Drive on!' cried the old woman. The driver whipped up the horses, and we were left standing in the roadway.

'The spaniel thought it was his mistress,' said Holmes, 'and he found it was a stranger. Dogs don't make mistakes.' 'But it was the voice of a man,' I cried.

'Exactly!' said Holmes. 'It was the voice of a man.'

Holmes had nothing further to do that day, so we went fishing and had fish for our supper.

After supper we went out for a walk once more. We went along the same road as in the morning and we came to the park gates again. A tall, dark figure was awaiting us there. It was our London visitor, Mr. Mason, the trainer.

'Good evening, gentlemen,' he said. 'I got your note, Mr. Holmes. Sir Robert has not returned yet, but I hear that he is expected tonight.' 'How far is this crypt from the house?' asked Holmes.

'A good quarter of a mile.'

'You can show us the crypt, Mr. Mason, and then leave us,' said Holmes.

At first we could see nothing in the darkness when we came to the melancholy place. Then Holmes lit his lantern which threw its yellow light upon stone walls and stone coffins.

'You spoke of some bones, Mr. Mason,' said Holmes. 'Could you show them before you go?'

'They are here in this corner.' The trainer walked across the crypt and then stood in Silent surprise.

iThey are gone,'l he said.

'So I expected,' said Holmes. 'They were taken away and burned in the furnace.'

'But who could want to burn the bones of a man who has been dead a thousand years?' asked John Mason.

'That's what we are here to find out '2 said Holmes.

When John Mason left us, Holmes set to work. He made a very

careful examination Of the coffins. An hour or more passed before Holmes came to a coffin standing beside the entrance to the crypt. With his lens he carefully examined the heavy lid of the coffin. He seemed to be satisfied with his results. Suddenly he stopped working and listened.

Someone was walking in the church above. Then a light came down

the stairs, and a few seconds later a man came in.

A large stable-lantern, which he held in front of him, shone upwards on his strong face and angry eyes. He stared at my companion and myself.

'Who the devil are you? '3 he thundered. 'And what are you doing here?' Then, as Holmes did not answer he took a few steps forward and raised a heavy stick which he carried.

'Do you hear me?' he cried. 'Who are you? What are you doing

Holmes was not frightened. He stepped forward to meet him.

'I also have a question to ask you, Sir Robert,' he said very seriously.

'Who is this? And why is it here?'

He turned and. opened the coffin lid behind him. In the light of the lantern I saw a body wrapped in a sheet from head to foot. I also saw a yellow face, all nose and chin.4

Sir Robert gave a cry and stepped back.

'How did you come to know of this? '5 he cried. And then, his courage returned to him and he said, 'What business is it of yours?'

'My name is Sherlock Holmes,' said my companion. 'Possibly you have heard of me. In any case,6 my business is to support the law. It seems to me you have much to answer for.' 7

I They are gone they have gone). — Idx 60ã1bu.re HeT.

That's what we are here to find out. Mbl 3a•reM 3ÃeCb H HaxOÃHMcn, q'r06b1 y3HaTb 3T0.

3 Who the devil are you? — KTO Bbl TaKMe, qepT B03bMH?

4 all nose and chin — 30. c Brrepea HocOM rTOÃ60pOAKOM

5 'How did you come to know of this?' — KaK BaM yaaJ10Cb Y3HaTb 06 3TOM?

6 In any case — Bo BCHKOM c.nyqae you have much to answer for — BaM 3a MHOroe npnae•rcH aepxaTb OTBeT

Sir Robert stared angrily for a moment, but Holmes' quiet voice and calm manner had their effect-I

'Believe me, Mr. Holmes,' he said, 'I could do nothing else, but I have not done anything crimmal.'

'I should be happy to think so,' said Holmes, 'but I fear your explanations must be before the police.'

'Well, if it must be, it must,' said Sir Robert. 'Come to the house

and you can judge for yourself how the matter stands.'

A quarter of an hour later, we found ourselves in one of the rooms of the old house. Here Sir Robert left us for a few moments. When he returned, he had two companions with him. One of them was the young woman whom we had seen in the carriage. The other was a small man with a face like a rat. They looked surprised, which showed that Sir Robert had not yet had time to explain to thém what had happened.

'There,' said Sir Robert pointing to them with his hand, 'are Mr. and Mrs. Norlett.2 Mrs. Norlett has been my. sister's maid for five years. I have brought them here because I want to explain the true position to you, and they are the only two people upon earth who can support what I say.'

'Is this necessary, Sir Robert?' cried the woman. 'Have you thought what you are doing?'

'I know what I am doing,' said Sir Robert. 'Now, Mr. Holmes, listen to the facts.

You know so much, that I think you know I am going to run a young horse at the Derby,3 and everything depends upon my success. If I win, I am saved. If I lose well, I do not dare to think of that!' 'I understand the position,' said Holmes.

'I depend upon my sister, Lady Beatrice, for everything,' Sir Robert went on. 'That is well known. It is also well known that when she dies, the place will go to her late husband's brother. Now, I am deeply in the hands of the money-lenders. I have always known that if my sister died, my creditors would be here immediately. They know that no one will keep me with money4 after her death. Everything would be seized: my stables, my horses — everything. And my worst creditor

I had their effect [l'fekt] — 0Ka3aJIH CBOe

2 Norlett ['no:llt] — HopaeT

I am going to run a young horse at the Derby. . c06Hparocb BbrnyCTHTb

Ha cKaHKax MOJIoaoro KOHfl.

4 no one will keep me with money — HHKTO He 6yaeT CHafrKaTb MeHH aeHbraMH

is my worst enemy, Sam Brewer whom I had to horsewhip once. Well, Mr. Holmes, my sister did diel just a week ago.'

'And you- told no one!'

'What could I do? If I did I should be a ruined man. And the race was to take place in three weeks 2 So I decided to conceal my sister's death for the next three weeks. It came into my head that her maid's husband — this man here — is an actor and could play the role of my sister for that period. He had only to appear daily in the carriage and for the rest of the day he could stay in my sister's room and drink wine that his wife brought him. No one need enter it except the maid. '3

'Go on, Sir Robert,' said Holmes, 'what did you do?'

'The body could not remain there. Norlett and I carried it to the old crypt. But we were followed by my sister's spaniel. After that, the dog remained at the door of the church and howled all the time. So I got rid of the spaniel. I don't think, Mr. Holmes, that I have done anything wrong.

'I don't think it was very noble to do what you did,' said Holmes.

Sir Robert Shook his head impatiently.

'l am sure,' he said, 'you would have felt differently if you had been in my position. I don't think that I have wronged the dead. 4 We put her in one of the coffins of her husband's ancestors. But we could not leave the bones on the floor of the crypt. Norlett and I brought them to the central furnace of the house and burned them there. There is my story, Mr. Holmes.'

'Well, Sir Robert,' said Holmes, rising, 'this matter must, of course, be brought before the police. It was my duty to bring the facts to light5 and there I must leave it. It is nearly midnight, Watson, and I think we may make our way back6 to the "Green Dragon".

my sister did die — Moa cecTpa AehCTBHTeJ1bH0 YMep.na

2 the race was to take place in three weeks 6era AOÆKHb1 6b1JIH COCTO-

qTþCfl qepe3 TPH HeaeJIH

3 No one need enter it except the maid. — HHKOMy apyr0My, KPOMe ropHMt1Hoä, He3aqeM 6b1J10 BXOÄHTb B KOMHaTY

4 to wrong the dead — HapY111HTb 110K0i yconmgx, HanpyraTbca Te-rraMH YMep111Hx

5 to bring the facts to light — np0JIHTb CBeT Ha C06b1TMfl

6 we may make our way back — Mbl MOXeM BepHYTbCfl (to make one's way rrp0ABMraTbCH )

It is now known that this episode ended for Sir Robert more happily than he deserved. The police were kind to him and kept his secret until the race was over. Shoscombe Prince won the Derby. His owner got eighty thousand pounds and paid his creditors in full.l But still there was enough money left to last2 Sir Robert Norberton to the end of his life.

Vocabulary

p. 35 well-known (clean-shaven) a money lender to be/get look/turn surprised (frightened; disappointed; satisfied; etc.) to belong (to) to give smb (a lot of) trouble

p. 36 to bow to go/get mad

p. 37 a bottle an evening (once a month; fifty miles an hour, etc.)

p. 38 to have smth in common (with)

p. 39 except — besides to find out — to know — to realize

p. 40,43 first — at first

p. 42 on/at the/one's right/left to go fishing (shopping, etc.)

p. 43 to stop doing — to stop to do

p. 44 • (not) to dare to do

p. 45 to depend on smb for smth

Structures

p. 36 It was only face to face (that) .

p. 37 It was the buttler who . .

It was the church crypt that .

p. 42 went on Holmes without answering my question.

p. 46 It came into my head that . .

in full — cn0JIHa, rlOJIHOCTbH) there was enough money left to last — oceranocb ÃOCTaTOHHO aeHer, HT06b1

XBaTHJIO . .

Set phrases

-p. 36 to be up to the neck in debt

p. 37 to take smth to heart to have a bad name (among)

p. 41 to throw light on

p. 46 to bring (the) facts to light

Exercises

I. Pick out from the story the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:

xop01110 H3BeCTHb1Ìi; KpeAHTop; 6b1Tb (Bblrnaaerrb, Ka3aTbCfl) YAMBJreHHb1M; YAHBHTbCfl; rlPHHaanexarrb K.-JI.; 11PHHHHHTb K.-JI. MHOro 6eCflOKOäCTBa; COitTH C Y'Ma; XPaHHTb; AepxaTb', 06HaPPKHTb; HMeTb H.-ãl. 06Luee C; KPOMe (ITOMHMO); MATH Ha pb16aJIKY (3a noKYIIK&MH); nepeceraTb H.-JI. aevuarrb; OCTaHOBHTbCfl, HT06b1 cue.naTb H.-JI.; (He OCMeJIMTbCfl caeaaTb q.-J1.; 30HCeTb 0T K.-JT. B H.-n.

2. Study the following set phrases (a) recall the sentences in which they are used in the story and (b) use them in sentences of your own.

to be up to the neck in debt; to take smth to heart; to have a bad name among; to throw light on; to bring (the) facts to light.

3. Rewrite the following sentences according to the model.

Model: Sam Brewer is a money-lender who everybody knows. Sam Brewer is a well-known money-lender.

I. Rudolf Steiner read every adventure book that could be read.

2. The girl was dressed very well.

3. My uncle was a thin, small man with nice manners.

4. Robert Noberton was a man of fine build.

the police. frighten .

	5. He behaved as if he had drunk a lot.	6.	Study the chart, supply the missing parts and explain the difference between the adjectives with -ing and -ed
	6. He was proud of his garden that was kept in good order.		endings.
	6. He was proud of his garden that was kept in good order.		surprised YAMBJ1eHHb1ii
4.	State whether the italicized verb is a link-verb (r.narOJICBfl3Ka) or has a meaning of its own. 1. When Holmes got information about a disappeared man he immediately took part in the search. 2. Dr. Watson got frightened the moment he saw bones inside the crypt. 3. My aunt looked at the Bortrait with surprise. 4. My aunt looked astonished when she hurried downstairs to order the servants to follow her. 5: Rudolf realized that the girl would become more beautiful with time.		surprising YAHBHTeJ1bHb1h excited B3BOJIHOBaHHb1ii — BOJIHYK)1UHii embarrassed — CMY1ueHHb1ii embarrassing disappointed disappointing — pa30qap0BbrBaK)111Mh — HcnyraHHb1ii frighten . — rryraK)111Hä satisfied — YAOBneTBOPyreJ1bHb1ii
	6. Sherlock Holmes became a famous detective at quite a young	7.	Fill in the blanks with -ed or -ing endings.
	7. It seemed to Meeks that the search of his sister should be		I. The telephone rang, I took up a receiver and heard my secre-
	arranged the other way round.		tary's excit voice.
	8. My aunt didn't seem embarrassed after the incident with the		2. When Holmes saw Sir Robert in the crypt, the first was neither
	portrait and decided not to send for		. . . nor embarrass

9. He turned around and realized that he had got lost.

10.She turned as pale as death when she saw the man entering her room.

5. Answer the questions to the stories you've read, using the phrases with link verbs given in brackets,

1. What was Shamrock's reaction to Juggins' promise to bring

Meeks' sister's present address? (turn pale)

2. Why did Rudolf decide that the girl would faint? (look pale)

3. What made Rudolf think that the girl took his help as a natural thing? (not seem surprised or embarrassed)

Did Meeks' attitude to city detectives change for the worse or for the better? (get disappointed)

5. Why did Meeks give Juggins the money immediately he named the price? (get satisfied)

6. Why did sir Robert give a cry after Holmes opened the coffin hid? (get frightened)

After the local detective heard the excit . . news about Meeks' sister's disappearance he immediately decided to take part in the search.

4. Meeks was satisf . . . with the results of Juggins' search.

5. Some detective stories have very surpris ends.

6. There was nothing surpris . about the girl's story.

7. Rudolf was extremely disappoint . when he saw that every door in the house was painted green.

8. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

I. A year ago he got trouble and his friends got him . it with difficulty.

2. Though Sir Robert gave a lot . trouble his sister she was still very fond of him.

3.When Sir Robert was . . . trouble he always turned for help to his sister.

4. Seeing that the girl was very embarrassed he tried to comfort her. 'Don't trouble . . . anything,' — he said to her.

5. I'm having a lot . trouble my car.

9. franslate the following sentences from the story. Pay

special attention to the translation of the verbs 'keep' and 'hold' in different contexts.

1. old Barnes keeps the 'Green Dragon' inn, three miles away.

2. The lady keeps her room; she has lost interest in the horses and never goes to the stable any longer.

3. They know that no one will keep me with money after her death.

4. I held up my hand and asked the driver if Sir Robert was at Shoscombe Old Place.

5. He held a large stable-lantern in front of him.

10. TYansIate the sentences, using 'keep' or 'hold' according to the sense. Don't forget that

both verbs might be translated as 'AepxaTb', but 'hold' means: (I) nepxaTb (B pyKe); (2) yaepXhBaTb MeCTO, n03ML4hl-o (hold first/ second place); (3) nPOBOAhTb c06paHne, (hold a meeting (a conference), whereas 'keep' means: (1) AepxaTb, xpaH"Tb, OCTaBJISTb ce6e; (2) XPaHMTb TanHY, TPaAMUh}O (keep a secret, a tradition); (3) (keep smb waiting — 3aCTaBJIBTb K.-n. XAaTb); (4) CoxpaHRTbCR B onpeneneHH0M nonoxeHhH, OCTasaTbCS (keep quiet, silent, busy, etc.).

1. AxarrHHC caepxaïl CJIOBO H Hame.T1 cecerpy MHKca.

2. Aepxa nepea c060ti 60J1bi110tt d)0Hapb, XOJIMC marHYJI B CK.ne11. 3. Herp aepxaz-l B pyKax BH3HTHb1e KaPTOHKH Bpaga.

PYAOJ1bd) He 3aceraBHJ1 ee A0JIro xaaTb H BCKope BepHYJTCfl, aepxa B 06ewx pyKax ruaKeTb1 113 pecTopaHa.

5. M0J10A0h geJ10BeK COXPaHHJ1 Tai*HY cBoero 3HaKOMCTBa c AeBYLUKOh.

6. B TeqeHHe MHHyrbI AByx MOR TeTYIMKa coxpaHfl„rra MOJIqaHHe, a 3aereM THXO Bblmaa, Jlepxa B pyKe CBeqy.

7. XOJIMC coxpaHflJ1 cnoK0iiCTBMe, HeCMOTPfl Ha TO, HTO 6b1J1 HeMHOrO HcnyraH.

Il.

12.

Translate the sentences, using 'leave', 'keep' or 'stay' according to the sense. Don't forget that

'leave' and 'keep' might be translated as 'OCTaBJIBTb', but 'keep' means 'OCTaBJIRTb ce6e (rlPL,1 ce6e)', whereas 'leave' means 'OCTaBJ1*Tb rue-Jl.'. 'Stay' means 'OCTaBaTbCfl

I. Moq TeTY111Ka He xo•reJ1a 6051b111e oc-raBaTbCfl B 3TOM 60JTbUJOM aepeBeHCKOM AOMe H nepeexæra B ropoa.

2. XOTfl OHa H Jil-06MJ1a 6pa•ra, HO OCTaBHJIa aeHb1'H ce6e.

3. XOJIMC oc•raJICfl Ha MecTe, YBHAeB HeuTIOBerca, Bomearnero B CK.rreII.

4. 'OCTaBbTe CBOH UIYTKH, — CKa3aJ1 MHKC 110JIHUettCKOMY, Koraa TOT npeAJIOXHJ1 e.Mÿ ITOXHTb B rocTHHHue erue Mecau.

5. PYAOJ1b(þ OCTaBHJI ce6e BH3HTHYK) KapT0HKY 3Y6Horo Bpaga.

6. Moa •re-ry111Ka He oc-raBJ1flJTa Myxa B 110Koe H ITPHrJ1aIÐæ,-ra K Hew HOBb1X Bpaqefi.

7. OAHH pa3 B aeHb CJ1yxaHKM 1101BJ1flJICfi B KapeTe, a BCe OCTaJIbHOe BpeMfl OH OCTaBancq B KOMHære CeCTPb1 capa P06epTa.

Write a word combination, using a numerical expression with a/an. Don't forget that

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3. . my aunt was going tostay in the country house for the rest of her days but then she changed her mind.

4. Holmes heard the steps and a few seconds later he saw a man entering the crypt.

5. Meeks considered a city detective to be a shrewd one but he soon changed his opinion.

13. Open the brackets using either 'besides' or 'except'. Don't forget that

the Russian 'KPOMe' can be rendered in English with the help of different words.

3a MCKJ11-OHeHheM — except

KPOMe noMMM0, B nonoJIHeHne K — besides

1. It was all in order, (except; besides) that in one corner there

was a bit of a human body.

2. Have you read any other books by Golsworthy (except; besides) 'The Forsyte Saga'?

3. He is busy the whole week (besides; except) Sunday.

4. During our trip to Kiev (except; besides) museums and picture galleries we visited one or two cathedrals.

5. There was nobody in the room (except; besides) the girl.

6. What other languages (except; besides) English do you know? 7. I don't know any other languages (besides; except) English.

14. 'franslate the sentences from the story. Study how 'first' and 'at first' are translated.

1. Sir Robert is the sort that strikes first and speaks afterwards.

2. At first we could see nothing . then Holmes hit his lantern.

15. Fill in the blanks, using 'first' or 'at first'. Don't forget that

'first' is usually followed by 'then' and sometimes — 'finally', and 'at first' is followed by 'but'.

1 . everything went smoothly but then the things began to go wrong.

2. Meeks turned for help to the local policeman, then to the city detective and finally to Juggins.

16. Complete the sentences with 'go + doing'. Don't forget that there are some expressions with •go + doing' which are concerned with sport or any activities(go shopping/dancing/fishing/skiing/ jogging).

1. 'We'll go . . . tomorrow,' — declared Holmes.

2. He went . but didn't buy anything.

3. A. Do you play any sports?

B. I just go in the morning.

4. If there's enough snow tomorrow we'll go

5. We had a fantastic holiday. We went . . . every day. The water

was lovely.

17. Rewrite the sentences, beginning as shown in the model (it is . that-constructions).

Modell : I could do it only face to face.

It was only face to face that I could do it.

Modeb: The parents did not want him to be an actor. It was the parents who (that) did not want him to be an actor.

I. The butler saw him enter the crypt.

2. Juggins brought Meeks his sister's address.

3. A giant Negro was standing in front of a large building.

5. My aunt looked round but could see nobody.

6. The servant confessed that he had stolen into my aunt's room to get her box of money.

7. Sir Robert got eighty thousand pounds because his horse won

18. Fill in the blanks with 'not' or 'without' + doing'. Don't forget that

'without + doing' is an adverbial modifier of manner (06CTOBTeJ1b-

CTBO 06pa3a geñCTBMñ) and answers the 'how'-question, whereas •not + doing' is an adverbial modifier of reason and answers the •why'question,

I. — knowing the real reason for murder Sherlock Holmes decided to examine the crypt.

2. Holmes received Sir Robert's anger calmly — making a fuss about it.

3. wishing to worry the girl Rudolf left the room — once turning his head.

4. After losing the job at the shop the girl felt very lonely having any friends in a big city.

5. My aunt opened the door and walked quietly out — making noise.

6. Mr. Heard pronounced his last words addressed to Emma thinking over their real meaning.

7. Rudolf stared at the green door — knowing the answer to such a strange coincidence.

19. Rewrite the following sentences, using a verb instead of a noun. Don't forget that

a number of nouns which denote parts of the body can also be used as verbs (a face — to face; a head — to head; an eye — to eye; an elbow — to elbow; a nose — to nose).

1. My aunt ran her eyes over her husband's portrait with suspicion.

2. Holmes and Sir Robert stood face to face.

3. He was at the head of the company for three years.

4. The bus was overcrowded and he had to push his way to the entrance with his elbows.

5. He has an annoying habit of pushing his nose into other people's business.

20. On pages 36 and 37 there are two phraseological units; one of the words of each denotes a part of the body. Find them and translate into Russian.

21. Here are some other expressions with the. words 'heart' and 'neck'. qyanslate them into Russian, consulting the dictionary if necessary.

at the heart of smth to have smth at •heart to set one's heart on smth with half a heart to have one's heart in one's mouth to have one's heart in one's boots to wear one's heart on one's sleeve up to the neck neck or nothing on the neck to risk one's neck

22. Look at the dictionary entry containing compounds formed with the word 'hair' and answer the questions.

2 (compounds) hair-raising adj. (of an experience, etc.) causing the hair to stand on end; hair-breadth n. very small distance: escape by a hair's breadth, have a hair-breadth escape, a very narrow one; hair-cut n. act of cutting the hair (by a barber or hair-dresser); hair-dresser n. person who dresses and cuts hair; hair-pin n. (woman's) pin for keeping the hair in place; hair-shirt n. shirt made of hair cloth, uncomfortable to wear, for ascetics; hair-raising adj. (of an experience, etc.) causing the hair to stand on end.

1. What's the thing with the help of which women keep hair in place?

2. What kind of stories make the hair stand on end?

3. Where do you go if you want to cut or dress your hair?

4. Who wore a hair-shirt? When and what for did they do it?

23. Find the compounds with *eye' and 'finger'. Write similar questions to the ones above. Ask other pupils to answer them.

24. Answer the questions.

1. What did Watson know about Sir Robert Norberton and Shoscombe Old Place?

2. What for did Mr. Mason (a horse trainer) come to see Sherlock Holmes?

3. Why was it so important for Sir Robert to win the Derby?

4. In what way had Sir Robert changed since recently?

5. How did Sir Robert's sister take her brother's change in attitude to her?

6. Who saw Sir Robert go to the old church crypt? Why were they afraid to get too near him?

7. Why didn't Mason recognize the man who was waiting for him

in the crypt?

8. What did the horse trainer and the butler find in the crypt after Sir Robert had gone to London?

9. Why didn't Mason inform the police about what he had seen in the crypt?

10. What made Sir Robert (according to Mason) give away his sister's dog?

Il. What was the last drop which completed Mason to come to Holmes?

12. Why did the innkeeper advise Holmes not to fish in the Hull lake?

13. What conclusion did Holmes come to after he had listened to Mason's story?

14. What was the plan Holmes suggested to Watson when they came to the gates of Shoscombe Park?

15. What for, do you think, Holmes let the spaniel out of his hands? 16. How did the dog behave?

17. What was Holmes looking for in the crypt? Why didn't he find what he'd been looking for?

18. What was there in Holmes' behaviour that had its effect on Sir Robert?

19. Who did Sir Robert bring with him? What for did he bring them?

20.Why didn't Sir Robert tell anyone about his sister's death?

21. Why did he decide to conceal the fact about his sister's death for three weeks only?

22. What would have happened with Sir Robert if he had informed anyone about his sister's death?

23. What was the only thing the maid's husband had to do?

24. Why did Sir Robert have to get rid of the spaniel?

25. How did the whole story end for Sir Robert?

25. Talking points.

I. Give as much background information about: (a) Sir Robert, (b) his sister and (c) their relationship as you can.

2. Give at least three reasons explaining why Mr. Mason came to the conclusion that his employer Sir Robert, had gone mad.

3. Pick out facts showing that Sir Robert was 'the sort that strikes first and speaks afterwards' ?

4. Reconstruct the logic of Holmes' reasoning. Explain how he came to the conclusion that Sir Robert had killed his sister?

5. Describe Holmes' experiment with the help of which he decided to check whether it was Sir Robert's •sister in the carriage or not.

6. Reproduce the dialogue between Holmes and Sir Robert in the

crypt. Use Indirect Speech.

7. Prove that Sir Robert had no way out but to conceal his sister's death.

THE TEST

It was dull at Pebblesea. Mr. Frederick Dix, mate of the Starfish returned to the harbour. He had nothing to do, so he decided to go to his ship and have a good sleep.

The skipper and the sailors were still ashore. The Starfish looked so lonely that Mr. Dix changed his mind about returning.l He put his hands deep into his pockets and walked round the harbour. It was almost dark, and he could hardly see the only other man on the quay. The man was standing at the edge of the quay, looking at the water. He stood there so long that the mate grew interested and started walking up and down near him. After passing him twice, he came up to him and said: 'Fine night, isn't it?'

'The night is all right,' answered the young man grimly.

'You're rather near the edge,' said the mate after a pause. 'I like being near the edge,' was the reply.

I changed his mind about returning — nepea:y'MaJ1 B03BpaU1aTbCq

Mr. Dix whistled softly and looked hard at the white-faced young man before him.

'Have you got anything on your mind?' I he asked.

The mate grew more and more interested. He took his arm and led him away from the edge.

The young man looked very unhappy, and Mr. Dix decided to find out what was the matter. It took him about ten minutes to learn2 everything about him.

The young man's name was Arthur Heard. He was in love with Emma Smith and he had asked her to marry him. She said 'no' because she did not love him.

Now Mr. Heard was going to commit suicide.

'Why, I've known herfor seven years,' he said, 'seven years, and this is the end of it.'

The mate shook his head. 'I told her I was going to drown myself,' continued Mr. Heard. 'My last words to her were: "When you see my dead body, you will be sorry". '

'I expect she'll cry and cry over your dead body,' said the mate politely.

The other turned and looked at him. 'Why, you don't think I'm going to drown myself, do you?' he asked crossly. 'l wouldn't drown myself for fifty girls!'

'Then, why did you tell her you were going to?' said the surprised mate.

'Because I was hoping it would upset her and she would agree to marry me,' said the other grimly. 'But it only made her laugh at me. '3 'It would serve her right if you did drown yourself,'4 said Mr. Dix firmly. 'She would feel sorry she refused to marry you, and it would spoil her life for her.'

'Ah, and it wouldn't spoil mine, I suppose,' said Mr. Heard with

sarcasm.

'How she will laugh when she sees you tomorrow,' said the mate thoughtfully. 'Is she the sort of girl that would tell everybody about it and make you a laughing-stock?'

I Have you got anything on your mind? — MoxeT6b1Tb, Bbl 3as1_O'MaJIH wro-HH6yab (zypHoe) ?

2 It took him about ten minutes to learn ... Hepe3 aeCflTb MHHYT OH 3Ha-n .

(EMY r10Haa06HJ10Cb OKOJIO aeCflTH MHHYT, HT06b1 Y3HaTb )

3 But it only made her laugh at me. — Ho 3T0 ee TO..%KO paccMeu1HJ10.

4 It would serve her right if you did drown yourself. — 3T0 6b1 ee np0YMJ10, eCJIH 6b1 Bbl AefiCTBHTeJ1bHO yrror1HJIHcb. (Bcno-uoeame.•tbHNú anaeo.q nepeð OCHOBHN.U anaeo.ß0M ynompe6Mernca ðaa ycuaeHtA.)

Mr. Heard said that she was. Forgetting for a moment hiS great love, he told Mr. Dix that Emma was very fond of gossiping.l And he told him many other unpleasant things about her. The mate who saw that the man would not commit suicide after all, said thoughtfully:

'Why don't you just go in and out again? Then you could run to her house all dripping wet. '2

'That would be clever, wouldn't it?' said Mr. Heard sarcastically. 'Starting to commit suicide, and then changing my mind. Why, that would make me a bigger laughing-stock than before.'

'But suppose I saved you against your will?' said Mr. Dix. ÇHow would that be?'

'It would be all right if I agreed to run the rišk,'3 said the other, 'but I don't. I don't want to struggle in the water while you are diving in the wrong places looking for me.'

'I was thinking of a different plan,' said Mr. Dix. 'My idea was to pull you out Of the water.'

Mr. Heard looked at the black water a few feet below.

'How?' he asked shortly.

'Not here,' said the mate, 'come to the end of the quay. It's shallow there, but you can tell her you jumped in off here. She won't know the difference. '4

He led the way to the place he had spoken about.

'Go in at once,' said the mate. 'You couldn't have a better night for

it. Why, I feel like a dip myself5 when I look at the water.'

Mr. Heard was very careful. At first he tested the temperature of

the water with his hand, then he slowly put one foot into the water. Suddenly he decided to get it over with.6 He dipped in the water and got up again.

'Don't hurry,' said the mate, 'stay in the water for a few. minutes. Your clothes must get quite wet.'

Mr. Heard dipped again, and getting up once more, started to walk towards the bank.

'Pull me out,' he cried sharply.

Mr. Dix smiled and put out his hands which Mr. Heard seized with the force of a drowning man.

was very fond Of gossiping — OqeHb JT06wr nocnae•THHqaTb

2 all dripping wet — np0M0Ku1Hå HacKB03b

3 to run the risk — pHCKHYTb

4 She won't know the difference, — OHa ëe pa36epe•rCH. 5 | feel like a dip myself — MHe H caMOMy xoqe•rca 0KYHYTbcq

6 to get it over with — P&3aeJ1aTbcq c 3THM

'All right, take it easy,l don't get excited,' said the smiling mate. 'Don't be afraid, it's shallow here, only four feet deep. Here Let me go, do you hear? Let go! If you don't, I'll punch your head.'

'You couldn't save me against my will without coming in,' said Mr. Heard. 'Now we can tell her you dived in off the quay and seized me just as I was sinking for the last time. You'll be a hero.'

He pulled hard at the mate's hand, and both of them disappeared under the water. Mr. Heard was first up and out. But almost immediately the figure of the mate also appeared and walked to the

shore.

'You wait . you wait I'll show you he muttered.

'There's no ill feeling, I hope? '2 said the young man politely. 'I'll tell everybody of your courageous act. '

Mr. Dix stood up and raised his fist, but seeing the funny dripping

figure before him started laughing.

'Come on, come on,'3 he said gaily, 'now let's go and find Emma. If she doesn't fall in love with you now, she never will. Oh, you are a picture!'

They began to walk towards the town. Two little streams followed them.

They walked along the quay in silence, and had almost reached the end of it when they saw the figure of a man.

'Old Smith, Emma's father,' said Mr. Heard in a whisper. 'Now be careful, hold me up. '4

As the old man saw them, he stopped suddenly with a cry of astonishment.

'What's the matter, Arthur?' he exclaimed.

'Hullo,' said Mr. Heard.

'Emma told me what you said to her. I didn't think you had the courage to go and do it. I'm surprised at you.'

'I didn't do it,' said Mr. Heard. 'I couldn't drown myself because of this man who saved me against my will.'

Mr. Smith turned and looked at the mate with respect. Then he seized that gentleman's hand and shook it warmly.

'Come into the house, both of you, and get some dry clothes,' he said kindly. The mate muttered something about going back to his ship, but Mr. Smith refused to listen.

I take it easy — cnoK0NHee•, He BOJIHyh•recb

2 There's no ill feeling, I hope? — Haaerocb, Bbl He pa303.nwrecb Ha MeHR?

3 Come on, come on — Fly, Hy, >KHBeä 4 hold me up —2- n0Aaepxwre

He brought them to his cottage. A pleasant-faced woman of middle age and a pretty girl of twenty rose when they entered.

'Here he is,' said Mr. Smith, 'just saved at the last moment.'

'What? .. Two of them?' exclaimed Miss Smith. She took a long look at the mate and smiled at him.

'No, this one jumped in and saved him,' said her father.

'Oh, Arthur,' said Miss Smith, 'how could you be so wicked? I never dreamtl you would go and do such a thing . . . never! I did not think you had the courage to do it!'

'I told you I would,' Mr. Heard muttered.

'Don't stand talking here!' said Mrs. Smith, looking at the dripping figures and at the puddle which was growing in the centre of the carpet. 'They'll catch cold.2 Take them upstairs and give them some dry clothes, and I'll bring something hot to drink.'

It did not take them long3 to change their clothes, and soon they were in the sitting-room again.

'They were both almost drowned,' said Mr. Smith, looking round. 'Mr. Dix says that Arthur fought like a madman, he didn't want to be saved.'

'It was nothing, really,' said the mate, as he met Miss Smith's eyes. 'Don't listen to him,' said Mr. Smith, 'all brave men are like that, they don't like to speak about their courage.'

'I don't suppose he knew whom he was saving,' said a voice from the door.

'I didn't want to be saved,' said Mr. Heard firmly.

'Well, you can easily do it again, Arthur,' said the same voice, 'the dock won't run away.'

Mr. Heard looked crossly at the speaker.

'Tell us all about it,' said Miss Smith, looking at the mate. 'Did you see him jump in?'

Mr. Dix shook his head and looked at Mr. Heard for instructions. 'N...o, 1 didn't I was jušt taking a walk round the harbour before going to the ship, when I heard a cry for help

'No, you didn't,' said Mr. Heard crossly. 'I didn't cry for help!'

'Well, it sounded like it,' said the mate, embarrassed.

I never dreamt — M npeAc•raBMTb ce6e He Moraa 2 They'll catch cold. — OHH npocTYAn•rcfl.

3 It did not take them long — MM He r10Hau06MJ10cb MHOrO BpeMeHH

'I don't care what it sounded like,'l said the other. 'I didn't want to be saved.'

'Perhaps he cried E...m...m...a!' said the voice from the door.

'Perhaps,' agreed the mate. 'Well, when I heard it, I ran to the edge and looked down at the water. At first I couldn't see anything. Then

I saw what I took to be a dog.2 But, knowing that dogs can't cry "help"

'Not "help" , but "Emma" , ' corrected Mr. Heard.

'Emma,' said the mate, 'I just put my hands up and dived in. When I came up to the surface, I tried to seize him from behind. But before

I could do so, he put his arms round my neck like . . . like

'Like as if it were Emma's neck,'3 said the voice by the door.

Miss Smith rose calmly, and coldly -asked the speakers 'And who invited you here, George Harris?'

'I saw the door open,' said Mr. Harris, Emma's neighbour, 'I saw the door open and I thought .

'If you look agåin, you'll see the handle,' said Miss Smith.

Mr. Harris looked, and, opening the door very carefully, disappeared behind it.

'We went down like a stone,' continued the mate, as Miss Smith took her seat again and smiled at him. 'When we came up to the surface, he tried to get away again . .

'He might have drowned you '4 said Miss Smith with an angry look

at poor Arthur.

'I think,' said the mate, 'that we went down a few more times, but I'm not sure. Then we got ashore . perhaps I did first and pulled him after me.'

'I'm sure he fell into the water just by chance,'5 said Miss Smith. 'When you thought he was struggling to get away from you, he really was struggling to be saved. That's more like him. '

'Well, they are all right now,' said Mrs. Smith, 'and this fellow is going to have the Royal Society's meda16 for saving Arthur, I'm sure.'

'No, no,' said the mate hurriedly, 'I wouldn't take it, I couldn't think of it.'

I I don't care what it sounded like — A MHe BCe paBH0, KaK 3T0 3Bygano 2 | saw what I took to be a dog. — y'BHaeJ1 WTO-TO, wro a IIPMHHJI 3a c06axy.

3 Like as if it were Emma's neck. — KaK 6YÃT0 9T0 6b1Jra mefl 3MMb1.

4 He might have drowned you. — OH Mor 6b1 H Bac yronHTb.

5 just by chance — c.nyqaäH0

6 the Royal Society's medal ['rD1al sarsalatlz'rnedl) — Meaanb Kop0J1eBcKoro 06uxecTBa (3a cnaceyue ymonaK»u4eao)

sTake it or leave it '1 said Mr. Smith, 'but I'm going to the police to get it for you. I know the inspector a bit.'

'I can't take it,' said the mate in horror, 'and besides, don't you know that if this isn't kept quiet,2 Mr. Heard will be locked up for trying to commit suicide?'

'And I'd sooner lose3 fifty medals,' Mr. Dix continued.

'What's the good of my saving him4 if he is locked up after it?'

These words made a deep impression upon everybody in the room, and they began to praise the mate. Then Miss Smith turned and looked at Mr. Heard. 'Arthur, you can say that you fell into the water quite by chance, and then Mr. Dix would get the medal,' she said softly.

'Say!' shouted the angry Mr. Heard. 'Say I fell by . He could not go on speaking, he was so angry. He stood shaking with anger and looking at the company for a few moments. Then, throwing open the door, closed it behind him with a bang that made the house tremble.

The mate followed half an hour later, and the whole Smith family went with him. Mr. Dix pointed out the place where he had saved Mr. Heard. Then they went to the ship, and Mr. Smith told the whole story to the skipper whom they had found sitting on deck smoking a pipe.

Everybody at Pebblesea knew about the mate's courageous act the next day. He became a hero. And everybody knew he did not want a medal for saving Mr. Heard's life. Small boys followed him in the street. Half of Pebblesea knew when he called on the Smiths' 5 and

discussed his chances with Emma.6 Two nights afterwards, when he and Miss Smith went for a walk in the loneliest place, they could find a crowd followed them all the way.

The Starfish was away for three weeks. But the little town no longer looked dull to the mate as the ship entered the harbour one evening. Emma Smith was waiting to see the ship come in, and that was enough for him.

For two or three days they were perfectly happy. Then, suddenly, the figure of Arthur Heard appeared in their way. They could not get

I Take it or leave it (saying) — TaK WIM HHaqe (3To yx, KaK Ba.M 6yaeT yr0AH0) if this isn't kept quiet — ecJIH He COXpaHHTb 3TO B 'raiHe

3 And I'd sooner lose A cxopee corJ1aCHJICH 6b1 noerepqTb

4 What's the good of my saving him — KaKaa r10J1b3a 0T T01X), qrro fl crrac ero

5 called on the Smiths' — 3ax0AW1 AOMOÐ K CMHTaM discussed his chances, with Emma — ero InaHCb1 Ha ycnex y 3MMb1

rid of him. He followed them everywhere. He came up behind the mate one evening, just as he left the ship, and walked beside him in silence.

'Hullo,' said the mate at last.

'Hullo,' said Mr. Heard: 'Are you going to see Emma?' 'Yes, I'm going to see Miss Smith,' said the mate.

Mr. Heard laughed. It was not a gay laugh.

'And we don't want you to follow us everywhere,' said Mr. Dix firmly.

'I suppose it will do you goodl to know that you have never had a chance with Emma. She told me so.'

'I shan't follow you,' said Mr. Heard. 'It's your last evening, so you'd better make the most of it. '2

He turned away from the mate and walked off. The mate, thinking of Mr. Heard's last words, went thoughtfully on to the house.

He forgot the whole matter during his long walk with Miss Smith. He only remembered it at nine o'clock that evening, when a knock sounded on the door and Mr. Heard came in.

'Good evening, all,' he said.

'Evening, Arthur,' said Mr. Smith.

Mr. Heard calmly entered the room and closed the door behind him.

'Is anything the matter 3 Arthur?' said Mr. Smith.

'I've got something to tell you,' said Mr. Heard, staring at the mate. 'I've got something that has been worrying me4 for a long time. I've told you a lie!'

'You have often told lies, Arthur,' said Mrs. Smith. 'I remember . .

'We have both told you a lie,' said Mr. Heard, loudly. 'I didn't jump into the water to drown myself. And I didn't fall into the water by chance.. And Mr. Fred Dix didn't jump after me to save me. We just went to the end of the harbour where it is shallow and walked in and wetted ourselves.'

There was a moment's silence, and all eyes turned to the mate.

'Of course, I'm used5 to walking into the water and spoiling my clothes for the sake of6 people I've never met before,' he said with a nervous laugh.

I it will do you good — BaM 6yÄeT none3H0 you'd better make the most of it — nocTapaiiTecb npoBecTH BpeMH (n0JTyqme ucno.m,30BaTb Beqep)

3 Is anything the matter? — H•ro-HH6YÃb CJ1yHHJ10Cb?

4 has been worrying me — 6eCfl0KOHT MeHq 5 1'm used — y npHBb1HKa,• fl npMBb1K 6 for the sake of .

'For shame,l Arthur,' said Mr. Smith, 'How can you?' said Mrs. Smith.

'Arthur has forgotten how it all happened,' said the mate, still smiling. 'All the same 2 the next time he jumps in, he will have to get out by himself.'

Mr. Heard, raising his voice, began to give all the details about how everything had happened, how Mr. Dix got frightened when he was in the water. But all was in vain.3 Nobody believed him.

'If that is so,' said the mate, with a sarcastic smile, 'you had better try something else next time.'

'Very well,' said Mr. Heard in quieter tones. 'I challenge you to come along to the harbour and jump in, in your clothes, where you said you had jumped in after me. They'll soon see who's telling a lie and who's telling the truth.'

For a second or two Mr. Dix was frightened: he could not swim. But then he stood up and said he accepted the challenge. Miss Smith begged him not to be •foolish, but he insisted on going to the harbour. Emma asked her mother to get some dry clothes ready, and, taking the mate's arm, led the way to the harbour.

The night was fine but dark. A cool breeze blew up from the sea. The mate began to feel sorry he had accepted the challenge. Trying to hide his fear, he talked and laughed all the way there. When they arrived at the place, they stopped. Miss Smith, looking down into the dark water, trembled with nervousness.

'Be careful, Fred,' she said, laying her hand upon his arm.

The mate looked at her calmly. 'All right,' he said gaily, 'I'll go in and then out at once. You run to the house and help your mother to get dry clothes ready for me.'

His tone was so calm, and his laugh so gay, that Mr. Heard began to feel that he had underrated the mate's swimming powers.

'Just jumping in and swimming out again is much easier than saving a drowning man,' Mr. Heard said sarcastically.

Suddenly the mate saw his chance to avoid the test.

'Why, nothing can please you,' he said slowly. 'If I do go in, all the same you won't tell us you have been lying.' 'He'll have to '4 said Mr. Smith.

I For shame. — Kax Te6e He CTb1AHO. (CTbraMCb.)

2 All the same — 3ðecb Hero in vain — HanpacH0

He'll have to (tell us he has been lying). — EMY npMAe•rCH (cKa3aTb, OH ara-n).

'I don't believe he will,' said the mate. 'Look here!'l he said suddenly as he laid his hand on the old man's shoulder. 'I know what we'll do.' 'Well?' said Mr. Smith.

'I'll save you,' said the mate bravely.

'Save me?' said the astonished Mr. Smith, as his daughter gave a weak cry. 'How?'

'Just as I saved him,' said the mate, nodding. 'You jump in and sink twice, the same as he did . Then I'll jump in and save you. Of course, I'll do my best.2 1 promise you I won't come ashore without you.'

Mr. Smith was too astonished to speak. But as soon as he was able to speak, he asked:

'Have you . have you ever been in a madhouse?'

'No,' Mr. Dix said firmly. 'Well, then I'll have to save Arthur again.' 'Me?' cried Mr. Heard in horror.

'Yes, you!' said the mate in a decided voice. 'After what you said about me just now, I'm not going away without saving somebody. I must do it! Come on, in you go!3'

'Yes, Arthur, you will have to jump in,' said Mr. Smith.

'But I tell you he can'tswim,' protested Mr. Heard. 'He didn't swim last time, I told you so.'

'That will do,' said the mate angrily, 'we know what you said, now, all you've got to d04 is to jump in and I'll follow you, I'll save you the same way I did that night.'

'I tell you he can't swim,' repeated Mr. Heard nervously. 'l shall be drowned before your eyes.'

'Nonsense,' said Mr. Smith. 'Why, I'm sure you're afraid.

'I shall be drowned, I tell you,' cried Mr. Heard. 'He won't come in

after me!'

'Yes, he will,' said Mr. Smith, embracing the mate with his strong arm. 'I tell you, the moment you're in the water, I'll throw him into

the water after you. Are you ready?'

I-Wstood embracing the mate and waiting, but Mr. Heard with an angry exclamation suddenly walked away. When he turned around for a moment, he saw that the mate was now embracing Miss Emma Smith.

Look here! — IlocJ1ymaitTe!

2 I'll do my best ripHJ10Xy• BCe

3 Come on, in you go! — >KHBeü, Hb1PfliFre!

4 all you've got to do — BCC, wro BaM oc•raeTCH caeJ1aTb

Vocabulary

p. 58 hardly

p. 59 hard to have (got) smth on one's mind to shake one's head to refuse — to give up

p. 60 after all

to run the risk

p. 63 by chance 4+ on purpose chance — case — accident

3. Hardly had Mr. Heard seen the young man when he gave a cry of astonishment.

4. Hardly had they all entered the cottage when a middle-aged woman and a pretty girl of twenty rose to greet them.

5. Mr. Smith had hardly finished speaking when they all heard a voice from the door.

6. Hardly had the mate left the ship when Arthur appeared in his way.

7. Hardly had the mate finished his monologue when there came a complete silence and all the eyes turned to him.

Complete the ideas using the structures 'Hardly had smb

Exercises

1. Pick out from the story the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.

eABa (c 'rpyaoM); Tflxe.no; OTKa3aTbCfl (ae„naTb q.-J1.); ae.naTb; -reM He MeHee; PHCKOBaTb; CJryyaiåH0.

2. Fill in the blanks with 'hard' or 'hardly'. Consult the

dictionary if necessary.

1' He could see the man on the quay.

2. Though Sir Robert held a lantern in front of him he . saw Holmes in the darkness of the crypt.

3. The work was too . for him.

Mr. Dix looked . at the winter-faced young man in front of

5. The girl was beside herself with excitement and could say a word.

6. Peter was eight when his parents died.

3. TYanslate the following sentences into Russian using such structures as 'He ycnea/a/H OH/0Ha/OHH CAeJIaTb q.-a.,

KaK or 'EABa . . . , Kax or 'fl/OH/OHa He que.naa/a

KaK

l. Hardly had he approached the harbour when it began raining.

2. Mr. Heard had hardly been out of water when the figure of the mate appeared and walked to the shore.

done smth when ' or 'Smb had hardly done smth when . . Watch the tenses.

I. The train . . . (leave) when the conductor entered the compart ment.

2. . we (enter the hall) when the lights went off.

3. the writer (pronounce his name) when the lights went off.

4. Rudolf (step on the landing) when he saw a green door in front of him.

5. Sherlock Holmes . . . (examine the crypt) when Sir Robert broke in looking very angry.

6. Meeks (finish the description of his sister's books) when the policeman told him where io find her.

7. My aunt (move in) when strange things began happening with her.

Here are several expressions with the word 'head'. rn•anslate them into Russian. Consult the dictionary if necess-

to shake one's head from head to foot to count heads

to be at the head of (the class) he/she has a good head for mathematics

to be head over heals in work héads or tails (can't make head or tail of it) to keep (lose) one's head off one's head

6.	Look at the dictionary entry containing compounds for'-	8.	Find Russian equivalents for the following 'risk'-combi-
	med with the word 'head' and answer the questions.		nations and fill in the blanks with suitable words in the
	(compound) Nache n (a) continuous pain in the rv; band n		correct form.
	band worn round the •v; dress n covering for the N, esp		to risk one's life (health, money, reputation, etc.)
	woman's ornamental kind; -hight n large lamp on the front of		to risk doing smth
	a locomotive, motor-car, etc.; line n newspaper heading; line at		to run the risk of doing smth
	the top of a page containing title, etc.; phones n pl receivers		to take the risk
	fitting over the rv•, ear-phones; quaters n (sing or PI) place from which (e.g. police, army) operations are controlled; stone n		to do smth at one's risk
	stone set up at the of a grave; way n progress		at the risk of one's life (health, money, etc.)
	1. Why do some of tennis players wear a headband?		1. He wasn't very lucky in business and couldn't afford to .
	2. What for is a headstone on a grave?		either his money or reputation.
	3. Where's the headquaters of the UM)?		2. The mate was ready to jump into the cold water and save
	4. What's the first thing you hear on the radio on TV news?		Mr. Heard . his own life.
	5. What are the lights on the front of a car called?		3. The house stood in a lonely wild part of the country but my
	6. What do you do if you don't want to disturb anyone while		aunt moving in.
	listening to music?		4. Sherlock Holmes realized how dangerous it was to enter the crypt but he decided to
7.	TYansIate the sentences using 'give up' or 'refuse' accord-		5. After Rudolf had inspected the house and climbed the landing
	ing to the sense. Don't forget that		he saw a greed door in front of him. It didn't take him long to . . . opening the door (two variants are possible).

'to refuse' shows unwillingness (HexenaHhe) to accept or to give (to refuse an offer, a permission, to do smth);

'to give up' means 'to part with', 'to surrender' or •to stop doing smth'

9. Translate the sentences, using 'chance', 'accident', 'case' according to the sense. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

1. TpyAH0 cKa.3aTb, noqeMY P06epT He 0TKa3æ-rcfl paccKa3aTb
II_IePJ10KY X0JIMCy BCEO npaBAY.		1. Hcqe3HOBeHHe Ji10Jueü — 3TO COBepmeHH0 06b11-1HOe aevno B
2. AeBY111Ke 11PH111J10Cb OTKa3"dTbCfl OT MCKY11aTbCñ (have		npaKTHKe IIOJIHUMM.
a swim) B 03epe, T. K. OHa oqeHb 60fl.nacb XOJIOAHOü BOAb1.		2. IllepJ10K XOJIMC 6b1J1 YBepeH, wro 9TO HeC.•qaCTHbJti c.nyqañ, a
3. CHaqa-na I-IIepJ10K XOJIMC HTO cecmpa capa P06epm		He y6HiäcTB0.
6b1J1a y6wra KeM-TO H3 CJ1yr, HO BCKope OH 0TKa3aacfl 0T 3'roro		3. c„BCHY, MOfl TerrKa curryqaiiH0 nepeBepHY.na (overturn)
npe.ar10J10)KeHHfi (supposition).		KOP06KY.

4. Mo.T10A0ii qeJIOBeK c qepH0ti 60poaoii apoxaJ1 c roa'10BbI no HOP 4. pacrepflJ1(tfl: OH He 3HaÜ1, KaK nocrrynawr B noa06H OTKa3b1B&'1Cfl 0TBeqaTb Ha B011POCb1 Moeti rreTKH.Hb1X cayqaax.

5. Mon rreTKa 0TKa3a-nacb 0T 110T0MY HTO YMe- 5.

.na 06XOAHTbCfi 6e3 Hee. aeJIO C Pa3Hb1MM cayqafiMH.

6. MHc•Tep Xëpa OTKa3b1BaJICfl rrpb1raTb B BOIW, T. K. 3H&7T, HTO 6. 'He ynycrn CBOiä c.nyqaiå,' — Hamer1Tb1BaJ1 caM ce6e PYA0J1b(þ. HOMOIUHHK KarrwraHa•He YMeeT HJ1aBaTb, a 31--raqwr — He CMO- 7. HOMOLUHHK KarlHTaHa• 60flJICfl, wro qepe3 OH crarwr

*err ero cnacTM.		CBøaeTe:reM (witness) HecqacTHoro c.nyqaq.
7. 3MMa 6b1.na yeM-T0 paccTpoeHa, HO OTKa3aJ1aCb 06'bfiCHfiTb MH-	8.	HecMOTpfi Ha 'TO, HTO PyAOJ1b(þ PHCKOBaJ1, OH OTKPb1Tb
crepy Xëpay B yeM ae$10.		3eJ1eHYK) ABepb B Jff060M c.nyqae.
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10. Watch the meanings of 'purpose'-combinations and try to use them in your answers to the questions below.

the purpose of with a special (definite, etc.) purpose

for the purpose of on purpose

I. What was the purpose of Sherlock Holmes' visit to the crypt?

2. Did Rudolf have any definite purpose when he was taking another card from the Negro? What for did he take it?

3. What was Mr. Heard's purpose when he was jumping into the water?

4. Did the aunt overturn her work box with a definite purpose? Or did she do it by chance? Give your reasons.

5. What for did Mr. Meeks address a policeman in the Big City?

Il. Answer the questions.

1. Why did Mr. Dix change his mind about returning to the ship?

2. What aroused Mr. Dix's interest in the man standing at the

edge of the quay?

3. Was Mr. Heard intended to keep his threat to drown himself?

What for did he threaten Emma?

4. How did Emma take Arthur's threat?

5. Why did Arthur think that Emma would make him a laughing stock if he didn't drawn himself?

6. What did Mr. Dix suggest Mr. Heard do?

7. Why didn't Arthur want to mention the fact that he'd cried for

8. Why did the mate get frightened when Mrs. Smith mentioned the Royal society medal?

9. How did everyone take the mate's words that 'he'd sooner lose fifty medals' than let Arthur be locked up 'for trying to commit suicide'?

10. What was the last drop that overflowed Arthur's heart with anger and made him leave Smith's house? 11. Was Mr. Dix ambitious? Why? Why not?

12. What for did the mate point out the place where he'd saved Arthur and tell the whole story to the skipper?

13. How did the Smiths take Arthur's challenge?

14. Why was Mr. Dix frightened when Arthur challenged him to jump into water once again?

15. Why did Mr. Dix accept Arthur's challenge?

16. Why did the mate offer to save Emma's father first?

12. Talking points.

I. Give as much background information about (a) Mr. Dix (b) Mr. Heard and (c) Emma as you can.

2. Describe the way Mr. Heard was 'drowning' and the way Mr. Dix was 'saving' him.

3. Give at least two reasons explaining why Mr. Smith invited Mr. Dix and Mr. Heard to his house.

4. Pick out facts showing that Emma was inclined in Mr. Dix's favour.

5, Prove that Emma didn't change her attitude to Arthur for the

better.

6. Say if, in your opinion, Emma was (a) selfish, (b) no more light-minded and selfish than other young people of her age.

7. Give at least two reasons explaining why Arthur told the truth to the Smiths.

8. Pick out facts showing that Arthur could forsee that nobody wanted to believe his true story.

9. Give all the reasons explaining why the mate accepted the challenge.

10. Prove whether the mate's behaviour was/wasn't in keeping with his mood.

Il. Describe the way Mr. Dix avoided the test.

THE TREMENDOUS ADVENTURE OF MAJOR

BROWN

One bright afternoon Major Brown went. out for his usual afterdinner walk. The Major was a little man, very energetic and stronglooking, with a large grey head and a black moustache. Some time before Major Brown had retired from the army and now lived on a small pension. He had been a brave and successful soldier I but he had never liked being a military man. It was with the greatest delight that he took a small house2 in a quiet London street, and devoted the rest of his life to growing his favourite flowers pansies — in his little garden.

I He had been a ... successful [sak'sesful] soldier — Ero BOeHHafl Kapbepa 6b1J1a ycneu1H0M

2 It was with the greatest delight [dl'lalt] that be took a small house — C BeJ1qqaämHM HacaaxaeHHeM OH CHHJI Ma-neHb KHii JIOMHK (CM. npu.ueqaHue 2 Ha cmp. 16.)

As the Major was slowly walking along a narrow empty street, he suddenly saw a most pleasant sight.l A large, heavy man was pushing before him a barrow full of pansies. The Major had never seen such beautiful flowers. He came up to the man and began to talk to him. At first he wanted to buy only some of the pansies, but finally he decided to buy them all.

'I'll tell you something, sir,' said the man and looked around. 'If you are interested in such things, you just get on to that wall,' and the man pointed to the garden wall by which they were standing.

'What? On the wall?' cried the scandalized Major. He couldn't even think of doing such a fantastic thing.

'The finest collection of yellow pansies in England is in that garden, sir,' whispered the man with the barrow. 'I'll help you up, sir.'

How it happened, no one•will ever know, but the fact is that a second after, the Major was standing on the garden wall. And the next moment he forgot everything.

In the very centre of the garden he saw a large bed2 of the most beautiful yellow pansies.

But it was not the beauty of the pansies that surprised him. It was something else: the pansies were arranged in gigantic capital letters which formed the sentence: 'DEATH TO MAJOR BROWN.' A kindlylooking old man was watering them. Brown looked back at the road behind him. The man with the barrow had suddenly disappeared. Then he looked again at the flower-bed with that terrible inscription.

The evening air was so still, the garden was so quiet and beautiful. Why were these little flowers crying for his blood?3 Was it somebody's practical joke?4 But if it was a joke, it was a very expensive one: such

an arrangement must be terribly expensive. Why should anyone pour out money like water just for a joke against him?5

Suddenly the man watering the flowers looked up, saw the Major, and the watering-can fell from his hand.

'Who on earth are you? '6 he cried shaking with fear.

I a most pleasant sight — ucKJ1yoqwreJ1bH0 npHflTHoe 3peJIH1ue

2 bed — KJTyM6a

3 Why were these little flowers crying for his blood? — rlogeMy 3TM uBe•ToqKH Tpe60BaJIH KPOBM?

a practicål joke — rpy6aH LLIYTKa,

5 Way should any one pour [PO:] out money like water just for a joke against him? — H KOMY HYNHO 6b1-no Bb16PaCb1BaTb CTOJ1bKO AeHer TOJTbKO Toro, qT06b1 Tax 3JIO n0A11ryTHTb Haa HMM?

6 Who on earth are you? — Kero Bbl (On earth ynompeúaemca ycuÆHua.)

'I am Major Brown,' said the officer, who was always cool in the hour of action.l

The old man stared at him with wide-open mouth, like some large fish. At last he said, 'Come down, come down here.'

'At your service, '2 said the Major and jumped down the grass beside the man.

The old man turned his back and ran towards the house. The Major followed him with quick steps. They entered by the back door a gloomy, but very richly furnished house. The man stopped before a closed door and turned to the Major a face full of terror.

'Go into that room,' he said, 'but for heaven's sake3 don't mention j ackal s.'

Then he threw open the door and ran back the way they had come. The Major stepped into a richly furnished room,. full of red lamplight. He saw that the only person in that room was a lady, sitting by the window, looking out.

The Major had the finest manners in the world.

'Madam,' he said, bowing low, hat in hand. 'I am Major Brown.'

'Sit down', said the lady, but she did not turn her head. She was

dressed in green, and she had bright red hair.

'Why are you here?' she asked, still with her back to the Major.

'I have come, madam,' he said, 'to know what is the matter; to know why my name is written across your garden. And the inscription is not at all friendly.'

'You know, I must not turn round,' said the lady. 'Every afternoon till six o'clock I must keep my face turned to the street.' The Major tried to accept the riddle without surprise.

'Well,' he said, 'it is almost six.'

At that moment the clock upon the wall began to strike the hour. At the sixth stroke the lady jumped up and turned on the Major one of the most beautiful faces he had ever seen in his life.

'That makes the third year, I have waited '4 she cried. 'This is an anniversary. Oh, I almost wish the frightful thing would happen once and for all. '5

was always cool in the hour of action — COxpaHflJ1 Xã1aÄHOKPOBHe B 6010 (6yEB.

B Hac aeitCTBHfl)

2 At your service. — K BanlMM ycJ1yraM.

3 for heaven's sake — pauH BCero CBflTOrO (6YE6., paAH He6ec)

4 That makes the third year, I have waited. — BOT yxe TPH roAa KaK

5 | almost wish the frightful thing would happen once and for all. — MHe Kaxerrcfl, 6W1a 6b1 Aaxe paaa, ec—.r1H 6b1 3T0 yxacH0e c06brrne rlPOH30rnJT0 pa3 H Hag-ceraa.

As she spoke a sudden terrible cry filled the still evening air. It came from the pavement of the dark street. Then a voice cried out: 'Major Brown, Major Brown, where does the jackal live?'

'It is the end,' cried the lady in green with shaking lips, 'it may be death for both of us. Whenever .

But another cry from the dark street broke her speech:

'Major Brown, Major Brown, how did the jackal die?'

Brown threw open the door and ran out into the street. It was quite empty. Even the brave Major was a little shaken. He returned to the house, but as soon as he stepped into the room, the terrible voice came again: 'Major Brown, Major Brown, where did .

Brown was in the street in a second, and he was in time to see somethingl which at first glance froze his blood. The cries appeared to come from2 a head on the pavement.

The next moment the head disappeared. Then the Major understood: there was a man in the cellar. He had put his head through the coal-hole in the street.

The Major returned to the lady. 'Where is your coal cellar?' he cried.

She looked at him with wild, grey eyes.

'You will not go down,' she exclaimed, 'alone, into the dark hole, with that beast.'

But the Major did not hear her. He was already in the kitchen

walking down the stairs into the coal cellar. It was quite dark in the coal cellar. As he was feeling in his pockets for matches, a pair of gigantic hands came out of the darkness and seized him by the back of his head. They bent his head down, down• the complete darkness.

But the Major's head, though upside down,3 was perfectly clear. He put out one of his long strong hands and caught the leg of his invisible enemy. He pulled it off the ground, and laid the giant, with a crash, along the floor. The man tried to rise, but Brown was on top like a cat. They rolled over and over. •It was clear that the invisible giant now wanted only to escape. But the Major held him by the coat collar and was not going to let him out of the cellar. Suddenly the giant's coat buttons burst, and, leaving his torn coat in the Major's hands, the giant ran out of the cellar.

I he Was in time to see something — OH ycne.n ÿBqaeTb Hetrro

2 The cries appeared to come from . . OKa3b1Bae•rca, Bon-nu HCXOÃHJIH 0T

3 though upside down — aa*e ony1ueHHaR BHH3 (6yxe. nepeBepHyran)

This coat was the only real clue to the mystery, for when the Major

came out of the cellar, the lady, the rich furniture of the house had disappeared. He saw only bare boards and whitewashed walls.

This time the Major looked about him almost in despair.

'I must go and see Rupert Grantl at once,' he decided.

Rupert Grant was a young, but very promising private detective. He

lived in a small cottage with bis brother — Basil.2

Basil Grant had been a judge for a very long time. People said he was a bit 'off his head'.3 Basil liked poetry and art. His blue eyes were dreamy and melancholy. Rupert was quite different from his brother. He was very active, he liked his detective work, and was sure that some day he would become as famous as Sherlock Holmes.

Rupert's restless eyes were full of excitement when the Major finished

the story of his mysterious adventures. The eyes of Basil were closed as if in sleep.

'The lady was in the conspiracy,4 of course,' said Rupert.

Major Brown turned very red.

'I beg your pardon,' he said. 'I think not.'

Rupert raised his eyebrows, looked at him for a moment, but said nothing. When he spoke again he asked, 'Was there anything in the pockets of the coat?'

'Yes,' said the Major, 'some small change, there was a cigaretteholder and this letter.' He laid it on the table. Rupert took the letter. It ran as follows:5

'Dear Mr. Plover,6

I am sorry to hear7 that some delay has occured in the arrangements

relating to Major Brown. Please see that he is attacked8 tomorrow, as we have arranged. The coal cellar, of course.

Yours faithfully, P. G. Northover '9

'Is there an address?' asked Rupert.

Rupert Grant ['ru:pat 'gra:nt] — PynepT rpaHT

Basil ['belzl) — Beä3J1

3 a bit 'off his head' — He COBCeM B 'CBOeM YMe

The lady was in the conspiracy [kan'sptresl] — ùKeH111HHa 6b1J1a c006ruHuueh.

It ran as follows — OHO rJ1acH-no

6 Plover ['plAva] — IIJ1a.Bep

I am sorry to hear — c oropgeHMeM ycJTbrnran see that he is attacked — npocJ1eAHTe 3a TeM, AT06b1 HanaaeHHe Ha Hero 6b1JIO np0BeneH0

9 Northover ['no:Ðõuve] = HopT0yBep

'No . Oh, yes,' replied Brown, looking at the paper. '14, Tanner's

Court 'l

'Then, why are we waiting here?' cried Rupert impatiently. 'The

clue is in our hands. Let's go along. Basil, give me your revolver.'

Basil was still sitting with his eyes closed; it was some time before he answered, 'I don't think you will need it.'

'Perhaps not,' said Rupert, putting on his coat. 'One never knows.2 But don't forget that we are going to see criminals.'

'Do you think they are criminals?' asked Basil in his sleepy voice.

Rupert laughed loudly.

'Can you doubt, my dear brother, that the letter is an order to attack and kill the Major? Look at the letter.'

'I am looking at the letter,' said Basil calmly. 'I don't think it is the sort of letter3 one criminal would write to another.'

'Well,' cried Rupert, turninground; with laughter in his bright blue eyes. 'Your methods surprise me. Why, there is the letter. It is written, and it does give orders4 for a crime. And I am going anyhow, and I know that I am going to a criminal. Can I have your revolver?'

'Certainly,' said Basil, getting up. 'But I am coming with you.'

And the three men went out into the quiet night. It was a funny looking group; the short figure of the Major was marching behind the flying coat of young Rupert Grant; Basil was slowly walking behind the Major, with his face turned to the stars.

It took them only a few minutes to get to Tanner's Court.

'Shall we go in now?' asked Rupert.

'We should call the police first,' said the Major.

'I shouldn't call the police,' said Basil.

Rupert turned away from him angrily.

'We must open the door,' he said, 'and rush in. If the criminals try to escape, I shall use my revolver. Basil, have your stick ready. Now — one, two, three, four!'

With these words he threw the door open, and the three men rushed

into the room and stopped dead.5

I Tanner's Court ['tænaz 'ko:t] — T3HHepc Kop-r (HaagaHue y.aut4N) 2 One never knows. — TpyÃH0 CKa3aTb 3apaHee.

3 | don't think it is the sort of letter . — OHO He noxoxe Ha nucbMa, TOPb1e .

and it does give orders — B HeM aeiCTBWreJ1bH0 ecTb pacnopflxeHHe npu-

MegaHue 4 cmp. 36.) to stop dead — BHe3ar1H0 OceraHOBHTbcq, 3aMepeTb Ha MecTe

They were in an ordinary and well furnished office. Behind a large desk a small man with a black moustache was writing hard. He looked up at the three men and asked very politely:

'Did you knock? I am sorry, I did not hear. What can I do for you? '1

There was a pause, and then the Major stepped forward. The letter was in his hand and he looked very grim.

'Is your name P. G. Northover?'

'That's my name,' replied the other with a friendly smile.

'I think this letter was written by ÿou,' said Major Brown angrily. He threw the letter to the man at the desk. Northover looked at it

with interest and smiled again.

'Well, sir,' went on the Major, breathing hard, 'what about that? '2

'What about it?' said Northoyer. 'I don't quite understand you, sir.'

'I am Major Brown,' said that gentleman grimly. Northover stood up and bowed.

'Pleased to meet you,3 sir. What have you to say to me?'

'Say,'4 cried the Major impatiently. 'I want. to settle this affair.5 1

want —

'Certainly,' said Northover, jumping up from his chair. 'Please, sit down. Will you take a chair for a moment?'

He pressed an electric bell, and the next moment a young man entéred the room.

'Mr. Hopson, '6 said Northover, 'this is Major Brown. Will you please finish that thing for him, I gave you this morning, and bring it in?' 'Yes, sir,' said Mr. Hopson and disappeared at once.

'You will excuse me, gentlemen,' said Mr. Northover with his bright smile, 'if I continue to work until Mr. Hopson is ready. I have some work that must be finished before I get away on my holiday tomorrow. And we all like the open air of the country, don't we? Ha! Ha!'

The criminal took up his pen with a happy laugh. A few minutes passed. Mr. Northover wrote busily while the three gentlemen looked at him in grim silence.

I What can I do for you? — BaM yr0AH0? (HeM Mory 6b1Tb noae3eH? o@enpuyamaa iop.uyaa)

2 What about that? — Hy, H qTO Bbl CKaxeTe no 9•roMy r10B01V?

3 Pleased I am pleased) to meet you. — Paa n03HaKOMMTbCR c BaMH (06u4enpuHarnaa "Myna -npu 3Haxo.ucmse) Say — noc-rrymafi•re

5 I want to settle this affair [a'fea] — 3ð. q x0¼Y 3HaTb, B qeM aeJ10.

6 Hopson [hopsan] — Xonc0H

At last Mr. Hopson appeared again, put a paper before Mr. NorthOver and disappeared again. Mr. Northover ran his eye up and down the paperl and then handed it to Major Brown.

'I think you will find it all right, Major,' he said politely. The Major looked at it and saw that it was a bill addressed to him. It ran as follows:

Major Brown to P. G. Northover:2

Planting and arrangement4 of 200 pansies in 2. o. o. Barrow with flowers O. 15. o. Hire of man with o. 05. o Hire of house 1.

Furniture for house . 4.

Salary of Miss Jameson5 1. o. o.

Salary of gardener . 1. o. o.

10. o. o.

'What,' cried Brown after a dead silence. His eyes seemed slowly rising out of his head 6 'What for heaven's sake is this?'

'What is it?' repeated Northover with his friendly smile. 'It is your

bill, of course.'

'My bill!' cried the Major. 'My bill! And what have I to do with7 that bill?'

'Well,' said Northover laughing, 'I think you will have to pay it.'

For once8 the Major forgot his good manners. He lifted the nearest chair into the air with one hand and threw it at Northover's head. Northover jumped to his feet and got a blow on the arm.

'You are mad,' cried Northover. 'A client has a full right to protest

against overcharges, but not to throw furniture!'

'What for heaven's sake do you mean by your "clients" and "overcharges"? ' cried Major Brown almost hysterically, for the first time in

ran his eye up and down the paper — rrp06e>KaJ1 rJ1a3aMM 6yMary

2 Major Brown to P. G. Northover — AOJ1r Maåopa BpayHa n. r. HoperoyBepy

3 L. S. D. — Ram. tþyHTb1 CTePJIMHr0B, IIIHJTJTMHI'M, neHCb1

4 Planting and arrangernent — IlocaAKa B onpeaeJICHH0M nopqÃKe

5 Jameson d3e1msan] — AXeNMCOH

6 His eyes seemed slowly rising out of his head. — FJ1a.3a em, Ka3XnoCb, Me;vreHH0 PNJ1e3aJIH H3 op6wr.

7 to have te do with — BMeTb 0THOmeHHe .

8 For once — EJIHHcTBeHHb1i* pa3 B

his life. 'Who are you? I have never seen you, or your foolish bills. I only know that you ordered one of your criminals to kill me.

'Mad,' said Northover looking around.

'Your crimes are discovered,' said Rupert. 'I am only a private detective, but a policeman is coming here and

'Mad,' repeated Northover. 'All of them are mad.

At this moment the sleepy voice of Basil Grant was heard.

'Major Brown,' he said. 'Can you tell me, what was the name of the man who lived in your house before you?'

The unhappy Major thought for a moment and said, 'Yes, I think, I know. A man named Gurney Brown,l that was his name.

'And when did you take the house?' asked Basil, and for the first time his eyes lost their dreaminess.

'I came in last month,' said the Major.

At these words 'the criminal' Northover suddenly fell into his chair and shouted with laughter.2

'Oh, it is too funny,' he cried, 'it is too funny!'

Basil Grant was shaking with noiseless laughter.

'Look here,3 Basil,' cried Rupert angrily. 'If you don't want me to go mad, tell me what all this means?' Northover rose from his chair.

'Let me explain, sir,' he said, 'and first of all I must apologize to you, Major Brown, for a most unfortunate mistake 4 which has caused you much trouble. You behaved like a real gentleman. Of course the bill is not yours and you need not trouble5 about it.'

Hé tore the bill into small pieces and threw them into the wastepaper-basket.

'But I don't even begin to understand,' exclaimed the Major. 'What bill? What mistake?'

Mr. Northover came up to Major Brown.

'Do you know where you are, Major?'

'God knows, I don't,' nervously answered the Major.

'You are standing,' replied Northover, 'in the Office of "The Adventure and Romance Agency" .36

Gurney Brown ['g3:m 'bra-tm) — ryPHH BpayH

shouted with laughter — pa3pa3HJ1cH rp0MKHM CMexOM 3 Look here. — noc.nyulaå.

4 an unfortunate [on' fo:tfmt] mistake — aocaAHafl 0111H6Ka you need not trouble — BaM He3aqeM 6ecnOKOHTbC51

6 The Adventure and Romance [raimæns] Agency — AreHTCTB0 1-IPHKJ1roqeHHit u

POMaHTMKH

'And what is that?' asked Brown.

The man of business looked at him thoughtfully.

'Major,' he said, 'did you ever feel on some dull afternoon the hunger for something unusual?l Did you ever want something to happen; something that would take you away from the monotony of life, away

from its dull routine? Did you ever feel that?' 'Certainly not,' said the Major shortly.

'Then, I must explain it better,' said Northover with a sigh.

'I am the owner of 'The Adventure and Romance Agency'. I started the business to meet the desire of people for adventure?

On every side 3 in conversations, in literature we hear of the desire

for the unusual, for something that would break the routine of the quiet, dull life we live. Now, the person who feels this way,4 pays a certain sum to "The Adventure and Romance Agency". In return5 the Agency surrounds him with the most surprising events, which break the monotony of his life. As soon as a man leaves his front door

unusual things begin to happen to him. Of course a very interesting story is first written, for him by one of the talented writers who work for the Agency. Your story, Major Brown, was extremely interesting and dramatic. What a pity6 you did not see the end of it.'

A smile again appeared on his face.

'Mr. Gurney Brown, who formerly lived in your present house, was my client,' Northover went on. 'And my foolish clerks decided that Major Brown and Mr. Gurney Brown were the same person. That's how you found yourself in the middle of another man's story. '7

'And we believe that we are doing a noble work,' continued Northover with real enthusiasm. 'Look at the modern man. His life is terribly dull. If he wants something different he has to sit and read. If he wishes to get into fairyland he has to read a book; if he wishes to be in the thick of battle8 — he reads a book; if he wishes to have adventures he has to read a book. But our Agency gives him real adventures in

I the hunger for something unusual — TOCKa (r0J10Ã) no HOBb1M 0111.yueHHflM

2 to meet the desire [dl'zalõ) of people for adventure — HT06b1 YAOBJ1eTBOpaTb

J110ACxyK) rlPHKJIKHeHHä

3 On every side — 110Bcroay, Be3Ae

4 the person who feels this way — qeJIOBeK, K0Topb1tt onwruaeT HeqT0 noa06Hoe

5 In return — B3aMeH

6 What a pity ['pitl] — KaKaq XaJ10CTb

7 That's how you found yourself in the middle of another man's story. — ^DBOT KaRHM 06pa30M Bbl ogyTHJIMCb B uewrpe C06b1TMå, npeAHa3HaHeHHb1x apyroro

qeJ10BeKa.

8 in the thick of battle B ryule cpaxeHMH

which he takes part himself. We give him the chance to be a hero. We

make him fight strange men, run down long streets from pursuers, climb walls and jump off into mysterious places — all healthy and pleasant exercises too.l We give him back his childhood, that happy time when he can act stories2 and be a hero.'

'Of course,' Major Brown began after a pause, 'no doubt at all,3 the scheme is excellent. But I don't think you will find me in it. 4 When one has been oneself in the thick of real battle and seen real blood and heard real men screaming, — one does not want false excitements5

One wants a little house and a quiet life.'

'So, I don't think I can offer my card to any Of you, gentlemen?' asked Northover after another pause.

'Oh, I shall take your card with the greatest pleasure,' said the Major and everybody laughed.

Northover handed the Major his card and Brown read it aloud. It ran as follows:

P. G. Northover

Adventure and Romance Agency 14, Tanner's Court.

When the three men had left thé office Northover broke again into loud laughter.6

'To think of that prosaic Major, of all people getting into the nets7 of "The Adventure and Romance Agency"

At the moment a knock came at the door, and the Major re-entered the office.

all healthy and pleasant, exercises too — BCe 3T0 K TOMY xe npHflTHaa H 110J1e3- Haa rHMHacrHKa

2 when he can act stories — Koraa OH MOxeT 6b1Tb AencTBYEor11MM JIHUOM paccKa.3a no doubt [daUt] at all — BHe BCHKOr0 COMHeHMfi

4 But I don't think you will find me in it. — HO Bpaa 6yAy ygaCTHHKOM

Banrux n-naH0B

5 When one has been oneself in the thick of real battle one does not want false [fo:ls] excitements. — Tow, KTO n06b1Ba-n B ryrue HaCT0fl1uer0 He HYXHb1 np1UWMaHHb1e yxaCb1.

6 to break into laughter — pa3pa3MTbcfl CMeXOM

7 To think of that prosaic (prau'zellk] Major, Of all people, getting into the nets . — H nojWMaTb TO.nbKO, Wro He KTO Kak 3•TOT Maäop-np03aHK, nona.ncñ B ce•rH .

'What? Back again, Major?' cried Northover in surprise, 'What can I do for you?'

'It is absurd, of course,' said the Major, 'but I feel a great desire to know who was the lady whom I tried "to save". '

'Oh, certainly, Major,' said Northover politely. 'It was Miss Jameson.

She is an actress and works for our Agency.'

'And could I know the end of it all?' asked the Major again.

'The end of it all?' repeated Northover.

'Yes,' said the Major. 'What did it mean: jackals, and "death to

Major Brown"

Northover's face was very serious though his eyes were laughing.

'I am terribly sorry,' he said. 'But what you ask is impossible. The

adventures are confidential.l I have no right to tell you a word more. I do hope you understand. '2

'There is no one who understands discipline better than I do. Thank you very much. Good night.' And the little man disappeared for the last time.

Major Brown married Miss Jameson, the lady with the graceful figure and the red hair. Her friends who knew her as a poetic creature, were surprised at her marriage with that prosaic old soldier.

She always replied very quietly that she had met many men, who acted very well in the dramas prepared for them by Northover's writers. But she had met in her life only one man who went down into a coal

cellar, when he really thought that there was a murderer there.

They are living as happily as birds, and the disciplined veteran never asks his wife about the end of that story, and why he was not allowed to speak of jackals.

Vocabulary

p. 74 to devote one's life to smth (doing smth)

p. 75 to point to smth to think of smth (doing smth) to pour out money (like water) — to waste money to spend money

I The adventures are confidential [,konfi'denfal]. — CUCHapHH npHK.moqeHMä He

no;vlexarr ornau_1eHmo.

2 | do hope you understand. — fl ogeHb Haaerocb, qrro Bbl notiMeTe.

p. 76 to enter smth by the back door to sit by the window at the 1-st (2-nd, 3-d, etc.) stroke

p. 77 to be in (on) time to feel for smth (matches money, etc.) to burst into laughter (tears)

p. 78 to be different from smb (smth)

to finish to end

p. 81 to run one's eyes up and down the page It ran as follows

p. 82 to shout with laughter/tears (But: to break/burst into laughter/tears to apologize to smb for smth (un)fortunate — happy — lucky to cause (a cause — a reason)

p. 83 a desire/hunger for srnth to start business to break the routine to work for/at/with another — other — still else yet

p. 84 offer — suggest

Structures

p. 76 Whenever/whereber/whoever/whatever . . .

p. 78 . . . as if in sleep (surprise, dream, anger, etc.)

EzeTEises

I. Pick out from the story the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations.

110CBflTHTb BCEO oceraB111YFOCfl *H3Hb (Bblpa111HBaHHIO 11BeTOB); YKa3aTb Ha (crreHY); AYMa"1'b O TOM, HT06b1 H.-JI. cae.naTb; COPHTb aeHbraMvr; BOMTH qepe3 HepHb1ii xoa; CHAeTb y OKHa; nepBOM yxuape yacoB; HauwnaTb B KapMaHe cnHYKM,• pacxoxo•raTbca; OTJIWfflTbCfl or, KaK 6YAT0 6b1 BO CHe (paccepAHP111Hcb, YAHBHBfflHCb, Megrrafl); np06exaTb r.na3aMH no crrpaHHue; H3BHHHTbCfl nepea K.-.n.; HapyIllHTb MOHOTOHHOCTb; rrpežvuaraTb (2 rvnarœla).

Complete the sentences with suitable prepositions.

1. Major Brown thought devoting the rest of his life growing his favourite pansies.

2. Rudolf looked at the house with the green door the Negro was pointing .

3. 'Who will pour . money like water just to make a joke . me?' — Major Brown wondered.

4. Rudolf entered the house a back door and saw a green door. It wasn't closed. He entered the room and saw the girl sitting the window.

5. The clock began to strike the hour. the tenth stroke the door opened and the most beautiful lady the major have ever seen entered.

6. It was so dark he had to feel . the matches in his pocket.

7. Though they were brothers Rupert was different . . . Basil

8. Rudolf ran his eyes . and . . . the card. It ran follows.

9. When Northover understood what the matter was he shouted (shrieked) . . . laughter.

10. As Major Brown had once taken part in a real battle and seen real blood he couldrft understand anybody's hunger . something unusual.

11. Both Mr. Northover and his assistant had to apologize their mistake.

12. Miss Jameson's friends were very much surprised her marriage . an old soldier.

Translate the sentences, using either 'waste', 'spend', or pour out'.

1. Tbi xopomo np0Be„T1a BpeMfl B CaHKT-11eTep6ypre?

2. OHa copwr aeHbraMW, HHHTO He MO)KeT ee OCTaHOBHTb.

3. noerpaerwra aeHbru Ha OTKPb1TKH, MaPKH H KOHBePTbI.

4: He Yl'0BaPHBaWre ero. 3"1'0 rryc•rafl (mere) Tparra BpeMeHH.

5.npomy 're6fi He •rpaTMTb CTOJIbKO neHer Ha pe6eHKY.

6. IloqeMY Tbi -rparrvru_lb CTOJ1bKO BpeMeHH, 60JITan C KeM-TO no Tevnecþ0HY?

7. IlepecTaHb 110KynaTb oaeyqy, Korropa.a He norraA06HTCfl Te6e B 6YAY111eM. 3T0 rrpaTa AeHer.

4. Study the chart and translate the sentences given below. 4. Rudolf turned up in the girl's life just . . . to rescue her from starvation.

whenever

Koraa 6b1 HH

5. Why didn't you come to see her off to the station?

wherever

rae 6b1 HH

6b1

1. Whenever he comes she doesn't ask where he has been.

2. Whoever phones, tell him I'll call back later.

3. Wherever you go in summer I'd like you to take some warm clothes with you.

2. She raised the vpice and clutched the fits .

3. When Sir Robert saw Holmes in the crypt he stared at him . .

4. She lay in bed motionless, breathing quietly . .

5. The cat jumped onto her laps and began purring (Mypa"lblKaTb)

whoever KTO HH

7. Fill in the blanks with 'as if in sleep (surprise, dream, anger, pleasure, etc.)' according to the sense.

1. Basil's eyes were closed

4. You'd better keep your promise whatever happens.

5. Whatever reasons she may give they won 't excuse her behaviour , 8. Fill in the blanks with 'happy', 'lucky', 'fortunate' accord-

6. Whoever knocks at the door she won't open.ing to the sense.

7. You can fully rely on him, there is no doubt about it Whatever.

8.	Wherever she turned up (110flBJ1flTbCfl) she attracted every-	1.	He is . in business. I come to believe that he was born under
	body's attention.		star.
		2.	'Seven' is considered to be a number.

9. Whatever she wore was in good taste.

		4.	I'll be . . to accept your invitation.
5.	Suggest Russian equivalents of the following 'time'-combi-	5.	It's not everybody who has a chance to see this exhibition.
	nations. Consult the dictionary if necessary. Learn them	6.	My son's success at school makes me . . . .

by heart and use some of them in sentences of your own.	7.	It's a . circumstance for me that I met you when I needed
in time; on time; from time to time; all in good time; in a short		you too much.

3. Both of them are very in a . . . number.

time; it's high time; in no time; at the same time; some time or

other; on full (short) time; to have a rough time; to while away

9. Study the chart and translate the sentences, using 'an the time; to gain time; time presses; take your time; time is up. other' 'other', 'more' 'still', 'yet', 'else' according to the sense.

6. Complete the sentences, using 'on time' or 'in time'. Don't forget that

'on time' means 'at exactly the right time' (E.g. In many schools the classes always start on time.)

'in time' means 'early enough' (E.g. He came in time to stop the 1. quarrel.) 2.

I. The train service is terrible; the trains never arrive . . . . 3.

2. Laure is very punctual. She always comes . . 4.

3. I don't think I'll be home . to see this TV programme. 5.

another — OAHH eruë, apyrue er_llëBCe eulë

— wro euë — He

()Ha BCe eu_lë rurmerr AOK-naa. He Memaä ei.

OH elllë He 3aKOHHHJ1 r0BOPHTb. He nepe6HBaii ero. tlT0 eulë Bbl MOI'JIH 6b1 CKa.3aTb no 3TOMY Bonpocy?

KaKMe euë KHHFH 9Toro ayropa Bbl 6b1 XOTEIM 11POHHTaTb?

Aaii MHe eulë OAHH KYCOK 11Hpora, OH OqeHb BKYCHb1tå.

10. Write one of the following verbs given below (in its correct12. Complete the sentences with suitable prepositions. Don't form) in each space. Don't forget thatforget that

Break — JlOMaTb(Cfl)a variety of prepositions can be used to indicate work relationship:

Burst— nonaTbca, pa3Pb1BaTbCflE.g.l I work for Manders (they are my employers).

Crack — TPeCHYTbI work at Manders (the place).

CrushaaBHTb (BHHOrpaa)I work with Manders (a sense of collaboration).

Crumble — KPOUMTbCfl, OCb1naTbcnE.g.2 1'm in computers (general type of work).

I. A rubber band does this if you stretch it too much.

2. To make wine you first the grapes.

3. My children's toys

4. A cup or vase will do this if you drop it from a high cupboard.

5. If a plate does this you can still use it.

6. It's dangerous to give chicken bones to a dog because they

I. I work — Manders.

2. She's been — Manders — years.

3. Hes the Production Department.

4. I'm — fashion design.

5. I'm — the recruitment side (HaÌ*M Ha pa60TY).

13. Fill in the blanks with 'offer' or 'suggest'. Don't forget that

Snap — ueJIKaTb, xaonaTbI'm on the market research side (general type of work). Shatter — Pa36HBaTbCfl Bape6e31'HI'm in the Sales Department (specific place of work) — paSplinter — PaCKaJ1b1BaTbCfl60Tai0 B OTAene nponax.

into small pieces.

they are used to describe different situations: 'offer smth (money,

7. In cold weather water pipes (BOAOflPOBOAHb1e Tpy6b1) do this.help, a cup of tea, a cigarette, etc.)' 'suggest smth (a plan, an idea, a trip, etc.)'

8. It happens to cliffs over the years (c because of theoffer smb to do smth — npeanaraTb, BblpaMaTb rOTOBHOCTb H.-n. action of the tide (HPWIMB).AenaTb caMOMY suggest (that) smb (should) do smth — npeanaraTb, HT06bl K.-n.

11. Fill in the blanks with 'cause' or 'reason' according to theH,-n. CAenan (TOT, KOMY npeAnaraK)T) sense. franslate the sentences. Don't forget that the Russian word 'npnym-ta' can be rendered by different English words

reason — AOBOA, noB0A

npMHthHa

cause — MCTOHHhK

1. I have to postpone my trip for family .

2. The child's health was the . . . of the parents' anxiety (TpeBora).

3. What's the . . . of her illness?

4. There's no to consider him untruthfull.

5. He refused to explained to the teacher the .for his absence at the lesson.

6. The operation was successful. So there's no .. to worry.

1. 'So, I don't think I can . . . my card to any of you, gentlemen?' — asked Northover after another pause.

2.'It's not our clients but we, who . them adventures,' — Northover went on.

3. It turned òut later the Negro . . Rudolf a ticket for a first-rate show.

4. Who this idea?

5. Rudolf . that the girl drink milk first.

6. My aunt . , that one of the servants should first pull down the

picture.

7.My neighbour to give me a lift to the station.

8. Sherlock Holmes . . . that Sir Robert tell him the truth and Sir Robert did.

9. This exhibition is worth visiting. I to be your quide.

14. Fill in the blanks with 'finish' or 'end' according to the sense. Don't forget that

'finish smth (school, a letter, a picture, etc.) or doing smth (painting, writing, etc.)' — 3aKOHHhTb Ll.-n. (AenaTb H.-n.) — (3a)KOHHMTbCB

1. The Major the story of his mysterious adventure.

2. My aunt brushing her hair.

3. All is well that . well.

4. Where does the road ?

5. After Holmes . . examining the coffins he heard someone

walking into the church.

6. Northover . . . his speech and turned to Major Brown.

7. The book happily.

15. Answer the questions.

1. What was Major Brown's past?

2. Why was a sight in a narrow empty street a most pleasant one for Major Brown?

3. What did the man suggest Major Brown do pointing to the wall

by which they were both standing?

4. How did Major Brown take his suggestion?

5. How did the man explain his strange suggestion to M.B.?

6. Was it the beauty of the pansies that surprised the Major? What was it?

7. How did Major Brown explain to the lady the reason for his visit?

8. How did the lady in her turn, explain to Major Brown why she was sitting with her back to him?

9. What happened all of a sudden when the lady was speaking to Major Brown?

10. What did Major Brown see in the street that at first glance froze his blood?

Il. Why did M.B. feel in his pockets for matches in the cool cellar?

12. How did the invisible giant manage to escape from the Major?

13. Why was the giant's coat the only clue to the mystery?

14. What made Major Brown go and see Rupert Grant?

15. How did each of the brothers take Brown's story?

16. Was there anything in the pocket of the giant's coat?

17. What did the letter run?

18. What steps did Rupert decide to undertake after reading the letter?

19. Who did the men find in the office?

20. What made the Major forget his good manners? What did he do after looking through the bill?

21. What questions asked by Basil helped Northover realize a most unfortunate mistake?

22. Why did Northover decide to set up 'The Adventure and Romance Agency' ?

23. How did M.B. find himself in the middle of another man's story?

24. What are the advantages of the Agency enumerated by Northover?

25. Why didn't Major Brown want to be the client of Mr. Northover's Agency?

16. Thlking points.

1. Give as much background information about: (a) Major Brown, (b) Rubert and Basil Grant, (c) Northover and (d) the lady as you can.

2. Reconstruct the logic of Major's reasoning. Explain how he came to the conclusion that what he saw in the garden (a bed of pansies) couldn't be a practical joke.

3. Pick out facts showing that Major Brown had the finest manners in the world.

4. Pick out everything in the lady's words and behavior that could arouse (Bb13BaTb) his surprise.

5. Describe everything that happened with Major Brown in the cool cellar.

6. Name all the differences between Rupert and Basil Grant*

7. Give .at least one reason why Major Brown turned red when Rupert mentioned the lady.

8. Pick out everything in Basil's behavior that speaks to the fact

that he considered the case to be a practical joke.

9. Express your opinion as to why author describes the three men going out into the quiet night as a funny looking group.

10.Reconstruct the logic of Basil Rupert's reasoning. Explain how he came to the conclusion that the whole thing was a carefully arranged (TUIaTeabHO CHJraHHPOBaHHb1h) adventure and not preparation for a crime.

11.Reproduce Mr. Northover's reasons for setting up the 'Adventure and Romance Agency'.

12.Say if M.B. was right saying that 'one who's been oneself in the thick of real battle and seen real blood does not want false excitements'. Give your reasons.

RULE OF THREEI

The long summer day had gone and it was getting dark. The little harbour was very quiet, as there were only a few small schooners in its gray waters.

The skipper of the Harebell and his mate came slowly towards the schooner. The skipper stoppedsuddenly and, turning to the mate, held up his hand for silence.

'What's the matter?' said the mate.

'Listen,' said the skipper shortly.

The mate listened. From the fo'c's'le there came the sound of men's voices and of women's laughter.

'What's the matter?' repeated the mate in surprise.

'Did you hear what I said to them, Jack?' asked the skipper. 'How many times did I tell them not to bring their girls to the schooner? Do you remember, Jack, what I said I would do if they brought them on board again?'

I Rule [ru:l] of Three. — BJ1acTb Tpex.

'You said you would eat them without salt,' said the mate,

'Now I'm going to do something worse than that. I'm going to cast offl quietly and take the girls along with us .

'If you ask me,' said the mate, 'I think the crew will be very pleased if you do.'

'Well, we'll see,' said the other. 'Make no noise, Jack!'

With the help of his mate he cast off the warpsl which held his uninvited visitors to their town. The wind was blowing from the shore; and the schooner sailed silently away from the quay.

The skipper went to the wheel. When the young seamen saw What had happened, they rushed to the deck and looked round in surprise.

'Stand by!'2 cried the skipper to them. 'Shake them out.'3

'I'm sorry, sir,' said one of the young sailors with more politeness his tone than he had ever used before, 'one moment, sir 'Stand by!' shouted the skipper.

'Hurry up!' cried the mate.

The men looked at each other helplessly and started doing their duties on board. The girls shrieked when they saw their position and ran to the deck too in the hope to improve it.

'What!' shouted the skipper as if he were surprised.4 "What? Girls aboard after all I said? It can't be! I'm sure I'm dreaming.'

'Take us back!' cried the girls, paying no attention5 to the sarcasm:

'Take us back, Captain!'

'No, I can't go back,' said the skipper. 'You made a bad mistake, my girls, coming aboard the schooner!'

'We won't do it again,' cried the girls, as the schooner came to the mouth of the harbour and they saw the dark sea.

'It can't be done,' said the skipper gaily.

'It's against the law, sir,' said Ephraim Biddle seriously.

'What! To take my own ship out is against the law?' cried the skipper. 'How could I know that they were here? I'm not going back!' 'We are responsible for bringing them here, not they!' 'Keep quiet,' cried the skipper.

'It's against the law,' repeated Biddle. 'I know a man who got seven years in prison for such a thing.'

I to cast off — Orraa•rb IUBapTOBb1 (Huoæe: he cast off the' warps [wo:ps] — O'raa-n UlBapTOBb1. )

2 Stand by! — [IPHr0TOBHTbCfl! (Mopcxa* xo.uaHða)

3 Shake them out! — 110AHflTb napyca! (Mopcxaa E0MtJHða)

4 as if he were surprised — npHTBopnqcb YAHBJ1eHHb1M paying no attention — He 06pauafl HHKaKOrO BHHMaHHfl

'Nonsense,' said the skipper, 'they are stowaways. I'll put them ashore at the first port we call, at . . . Plymouth.' Shriek after shriek came from the stowaways.

'You'd better go below, my girls,' said Biddle.

'Why don't you make him take us back?' cried Jenny, the biggest of the three girls.

'Because we can't, my dear,' said Biddle. 'It's against the law. We. must obey the Captain. I hope you don't want to see us in prison, do

'It's all the samel to me,' said Miss Evans, 'George, take us back!' 'I can't,' said George Scott.

'Well, you can look for somebody else then,' said Miss Evans angrily. 'You won't marry me. How much will you get if you make the skipper turn back?'

'I think six months in prison,' said Biddle.

'Six months will soon pass away,' said Miss Evans.

'It will be a rest for you,' said Miss Williams.

When the seamen did not agree with them, the girls said they would have nothing more to do with them.2 For some time the young men stood by, trying to comfort them. But it was useless. The girls did not want to listen to them. When the young seamen got tired at last, they left the girls in the bow and went below to their cabin.

The night was clear and the wind light. Now the skipper began to have some doubts whether he was right in not turning the schooner back 3 But it was too late to return now, and hè decided to go on. And he thought it best to keep the wheel in his own hands.4 The morning came and found him still at his post.

The three girls woke up and put out from the blankets that had been given them5 by their young men. Then they started a discussion of some important matter. After that they walked up to the skipper and looked at him thoughtfully. 'As easy as easy, '6 said Jenny Evans.

'Why, he isn't bigger than a boy,'7 said Miss Williams seriously.

I all the same — BCe paBH0

2 they would have nothing more to do with them — OHH nopb1Bar0T c HHMH BCHKHe

OTHOU1eHHfl

3 in not turning the schooner back HTO He n0BepHyJ1 cyAH0

4 He thought it best to keep the wheel in his own hands. — OH cqwraJ1, qTO 6yuer

KYAa ayqure, ecJIH OH caM 6yaeT CTOflTb y urrypBaJ1a that had been, given them KOTOpb1e MM aaJIH 6 As easy as easy. — Jlel•re nerK0ro.

7 Why, he isn't bigger than a boy. — Aa OH COBceM Ma-rlbgMK.

'It's a pity we didn't think of it before,' said Miss Davies. 'Do you think the crew will help him?'

'Not they,' said Miss Evans firmly. 'If they do, we'll do the same to them. '

They went off, leaving the skipper very nervous as he did not know what it was all about.l From the forecastle and the galley they brought two mops and a broom. Then Miss Evans came on deck with a pot of white paint in one hand and a pot of tar in the other, 'Now, girls,' said Miss Evans.

'Put those things down,' said the skipper in a firm voice.

'No, we shan't,' said Miss Evans and laughed gaily.

With their mops which were dripping paint and tar on the deck, the girls marched in military style2 to the skipper and stopped in front of him smiling wickedly.

The skipper's heart could no longer stand it,3 and in a frightened voice he called to his crew to help him.

The crew came on deck slowly and pushed Ephraim Biddle to the front.

'Take those mops away from them,' ordered the skipper.

'If you touch us . . . ' Miss Evans began, looking at the seamen over her shoulder.

'We shall do the same to you,' Miss Williams finished.

'Take those mops away from them,' shouted the skipper and made a step back, as Miss Evans made a step towards him.

'I don't see what we can do, sir,' said Biddle with deep respect.

'What!' cried the astonished skipper.

'It would be against the law to raise a hand against a passenger,' said Biddle, turning to his comrades.

'Don't talk nonsense,' said the skipper nervously. 'Take those things away from them. It's my tar and my paint and .

'You will have them,' said Miss Evans.

'Take those things away from them, Jack,' repeated the skipper to the mate, who had just come on deck.

'Well, if it's all the same to you,' said the mate, 'I would rather have nothing to do with it.'4

I what it was all about — o qeM, C06CTBeHHO, pegb

marched in military ['militaril style — np0Mapu1Hp0BaJIH no-BOeHHOMy

3 The skipper's heart could no longer stand it — 3T0 6bLqo BblU1e KarlHTaHa

I would rather have nothing to do with it — npeanox-lea 6b1 He BMeL11HBaTbCfi

'But I'd rather you had,' I said the skipper angrily. 'Take them away!' 'How?' asked the mate calmly.

'l order you to take them away,' said the skipper. 'How, — is your business.'

'I'm not going to raise my hand against a woman for anybody,' said the mate firmly. 'It is not part of my work to be made black and white With tar and paint by lady passengers.

'But it's part of your work to obey me,' said the skipper raising his voice, 'all of you! There are five of you, with the mate, and only three girls. What are ÿou afraid of?'

'Are you going to take us back?' asked Jenny Evans.

'Run away,' said the skipper, 'run away.'

€1 shall ask you three times,' said Miss Evans firmly.

'One are you going to take us back? Two are you going to take us back? Three . '

She was rather close to the skipper now. Hef two friends were on either side of him.2 'Be careful, or he may catch hold3 of the mops,' she said to her friends who listened with attention to the instructions of their leader. 'But if he does, the others must hit him over the head with the handles. And don't be afraid to hit hard.'

'Take the wheel for a minute, Jack,' said the skipper. He was pale but his voice was quite firm.

The mate came forward and took the wheel. The skipper, trying hard to hide his fear of Miss Evans, walked towards her and looked in her eyes. The power of the human eye is well known. But Miss Evans paid no attention •to him. She raised her mop and tried to reach his face with it. At the same moment another mop with white paint was pushed into the back of his neck. He turned with a cry of horror, and when he saw his helpless position, he forgot his pride and ran away like a schoolboy. He ran round the masts and then he suddenly jumped on to the side and climbed into the rigging.4

'Coward!' said N'fiss Evans, shaking her mop at him.

'Come down,' cried Miss Williams. 'Come down like a man.'

Then they turned away from the skipper and went towards the mate who was laughing loudly. He stopped laughing suddenly and grew very serious.

I But I'd father you had (to do with it). — A npearroqe-n 6b1, wr06 Bbl BMerua-

JMCb.

on either side of him — no 06e CTop.0Hb1

3 or he may catch hold — a TO OH CXBa.THT

4 climbed into the rigging — B306pa-ncfl ITO BaHTaM

'Now, my dears,' said the mate, 'don't be silly.'

'Don't be what?' asked Miss Evans, raising her mop.

'I'm sorry,' said the mate, 'I laughed because I couldn 't help myself. 'l

'Well, we're going to help you,'2 said Miss Evans. 'Turn the ship round. '

'You must obey my orders, Jack,' shouted the skipper from aloft,

'It's all very well for you sitting up there3 in peace and comfort, ' said the mate angrily. 'I'm not going to be tarred to please you.4 Come down and take the wheel.'

'Do your duty, Jack,' said the skipper, 'they won't touch you. They are afraid to. '5

'I won't,' cried the mate. 'Come down and do it yourself.' He was also getting nervous, so he hid behind the wheel. When Miss Evans raised her mop again, he jumped out and, running to the mast, climbed up after his captain.

Biddle who was watching all this came up to the wheel and took it.

'One two . ' said the third girl.

Suddenly an idea came into the skipper's head, and he began to climb down the rigging.

'All right,' he said shortly as Miss Evans raised her mop, 'I'll go back.'

He took the wheel. The schooner turned round before the wind.

'And now,' said the skipper to his crew, 'clean the deck. Throw the mops overboard. They will never be used again.'

'You stay where you are,' said Miss Evans. 'We shall throw them overboard later. They may still be very useful to us. What did you say, Captain?'

The skipper was ready to repeat his order to the crew, but Miss Evans raised her mop. The words died away6 on his lips. After a hopeless look from his mate to the crew and from the crew to the rigging, he understood that he had lost the game. 7 In angry silence the skipper took the girls home again.

I I couldn't help myself — He Mor caepxaTbca we're going to help you — MN BaM noMoxeM (Hepa c.aoe: couldn't help myself u.ueem uðuo.uamuqecxuú c.MNca; B omeeme aeeytuex c.aoeo help ynompe6aeH0 B npa.uo.u c.uNc.ae — noBepHYTb cyaH0 06paTH0.)

3 It's all very well for you sitting up there — BaM-T0 xopomo cuae-Tb TaM HaBepxy 4 1'm not going to be tarred to please you. — fl He aaM ce6a BblMa3aTb CMOJIOY

TOJ1bK0 Toro, HT06b1 AOCTaBMTb BaM yÃOBOJ1bCTBUe.

5 They are afraid to. = They are afraid to touch you.

6 died away — 3aMepJIH

7 he had lost the game — OH np0HrpaJ1

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Vocabulary

p. 95 to be (get) dark (light)

p. 96 to rush (stagger; limp; tiptoe; march; race; crawl) to shriek/scream (swear; cheer; groan)

p. 97 to marry/divorce — to get married/divorced to be married/divorced — a marriage/a divorce

p. 99 to be going to do — will

Structures

p. 97 You'd better do.

p. 98 It's a pity you didn't I wish we had thought).

p. 99 1 would rather do.

Exercises

I. Pick out from the story the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations.

TeMHeJIO•, 6POCHTbCff, rPOMKO/flPOH3WreJ1bHO 3aKPHqaTb; BblüTM

3aMyx/xeHHTbca (pa3Becrrucb); 6b1Tb 3aMyxeM/*œHaTb1M (xeHHTb6a, pa-3BOA); 6b1Tb HePBHb1M (pa3HePBHHqaTbCfl)

2. Ways of speaking. Study the chart and watch the differences and similarities in the meaning.

shriek/scream — to give a loud cry of fear or pain cheer — to give shouts of joy (I'POMKO 11PHBeTCTBOBaTb) swear — to use curses (pyraTbCfl) groan — to make a deep sound forced out by pain (CTOHaTb) cry — to make sounds that express different feelings (pain, fear, etc.) (rlJ1aKaTb OT 60.11M, crrpaxa H T.n.)

3. Complete the sentences using 'scream', 'cheer', 'groan', 'cry' according to the sense.

1. Don't teach my parrot to , please.

2. He . with pain when the dentist pulled the tooth out.

3. Everyone . the news that the war was over.

4. The wounded man . with no one to help him. 5. The boy was . because he had lost his money.

6. The crowds . . . as the Queen rode past.

7. The child . . . itself red in the face.

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4. Say why people speak in the following way 7.

Model: whisper People whisper so that others can't hear.

a. scream/shriek

b. cheer

c. swear

d. groan cry

5. Ways of moving. Study the chart and tick the boxes to show the differences between the ways of moving. The first column has been completed for you.

6. Will — to be doing (to do). Complete the second line of

these dialogues.

a. A John has just moved to a new flat. 9.

B I'll

b. A What's the weather forecast for tomorrow? B I don't know. I'll .

c. A What's the number of the lost-and-found office?

B Just a minute. I'll .

d. A Somebody is knocking at the door.

B I'll .

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Complete the questions about your next holiday and answer them using the 'going (to do) '-construction.

A I'm going on holiday next week. B Where to?

B And where _ to stay?

B How _ you — to get there?

B And how long are you away for?

Complete the sentences, using 'will' or 'going to'. Don't forget that

'will' is used when one announces a decision he's just made or is making spontaneously, whereas 'going to' is used when one talks about the intentions he has been planning before.

a. Openshaw: What for are you taking the book?

Mr. Pringle: Because I — take it straight to Dr. Hankey.

b. A Why are you buying so much food?

B Because I — cook for twelve people.

c. A It's Mary's birthday tomorrow.

B Is it? I — phone and — some flowers.

d. A Yesterday Sue went to hospital. She — have an operation. B I'm sorry to hear that. I — come to see her after the operation.

e. A HOW Old is your aunt?

B She's in her sixties, but she — get married next month.

f. A There's something wrong with my car. B Don't worry. I — give you a lift.

Complete the sentences using 'marry', 'get married', 'be married' in the correct form. Don't forget that

'be married' signifies a state (COCTOBHne — 6blTb 3aMyxeM/xeHaTbiM), and 'get married' means an action (BblñT'•1 without mentioning the person you marry, whereas 'marry' is never used without 'smb' (Bbl"Tb1 3aMYM 3a K.-n./xeHHTbCn Ha K.-n.).

a. A — you — ?

B No, I'm single.

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b. Miss Evans: You'll never —4 me. 5.

c. A What happened to Angela?

B She — a man she works with.

d. He's an old bachelor. He'll never He prefers being on his

e. They had a wonderful wedding. They — iri a small country church and spent their honeymoon in France.

f. A How many times — you

I don't remember. 7.

'He is not a man of his word,' — Mr. Meeks thought about the policeman.

It would be nice if my aunt sold the gloomy sad-looking house (My aunt wished).

g. Did you hear? Andrew and Susan — last month.

10. Think of your own sentences with 'be divorced', 'get divorced' and 'divorce smb' 13. rn•anslate the following sentences.

1. XOTeJIOCb 6bI, HT06bI Bbl ocvraBHJTH 3TY ereMY.

Il. 'I wish'. Study the chart and translate the sentences. noxa.ne-n, HTO 3ameJ1 B KOMHaTY 3a 3e.neHoh ABePbK), she were more patient. HO 6b1JIO yxe 1103AH0.

I knew him better. 3. 'Jlyqme 6b1 BaM He OTKPbIBaTb 3TY KHHry,' — CKa3aJI npod)ecI wish (wished) he hadn't missed the train. cop IIPHHI'JIY.

you would take interest in this problem. 4. 'BaM 6b1 JlYH111e HMKoraa He 11POH3HOCHTb CJIOBO 'marcaJ1b1,' np0KpuqaJ1 POJIOC.

12. Rewrite the following sentences, using 'I wish'. Don't 5. HanpacH0 OHa noc0Be-TOBana etvry• coaraTb. forget that

14. TYanslate the following sentences, using 'would better' if the second part of the sentence (after 'l wish') refers to the present 'would rather (sooner)' or 'would rather not'. Don't forget moment they use Past Simple (E.g. I wish I knew him better); that

if the second I wish he part hadn't after missed 'I wish' the refers train), to the and past if the they second use Past part Perfectrefers speaking 'would better' with whereas expresses 'would advice rather addressed (sooner)' to expresses the person a preferenceyou are (E.g. to the future in this they problem).use Future in the Past (E.g. I wish you would take (npean0HTeHne q.-n. yew-n. TeM, O KOM nneT peqb). interest

'What a pity I entered this richly furnished room,' — Major

1. 1. 'You'd better go below, my girls', — said Biddle.

2. 2. 'I'm sorry I saved you then,' — said one of the girls to the skipper. 3,

4. 3. Mr. Heard wanted to marry Emma.

5. 4. 'I'm sorry I saved you then,' — Dix said to Mr. Heard.

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rllaxe B trac (rush hour) •OH CKopee noeaeer Ha aBT06yce, rroänerr neu1KOM.

Te6e nyqme 110äTH net11K0M: aBT06YCb1 B yac Bceraa nepeno.ÃHeHb1.

EMY 6b1 Jlyr-rwe noCJ1aTb HM TeaerpaMMy•. OHa notiaeT 3HaqHTEIbHO 6b1cmpee, qeM 11HCbMO.

'fl 6b1 npeanoqeJ1 He BMeUIHBaTbCfl,' cKa3aJ1 nOM01UHHK KanwraHa.

6b1 npeÃnoq.rra HanucaTb HM flHCbMO, HT06b1 paccKa3aTb BCe noap06H0.

MHe 6b1 He xorreJIOCb ocrraTbCfl 3Aecb OAHOMY.

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7. Moa Terry'1_11Ka 110HHMauua, HT() eh Jlyqure 6b1JIO 6b1 He oceraBaTb- 17. Talking points.

cn B 60J1bUIOM MPaHHOM AOMe OAHOå.

	1.	Give as much background information about: (a) the skipper; (b) the mate; (c) the crew and (d) the girls as you can.
15. Look through the stories you've read once again and	2,	Give your reasons explaining why the skipper was so angry
complete the following sentences.		when he realized that the seamen had brought the girls to the schooner.
1. Sir Robert would rather hide the truth about his sister's death	3.	Say, who, in your opinion, the seamen were with and why.
because .	4.	Describe the girls' reaction to the skipper's decision at the
2. The author's aunt would sooner get married for the second time		beginning of the Story and in the middle of it.
	5.	Reconstruct the logic of the girls' reasoning. Explain how they
3. Rudolf would sooner die than agree to escape the adventure		came to the decision like that.
because	6.	Reproduce the dialogue between the skipper and the mate at
4. Sherlock Holmes would rather run the risk of meeting Sir		the rnoment when the girls with the mops and a broom in their
Robert in the crypt than .		hands were demanding to take them home.
5. Mr. Meeks was so fond of his sister that he would rather spend	7.	Give the moral of the story (if there is any).

all his money . . .

6. Mr. Dix would sooner jump into the water to save Mr. Heard for the second time then agree to .

16. Answer the questions.

l. Why was the little harbour very quiet?

2. What made the skipper angry?

3. What was the skipper going to do with the girls? How did the mate take the skipper's intention?

4. Did the skipper do what he'd promised to? How did the sailors and the girls take the skipper's actions?

5. What did the girls plead (YMOJ1flTb) the seamen to do?

6. Was there a moment when the skipper began to have some doubts. Why didn't he return?

7. In what way did the girls threaten (yrpoxaTb) the skipper?

8. Why didn't the seamen do anything against the girls (though the skipper ordered them to)?

9. What actions did theskipper undertake after he'd told his mate to take the wheel?

IQ. What made him run away like a schoolboy?

11. 'Suddenly an idea came into skipper's head.' What idea came to his head? Did he realize it? Why? Why not?

12. What helped the skipper realize that he'd lost the game?

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THE BLAST OF THE BOOKI

Professor Openshaw2 gave his whole life to studying Psychic Phenomena.3 He always lost his temper4 if anybody said that he believed in ghosts. But he also lost his temper if anybody said that ghosts did not exist.

'I am a man of science,' he said one morning to his friend Father Brown.5 'I am trying to explain psychic phenomena scientifically. I can explain the appearance of ghosts in almost all cases. But cases of disappearance of people are much more difficult to explain scientifically. Only this morning I have received a letter about a most mysterious disappearance. '

The Professor looked thoughtfully at the priest.

I The Blast of the Book — «3aKOJIÃOBaHHa* KHHra»

Openshaw ['aupanfo:] — Oynemuoy

3 psychic phenomena ['salklk ffnormna] — ncHxHqecKMe

4 to lose one's temper — BbüTH 1-13 ce6H, pa303JIHTbC•a

5 Father Brown [braun] — narep BpayH

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'The letter is from an old missionary, named Pringle,'l continued Openshaw. "He is coming to see me at my office this morning. Will you lunch with me later? I'll tell you the results.' 'Thanks, I will,' said Father Brown.

They said good-bye to each other and the Professor walked round the corner2 to his office. The office was quite a small one with only oneclerk, a man called Berridge.3 When Professor Openshaw came in, Mr. Berridge, at his desk in the outer office, was working at some calculations for the Professor's printed report. In this report the Professor tried to explain scientifically ghosts and other mysterious phenomena.

'Has Mr. Pringle called?' asked the Professor.

'No, Sir, ' the clerk answered mechanically and went on mechanically with his work.

The Professor turned towards his study. 'Oh, by the way,4 Berridge,' he said, without turning round 5 'if Mr. Pringle comes, send him straight in to me. Go on with your work; I should like to have those notes for my report finished tonight6 if possible. You may leave them on my desk tomorrow, if I am late.'

And he went into his study, still thinking of the problem which the letter from Pringle had raised. He sat down in his large and comfortable chair and re-read the short letter from the missionary. Mr. Pringle asked permission to come and see the Professor about a case of disappearance. The writer of the letter knew that the Professor was interested in psychic problems, and he wanted to discuss one with him.

When the Professor looked up, he saw that the missionary was already in the room.

'Your clerk told me I was to come straight in '7 said Mr. Pringle with a broad grin. The grin was almosflost in a thick reddish-grey beard and whiskers that covered the missionary's face. He had a snub nose and frank, friendly eyes. Openshaw was a man of great detective ability. He could tell at once if a man was dishonest or a humbug. He looked

Pringle ['prlngl] — IIpHHrJ1

2 round the corner — nepeH. pqÃ0M, n06.nH30CTH

3 Berridge ['bends) — Beppqax

4 by the way — Kc•raTH, np0MHM without turning round — He n0BopaqHBaqcb

6 | should like to have those notes for my report finished tonight. — xoTeJ1 6b1, qT06br, 3anncM K MoeMY Ã0KJ1aay roTOBb1 cer0AHfl BeqepoM.

7 | was to come straight in — qT06b1 cpa.3y xe npomeJT (Thaaoa to be u.ueem

Sðecb .uoðaabHoe 3HageHue — q aoJ1*eH cpa3y xe 11poäTH K BaM.)

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attentively at his visitor to see what sort of manl Mr. Pringle was, but found nothing suspicious in his appearance. In fact2 he liked the friendly laughter in Mr. Pringle's eyes, laughter which is never found in the eyes of real humbugs.

'I hope you don't think I am playing a joke on you,3 Professor,' he said half seriously. 'But I have to tell my story to someone who knows, because it's true. And all joking apart,4 it's tragic as well.5 To cut it short 6 — I was a missionary in Nya-Nya,7 a station in West Africa, in the thick of the forests where the only other white man was the officer in command of the district,8 Captain Wales.9 He and I were very friendly. One day he came back to my tent in the forest, after a

short leave, and said he wanted to tell me something. He was holding an old book in a leather binding, and he put it down on a table beside his revolver and an old sword he had. He said this book had belonged to a man on the boat he had just come off. The man on the boat said that nobody must open the book, or look inside it. If anybody did that, he would be carried off by the devil, or disappear or something. Captain Wales told the man that this was all nonsense, of course, and they-had a quarrel. The end of his story was that the man did look into the booklO and then he walked straight over the side of the boat .

'One moment,' said the Professor, 'before you tell me anything else. Did this man tell Wales where he had got the book, or who it had belonged to before?'

'Yes,' replied Pringle now quite serious. 'It seems he said he was bringing it back to Dr. Hankey,12 the Oriental travelIer13 to whom it had belonged before. Dr. Hankey now lives in England. He had warned the man not to open the book. But let me continue my story. The magic of the book was demonstrated when the man who had looked into it walked straight over the side of the ship and disappeared. '

I what sort of man — wro 3a qeJ10BeK in fact — B cyn1HOCTH

3 to play a joke on somebody — noalnyrrwrb Han KeM-JIH60; pa3brrpaTb Roro-JIM60

4 all joking apart [a'pa:t] — ruyrKH B c•ropoHy as well — BÃ06aBOK

6 To cut it short — Kopoqe roBopfl

7 Nya-Nya ['nja:'nja:] — Hbfl-HbH (Ha3BaHwe Mecma)

8 the officer in command of the district — HaHaJ1bHHK Oxpyra

9 Wales [wellz] — V3J1bC

10 the man did look into the book — geJ10BeK 3a1'J1flHYJ1-rraKH B KHnry (Ihaeoa did ynompe6neH ycuneHua.)

he walked straight over the side of the boat — OH LuarHy.rr npflM0 3a 60PT cyAHa

2 Hankey ['hætJk1) — X3HKH

the Oriental [p:rl'entl] traveller — rTyTeureCTBeHHHK no BOCTOHHb1M cTpaHaM

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'Do you believe it yourself?' asked Openshaw after a pause.

'Well, I do,' replied Pringle. 'I believe it for two reasons. First, that Wales was a very truthful man. By the way, he told an interesting detail about that disappearance. He said that the man walked straight over the side of the ship on a still and calm day, but there was no splash. '

The Professor looked at his notes for some seconds in silence, and then said, 'And your other reason for believing it?'

'My other reason,' answered the missionary, 'is what I saw myself.' There was another silence, then he continued in the same calm way. 'I told you that Wales put down the book beside the sword. Well, there was only one entrance to the tent, and I was standing in it, looking out into the forest, with my back tol Captain Wales. He was standing by the table saying that it was all nonsense and that it was •foolish in the twentieth century to be frightened of opening a book. 'Why on earth shouldn't I open it myself? '2 he said. Then some instinct made me tell him that he had better not do that, that he had better return the book to Dr. Hankey. 'What harm could it do?' he said restlessly. 'What harm did it do?' I answered him. 'What happened to your friend on the boat?' He did not answer. Indeed I didn't know what he could answer. 'What is your explanation of what happened on the boat?' Still he didn't answer. Then I looked round and saw that he wasn't there.

The tent was empty. The book was lying on the table, open, but on its face, as if3 he had turned it downwards. The revolver was lying beside it. But the sword was lying on the ground near the other side of the tent, and there was a great hole in the canvas. It looked as if someone had cut his way•out of the tent with the sword.

I have never seen or heard of Captain Wales from that day:

Taking good care not to look at it 4 | shut the book and wrapped it in brown paper,5 Then I brought it back to England intending at first to return it to Dr. Hankey. And then I read an article in a science magazine with your hypothesis about such things. So I decided to stop on the way and put the matter before you. '6

I with my back to — CriHHOä K

2 Why on earth shouldn't I open it myself? — A noqeMy 6bt MHe caM0My He

OTKPNTB ee? (On earth ynompe6Memca ycuaeHu*.)

3 as if — KaK 6yaT0

4 Taking good care not to look at it — IIPHHRB BCe Mepbl npeaoCTopoxHOCTH,

HT06 He CMOTpeTb Ha Hee

5 brown paper — 06epTOHHaq 6YMara

6 (to) put tne matter before you — H3J10XHTb aeJ10 BaM

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Professor Openshaw laid dOwn his pen and looked attentively at the man on the other side of the table. He was thinking hard. Was the man a humbug? Waš he mad? On the wholel Openshaw was ready to take the story for a pack of lies.2 Yes, the best hypothesis would be to say that the story was a pack of lies! And yet, he could not make himself believe that the man was simply a liar. He was not trying to

look honest, as most humbugs do. It seemed that he was honest in spite of3 the queerness of his story.

'Mr. Pringle,' he said sharply, 'where is this book of yours now?'

The grin reappeared on the bearded face. 'I left it outside,' said Mr. Pringle. 'I mean in the otter office. It was a risk, perhaps, but the less risk of the two. '4

'What do you mean?' asked the Professor. 'Why didn't you bring it straight in here?'

'Because,' answered the missionary, 'I knew that as soon as you saw it, you would open it — before you had heard the story. And I wanted you to think twice about opening it — after you had heard the story.' Then after a silence he added, 'There was nobody there but your clerk. And he seemed a dull, honest man, busy with his calculations.'

'Oh, Berridge,' laughed Openshaw, 'your magic book is quite safe5 with him. He is just a Calculating Machine. •Human beings like him6 — if you can call him a human being, — would never think of opening other people's brown paper parcels! Let's go and get the book now. But I must tell you frankly that I am not quite sure whether we ought

to open it here and now,7 or send it to this Dr. Hankey.'

•The two passed together into the outer office; and even as they did so 8 Mr. Pringle gave a cry and ran forward towards the clerk's desk. The desk was there; but not the clerk. On the desk lay an old book in a leather binding. It was lying closed, but as if it had just been opened. The clerk's desk stood against the wide window that looked out into the street. The window was broken; •the large hole in it looked as if a human body had just through it. There was no other trace of Mr. Berridge.

I On tne whole — B 06u1eM, B ueJ10M

2 to take the story for a pack of lies npHHflTb paccK:a3 3a cr1J10u1Hoe BpaHbe

3 in spite of — HecMOTPH Ha

4 the less risk of the two — B 3TOM Bapuawra MeHb1ne pgcxa

5 to be safe — HaxOAHTbCñ B 6e30rracHocTM

6 Human beings like him — HeJ10BeqecKHe cyruecTBa (JI}OÄH) eMy

whether we ought [Ott] to open it here and now — c.neaye-T HaM 0TKpb1BaTb ee (RHqry) ceåqac, Ha Mecrre

8 events they dis so — B TO xe caM0e BpeMfl, OAHOBPeMeHH0

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The two men stood in the office as still as statues. Then it was the Professor who came to life. I He slowly turned and held out his hand to the missionary.

'Mr. Pringle,' he said, 'I beg your pardon-2 1 beg your pardon for thoughts that I have had. But anÿ scientific man would doubt the truth of your story. I was sure you had invented it.'

'I suppose,' said Pringle, 'that we ought to ring up his house and find out if he has gone home. '

'I don't know if he is on the telephone,'3 answered Openshaw. 'He lives somewhere up Hampstead way,' 4 | think. 'But I suppose somebody will ask for him here, if his friends or family miss him.'

'Could we give a description of him if the police want it?' asked the other.

'The police!' said the Professor. 'A description Well, he looked just like everybody else. He always wore dark glasses. He was one of those clean-shaven fellows . . . But the police . . . look here, what are we to do about this mad business? '5

'I know what I ought to do,' said the missionary firmly. 'I am going to take this book straight to Dr. Hankey, and ask him what on earth it's all about.6 He lives not far from here, and I'll come straight back and tell you what he says.'

'Oh, very well,' said the Professor at last, as he sat down. For a moment he was glad to get rid of the responsibility. But long after the quick footsteps of the missionary had died away down the street, the Professor sat in the same position, staring at the wall and thinking hard.

He was still in the same seat and almost in the same position when the same quick footsteps were heard in the street outside, and the missionary entered, this time with empty hands.

'Dr. Hankey,' said Mr. Pringle, 'wants to keep the book for an hour and think over the matter. Then he asks us both to call on him and

he will give us his decision. He specially desired, Professor, that you should come with me on the second visit.'

it was the Professor who came to life — nepBb1M npHmE1 B ce6fl np0(þeccop (CM. npuaue•$ayue 2 Ha cmp. 16.)

2 T beg your pardon. — Ilpomy• np0ueHHfl.

3 to be on the telephone — HMeTb 'reaecþ0H y ce6n AOMa

4 somewhere up Hampstead way — rile-To HeAaJ1eK0 0T X3MnCTeAa 5 look here, what we to do about this mad business? — noc.nymaäTe, wro xe

HaM npeanpMHHTb 0THOCMTeJ1bHO 9TOrQ He-nenoro nena?

6 what on earth it's all about — B geM HaxoHeu, Tyrr Ae-no?

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Openshaw was silent for some time, then he said suddenly, 'Who the devil is Dr. Hankey?'l

'Do you mean 'is he the devil'? '2 said Pringle smiling. 'He is a scientific man like you. He has lived in India for a long time and studied local magic there. Perhaps he's not so well known here. He is yellowfaced and thin, he has a lame leg and loses his temper easily, but I don't know anything definitely wrong about him.' Professor Openshaw rose heavily and went to the telephone. He rang up Father Brown and invited him to come to dinner instead of lunch. Then he sat down again, lit a cigar and concentrated his mind once more on the strange

Father Brown waited for a long time in the vestibule of the restaurant to which he had been invited by the Professor. At last Openshaw and Pringle appeared. It was clear that the Professor was terribly excited

by the strange things that he had just seen and heard.

Openshaw and Pringle had found Dr. Hankey's house; they had found on the door a brass-plate with the name: 'J. D. Hankey, M. D.'.3 Only they did not find Dr. Hankey himself. They found a parlour with that terrible book lying on the table, as if it had just' been read; they found a back door wide-open and a few footmarks on the ground. It was a lame man who had made them 4 that was clear from the footmarks themselves. There were only a few of them and then nothing. There was nothing more they could find out about Dr. Hankey. They only knew that he had made his decision: he had read the book and met his fate.5

When the two came into the entrance of the restaurant, Pringle put the book down suddenly on a small table, as if it burned his fingers. The priest glanced at it curiously. Oh the front page of the book there was a couplet:

They that looked into this book Them the Flying Terror took.

Who the devil is Dr. Hankey? — KTO BTOT, qepT B03bMH, ÃOKT0p X9HKH?

2 DO you mean 'is he the devil'? — BN XOTHTe CKa3aTb, wro OH-TO eCTb qepT?

3 M. D. = Medicine Doctor

4 It was a lame man who had made them (footmarks) — To..r1bK0 xpoM0å ge.noBeK

Mor OCTaBHTb 'raKMe caeAb1 to meet one's fate — norM6HyTb

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Under these lines there were translations of the couplet in Greek I Latin2 and French.

'You will dine with us, I hope,' said the Professor to the missionary. But Mr. Pringle shook his head. 3

'I'm sorry,' he said. 'I can't. I am too excited. I should like to be alone for some time with the book. Could I use your office for an hour or so? '4

'I suppose . . . I'm afraid it's locked,' said Openshaw in some surprise. 'You forget there's a hole in the window,' said the missionary. He gave the very broadest of all his broad grins5 and disappeared into the

darkness of the street.

'Rather an odd fellow, isn't he?' said the Professor.

When he turned to Father Brown, he was surprised to find him to the waiter who had brought the cocktails. The talk was

about the waiter's baby, who had been ill and was now out of danger.6 'How did you come to know the man?' 7 asked Openshaw.

'Oh,' said the priest, 'I dine here sometimes, and I've talked to him

now and then. '8

The Professor, who himself dined there about five times a week, had never thought of talking to the man.

At this moment a telephone was heard ringing, and the Professor was called to it. It was Pringle's voice.

'Professor,' said the voice, 'I can't stand it any longer.9 1'm going to look into the book for myself. I'm speaking from your office and the book is in front of me. If anything happens to me this iS to say good-bye. No it's no good tryinglO to stop. I'm opening the book now. I .

Openshaw heard a strange noise as if a window had been brokèn.ll He shouted the name of Pringle again and again, but he heard no more.

He hung up the receiver. Then he went back and quietly took his seat

I Greek [gn:k] — rpeqeCKMt* fl3b1K

Latin ['lætm] — JlaTMHCK1•M fl3b1K

3 to shake one's head — r10KaqaTb roJ10B0ä

4 or SO — HJIH OKOJIO 3Toro

5 He gave the very broadest of all his broad grins — OH yJ1b16HyJICfl caMoit u_1Hp0H OTKpb1TOä CBOeä y.nb16KOii

6 out of danger — BHe onacHOCTM

7 How did you come to know the man? — KaKHM 06pa30M Bbl n03HaKOMHJIHCb c 3THM HeJTOBeKOM?

8 now and then — BpeMfl 0T BpeMeHM

9 | can't stand it any longer, — fl He MOry 60J1bme BblaepxaTb.

10 it's no good trying — 6ecno.ne3H0 nbrraTbca

11 as if a window bad been broken — KaK 6yxr0 KTO-TO pa36HJ1 OKHO

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at the dinner-table. And then as calmly as he could he told Father Brown every detail of this monstrous mystery.

'Five men have now disappeared in this impossible way,' he said. 'Every case of the five is queer. But the queerest of all is the disappearance of my clerk Berridge because he was the quietest person in the world.'

'Yes,' replied Father Brown, 'it was a queer thing for Berridge to do I of course. He was always so careful to keep all the office business

separate from any fun of his own.2 1'm sure nobody knew that he was quite a humorist at home and .

'Berridge!' cried the Professor. 'What on earth are you talking about? Did you know him?'

'Oh, no,' said Father Brown. 'I knew him only as you say I know the waiter. I've often had to wait for you in your office. And of

course I passed the time of the day3 with poor Berridge. He was rather a character 4 and even eccentric.

'I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about,' said OpenShaw. 'But even if my clerk was eccentric (and I never knew a man who seemed less eccentric than he) , it doesn 't explain what happened to him. And it certainly doesn't explain the other cases of disappearance.' 'What other cases?' asked the priest.

The Professor stared at him and spoke slowly and loudly as if to a child.

'My dear Father Brown, five men have disappeared.'

'My dear Professor Openshaw, no men have disappeared.'

Father Brown stared back5 at the Professor and spoke as slowly and as loudly.

'I say that no men have disappeared,' he repeated.

After a moment's silence he added, 'I suppose the hardest thing is to prove to anybody that O plus O = O'.

'What do you mean?' said the Professor.

'You saw nobody disappear. You did not see the man disappear from the boat. You did not See the man disappear from the tent. You

I it was a queer [kW1a] thing for Berridge to do — 3T0 CTpaHHNÃ nocTynox co

CTOPOHb1 BeppHA,xa

2 to keep all the office business separate ['separlt] from any fun Of his own — 0TrpaHMHHTb pa60Ty B yt-rpexaeHHH 0T CBOHX pa3BJ1eqeHHh

3 to pass the time of the day (with) — 06MeHHBaTbCn npHBe-TCTBHRMH 4 He was rather a character ['kænkta] — OH 6b1J1 6ecCnopH0 MHTepecH0ii

HOCTbK)

stared back — B CBOK) ogepeab yc'raBHJICfl

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have simply taken the wordl of Mr. Pringle. And I am sure, you would never have taken his word, if your clerk had not disappeared

'That may be true,' said the Professor nodding slowly. 'But when Berridge did disappear 2 | knew it was the truth. You say I saw nothing myself. But I did. I saw my own clerk disappear. Berridge did disappear.

'Berridge did not disappear,' said Father Brown. 'On the contrary.'3

'What on earth do you mean by "on the contrary"? '

'I mean, 'said Father Brown, 'that he never disappeared. He appeared. '

Openshaw stared across the table at his friend. The priest went on: 'He appeared in your study, disguised in a thick red beard, •and announced himself as Mr. Pringle. And you had never noticed your own clerk enough to recognize him again in such a simple disguiše. '4 'But listen,' began the Professor.

'Could you describe him for the police?' asked Father Brown. 'Not you.5 You probably knew he was clean-shaven and wore dark glasses. Taking off those glasses was a better disguise than anything else. You had never seen his eyes, his laughing eyes. He put his absurd "magic" book on the table in your office. Then he calmly broke the window, put on the beard and walked into your study, knowing that you would never recognize him because you have never looked at him in your life.' 'But why should he play such a mad joke on me?'6 asked Openshaw. 'Why, because you had never looked at him in your life,' said Father Brown. 'You called him the Calculating Machine, because that was all you ever used him for.7 You never found out that he was a character; that he had his own view on you and your theories. You thought you could see through anybody. 8 Can't you understand his mad desire to prove to you that you couldn't see your own clerk. He created the charaicter9 of Dr. Hankey as easily as he created the

to take the word — noBepMTb Ha c.n0B0

2 when Berridge did disappear — Koraa Beppuzx BCe xe MCqe3 3 On the contrary. — HanpoTHB, Ha060pOT.

4 you had never noticed your own clerk enough to recognize him in such a simple disguise [dls'galz] Bbl HacTOJ1bK0 He 3aMeqaJIH cnoero KJ1epKa, HTO He MOrJIH Y3Haerb ero nom •raK0ii npocrrol MacKoå 5 Not you. — TOJ1bK0 He Bbl.

why should he play such a mad joke on me? — 3aqeM 6b1 eMy •raK He-neno UlYTMTb Haao MHOä?

7 that was all you ever used him for — TOJ1bKO 9T0ro Bbl ero H MCnOã1b30BaJIH 8 to see through somebody — BHAe•rb HacKB03b, rroHMMaTb xoro-JIM60 g He created [kri'eltld) the character — OH JIMMHOCTb

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character of Captain Wales. He placed the brass-plate with the name of 'Dr. Hankey' on the door of his own house . . .

'Do you mean that place, we visited beyond Hampstead, was Berridge's own house?' asked Openshaw.

'Did you know his house — or even his address?' replied the priest. 'Look here, Professor, I think highlyl of your theories, I know that you

have seen through a lot of liars. But don't only look at liars. Now and then do look at honest men — like the waiter.'

'Where is Berridge now?' asked the Professor after a long silence.

'I'm sure,' said Father Brown, 'that he is back in your office. In fact he came back into your office at the exact mornent when Pringle, the missionary, opened the book and disappeared. '

There was another long silence, and then Professor Openshaw lau ghed. He laughed with the laugh Of a great man who is great enough to look small.2 Then he said.

'I suppose I do deserve it for not noticing the nearest helpers I have.3 But don't you think that all those incidents coming one after the other could frighten anybody? Did you never feel — just for a moment that you were frightened of that awful book?'

'Oh, that,' said Father Brown. 'I opened it as soon as I saw it lying

there. It is all blank pages.'

Vocabulary

p. 109 to go bn with smth

to have smth done to leave — to forget

to tell smth from smth (B 3HageHMH '0TJIHHHTb', 'pa3JIHHMTb')

a humbug (a shoplifter, a burglar, etc.) to put down (off, on, away, aside, back, up with, up at)

p. Ill to bring — to take on a still day for some seconds as if as it is/was to make smb do smth — to make smb smth to call on smb (at some place)

I to think highly — 6b1Tb BblCOKOr0 MHeHHfi

2 who is great' enough to look small — KOTOPb1å AOCTaTOHH0 BWTHK, qrr06b1 no-

3BOJIHTb ce6e HH0raa Ka3aTbCfl Ma.J1eHbKHM

3 | do deserve [dl'z3:v] it for not noticing the nearest helpers I have. — IloaeJroM

MHe aa TO, wro He 3aMeqa.n CBOHX 6JIH*aåt11HX noM0111HHKOB.

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p. 109 1'd like to have smth done

P. 111 the man did look . .

p. 112 . would never think of

Exertises

I.Pick out the English equivalents for the following words

and word combinations.

H.-JI.; OTJIHHaTb q.-J1. (K.-JI.) OT H.-JI. (K.-JI.); 06MaH111HK; B 6e3BerpeHHb1it aeHb; Kax 6yÃT0; 3atåTH K K.-JI.

2. Complete the passages with suitable prepositions.

a) He was holding an old book . a leather binding, and he put it . on a table his revolver. He said this book had

belonged . . . a man on the boat he had just come . The man on the boat said that nobody must open the book, or look . it.

If anybody did that, he would be carried of the devil.

b) I told you that Wales put the book. Well, there was only one entrance the tent and I was standing . my back Captain Wales. He was standing . the table, saying that it was all nonsense to be frightened . . . opening a book.

3. franslate the following using a suitable 'put '-combination from the brackets. Don't forget that

'put' with different prepositions has different meanings. The only exception is 'put down' meaning both 'KnaCTb' and '3anhCblBaTb'.

1. OH (put down) KHHry B KOXaHOM nepenaeTe Ha Ma-

JleHbKHtÍ CTOJI.

2. Mbl OTJIOXMJIM (put off) 3TOT HerlPHflTHb1ti pa3roBop.

3. He 6yay MHPHTbCfl (put up with) c TaKHM no.noxerrneM.

4. FloqeMY OHa 3anqcaaa (put down) TOJ1bKO TBOK) d)aMHJIHK)?

5. (put aside) KHHry 3aMMHCb (get down to) aeJIOM.

6. IlogeMY Tbi OCTaHOBHJ1aCb (put up at) B rocTHHH11e, a He y

• MeHfl?

7. OH rrepet1HTaa-r rlHCbM0 H y6paJ1 (put away) ero.

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P reposi t ions of time. Complete the sentences, using -'in', 'at' €on' in phrases denoting time.

There was nothing to do weekends and he was just wondering about the city.

2. They went swimming . . . Sunday morning, and . . . the-evening they played tennis.

3. I was born ... 1957.

4. I was born . .. 25 March, 1957.

5. People in Russia exchange presents . the year, and -not . Christmas Day (as in some other countries).

6. He is fond of going for walks summer because it's still light nine o'clock.

7. Was this house built . . the nineteenth century?

5. Prepositions of t ime. Thanslate the sentences, using 'for', 'during', 'within', 'in'. Don't forget that

6.Adverbs of time. Answer the questions, using 'once (twice . 5 times, etc.) a day (a week, a month, etc.)

I. How many times a year do you go to a dentist?

2. How many times a day do you have a meal?

3. How many times a month do you go to a hair-dresser?

4. How many times a year do you go on holiday?

5. How many times a week do you go to school?

6. How many times a year do you take exams?

7. Translate the sentences from the story 'The Blast of the Book', paying special attention to 'as if'-combination.

1.The book was lying on the table, but on its face, as if he had turned it downwards.

2. The hole looked as if someone had cut his way out of the tent with the sword.

3. The book was lying closed but as if it had just been opened.

(p. 57)

4. The large hole looked as if a human body had just passed

the Russian expression 'B TeqeHMe' has several shadows of meaning through it.

rendered by different English propositoins 5.with that terrible book lying on the table, as if it had just been read. (p. 60)

e.g. during6. Pringle put the book down sudenly, as if it burned his fingers. the discussion,7. Openshaw heard a strange noise as if a window was broken.

BO BpeM* — during

the conversation,

B TeqeHnethe excursion, etc. 8.Open the brackets, using the correct form of the verb.

3a, B, yepe3 — inDon't forget that

in/within/for 3 days,

B npeaenax— within

B TeqeHMe — for 2 weeks, etc.after 'as if' the verb should be used either in Past Simple (ecnn Aeh-.

CTBM* rnaBHoro n npnnaT0HHoro npeanoxeHMh nP0hCXOART OAHOBPeMeHH0) or in Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous (ecnn AencTBne np•qaaTOYHoro npeAnoxeHhR npeAtuecTByeT AenCTBMtO rnaBHoro).

qeJIOBeK.

2. B TeqeHHe Bcero 06cyxaeHHH OH He 3aaaJ1 OAHoro Bonpoca.

3. C006ruwre HaM O CBœM pemeHMH B 'ret-leHHe AHeM.

4. B 'regeHMe HeneJIH pa60Ta 6braa 3aKOHHeHa.

5. ITeper0BOPb1 (negotiations) rlPOAOJ1xaJIMcb B -regeHHe ÄBYX He HO corJ1arneHHe He 6bWIO noanncaH0.

6. CKOJ1bKO BPeMeHH OH OTCYTCTByeT Ha 3aHxrnnx? — B TeqeHHe ABYX AHeti.

1. They treat her, as if she (be a little girl).

2. The girl looked as if she (have nothing to eat several days).

3. Father Brown spoke, as if he (know the matter, better than Professor).

4. Rudolf came up to the Negro once again, as if he (not to take a card from him a minute before).

5. Why are you telling me about all this, as if it (be good news)?

6. The house looked as if nobody (live in it for a long time).

7. They met him, as if they (except him).

1. B TeqeHHe gacoB K HeMY r10Ã0111J10 60J1ee 11flTHaauaTH

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9. the following sentences using 'as it is/was' (used at the end of the sentences).

1. MHe HYXHO HATU. ona3Ab1Baro.

2. CJIYFH 60flJIHCb, HTO BOP y6ŒKHT. Ho OH OH H rraK 6b1J1 HanyraH.

3. OHa peunma He nepenucb1BaTb 11HCbMO H OCTaBHTb KaK eCTb.

4. 3aqeM Bbl BCe 3T0 Mlle OfrbflCHaerre? 14 •raK BCe flCHO.

5. He Haao CTaBHTb (you'd better not) elue OAHO Kpecao B CBOiå Ka6HHeT. Tatu H 6e3 Toro Herr Mecma (room).

10. The chart below contains 3 columns listing the following words: subject (column 1), person specializing in the subject (column 2) and the adjective. Remember that suffixes '-ian', '-er' and '-ist' are used when we mean a person specializing in a subject; suffixes '-y' and '-ics' are used when we mean the subject.

Subject	Person	Adjective
'history	his'torian	his' torical
		psycho'logical
	mathema'tician
bitology
		'physical
	architect
phi' losophy
		chemical
	arche'ologist
science
		'musical
	me' chanic

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11. TYanslate the following sentences using the verb 'tell" Don't forget that

the verb 'tell' has a number of meainings such as 'onpeaennrb, pa3JMHhTb, Y3HaTb, noHRTb' (E.g. 'He [Openshawl could tell at once if a man was dishonest or a humbug.' In this sentence the verb 'to tell' can be translated both as 'CKa3aTS' and as 'OT11VIHHTb' — OyneHtuoy Mor 6b'CTPO OTJ1hHMTb 6ecqecTHoro qenoaeKa 06MaHL14hKa). In the meaning 'onpeaeJIRTb, pa3nnqaTb' the verb 'to tell' is often used with 'can/could'.

1. Bce ABepn 6b1JIH 3e.neHb1MH, H Pyao.nb(þ He Mor OTJIHHMTb TY, 3a KOTOPOä XHJ1a aeBY111Ka.

2. MOH TeTY111Ka ycvrlblmæra roJIOC, HO He MorJ1a onpeaœIHTb, 0T-

KYAa OH pa3aaerca (come).

3. Flo BblpaxeHI.no capa P06eprra XOJIMC IIOHWI, HTO TOT

HanyraH.

4. Mucrrep MMKC He Mor onpeaeJIHTb, Karcoÿi CMOxeT OTb1CKaTb ero cecrrpy.

5. Bbl Moxere onpeÃeJIHTb paccT0flHHe OTCH)aa AO AOMa Ha npo TMB0110JIOXHOä CTOPOHe y.nnub1?

6. BPaTbfl-6JIM3HeUbI Tax 110X0ùKH, HT0 TOJ1bKO Mamb Morvra Pa.3JIHHHTb HX.

12. The following chart contains 3 columns grouping crimes, types of criminals and the corresponding verbs. Fill in the chart.

Crime	Criminal	Verb
		to humbug
burglary
	murderer
		to kidnap
robbery
	smuggler
		to hijack
vandalism
	blackmailer

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13. Look at the above table. Say what the criminal is trying to do in each case, and how.

Model: A shoplifter steals goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer.

14. Answer the questions with 'make'-combinations. Don't forget that

the verb 'make' has a.number of meanings among which — '3acTaBJIRTb K.-n. AenaTb q.-n.' (E.g. Then some instinct made me tell him that he had better not do that, that he had better return the book to

Dr. Hankey.)

1. What made Professor Openshaw lose his temper?

2. What made Mr. Pringle turn to Professor Openshaw for help?

3. What were the two reasons that made Pringle believe in the cases of disappearance?

4. What made Pringle leave the book with the Professor's secre tary? Why didn't he take it with him to the Professor's study?

5. What made Berridge play a joke on Professor Openshaw?

15. Thanslate the following using the construction 'make a (good, poor) painter (driver, etc.)' in the meaning 'H3

Hero (Hee, Bac H T.A.) BbliiAeT (xopoumi*, n.noxoä) xyA0XHHX (BOA,wreJIb H 'r.n.)

1. 113 aeByu1KH Bbll_n-rra xopomafl npoaaB1.uuua, HO BJraÃeJ1b10,' Ma-

ra3HHa He HPaBWIOCb, wro OHa gacro 60.ne„rra.

2. BeppHAN 6b1J1 pauu, 113 ero rrnaHa 110JIYHHTCfl OHeHb CMe111Han 111ÿTKa.

3. H3 MHCC EbKeitMCOH nonyqwnacb npeKpacHaq xeHa, xo-rn ee apY'3bfl YAHBJ1flJIHCb ee 3aMyxecTBY.

4. Cap P06epT 6b1J1 60KCepOM; KPOMe Toro, M3 Hero 110JIY¼HJICfl .nyyu_1Hå Hae3AHMK AHI'JMH.

5. Koraa MOB Terryu_1Ka 110HflJ-ra, HTO H3 ee ceraporo nouvHHJICfl wuoxoiü BOPHIMKa, OHa Bešleurra c.nyraM Haxa3aTb ero.

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16. Study the chart and put one of these verbs in the appropriate form in each gap.

There

1. 'Yes' — replied Pringle. 'It seems he said he was . . it back to Dr. Hankey.

2. Could you . my library books for me?

3. I shut the book, wrapped it in brown paper and to England intending to return it to Dr. Hankey.

4. Mr. Hopson finished writing the bill and . . it to Major Brown.

5. The servant confessed that he had stolen into my aunt's •room to . . . her box of money and jewels.

6. Peter, could you . me to the station on your way to work?

7. In twenty minutes Rudolf was back holding packets he had .

from the restaurant.

8. My aunt hurried down the stairs and ordered the servants to . . with them anything they could find.

17. Study the chart and translate the sentences.

He usually has his hair cut once a month.

I want to have it done tomorrow.

Where did you have your car repaired? I'd like to have those notes finished.

18. Answer the following questions, using 'I/he have/had (want/wanted) smth done'.

1. How often do you have your flat decorated?

2. How often do you have your teeth examined?

3. How often do you have your hair cut?

4. When did you last have your hair cut?

5. When did the Professor want to have the notes for his report finished?

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19. Use 'do/did'-construction according to the model.21.the following sentences, using 'won't/wouldn't'-

constructions.

Model: The end of his story was that the man looked into the

1.'B3ppH11>K HH 3a HTO He OTKPoeT (other's people's) KHHbook.

ry,' — 3aBePHJ1 (assured)' rrpod)eccop flPHHrJ1a.

The end of his story was that the man did look into the 2.POACTBeHHHKH :vroeä Terry111Ke BblåTH 3aMY'>K BTObook.PHHHO, HO OHa ÇW111aTb 3Toro He XOTe.na.

I. For one moment Rudolf hesitated but then the true adventurer 3. HeK0Topb1e roBOPHJIH MHKCY, HTO HeB03MOXHO HaiTH yeJ10walked straight to the green door.BeKa B 60J1b1110M ropožke, HO OH HH 3a wro He XOrreJ1 Bepwrb B 2. First my aunt was so frightened she couldn't utter a word. But

4. Herp TIPeAJTOXHJ1 Pynošlb(þy KapTOHKY, HO TOT He XO--rea'l a minute later she ordered the servants to enter the bedroom.

6paTb ee.

3. Major Brown couldn't even think of getting on to the wall but5. XOJIMC HPOCHJI opa P06epTa CKa3aTb npaBžw, HO TOT ynopH0 a second after he stood on the garden wall.MOJIqaJ1 (pronounce/utter a word).

4. Watch this film. It's well worth watching.

Mr. Meeks promised that he would find his sister and he found 22. Answer the questions. her.

6. Rudolf firmly believed that the most interesting thing might

lie just around the next corner. He wasn't mistaken. He came across the most romantic adventure in his life.

Father Brown opened the book as soon as he saw it. But it was

all blank pages.

20. franslate the following sentences, using the 'do/dhd'construction.

1. Moq "re-TY111Ka He xorreJ1a BblXOÄHTb 3aMYN BTOPW-IHO, HO nocae

HenpeMeHH0 noceTHTe 3pML.rrax (the Hermitage), Koraa 6YAe-re B CaHKT-11erep6ypre.

3. Cap P06epT xome»n CKPb1Tb CMeP'1'b cBoeiä cecmpbl, HO OH BCe xe paccKa3aJ1 BCIO npaBAY XOJIMCY.

4. 'Iloxanyicrra, 0TKpoiirre KHHry CaMH Bbl y6eawrecb, wro gy- aa He np0H30itaeT (there'll be no miracle),' nonpocnzÎI oerel_l BpayH npocþeccopa.

5. IloqeMY Bbl He npM111JIH Ha ero BegepMHKY? OH xe xnaJ1 Bac!

6. Koraa Beppuax BCe xe HCtW3, npocþeccop 110BepHJ1, HTO 3T0 6b1J1a rrpaBAa.

•7. ' fl no.nararo,' CKa3aJ1 rrpocþeccop, aeäC,TBWreJ1bHO 3aCJIYXHBaq 'raK0ti 3a TO, HTO He 3aMeqan (for not noticing) MOHX 6JIHXaii111HX nOMOLUHHKOB.

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15.

What types of phenomena did Professor Openshaw study?

What was there in Mr. Pringle's letter, addressed to Professor Openshaw?

Did the Professor find anything suspicious in Mr. Pringle's

appearance? What did the Professor like about the missionary? Under what circumstances was the book mentioned in the story for the first time?

Who had the book belonged to before?

When was the magic of the book demonstrated for the 1st time?

What were the reasons that made Pringle believe the story about the man's disappearance?

Under what circumstances did Captain Wales disappear? What was Pringle's first intention after he brought the book back to England?

Did the Professor believe Pringle? Give your reasons.

Why didn't Pringle bring the book straight to the Professor? Why was the Professor so sure that the magic book would be quite safe with Berridge?

What conclusion did the Professor come to when he made Sure that Berridge was gone? Why did he come to such a conclusion?

Why was the Professor unable to describe Berridge? Why did Pringle suggest the Professor go to Dr. Hankey? Did they find him there?

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16. What news did the Professor learn from the telephone conver— sation with Pringle?

17. What news about Berridge did the Professor learn from Father Brown?

18. Why did Berridge choose such a simple disguise as thick red beard?

19. What was the main argument that helped Father Brown to assure the Professor that not a single man had disappeared.

20. What did Father Brown mean when he said: 'He [Berridgel

never disappeared. He appeared.'

21. How many roles did Berridge play? How did he manage to play them?

22. What for did Berridge play such a joke on Professor Openshaw?

23. Why did it take Father Brown less time to solve the puzzle with the book?

23. Talking points.

1. Give as much background information about (a) Professor Openshaw, (b) Berridge, (c) Father Brown as you possibly

2. Give at least two reasons explaining why Professor Openshaw wanted to tell the results of his conversation with Mr. Pringle to Father Brown.

3. Say if the author of the story was right saying that 'Openshaw was a man of great detective ability.' Give your reasons.

4. Find the 'last drop' that. assured Professor Openshaw of the magic power of the book.

5. Reconstruct the logic of Professsor's reasoning. Explain how he came to the conclusion that Mr. Pringle's story was true.

6. Find a fact (or facts) to prove that Father Brown was more observant than his friends?

7. Give the moral of the story (if there is any).

VOCABULARY

ability [a'bllltl] n CHOC06HOCTb, YMeÅue able [elbl] a YMeJ1b1ii, YMe10111Hii, cnoc06Hb1ii be able 6b1Tb B COCTOflHHH, MOHb aboard [a'bo:d] adv Ha Kopa6ï1b, 60pr, prep Ha Kopa6ne, Ha 60PTy•,

above all 60J1b11.re Bcero absent ['æbsant] a be absent orrcyTCTB0BaTb absolutely ['æbsalu:tll] adv 6e3YCJ10BHO, COBepmeHHO absurd [ab'sra:d] a Heaenblä, a6cypAHb1i* accept [ak'sept] v 11PHHHMaTb acquaintance [a'kwemtans] n 3HaKOMCTBO; 3HaKOMbIit across [a'kros] prep yepe3, CKB03b act [ækt] n aKT, aei:icTBHe; v aeäCTBOBaTb, nocrynaTb action ['ækfn] n aehCTBHe, nocTY110K active ['æktlv] a aKTHBHb1M, aeflTeJ1bHb1it actor ['ækta] n aKTep adapt [a'dæpt] v aua11THPOBaTb, coKpa111aTb, ynP0111aTb add [æd] v 11PH6aBJ1flTb, A06aBJIÃTb, YBeJIMHHBaTb, ynyqmarrb additional [a'dlfonal] a A06aBOHHHii, •AOrIOJIHwre.71bHb1ii address [a'dres] n aapec; v 06pa1_uaTbca (K) admiration n BOCXH1ueHHe, Bocrropr advantage [ad'va:nt1d3] n npeHMY1uecTB0, Bblrona adventure [ad'ventfa] n npMK.moqeHMe adventurer [ad'ventfaral n MCKæreJ1b TIPHKJIFoyeHMit adventurous [ad'ventfaras] a CMeJIbrn, OTBaXHb1ti, rupeanpHHMHHBb1iå advertise ['ædvatmz] v 110Me1_gaTb 06'bflB.neHvre advertisement [ad'v3:t1smant] n 06'bflBJreHHe, peKJ1aMa advertising office ['ædvatamrj'ofis] orraeJ1 06"bfiBJ1er--1Mii advice [ad'vms] n coywr afford [a'fo:d] V 6b1Tb B COCTOflHMH; 1103BOAHTb ce6e Africa ['æfrlka] n A(þpmca African ['æfrlkan] n acþpHKaHe11 aft [aft] adv MOP. B KOPMOBOä qacTH, Ha KOPMe afterwards ['a:ftawadz] adv nocsre against [argemst] prep IIPOTHB, HanpOTHB; PflAOM, y age [eld3] n B03pacrr aged ['eld31d] a 110)KHJ10ii

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agency ['eld3ans1] n arewrcTB0 article ['a:tlkl] n npe.AMeT agent ['eldwnt] n areHT ashore [affo:] adv Ha 6eper, Ha 6epery agony ['ægam] n aroHHfl as if [az'lf] cj Kai' 6YAT0 agree [a'gn:] v corvnamarrbcq; YCJIOBJIHBaTbCfl o qeM-J1. aside [a'sald] adv B crrop0HY alarm [a'la:m] n CMflrreHue, cerpax, rrpeBora assure [a'ft_sa] v YBepflTb all þ:l] a BeCb, BCe astonishing [as'tomfHJ] a YAHBHTeJ1bHb1ii, M3YMHTeJIbHb1it after all B KOHL1e KOHUOB astonishment [as/tomfmant] n W3YMJ1eHHe all right xoporuo, B xopomeM COCTOflHHH, B nopflAKe,• pa.3e. JlaAH0 attack [a'tæk] n amaKa, HanaÄeHMe; v Hanamyrb all the same BCe paBH0 attention [a'tenJn] n BHHMažme at all pay attention to 06paruaTb BHHMaHMe Ha not at all HWIYTb, HMCKOJ1bKO attentively [a'tentw,ll] adv BHHMæreJ1bHO; Be,KJIHBO aloft [a'lDft] adv HaBepxy, Ha pem attitude ['ætltju:d] n OTH0111eHHe from aloft cBepxy avenue ['ævmju:] n 111HPOKafl y•nuua, npocneKT

alone [a'laun) a OAMH, OAHHOKHi avoid [a'VD1d] V H36eraTb along [a'lD0] adv B11epeA; c c060iä awake [a'welk] a 60apcTBYIou_1Hti along With BMeCTe be awake 60APCTBOBaTb, He CllaTb

also ['o:lsau] adv TaKXe, TONe await [a'welt] v 0>KMAaTb although þ:l'ðau] cj XQTfi; HecMOTPfl Ha TO, wroaway [a'wel] adv naaeK0, npotlb, Ha pacer-0flHHH

altogether [p:lta'geða] adv BITOJIHe, coBepn_reHH0 awful give ['o:ful] away a OTAaTb crrpax; pa32. y,KaCHb1ii ancestor ['æns1Sta] n npeaox, IIpap0AHTeJ1b anchor ['ærjko] n flKOPb; U CTaTb Ha flKOPb, 6ÞOCHTb flKOPb ancient ['emfant] a apeBHHii a 3aAHMü; adv Haraau, 06paTH0

back [bæk] n cr1HHa;

anniversary [pm'V3.•san] n backward ['bækwad] adv Ha3aa anxious ['ægkJas] a 03a60qeHHb1iå, 6ecn0Koauu-fiicq baggage ['bæg1d3] n 6arax

be anxious about somebody 6eC110KOMTbCfl 3a KOI'O-JI. bandit ['bændlt] n Pa360äHHK, 6aHAHT

anyhow ['emhau] adv BO BCHKOM c,JIYHae, KaK Çb1 TO HH 6b1JIObang [bærj n ynap, CTYK; V rpOMK0 yaapwrb, rpoMK0 XJ1011HYTb (ABeanyway ['emwel] adv TaK MHaqe; HHKax; BO BCflKOM CJIyqae;Pb10)

6b1 TO HH 6b1J10; KaK I-IHKaX bank n 6aHK•, OTMe.m,; 6eper (pewr) apart [a'pa:t] adv B CT0P0He; BP03b, B OTAe,1bHOCTH banker ['bænka] n 6aHKHP apathetic [ppa'Ðet1k] a PaBHOJW111Hb1ii, 6e3pa3JIHHHbIä, arraTHt1Hb1iåbare [bea] n 06ffiÐKeHHb1i•, nycToh; JIMmeHHb1Ìi Hero-al. appear [a'P1a] V 110flBJ1flTbCa; Ka3aTbCfl barrow [tbærau] n rrat1Ka appearance [a'plarans] n BHeLMHOCTb; 110flB.neHne; npH3paKbasement ['belsmant] n 110ÄBa.n; 110JIY'110ABaJ1bHb1ti arrax appologize [a'poladsaaz] v H3BHHflTbCflbeach [bi:tJl n arm [a:m] v BOOPyxaTb(Cfl)beard [bad] n 60pona arm-chair ['a:mtfea] n Kpeœl()beast [bi:st] n 3BePb around [draund] adv prep B0Kpyr, OKOJIO; nobeauty ['bju:tl] n Kpacura; KpacaBvrua. arrange [a'remd3] v TIPMBOÃHTb B rropHJ10K; ycTpaHBaTbca; beer [blð] n 11MBO BarrbCfl became [bl'keun] become arrival [a'rmvl] n' npH6b1THe because of [bl'kozav] prep M3-3a, no npMHHHe arrive [draw] V 11PM6b1BaTb, AOCTMraTb become of [bl'knm]• v (became, become) ae.naTbcq, CTaHOBMTbCÃ art [a:t] n HCKYCCTBOwhat has become of her? wro c Heit CTa.JTOCb?

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beg [beg] v npocHTb, YMOJ1flTb boyish ['bon] a MEIbHHmeCKHiå•, beg pardon npocHTb brain [bran] n M03r; paccyAOK, YM behave [bl'hew] v BeCTH ce6fl brandy ['brændl] KOHbflK, 6peHAH believe [bl'li:v] V BePHTb; AYMaTb, 110J1araTb brass plate ['bra:s'plelt] n MeAHaq aorueHKa (Ha ABepu) belong [bl'lD0] v 11PHHauaexaTb brave [brew] a ctvreJ1bN, xpa6pb1tå below [bl'lau] adv BHH3y; BHH3, break [brelk] v (broke, broken) JlOMaTb, pa36HBaTb; npepb1BaTb bend [bend] (bent, bent) CKJIOHHTb(Cfl), crúTb(ca), THYTb(Cfl) break the record n06HTb peKopA beneath [blini:9] adv BHH3Y, break the silence (word) HapymaTb MOJ11-1aHHe, CJIOBO bent [bent] CA. bend break through 11POPbIBaTbCfl

beside [bl'sa.ld] prep PflAOM c; OKOJIO

besides [bl'saldz] adv Kl)0Me Toro; prep KPOMe breath [bre6] n AblXaHMe; B3AOX bet [bet] n napu, CTaBKa; v (bet, bet) aepxaTb napn, 6HTbCñ 06 3a- breed [bri:d] n nopoaa breeze [bri:z] n 6PH3 K.nau bet on (against) IlepxaTb naph 3a (ÃPOTHB) brig bright [brig] [brmtl n 6PHra 6necTflLUHit: CITOC06Hb1M, 'ra.naHTJIHBb1ä beyond [bl'jond] adv BAaJIH; Ha pacCT0flHHH; prep 3a (ITpeaeJ1aMH) bill [bill n cqer; a.uep. 6aHKHOTa

biti [bit] n KycoqeK bring v (brought, brought) npHHOCHTb, npHBOAHTb a bit 1--1eMHOPO bring out BblBeCTH Hapyxy, BblflBHTb not a bit HMCKOJ1bKO broad [bro:d] a 111HPOKHiå bit2 [bit] cu. bite broke [brat_3k] CM. break bite [baitl v (bit, bitten) KYCaTb(Cfl) broken [braukn] cu. break blame [blenn] V npH3HaTb BHHOBHb1M, OCÞKzaaTb, CHHTaTb BHHOBHbIM broom [brom] n Mer.na blank [blæqk] a nycrroå, I-MCTb1M, HeHC11MCaHHb1ä, He3anOJTHeHHb1Ìi brought [bro:t] c". bring blanket n OJIeflÄO (mepcTflHoe) bullet ['bU11t] n blast [bla:st] n nPOKJ1flTbe, KOJTAOBCTBO bundle [bnndl] n Y3eJ1 blew [blu:] blowburn [b3:n] v (burnt, burnt) ropeTb, cropaTb; xeg--lb blind [blamd] a c.nenotiburnt [b3:nt] burn blood [blAd] n KPOBb bury ['ben] V XOPOHHTb; 3aPb1BaTb B 3eMJ110 block [blok] n KBaprraJï burst [b3:st] v (burst, burst) pa3pa3HTbcq; JTOIIHYTb; OTOPBaTbCfl blow [blats] n YAapburst into tears pa3pb1AaTbCfl blow [blao] v (blew, blown) AYTbburst into laughter PaCCMeflTbC¾ blow up B30PBaTb bush [bUJ n KYCT board [bo:d] n ÃOCKa business ['bums] n AETIO, 3aHflTHe; -ropr0Boe npeunpnsrrue, QupMa on board the schooner Ha 60PTY 111XYHb1 burst [b3:st] CM. burst body ['bDd1] n xopnyc; •reJ10but [bAt] cj HO, a; KPOMe, 3a MCKJTK)HeHMeM bone [boon] n KOCTb butler ['bAtla] n ABOpe11KMä borrow ['borau] v (from, of) 3aHHMaTb, OAaJDKHBaTb button ['bAtn] n nyroBMua•, v 3acrrerHBaTb(cn) Ha nyrOBHIIb1 bother ['bD9a] 6eC110KOHTb, HaaoeaaTb bottle ['bDtl] n 6YTb1JIKa c bottom ['botam] n AHO cabin ['kæbm] n Ka6HHa; Kawra; CEIOH bow [bats] n HOC (Kopa6J1fl); v R.naHflTbCfl cafe ['kæfel] n Kacþe boy [bD1] n HOP.calculation [ÞIkju'le1fn] n pacqer, 06AYMb1BaHHe

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call [Ы] v называть, звать; созывать сап at зайти (куда-л.) call оп навестить (кого-л.) calm [Ка:т] п спокойствие; безветрие; мор. штиль; а спокойный calmly ['ka:mll) adv спокойно; тихо сате [Кецпј см. соте candidate ['kandldeltl п кандидат canvas ['kmnvas] п холст, парусина captain ['kmptm] п воен. капитан capture ['kaptfa] v захватывать силой carbine ['ka:bam] п карабин card [ka:dl п карточка; визитная карточка; игральная карта care [Кеа] п забота, попечение, уход; осторожность, тщательность; t' заботиться (for, of, about) careful ['keaful) а тщательный; внимательный; осторожный

careless ['keahs] а беззаботный; неосторожный; небрежный, невнимательный carelessly ['keahsll] adv небрежно, невнимательно, беззаботно cargo ['ka:gau] п карго, груз carpet [Ка:рщ п ковер carriage ['karld3] п карета, экипаж сапу ['kmrl] нести, носить; увлекать за собой be carried away увлечься carry out выносить

[Кеч п дело; случай; обстоятельство case2 [Кеч п коробка, ящик, чемодан cast от [ka:stj т,' (the warps) отдать (швартовы), отчаливать (от мола) catch [k&tJ1 п улов; (caught, caught) ловить, поймать, схватить catch hold (of) ухватиться (за) catch one's eyes поймать чей-л. взгляд caught [kxt] см. catch ceiling ['si:hu] п потолок cellar ['selal п подвал central heating ['sentral 'hi:tlU] центральное отопление centre ['senta] п центр certain ['S3:tn] а определенный, некий, уверенный certainly ['sxtnll] adv конечно challenge ['tfphnd3] п вызов (на состязание); вызывать на состязание champagne Тют'рет] п шампанское

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chance [tfa:ns] п случай; возможность; by chance случайно change1 [tfemd3] менять, изменять change2 [tfemd3] п перемена, изменение; мелочь, мелкие деньги character ['kankta] п фигура, личность; характеристика, репута-

щи; разг. оригинал, чудак cheap [tJi:p] а дешевый check1 [tJek] п клетка (на материи) check2 (ИР) [jtfekhpl •v проверять cheek [ф:Кј п щека chin [tfm] п подбородок chorus ['kxrasl п хор chorus girl хористка cigar [Si'9a:] п сигара cigar-case п портсигар civilised ['swllawdl а цивилизованный; культурный claim [klam] п претензия, требование clap [klmp] v хлопать, аплодировать clay [klel] п глина cleanliness ['kli:nhms] п чистота; чистоплотность clean-shaven а чисто выбритый clear [kha] а ясный, светлый; понятный; рассеивать (сомнения) clerk [kla:k] п клерк, конторский служащий click [kllk] п щелканье; щелкать client ['klmant] п клиент clif [khf] п крутой обрыв; утес climb [klann] 1' подниматься, карабкаться cloak [klauk] п плащ close1 [Нэш] а близкий; adv близко close2 [Нэш] закрывать closed [klauzd] закрытый clothed [klau6d] а одетый cloud [klaud] п туча throw а cloud ироп бросать тень (на кого-л.) clue [klu:] п ключ (к разгадке чего-л.) coach [kautJ1 п карета, экипаж coach station остановка автобусов, карет coachman ['kautfrnan] п кучер coal [k6ull п уголь coal cellar ['kaultsela] угольный подвал coal-hole ['kaulhaul] п люк для спуска угля в подвал

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сотп ['kDfm] п гроб соп [kml] п виток; кольцо (о веревке и т.п.) collar !kDla] п воротник collect [ka'lektl 11 собирать(ся) college ['kD11d3] п колледж colossal а колоссальный, грандиозный colourless а бесцветный combine [Кат'Ьат] Е.' объединяться; смешиваться соте[Клт] (сате, соте) приходить, прибывать, приезжать; случаться, происходить, бывать соте across встречать(ся), наталкивать(ся) соте оп пойдем соте out выйти наружу, обнаруживаться соте to (oneself) приходить в себя соте ир (to) подходить (к); выходить наверх comfort ['k*.mfat] утешать comfortable ['knmfatabll а удобный comic ['kormk] а комичный commander [ka'ma:nda] п командир, начальник commit suicide [ka'rmt'sjuasmd] покончить жизнь самоубийством соттоп ['Котэп] а общий; обычный companion [Кат'рапјап] п товарищ; компаньон; соучастник companion-ladder [Кат'рапјэп 'l&da] п мор. сходной трап сотрапу ['Клтрэт] п компания; общество

in сотрапу в обществе complain [karn'plem] v жаловаться completely [karn'pli:tll] adv совершенно, полностью

conceal [kan'si:l] v скрывать; умалчивать; прятать concentrate ['konsantrelt] v сосредотачиваться

conclusion [Кап'К1и:зп] п заключение, умозаключение conduct ['knndakt] п поведение confess [kan'fes) v признаваться confession [КэпТеГп] п исповедь; признание confdential 1 »nfl'denJal] а конфиденциальный, секретный

consider [kan'slda] т.' рассматривать; обсуждать; обдумывать conspiracy [kan'sprasl] п конспирация; тайный сговор, заговор conspirator [kan'splrata] п заговорщик consult [kanAlt] v советоваться, совещаться contents ['kontants] п содержание, содержимое contradict [*ontra'dlkt] 1) противоречить contradiction [№ontra'dlkfn] п противоречие

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contraty ['kontran] а противоположный; оп the contrary наоборот conversation [№onva'selfn] п разговор, беседа

сооК [КИК] п мор. кок; v стряпать, приготовлять пищу cool [ku:l] а прохладный; спокойный; хладнокровный

сору [!kDP1] п копия, экземпляр; переписывать, копировать correct [ka'rekt] v исправлять correspondent [№ons'pondant] п корреспондент corridor ['kondx] п коридор cost [kostj п стоимость; (cost, cost) стоить cottage ['kDt1d3] п коттедж; загородный дом count [kaunt] т.' считать count out отсчитать country-house п загородный дом couple ['k,tpl] п пара

courage п смелость, мужество courageous [ka'reldps] а отважный, смелый

cover п крышка, покрышка; ь• покрывать, прикрывать; пройти дистанцию coward ['kaoad] п трус crash [kraf] п грохот, треск; разбить, разрушить

create [kn'ert] создавать, творить creature ['kri:tfa] п создание, живое существо

crew [kru:] п экипаж (судна) crime [Капп] п преступление criminal ['knmmal] п преступник; а преступный criticize ['kntlsaw] критиковать

cross [kros] v пересекать, переходить crossly ['krosll] adv сердито, сварливо crowd [kraud] п толпа crowded ['kraudld] а переполненный; битком набитый; перенаселенный; переполненный народом crow's-nest ['krauznest] п воронье гнездо; мор. наблюдательный

пост (на мачте) cruise [kru•.2] п морское путешествие, плавание cry [kral) п крик, вопль, плач; (cried, cried) плакать; кричать;

взывать give а сгу закричать, вскрикнуть сите [Кјиа] п лечение; излечивать, исцелять curiously ['kjuanasll] adv странно, необычно curling ['k3:hgl а вьющийся, курчавый

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cut2 [kAt] n uapamma, pa3pe3, nope3	devil ['devl] n AblBOJ1, Hep-r, 6ec devote [dl'vaut] t,' ITOCBfi[11aTb devoted [dl'vautld] a npenaHHb1Ìt
daily ['delll] adv exe11HeBH0	die [dal] v YMepeTb
damp [dæmp] a cblpoii, BJ1a>KHb1ti	difference ['dlfrans] n pa3Huua; pa3JIMt-1He
danger ['demd3ô] n OnaCHOCTb	different ['dlfrant] a pa3JIMHHb1ii; pa.3Hb1i•i; apyroVi
in danger B OnaCHOCTH	differently ['dlfranth] adv MHaqe, no-npyr•0MY
dangerous ['demd3ras] a onacHb1it	difficulty ['dlfikaltl] n TPYAHOCTb, 3a•rpY'i1HeHne
dare [dea] V CM(žTb, OCMeJIHBaTbCfl	dim [dun] a HeflCHb1ii; CMYTHb1ä

curtain ['k3.•tn] n 3aHaBecKà cutl [kAt] v (cut, cut) pe3aTb, pa3pe3aTb, oerpe3aTb

dark [da:k] n rreMHO'ra, TbMa; a TeMHb1tå		dine [dam] v 06eaaTb
darkness ['da:kms] n rreMHOTa, TbMa		dip [dip] n norpyxeHHe; v norpyxaTb(ca), OKYHaTb(Cfl)
dark-skinned ['da:kpkmd] a cMY1'J1b1ii		direction [dl'rekJn] n HarrpaB.neHHe
dawn [do:n] n 3ap•a, paccBeT		directory [dl'rektan] n aapecHaq KHHra; cnpaBOHHHK
dead [ded] a Meprr-Bb1Ìi		disappear [ ,dlsa'pla] v Hcqe3aTb
•deal [di:l] n KOJIW-IeCTBO		disappearance [,dlsa'plarans] n HCW3HOBeH1.re
a great deal MHOI'O		disappointment [Alsa'pomtmant] n pa30Hap0BaHue; aocaaa
death [de9] n CMePTb		discipline ['dlslphn] n AHC11H11JIHHa,
deathly ['de611] adv CMePrreJ1bHO		discover [dls'knva] v 06HaPY>KHBaTb
debt [det] n (aeE1eXHb1ä)		discuss [dls'kAs] v 06CyxaaTb
decision [dl'S13n] n pemeHHe		discussion [dls'kAfn] n 06cyxaeHHe, AMCKYCCHfi
deck [dek] n naufiy6a		disguise [dis'gžnz] n nepeoaemHMe, MacKHPOBKa; MacKa•, v nepeoae-
declare [dl'klea] u 06'bflBJ1flTb		BaTbCfl, MaCKHPOBaTbCfl
decorate ['dekarelt] v YKpamaTb		dishonest [distomst] a HeqeCTHbrh; M0111eHHW-1eCKVIñ
deep [di:p] a rny60KMti; adv r.ny60K0		distance ['dlStans] n pac:cT0flHqe, ZHCTaHUHfl
deeply ['di:ph] adv 1'JIY60K0		at a distance Ha pacCT0flHMe

daredevil ['deoÀevI] a OTBæKHb1i\, aep3KMñ, OllPOMeTHMBbth dimly ['dimll] adv CMYTHO, HeflCHO

defeat [diffi:t] v n06exnaTb, HaHOCHTb nopaxeHMe distant ['distant] a aanera.lii, OTAaaeHHb1i definite ['defimt] a onpeneJ1eHHb1M, T0HHb1i•i distinctly [dis^ltL1)kt11] adv flCHO, O'rqeTJIMB0 definitely ['defimth] adv onpeaeJIeHH0, TOHHOdistrict ['dlstrlkt] n pait0H delay [dl'lel] n 3aAepìKKa dive [daw] v HbiPflTb delight [dl'laat] n BOCTopr, BocxmueHHedizzy ['dlZ1] a ^DHYBCTBY101_UHä FOJIOBOKpyxeHHe; demand [dl'ma:nd] n 'rpe60BaHue, 3anpoc; v TPe60BaTb be dizzy HYBCTBOBaTb rOJIOBOKPYXeHHe description [dis'knpJn] n onucaHHe; H306paxeHHe do [du:] v (did, done) aeaaTb, Bb1110JIHflTb deserve [dl'T3:v] V 3aC.TIYaKHBœTb that will do XBaTMT, AOBOJ1bHO desire [dl'zala] n xenaHHe; v xe.J1aTb dock [dDk] n 110K, pa3e. npuc•raHb design [dl'zam] n npoeKT doorway ['do:wel] n ABepH0tt npoeM despair [dls'pea] n 0THaaHHe, 6e3HaaeXHOCTbin the doorway B ABepqx desperate ['desparlt] a OTHaflHHb1h, 6e3Haxue)KHb1ä doubt [daUt] n COMHeHMe; v COMHeBaTbCfl detail ['di:ta.ll) n IIOJIP06HOCTb, Jlerra.ïlbDr.=Doctor ['dDkta] n AOKTOP, Bpaq

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dozen ['dnzn] AEO>KHHa drag [dræg] v rrauu,rrrb, TflHYTb drag out BblTaUIHTb dragon ['drægan] n apaxožl dramatist ['dræmatlst] n apaMarrypr drawl [dro:] v (drew, drawn) PHCOBaTb, qePTHTb draw2 V (drew, drawn) -raUUdTb•, TflHYTb; Bbl'fflCKHBaTb; rlPHTfl1'HBarib; rlPHB.neKaTb (BHHMaHHe) drawn [dro:n] cu. draw

dream [dri:m] n COH; MeqTa; v (dreamt, dreamed) BHAet1'b COH, apeMarrb; MeqrraTb dreamt [dremt] cu. dream dreamy ['dri:ml] a MeqrrareJ1bHb1ti dressmaker ['dresmelka] n nopTHHxa drew [dru:] CM. draw drip [dnp] v KarraTb drive [draw] v (drove, driven) 1'HaTb•, exaTb•, rrpaBHTb (JlOmaJ1bMVf) driven ['dnvn] cu. drive driver ['drawa] n BOAHTeJ1b, 1110(þep; Kyqep truck driver BOAurreJ1b rpY30B0ii MallMHb1 drop [drop] v POHITb; 6pocaTb; OliýCKaTbCfl drove [draw] drive drown [dratm] v TOHHTb drown oneself ['draun] YT01THThCfl to be drowned YTOHYTb dry [drai] a cyxoä; v BblCb1XaTb, CYUIMTb(Cfl) duel ['dju:al] n AY3J1b, 110-eÃHH0K dull [dAI] a CKYHHbIä during ['djuar11J] prep BO BpeMfl, B •reqel--me duty ['dju:tl] n 06maHHOCTb

each [i:tJ pron KŒKAb1iå each other Apyr apyra to each other npyr apyry earn [3m] v sapa6aTb1BaTb earn one's living 3apa6aTb1BaTb Ha XH3Hb ease [i:z] n HenpMHY'>KAeHHœTb to be at one's ease HYBCTBOBaTb ce6fl HenpMHY*AeHH0 ill at ease He no ce6e eccentric [Ik'sentrlk] a 3KCqeHTPHHHb1å, CTPaHHb1ii

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edge [ed3] n Kpaii education [pdju:'kelfn] n 06pœ30BaHHe effect [l'fekt] n CerreACTBwe, pe3YJ1bTarr, neMcrBMe, eh [el] int BOT KaK? He npaBna JIM?

eitherl ['alða] adv rraK>Ke; pmn KaùKAb1ii; TOT H apyroii either2 ['alða] cj either or WIM elderly ['eldall] a 110>KHJTOti, 110HTeHHb1ii eldest ['eld1St] a ceraP111Hii electric [I'lektnk] a 3J1eKTPMHëCKHii embarrassed þm'bærast] a cMyueHHb1ti embrace [Irn'brels] v 06HHMaTb employer þm'plma] n Hay-unaære.nb, X03flHH empty ['emptl] a nycrroit end [end] n KOHen; v KOHqaTbCfl energetic [,ena'd3et1k] a 3HeprnqHb1Ìå energy ['enad31] n 3HeprHfl, cn.na engine ['end31n] n MOTOp; napoB03 engine-room ['end31nrum] n Mamm--1HOe OTAeJ1eHue enjoy [m'd3D1] v HaCJ-ra>KaaTbCfl enlarge [mila:d3] v YBeJIHHHBaTb(cq), enter ['enta] v BXOAHTb enthusiasm [m'9ju:mæzm] n 3HTY3qa3M, BOCTopr entrance ['entrans] n BXOÃ episode ['episaud] n 311H30A equal ['i:kwal] a paBHb1i\, OAHHaKOBb1tt escape [IS'ke1P] v •6exaTb (H3 TIJ1eHa, TIOPbMb1); QM36exaTb (onacH0-

CTH), cnacTMCb et cetera [It'setra] nam. -raK nawnee European [Juara'pi:an] a eBponefiCKHü event [I'vent] n C06b1THe ever ['eva] adv KOTAa-HH6YJ1b, Koraa-JIH60 evidence ['eV1dans] n ÃOKa3arreJ1bCTBO,• YJIHKa evident ['evident] a OgeBMÃHb1fi evidently ['evidanth] adv OHeBMAHO exactly [19'zækth] adv TOHHO; pa3; MMeHHO•, COBepmeHH0 ŠepH0 (B

OTBerre) exam [Iglzæm] = examination [lg ,zæml'nelfn] n 3K3ar.qeH examine [lg'zætmn] V 3K3aMeHOBaTb; OCMaTPHBaTb examiner þg'zæmma] n 3K3aMerwrop excellent ['eksalant] OTJIHHHb1h

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except [lk'sept] ртер кроме, исключая; за исключением excited [lk'saltld] а возбужденный, взволнованный; оживленный

be (get) excited (раз)волноваться excitement [lk'saltmant] п возбуждение

exclairn [1ks'klenn] v восклицать exclamation ['ekskla'rnelfn] п восклицание exist [19'.nst] v существовать expect [lks'pekt] v ожидать; рассчитывать; полагать expedition [pkspl'd1Inl п экспедиция expel [lks'pel] v выгонять, исключать expense [lks'pens] п трата, расход expensive .[lks'penslv] а дорогой, дорого стоящий explanation [,ekspla'nelfn] п объяснение expression [kprefn] п выражение eyebrow ['albrau] п бровь

face [fers] п лицо; 1.' стоять лицом (к чему-л.) fade [feld] •v выцветать, увядать fail [fell] потерпеть неудачу failure ['fellja] п неудача; неудачнйк faint [femt] п обморок; v падать в обморок fair [Фа] а прекрасный; светлый; светловолосый fairy-tale ['feantell] п (волшебная) сказка faithfully ['fe19fulll adv преданно, верно fa11 [fxl] 1.' (fell, fallen) падать fall asleep заснуть fall ill заболеть fall in love влюбиться fall ореп открыться false [fxls] а ложный, ошибочный; фальшивый, обманчивый fame [ferm] п слава familiar [fahllja] а близкий; хорошо знакомый, привычный fan [fan] обмахиваться fantastically [fan'tastlkah] adv фантастически, нереально far [fa:] (farther, further; farthest, furthest) adv далеко, на большом расстоянии so far до сих пор, пока farce [fa:s] п фарс; шутка farther [Та:ба] а более отдаленный (сравнит. степень от far), даль-

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fate [fert] п судьба, рок; гибель fault [fo:lt] п ошибка; вина favourite ['fewarlt] а любимый, излюбленный fear [Па] п страх; бояться

fearlessly ['fahsll] adv бесстрашно

fee п гонорар, плата feel [fi:l] (felt, felt) чувствовать; нащупывать, ощупывать feel unhappy чувствовать себя несчастным feeling ['f:hrj] п чувство feet [fi:tj pl от foot fell [fel] см. fall felllow [Теки) п разг. человек; парень felow passenger спутник felt (fel) см. feel fght [fart] п борьба; v (fought, fought) драться, бороться, сражаться Hgure п фигура; цифра

Rll [fll] наполняться fnal ['famal] а конечный, заключительный fnali [famall] adv наконец, в конце концов

Hnd [famd] (found, found) находить, обнаруживать

Rnd oneself очутиться, оказаться

Rnd out обнаружить, разузнать, выяснить, открыть

Hnel [fam] а прекрасный; красивый Япе2 [fam] п штраф fnger [Тиша) п палец

Hrmly ['f3.mh] adv твердо, решительно

Rrst [fT.st] а первый

at frst вначале, сначала

Hrst rate ['f3:st 'reltl а первоклассный Rsh-boat ['flJbaut] п рыбачья лодка fsherman ['flfaman] п рыбак Hshing ['f15rjl п рыбная ловля

Rsh-kettle ['flf*etl] п котелок для варки рыбы

fst [flSt] п кулак нх [flks] т фиксировать, закреплять; останавливать (взгляд, внимание на чем-л.)

Ragpole ,paul] п флагшток

Нате [Нет] п пламя

Rash [Наел п вспышка

Heet [Hi:t] п флот Rshing Heet рыболовная флотилия

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flower-bed ['flauabed] n KJIYM6a flying ['flano] a .nera10111Htå, .ne•rygvrii fo'c's'le CM. forecastle fog [fog] n TYMaH

foggy ['fD91] a TYMaHHb1ii folks [faUks] n pa3e. POAHfi, POAHTeJIM fold [fðUld] n CK.naÄKa; v CK.naÄbIBaTb follow ['folaU] v CJreAOBaTb fool [fUl] n r.nyneu; v AvpaHHTb foolish ['fU11ý a r.nyrlblå, 6e3paCCYAHb1ii foot [fUt] n (z 30,5 CM) footmark n c:re.a footstep ['futstep] n caea, mar; noAHO>KKa, CTyneHbKa force [fo:s] n CM-na forecastle ['faUksI] n .uop. 6aK, nepear--lfifl qacTb narry6b1, 110JIY6aK; KY'6pHK, 110Meruemre KOMaHAb1 noa 6aKOM forehold ['fo:hauld] n MOP. HOCOBOä TPK)M foremost n .uop. A}0KMawra forgave [fa'gew] c.u. forgive forgive [fa'g1V] v (forgave, forgiven) nporuaTb form [fo:m] n (þopsqa; v 06pa30Bb1BaTb(ca) formerly ['fo:mah] adv paHbme, npexae fortress ['fo:tns] n KpenocTb fought [fo:t] CM. fight found [fazsnd] cu. find frank [fræok] a HCKpeHHMii, OTKPOBeHHb1it, OTKPb1Tb1it

free [fri:] v OCB060>KaaTb freedom ['fri:dam] n CB060aa freeze [fri:z] v (froze, frozen) Mep3HYTb, 3aMopaXHBaTb, 3a.CTbIBaTb (o

KPOBH)

fresh [fren a CBØKHA, HOBbrå friendly ['frendll] a apyxecKMä, ApyxecKH pacnoaoxeHHb1'ñ frighten [fraltn] v nyraTb frightened ['fraltnd] a ncnyraHHb1ii, HarryraHHb1ii get frightened qcnyra•Tbca froze [frau] CA. freeze frozen [frauzn] cu. freeze full [fUI] a no-'1HbIå be full (of) 6bITb no-TlHb1M (Hero-Jl.), HarlOJIHeHHbIM (geM-JI.) full-length ['ful'Ie09] a 110JIHb1å, 6e3 coxpaueHMfi; adv BO BCH) AJIMHY,

BO BeCb poc•r

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fun [fin] n 3a6aBa, 111YTKa, Becešlbe furnace ['f3:ms] n neHb furnished ['f3:mft] ' a Me6JIHPOBaHHb1å furniture ['fa:nitfal n Me6eJ1b further ['f3.•ða] adv 3arreM, KPOMe Toro fuse [fju:z] n 3anaJ1, B3Pb1BœreJIb

gaily ['gelll] adv Bece.no gale [gell] n urropa, 6ypfl galley ['gæll] n MOP. xaM6Y3 (KYXHfl Ha cyaHe) game ['geltn] n Hi-pa; ae-no; 3aMb1ceJ1, npoeKT gas-lamp ['gæslæmp] n ra30Bb1iå (t)0Hapb gate [gelt] n Bopo•ra; KEIHTKa main gate uewrpaJ1bHb1e Boporra side gate 60KOBb1e BOPOTa, 60KOBafl K&'1HTKa gather ['gæða] v c06upaTb(ca) gay [gel] a Bece.ïlbllt, paaocTHb1ii gentleman ['d3entIman] n AXeHTJIbMeH, roc110ÄHH gently ['d3enth] adv MRI'KO, HC%HO, THXO get [get] v (got, got) nonyqaTb, aocrraBaTb; 406upaTbca, aocyrwa•rb;

CTaHOBHTbCfl get dark ereMHeTb get off BblXOAHTb (H3 •rpo.naeti6yca) get on MATH, 11PH6JIHxaTbCff, aaAHTb, Y*HBaTbca•, aeaaTb ycnexu; Ca.ÄHTbCfl (Ha napoxoa) get on somebody's nerves aeMCTBOBaTb KOMy-JIH60 Ha HePBbI get rid (of) H36aBJTflTb(tfl get tired ycTaTb; I am tired (of) MHe HaaoeJ10 get well nonpaBHTbCfl, Bb13ÃOPOBeTb ghost [gaust] n npHBHaeHHe, ayrx giant ['d3žuant] n 1'HraHT, BEIHKaH; a Ol'POMHb1Ìi gigantic [d3dgænt1k] a rurarrrcKHi, rp0Ma11Hb1ii glance [gla:ns] n 6b1CTPbIit B3r'JTflJ1; V MeJIbKOM 1331'JIflHYTb glass [gla:sl n C'reKJTO; CTažcaH, 60Kan; 3epKano

glasses ['gla:slz] n pl gloomy ['glu:rm] a MpaHHb1ti, •reMHb1h, yrPK)Mb1ti, negaJ1bHb1i•i glove [glAV] n nepqaTKa goddess ['godlS] n 60tSHHfl gold [gaold] n 30JIOTOt, a 30J10T0it golden ['gauldan] a 30ÃOTHCTEAii

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goods [gudz] n pl TOBap; rpy3, 6ara.>K gossip ['goslP] n Cll.neTHfl; v crr.neTHnqaTb got [got] get government ['gnvnmant] n npaBwreJ1bCTB0 grasp [gra:sp] v CXBaTb1BaTb grassy ['gra:sr] a 110KPb1Tb1ii -rpaB0it grateful ['greltful] a 6-qaroaapHb1iå grave [grew] n MOrH.na gravely ['grewll] adv MpaHHO, ryeqa,TbH0

greatly [greltll] adv B 60J1buroit crreneHH Greek [gri:k] n rpeqecKHti fl3bIK; a rpeHecKHii greet [gri:t] v rlPMBeTCTBOBaTb greeting ['gri:t11J] n npHBeTCTBHe grim [gnm] a MPaHHbIå, yrpK)Mb1iä grimly ['gnmll] adv MpaHHO, yrpK)M0 grin [gnn] n YCMe111Ka; v Y'XMb1J1flTbCfl groon [graun] n CTOH; v CTOHaTb grow [grao] v (grew, grown) pacTM, npowapaœrarrb, BblpaCTaTb, YBeJIHHHBaTbCa (B 06beMe, pocrre); BblPa11UIBaTb; ne.naTbCfl, CTaHOBHTbCfl guest [gest] n 1'OCTb gun [gnn] n pax¿. peB0JIbBep-

hair [heal n BOJIOCbI .

hallway n cue-p. KOPHaop; npuxoxaa hand [hænd] v BpyqaTb, nepeaaBaTb handle [hændl] n pyHKa (111Ba6pb1), PYKOflTb; v yrrpaBJTflTb, cnpaBJ11TbCfl handsome ['hænsam] a KPaCHBbIfi, crraTHb1it hang [hæo] v (hung, hung) BemaTb (Be111M); BHCe,Tb happiness ['hæplms] n cqacTbe harbour ['ha:ba] n raBaHb, noper hard [ha:d] a TBePAb1ü, TflXeJ1b1ä; adv TflxeJ10, ynopH0, ycepÃH0 hardly ['ha:dh] adv eaBa (-e.ABa),

hard-working a 'rpYÃ0Jn06HBbIit harm [ha:m] n BpeJ1, yruep6; v BPe4MTb

hatchway ['hætfwel] cu. hatch headquaters n eoeH. 111Ta6; ueHTp•, 1'J1aBHoe ynpaBJ1e-

police headquaters 1'J1aBHoe nouTIMuetiCKoe ynpaBJ1eHHe

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health [he19] n 3ÃOPOBbe healthy ['helth] a 340POBb1ii

hear from 110JIYYHTb H3BecTHe, [IHCbM0 OT heart [ha:t] n cepaue

heartily ['ha:tlll] adv cepaeHH0, H(tKpeHHe heartless ['ha:t11S] a 6eccepnetåHbIå heaven [hevn] n He60, He6eca good heavens! 60',Ke MOii; 0 60xe! for heavens sake paun 60ra heavily ['hevlll] adv Tflxeno, TflFOCTHO heavy ['hevl] a TflxeJ1b1it heel [hi:l] n TIflTKa height [halt] n pocrr, BblCOTa held [held] CM. hold help [help] v 110MoraTb help oneself yrou_1aTbcfl helpless ['helphs] a 6eC110MOLUHbIå hero ['hlarau] n repoå hesitate ['hezltelt] v KOJIe6aTbCfl hesitation [þen'telfn] v KOJIe6aHHe hid [hld] CM. hide hidden [hidn] CA. hide hide [hold] v (hid, hidden) npmaTb(cq) hiding-place ['haldlm)lels] n norraeHHoe MeCTO, y6eŽKHIue highly ['hail] adv BblCOKO think highly (of) 6b1Tb BblCOKO Ml--1eHHfl O KOM-JI. hind ['hamd] a 3aAHHii hire ['hcna] n HaeM, np0Karr, 11J1arra 3a np0Kær holdi [haUld] v (held, held) aepxarrr,; n BJ1aAeHHe, 3axBa•r hold up one's hand 110AHfiTb pyKY take hold (of) YXBaTHTbCfl (3a), CXBaTHTb hold2 n TPK)M holiday ['holadl] n npa3ÄHHK, orrnycK be on (a) holiday 6bITb B OT11YCKe

honest ['omst] a geCTHb1ii honesty ['omstl] n yeCTHOCTb honour ['ona] n gecTb, penyTauwq; v rroqwraTb, hoof [hu:f] n KOfib1TO hopeless ['hauphs] a 6e31--raAeŽKHbIit horn [ho:n] n POXOK

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horrible ['horibl] a cerpa111Hb1ii, yyaCHb1Bi inch [Lntn n NOiM (=2,5 CM) horror ['horal n yxa.c incident ['msldant] n c.J1yqati, np0HC111ecTBHe, HHUqneHT horsepond ['ho:s pond] n BOAOeM KyrraŒIHfl J101_uaAetå indeed [mⁱdi:d] adv B CaMOM ne,üle, netiCTBHreJ1bHO (CJIY)KHT ycnhorse-racing ['ho:spe1s11J] n 6era, CKaHKH aeHHfl) horsewhip ['ho:swlp] v 0TXJIecrraTb Indian ['mdjan] n HHayc; a HHÄHiåCKHti hotel [hau'tel] n orreJIb, rocTHH1-•rua indicate [findlkelt] V 110Ka3b1BaTb, YKa3b1BaTb•, 03HayaTb hotly ['hDt11] adv 3anaJ1bHHB0 indifferently [m' dlfrantll] adv 6e3pa3JIHHH0 howl [haul] v BblTb inform [m'fo:m] v HHd)OPMHPOBœI'b, 113Be1UaTb huge [hju:d3] a orpOMHb1t* information [pnfa'me1Jn] n MH(þOPMaLIHfl, cBeneHHfl human ['hju:man] a yeJ10BeqecKHii inn [m] n nocT0flJ1brii ABOP, xapqeBHfl human being qeJIOBeK, geJ10BeqecKoe CYLuecTBO innkeeper ['mki:pa] n BJ1ane.J1eu, X03HHH 1'OCTHHHUb1 humbug ['hnmb,xg] n 06MaHIUHK, XBacTYH inscription [m'sknpJn] n Haanwc•b humour ['hju:ma] n K)Mop insist [m'SISt] V Hac-raHBaTb hung [hAIJ] CM. hang inspect þn'spekt] v OCMaTPVIBaTb hunger ['hnnga] n roJ10J1 inspection [mispekfn] n OCMOTP hurriedly ['hnrldll] adv nocnemrro installment [mⁱsto:lmantl n oqepeAH0ii B3HOC hurry ['hnrl] n cnemžca; v cnemMTb instance [finstans] n npMMep, 06pa3eu; cvqyqaü

hurt [h3:t] v npH¼HHfiTb 60J1b for instance Hanpmvrep husband ['hnzband] n instead of [misted av] prep BMecTO hush [hAj int THme! instinctively þn/stll]ktlvll] adv HHCTHHKTHBHO hut [hAt] n XH)KHHa instruction [mistrnkfn] n HHCTPYK11Hfi, pacnopqxerrqe hypothesis [haltpt)thsls) n TH110Te3a, npeanonoxerme intend [m/tend] v waMepeBaTbcq hysterically [hls'terlkah] adv HCTepuqeCKH intention [m'tenfn] n Harvrepemre, CTpeM.neHHe introduce [Antra'dju:s] v npe.Ãc-raBJ1flTb, 3HaKOMHTb 1 invalid ['mvali:d] n 60J1bHOtÍ, a 60J1bHOi* idea [al'dla] n Mb1CJ1b, Haefl, 110HflTHe, npeacTaBerreHHe invent invisible [m'vent] [In' umbl] v "306perraTba 1--1eBHÄHMb1ii idler ['aidla] n 6e3aeJ1bHHK if [If] cj ecJIH, ec-nq 6b1, (BBOÄHT KOCBeHHbLM Borrpoc HJIH npunaT. invitation [énvi'telfn] n rrpwrvramel--me

Aon. rypeJU10X.)invite [m'vaat] v npmvuaurarrb

as if KaK 6YÄTO iron ['man] n xe.nego ill [il] a 60JTbHOM ironical [al'romkal] a HI)0HuqecKHii

fall ill 3a60.neTb irritate Italian [l'tæljan] ['mtelt] v n pa3ApaxaTbwraJ1bflHeu•, a HTaJ1bflHCKHi* illness [films] n 60J1e3Hb

Italy ['Itoh] n immediately [I'mi:djatll] adv HeMeAJ1eHHO, 'ro•rqac xe itself [It'self] pron. caM, caM0, caMa, ce6e, ce6a impatiently [Im'pelfantll] adv HeTepneJIHB0 important bm'po:tant] a BaXHbIä (no 3HageHHkO) impossible þm'poslbl] a HeB03MOXHb1ä, HeBb1HOCHMb1it jackal ['d3æko:l] n 1_uaKaJ1 impress [rm'pres] v t1POH3BOÃHTb BileqaTvneHHe jacket ['d3æk1t] n xaxer, KYPTKa

impression [Im'prefan] n Brretrarrvrrel--me Japan [dwipæn] n flTIOH11fl improve þmTpru:v] v yvrrygmaTb(cfi) jewel ['dsu:al] n aparoueHHb1ii xaMeHb; H3naHHe; pl. apaimpulse ['Impnls] n HMr1YJ1bC, nopbIB rOUeHHOCTH

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jewellery ['d3unlr1] n aparoueHHOC"TH job [d3Db] n pa60rra, TWA, 3aHflTHe, Aevno, 3aÃaHHe jockey ['d3Dk1] n }KOKei, Hae3AHHK join [d3D1n] v TIPHMb1KaTb; BcrryrraTb journalist ['d33:nahst] n XYPH&TIHCT joy [d301] n paaocrb jouful ['d301foI] a paaocTHbN, CHaCTJIMBb1tå joyous ['d301as] = joyful judge [d3Ad3] n cyžlbfl; v CYAMTb jump [d3Amp] n HPb1ùKOK; V rrpb11ZTb, BCKaKMBaTb justl •[d3ASt] a cnpaBeÃJIMBb1iå just2 [d3ASt] adv TO.JIbKO HTO, KaK pa3, MMeHHO, npoc:ro, Bcero

keel [ki:l] n KHJ1b (CYAHa) keen [ki:n] a CW1bHO Hero-Jl., K qeMy-J1.

keep [ki:p] v (kept, kept) aepxaTb, COAepxaTb, XPaHHTb; noaaepxu-

Barrb, np0AOJ1>Karrb (pa3F0Bop) keep away aepxaTbcq 110AaJ1bme keep from YAePXHBaTb OT, He nonycKaTb

keep quiet MOJIHaTb, He pa3r0BaÞMBaTb keep secret aepxaTb B cercpeTe keep silence xpaHHTb Moonqar-l¼e, MOJIHaTb keep silent MOJIqaTb

keep watch CTOflTb Ha BaxTe, CTOPOXMTb kept [kept] CA. keep key [ki:] n kid [kid] n pa3e. pe6eH0K, napHH1_LIKa

kidnap ['kidnæp] V HaCHJ1bHO HJIH 06MaHOM nOXHTHTb Koro-J1. kill [kll] v y6HBaTb kindl Þnd] n požu, COPT, Pa3HOBMÄHOCTb all kinds of BCeB03MOXHbre of a different kind (WIM a different kind of) apyroñ, what kind of ? KaKoro poaa; HTO 3a ? KaKOfi? kind2 a A06Pb1å, MflrKMil kindly-looking ['kamd11)uk10] a a06poxe-rraTeJIbHb1ti (c BHAY) kindness ['kamdms] n A06porra

kiss [Ins] v IleJIOBaTb knock [110k] v yaapfiTb, crryqaTb(cq) knock down C6HTb C HOE knock over C6MTb C HOI', onp0KHHYTb, HaexaTb (Ha)

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knot [not] n MOP. Y3eJ1 (=1853,2 MMJIH B Hac) knowledge ['n011d3] n 3Ha1--me

labyrinth ['læb1rm9] n Jla6MPHHT ladder ['læda] n .neCTHHUa lady ['leidl] n x03fliiKa 40Ma; ne,AH Iain [lem] CM. lie lame [leim] a xpoM0i lamp-post ['læmppaust] n (þ0HapHb1it CTOJ16 land [lænd] n 3eMJ1ff, v BblCaXMBaTb(Cfl) (Ha Çeper); npuqaJIMBaTb landing ['lændln] n aecTHHHHaa 11J101uaAF.a lantern ['læntan] n (þ0Hapb lastl [la:st] a nocvnemlnii, 11P0111J1bN; adv B np0111J1bM para last2 [la:st] V ÃJMTbCfl, HPOAOJEKaTbca; XBarraTb latel [left] a 11034HMit be late (for) Orra3Ãb1BaTb late2 pelt] a HOKOäHb1it, laughing stock ['la:fiIjstDkl n nocMe111M1_ue laughter ['la:fta] n CMex law [la:] n 3aKOH lay [lei] CM. lie lazy ['le1Z1] a JleHHBbrii leadl [led] n CBMHeU lead2 [li:d] v (led,led) Becrrn; pa3BOAMTb leader ['li:da] n BO>KaK, PYKOBOAMTeJ1b least [Ii:st] adv HaHMeHbU_uM

at least no KpaäHeü Mepe leather ['leða] n KO)Ka leave [li:v] n oernycx; v (left, left) 110KI-rnaTb, OCTaBJ1flTb, ye3>KaTb lecturer ['lektJara] n .neKTOP, nperroaaBarreJ1b led [led] CM. lead2 left [left] CM. leave lens [lenz] n Jlyna let [let] v (let, let) 1103BOJ1flTb, A011YCKaTb let go OT11YCKaTb let him nycTb OH let me know naiTe MHe 3HaTb let off BblnyCTMTb, OT11YCTHTb let out BblflYCTHTb liar ['lala] n lick [11k] v JIH3aTb, 0651143b1BaTb

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liel pal] v (lay, Iain) JlexaTb lie2 [lal] n JlOXb; v JlraTb tell a lie JlraTb lift [lift] v 110AHHMaTb light [lait] n CBer, a CBeTJ1bN; v (lit, lighted) 3axwraTb, OCBeL11aTb brightly lit flPK0 OCBeueHHb1ä light-haired cBeTJ10Bo.nocbIit like [Ialk] a 110A06Hb1ü, rroxoxøii like that rraK, rra.Koti line [lam] n PHA, JIHHHfl; cerpoKa liner ['lama] n naiHep, nacca>KHPCKHtå napoxoa lip [hp] n ry6a load [laud] v HarpyxaTb, rpy3HTb; 3apqxaTb local ['laukal] a Mec.'THb1ii lock [10k] n 3aMOK; v 3a11HpaTb lonely [latsnll] a OAHHOKÞN, 3a6pomeHHb1ii; nyCTb1HHbTü; yeAMHeHHb1å long [Imo] a as long as (40 Tex nop) r10Ka no longer 60J1b111e He

look [IUk] n B31'J1flA, BblpaxeHHe; v CM0TpeTb

have a look B3r.T1flHYTb take a look B3rJ1flHYTb throw a look 6POCHTb B3rJ1flA, B3rJ1flHYTb look after npncMaTpMBaTb look for HCKaTb look forward OXMaaTb c HerepneHHeM look hard CMOTPeTb npHœraJ1bH0

look here nocJIY111aä-Ka look in 3ar.T1ñHYTb look into 3arJ1flAb1BaTb, MCCvneAOBaTb look like 6bITb ITOXOXHM look out ocrreperaTbca look over ocMa•rpHBaTb

look round or.Ï1flHYTbca look unhappy BbH'JIflAeTb HeCtraCTHb1M look up rlOÃHflTb runa3a, nocMOTPeTb BBepx looking glass ['luklngla:s] n 3epKaJ10

lose [Iu:z] v (lost, lost) TepflTb, JIM11HTbCa; npourpaTb lose a game nponrPaTb Mrpy

lose sight r10TepflTb 113 BHAa lose the way ITOTePflTb nopory, 3a6JIYÄHTbCfl

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lost [lost] CM. lose lot [lot] n xpe6Hi, cyab6a a lot (of) Clots) Macca, MHO*œCTBO, MHOI'O

loud [laud] a rpoMKHiå love [IAV] n 31106013b; V J1106HTb be in love (with) 6b1Tb BJIK)6J-reHHb1M B KOPO-JI. fall in love BJff06HTbCfl lovely ['IAVII] a KpaCHBb1ä, oqap0Barre.J1bHb1ii lovingly ['Inv11J11] adv HŒKHO, c JlK)60BbfO low [IOU] a HW3KHi; luck [Ink] n cenyqaii, YAaqa good luck yaaqa lucky ['IAk1] a yaaHHb1iå; YAaHJIHBb1ñ luggage ['Ingld3] n 6arax lunch [Inntj n wropoti 3awrpaK•, u 3avrpaKaTb

mad [mæd] a cyMacmeA111Hiá madam ['mædam] n ManaM, rocnoxa, cyxaPbIHfl (06bIKH. KaK 06pa111.) made [meld] CM. make madhouse ['mædhaus] n AOM YMaaumeHHb1X madman ['mædman] n 6e3YMeu magazine n *YPHaJ1 magic ['mæd31k] n MarHfl, BOJ1me6CTBO; a Bonme6Hb1ü, MarøqecK¼ii maid [meld] n CJIYÆaHKa, ropHMHHafl rnain [mem] a r.naBHb1ii, OCHOBHOiå major ['meld3ð] n Mahop make [melk] v (made, made) aenarrb, 3æraBJ1flTb make fast make for nonpaBJ1flTbcfl make friends (with) rTOÄPY>KHTbCfl (c) make one's living 3apa6aTb1BaTb Ha MH3Hb make one's way rlPOABHraTbCfl make sure y6exaaTbca, YAOCTOBepHTbCfl make up (a story) BblAYMb1Batb, COMHHflTb manage ['mæmd3] v ynpaBJ1fiTb, pyKOBOÃM'1'b; YAaBa"1'bca, cnpaBJ1flTb-

ca, CYMeTb mandolin ['mændahn] n Mar--1AOJIHHa

manner ['mæna] n MaHepa march [ma:tf] v MapmHPOBaTb mark [ma:k] n MeTKa, ffflTHO, caea•, t.' 0TMeqa'fb

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married ['mand] а женатый, замужняя; супружеский тапу [тап] жениться, выйти замуж massive ['maslv] а солидный, массивный rnast [ma:st] п мачта master ('ma:sta] п хозяин matchl (matf] п матч, состязание match2 [rnatJ1 п ставка match3 [rnatJ1 п ровня, пара mate [melt] п помошник капитана (в торговом флоте) matter ['rn&ta] п дело, вопрос; v иметь значение What is the matter (with)? В чем дело? meadow ['niedau] п луг meal [mi:l] п еда; принятие пищи take one's meal принимать пищу теап [mi:n] v (meant, meant) значить, иметь значение; иметь в

виду, подразумевать, хотеть сказать meaning ['mi:mrjl п значение, смысл means [mi:nz] п средство by means of посредством; при помощи meant [ment] см. теап meanwhile ['mi:nwml] adv тем временем mechanically [rm'kmmkall] adv машинально

melancholy ['melankall] п меланхолия, уныние, подавленность member ['rnemba] п член memory ['тетап] п память mention ['menfn] v упоминать

method ['meead] п метод, способ middle-aged ['mldl'e1d3d] а средних лет midnight ('rmdnalt] п полночь rnighty ['rnaltl] а могущественный mile [тащ п миля military ['mllltan] а военный milkman ['rmlkman] п продавец молока millionaire [Дја'пеа] п миллионер mind1 [rnamd] п разум, ум, рассудок; мысль inind2 [mamd] v возражать never mind ничего, не важно, не беспокойтесь minel [тат] ртоп. poss. absolute form мой mine2 [тат] п шахта, рудник miniature ['rmnjatIal п миниатюра mirror ['rmra] п зеркало

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missl [тв] проглядеть, не заметить; пропустить; скучать miss somebody чувствовать отсутствие кого-л. miss2 [nus] п мисс (при обращении к девушке) missing ['rnlSlU] а недостающий, пропавший be missing недоставать; потеряться, пропасть; отсутствовать missionary ['ппјэпап) п миссионер, проповедник mistake [rms'telk] п ошибка by mistake ошибочно, по ошибке mistress ['rrnstns] п хозяйка (дома)

mix [rmksl v смешивать, мешать; спутать; впутывать mixed [rmkst] а перепутанный, смешанный

mixture ['rrnkstfa] п смесь; мед. микстура modern ['mndan] а современный mole [moul] п родинка топеу ['тлт] п деньги monotony [ma'notam] п однообразие, скука monstrous ['monstras] а чудовищный, безобразный тор [тор] п швабра more [тэ.“] adv больше, более fve minutes more еще пять минут по more больше не most [maust] п большинство, большая часть

mostly ['maust111 adv главным образом, в основном motto ['motau] п девиз, лозунг mourning ['тэ:ппј] п траур; а траурный mousetrap ['maustrap] п мышеловка mouth [таив] п рот; устье реки; вход в гавань титту ['тлпп] п мумия murder ['m3.•da] п убийство murderer ['тзх1атэ) п убийца musician [mju:'zrfn] п музыкант mutter бормотать mysterious [mNtianas] а таинственный mystery ['rmstan] п тайна

пате [пены п имя; v называть named [nerrnd] рр названный; по имени narrow ['nmrao] а узкий natural ['natfral] а естественный, натуральный nearly ['mall] adv почти

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necessity [misesltl] n He06XOAHMOCTb neck [nek] n mea need [ni:d] V HÞKaaTbCfl (B qeM-J1.) negro ['ni:grau] n Herp neighbour ['neb] n cocea neighbourhood ['nelbahud] n COCeACTBO; paii0H, 0KpeCTHOCTH neither nor ['nalða 'no:] cj HH HM nerve [nxv] n 1--1epB nervous ['n3:vas] a HePBHb1iå be nervous HePBHHqaTb, BOJIHOBaTbCfi nervousness ['n3:vasms] n HePB03HOCTb net [net] n •ce-Tb

next [nekst] a caeAywu_1Mii next to PHAOM c noble [naubl] a anar0POAHb1M nod [nod] v KHB.aTb roJ10Boii noise [now] n 111YM noiseless ['nmshs] a 6eCIIIYMHb1iå; 6e33BYHHb1ti noiselessly ['nmzhsll] adv 6eC111YMHb1ü nonsense ['nonsons] n 6eCCMb1C-rruqa, B3AOP northern ['no:ðon] a ceBePHb1ti nose [nauz] n HOC notel [naUt] n 3aMerrxa, 3a11HCb, 3anHCKa, npHMeHaHHe note2 [nazst] n HOTa notice ['nautis] n Ha6J1k0AeHHe, BHHMaHHe•, v 3aMeqaTb take notice (of) Ha6JIK)AaTb 3aMeqaTb

nuisance ['nju:sns] n aocana; HenpHflTHOCTb; HaaOeJVIHBb1iå geš10BeK

number ['nnmba] n H0Mep, qwcao; KOJTHqeCTBO

oar n Becvno obediently [o'bi:djanth] adv HOKOPHO obey [a' bel] v c.nymaTbca, HOBMHOBaTbCfl ocean ['oaufan] n OKeaH occupy ['Dkjupm] v 3aHHMaTb; 3aBvnaueBaTb occur [a' k3:] v BcrrpeqaTbca, nonaaaTbca,• C.nyqaTbcq•, LIPOHCXOAHTb;

npuxoawrb Ha YM odd [Dd] a CTPaHHb1i offer ['Dfa] n npeuvnoxemre•, v npeanaraTb office ['Dfis] n KOHTopa, KaHueJ1flPHfl officer ['Dfisa] n ocþnuep, HagaJ1bHHK

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omnibus ['ommbas] n OMHH6yc once [wnns] adv OAHaxab1, Koraa-T0 at once TOTHaC, cpa3Y for once Ha 3TOT pas3; B BHA(è HCKJIK)qeHHfl once more erne pa3 only (the) ['atmll] a elkHHCTBeHHb1iä open-mouthed ['aupan'mau9t] a POT OT opinion [a'pmjan] n MHeHHe opposite ['opamt] a 11POTHB0110JIO>KHbIii; adv HanPOTHB order ['o:da] n nopflÄ0K; npHKa3, panpflxeHHe; b' 11PHKa3b1BaTb in order to Toro, gr06b1 ordinary ['o:dlnarl] a 06b1KHOBeHHbIii, 06b1HHbIii oriental [p:rl' entl] a BOCTOHHb1ñ, a.3HaTcKHii other ['Aða) a apyroit the other day HaKaywyre; Ha AHSLX ought [o:t] V (to) MOJW1bHb1ii I'J1ar0J1 CO 3HaqeHneM AOJD±œHCTBOBaHMfl, BePOflTHOCTH WIM ynpeKa: CJreAOBaJIO 6M, Bep0flTH0... ours ['azsaz] pron Ham (He ynorrp. aTPH6YTHBH0) ourselves [pua'selvz] pron ce6q; ce6e; CaMH outer ['auto] a BHe111HHä, HapYNHb1iå outer office KOMHarra KonepKa outside ['aut'saad] adv CHapY'>KH, Hapyxy outstretched ['autstretJt] a 11POTÃHYTb1ti oval ['azsval] a OBaJ1bHb1ä over ['auva] prep CBb1Lue, CBepx, 60J1b111e ten times over B aecflTb pa3 60J1b111e overboard ['auva'bo:d] adv 3a 60PT, ga 60pT0M overcharge ['auva/tJa:d3] n CJIMUIKOM BblCOKa.fl ueHa overcoat ['auva'kaut] n naJ1bTO overhear [puva'hla] V 110ACJIY111MBaTb; Hega.flHH0 YCJ1b1maTb overturn [puva't3:n] v OllPOKHAb1BaTb(Cfl) owe [at;] V 6b1Tb 06fl3aHHb1M own [atsn] a C06CTBe11Hb1M; v B.naaeTb owner ['auna] n BJ1aae.neu

Pacific (the) [pa'slflk] n Twxuii OKeaH pack [pæk] n naKeT, naHKa package ['pæk1d3] n naKeT, rraHKa packet ['pæklt] n nucerr paid [peld] pay

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paint [pemt] п краска; красить pickles [Plklz] п пикули; соленые или маринованные огурцы pair [реа] параpicnic ['plkmk] участвовать в пикнике

palace ['PiPhs] п дворец pie [РТ] п пирог pale [рей] а бледный pile [ращ п куча; стопка pansy п анютины глазки (цветок) pin [РТ] п булавка paradise ['p&radmz] п рай pink [ријК] а (ярко)розовый цвет paralytic [,para'lltlk] а параличный; бессильный pipe [pmpl п трубка parcel [pa:sl] п посылка, пакет pit [Plt] п яма, углубление, впадина

pardon [pa:dn] п прощение, извинение pity ['Pltl) п жалость, сожаление

beg your pardon извините it's а pity жаль parlour ['pa:la] п гостинная what а pity! как жаль! partner ['po:tna] п компаньон; партнер place [plas) п место; помещать party ['pa:tl] п вечер; вечеринка

take place состояться pass [pa:s] v проходить, проезжать; проводить (время) plant [pla:nt] п растение; сажать (растения) passenger ['pmsmd3al п пассажир please [pli:zl радоваться, доставлять удовольствие passer-by ['pa:sa'bm] п прохожий pleasure ['р1еза] п удовольствие past [pa:st] prep после plenty (of) ['plentl] п множество, много patiently ['pelfantll] adv терпеливо pocket-book ['pokltbukj п бумажник path [ра:б] п тропинка pocket-money ['poklt п карманные деньги pathetically [pS6etlkall] adv трогательно poetry ['paultrll п поэзия pause [pxz] п пауза; v делать паузу, останавливаться; медлить point [pmnt] п пункт; v указывать, показывать (на) pavement ['pewmant] п мостовая poison [pmzn] п яд, отрава рау [ре1] п плата; v (paid, paid) платить poker ['pauka] п кочерга

рау attention обращать внимание police [pa'li:s] п полиция, полицейские peaceful ['pi:sful] а мирный policeman [pa'li:sman] п полицейский pennies ['pemz] мн.ч. от реппу (пенни, пенс, монета = 1/12 шил- police station [pa'li:s'stelfn] п полицейский участок линга)

politely [pa'lalt11] adv вежливо pension [penfn] п пенсия popular ['popjula] а народный, популярный

pepper-mint ['peparnmt] п мятная лепешка porthole ['pxthaul] п иллюминатор perfect ['p:flkt] а современный, абсолютный portrait ['pxtrrt] п портрет perfectly adv совершенно

position [pa'Zlfn] п положение

period ['parrad] п период positive ['pozahv] а положительный; определенный

permission [ра'тфп] п разрешение permit [pa'rmt] 1.1 позволять, разрешать possibility [pnsa'bllltl] п возможность

person ['P3:sn] п человек; личность; персона possible postl [paust] ['posabl] вывешивать, а возможный, расклеивать; вероятныйотправлять по почте phenomenon [fl'nnmman] п (р! phenomena) явление photograph ['fautagra:f] п фотография post2 pound [paust] [paund] п постП фунт стерлиншв 20 шиллингов) phrase [frerz] п фраза, выражение

piano •['pjanau] п пианино роит [рэ:] v наливать piano-tuner ['pjanau'tju;nal п настройщик пианино poverty ['povatl] п бедность pick [Plk) поднимать; рвать (цветы); подхватывать power [раиа] п мощь; сила; возможность pick ир поднимать, подбиратьpowerful ['pauful] а мощный, сильный, могучий

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practice ['pra?ktls] п практика; v упражнять(ся), тренировать(ся) pray [prel] •v просить; молиться precious ['prefas] а драгоценный prefer [pra'fa:] v предпочитать preparation [,prepa'relfn] п приготовление, подготовка prescribe [pns'kralbl предписывать presence ['prezns] п присутствие present ['preznt] а присутствующий be present присутствовать press [pres] нажимать (кнопку) pretend [pn'tend] притворяться

prevent [pdvent] v мешать, не допускать, препятствовать price [prars] п цена priceless ['prmshs] а драгоценный; бесценный; неоценимый pride [prmd] п гордость priest [pri:stl п священник prince [prms] п принц print [prmt] п шрифт, печать; печатать printed report напечатанный доклад prison ['pnzn] п тюрьма prisoner ['pnznal п пленник; закјйоченный private ['prmvrt] а частный, личный brize [prmz] п награда, приз, премия prize-winner ['praw,wma] п человек, получивший премию (приз) probable ['probabl] а вероятный proclamation [prokWmelfn] п воззвание; официальной объявление profession [pra'fefn] п профессия proft ['proflt] п выгода; v извлекать выгоду promise ['prorms] п обещание; обещать promising ['prormslU] а подающий надежды

proper [фора] а правильный, должный, подходящий; пристойный, прилмчный property ['propatl] п собственность, имущество

proportion [pra'po:fn] п пропорция prosaik [prau'zelk] а прозаический

protest [pra'test] v протестовать pround [praod] а гордый psychic ['salklkl а психический РИП [pul] v дергать, тянуть

РИП out вытаскивать, выхватывать

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punch [рлпЦ1 п удар кулаком; бить кулаком punish ['рлтЛ т,' наказывать purpose п намерение pursuer [pa'sju:a] п преследователь push (рил п толчок; толкать give somebody а push толкнуть кого-л. put [PUt] класть, ставить; положить put in вставить (слово) put out расстраивать (планы); вытянуть (руку) put ир v строить, воздвигать, устанавливать puzzle ['рлД п загадка; ставить в тупик

quarrel ['kworal) п ссора; ссориться quarter-deck ('kwxtadek) п мор. ют; шканцы чиау [ki:] п мол, причал, набережная (для причала судов) queer IkWli)] а странный queerness ['kwams) п странность, необычность question ['kwestfn] п вопрос; v спрашивать, задавать вопрос; допрашивать quiet ['kwa13t] а спокойный, тихий

rabbit ['rablt] п кролик rage Ireld3] п ярость

rags [r&9Z] п лохмотья rail [ral] п перила railroad ['rellraudl п амер. железная дорога raise [reu] v поднимать; повышать (голос) ransom ['ransarn] п выкуп rascal ['ra:skal] п мошенник rat [rmt] п крыса rather ['rn:6a] adv довольно; скорее, лучпјее, охотнее reach [ri:tf] 1.1 достигать real [nal] а настоящий reappear ['ri:a'pra] т,' вновь появляться reason ['ri:zn] п причина receipt [rfsi:t] п расписка receive [n'si:vl v получать receiver [n'si:va] п получатель recently ['ri:snth] adv недавно

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recognize ['rekagnmz] V yt3HaBaTb;• IIPM3HaBaTb redden ['redn] v žcpacueTb reddish-grey ['redlfgrel] a KpacHOBæro-cepb1it re-echo ['ri:'ekau] n 3,xo, 110BTopHoe 3xo; v OTAaBa'1'bCfl 3XOM reef [ri:f] n pucþ, 110AB0AHa.fl CKa.na

reflection [rl'flekJn] n oerpaxer--rue

refuse [n'ûu:z] V OTKa3blBaTb, OTBepraTb regain [n'gem] u BHOBb npu06pecTH rein [ran] n BOå0Ka, Y'3aa

relating [n'Ie1t11J] prep KacaR)111HiiCfl, B 0THoure11HH relation [n'lelfan] n POACTBO; POACTBeHHHK relative ['rélatlv] n POACTBeHHHK remain [rl'mem] v OCTaBaTbCfl remark n 3aMeqaHøe, aaMeTKa; v 3aMeqaTb, Húroaa•rb remarkably [n'ma:kabh] adv 3aMeqa•reJ1bH0, YAHBwreJ1bHO rent [rent] n pewra, apeHAHaa nnama rents = rent reply [rl'plal] n OTBerr, v OTBeqa'1'b report [n'po:t] n AOK.naÃ, c0061_ueHue; v AOK.naAb1BáTb printed report 0(þuuua-'1bHoe c0061ueHHe reproach [n'prautj n ynpeK; v ynpeKaTb reread v nepeHHTb1BaTb rescue ['reskju:] v cnacaTb reserve [n'Z3:v] v npúperærb, OTKJ-raAb1BaTb respect [ns'pekt] n YBaxeHHe; v YBaxaTb rest (the) [rest] n ocrraTOK; OCTaJ1bHOe restless ['resths] a 6eC110KoiHb1i* restlessly ['resthsh] adv 6eCnOKOiåHO, HeyrOMOHHO result [n'ZAlt] n pe3YJ1bTaT, HCXOA retire [n'tala] V YXOAHTb B OTC'raBKY return [n't3:n] n B03Bpa111eHHe; v B03Bpa111aTbCfl revolver [n'volva] n peBOJ1bBep reward [rl'wo:d] n Harpana; v HarpaxnaTb rid [rid] v get rid of M36aBHTbCfl, orrneaaTbCfl riddle [ndl] n 3ara,11Ka ride [raid] n noe3AKa, KarraHHe; v (rode, ridden) e3ÄHTb rider ['raida] n BCaAHHK, Hae3AHHK

right [raff] n npoo; a npaBb1ii be right 6b1Tb npaBb1M be all right qyBCTOBaTb ce6fl xopou_10

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rise [ralZ] v (rose, risen) nOAHHMaTbCfl risk [nsk] n PMCK

run a risk PMCKOBaTb roadway ['raudwel] n euopora roar rx.] v peBeTb, opaTb roar with laughter XOXOTaTb BO BCe rop.no roast [roost] v xapwrb rob [rob] v 06KpaAbIBaTb, rpa6HTb rock [rok] n CKa-na, ymec rode [raud] CM. ride role [ratsl] n POJ1b roll [ratsl] v KanTb(Cfl) roll over nepeKaTb1BaTbca romance [ra'mæns] n POMaHTMKa; pa.3a. BblJWMKa, He6bi.JIHUa romantic [ra'mæntlk] a POMaHTHHeCKHi root [ru:t] n Kopežlb rope [ratsp] n rrpoc, BepeBKa rose [raw] CM. rise routine n pyrvma rubber ['rnba] n pe3HHa; a Pe3MHOBb1ti rude [ru:d] a rpy6b1ti (o r10BeAeHHM) rudely ['ru:dll] adv rpy60 ruin [rum] v pa30pflTb, pa3pymaTb rule [ru:l] n BJ1aCTb, npaBHJ10•, v npaBMTb run [ram] v (ran, run) 6eraTb; ynpaBJ1flTb run about 6eraTb run down noexaTb run out Bb16eraTb; cnycxaTb IIIJIK)IIKY rush [rnj v 6pocaTbCfl, MyaTbCfl, HeCTHCb' s

sad [sæd] a rpYCTHb1i* sad-looking ['sæd'luk10] a YHbI.JIb1h sadly ['sædh] adv negaJ1bHO safe [self] a HeBPeÄHMbth, 6e30naCHb1ä be safe HaxOAHTbCfl B 6e30nacHocTH safely ['selfll] adv B coxpaHHocTH; 6nar0110JIYHH0 sail [sell] v (off) OT11JIb1BaTb; n napyc sailor ['sella] n MOPflK salary ['sælan] n XaJIOBaHbe salesman ['sellsman] n np0AaBeu

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same [sarn] рт•оп тот же самый all the same все равно, благополучно,• все-таки the same as так же как

sank [sauk] см. sink sarcasm ['sa:kmzrn] п сарказм sarcastic а саркастический satisfy ['smtlsfal] удовлетворять; соответствовать требованиям save [sew] v спасать; экбномить sawdust ['sxd№t] п опилки scandal ['skandl] п позор; публичный скандал scandalized ['skmndalawd] а шокированный, смущенный scene [si:nl место действия scenery ['si:nan] п пейзаж, декорации

scheme [ski:m] п схема, план schooner' ['sku:na] п шхуна science ['sawns] п наука scientiHcally [sman'tlhkall] adv научно scolarship ['skolaflp]' п стипендия scream [skri:ml п вопль, визг; визжать scrub [sknb] Е.' тереть, скрести, мыть щеткой scrub woman п поденщица для работы по дому, уборщица seaman ['si:man] п моряк search [S3:tJ1 п поиски, обыск; v искать, обыскивать in search (0f) в поисках seasick ['si:slk] страдать морской болезнью seasickness ['si: Flkms] п морская болезнь seaside ['si:smd] п морское побережье; морской курорт; а примор-

season ['si:zn] л время года, сезон seat [si:t] п сиденье, стул; усаживаться take а seat сесть second-hand ['sekand'hand] а подержанный secret ['si:knt] п секрет, тайна; а тайный

Кеер (something) secret держать (что-л.) в тайне see [si:] v (saw, seen) видеть see понимаю see от провожать кого-л. (на станцию и т. д.) see through видеть на сквозь, понимать seem [si:ml v казаться seize [si:z] схватить, поймать

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select [sPlekt] v выбирать, отбирать; а отборный senior ['smja] а старший sensation [san'selfan] п сенсация separate ['separelt] v отделять(ся), разлучать(ся); ['sepnt) а отдельный, изолированный serenade ['sermeld] п серенада; v исполнять серенаду serious ['sranasl а серьезный seriously ['slanasll] adv серьезно servant ['sxvant] п слуга, прислуга serve [S3:v] т.' обслуживать; служить; подавать (на стол)

service ['S3NlS] п служба, обслуживание at уош• service к вашим услугам setl (set] v (set, set) ставить, помещать, устанавливать; приводить в определенное состояние; заходить (о солнце) set free освободить set to work взяться за работу set the record установить рекорд set2 [set] п набор, прибор set [set] см. set settle [setl] v поселиться, обсноваться; улаживать (дело); приводить в порядок several ['sevral] ртп несколь$0 severe [Sl'wa] а строгий, суровый shadow ['f&dau] п тень shake ТЮК] (shook, shaken) трясти(сь), встрясывать, дрожать; потрясать; поколебать shake hands обменяться рукопожатием (пожать друг другу руКИ) shake one's head покачать головой shaken [је1Кп] см. shake shallow ['fmlau] а мелкий shape Тар) а форма; вид sharp ја:р] а острый; крутой (о повороте); резкий (о звуке); остроконечный; adv точно, ровно sharply ['fa•.ph] adv остро; резко shave Je1V] брить(ся) shave оТ сбрить shawl lfxl] п шаль sheet 0:t] п простыня; лист (бумаги) ship Ор] п корабль; производить посадку; нанимать (матросов) shipwreck ['5prek] п кораблекрушение; 1.: терпеть кораблекрушение

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shock TDk] n yaap, norrpaceHHe; v nopaxaTb, no-rpacaTb give a shock nopa3HTb, 110TpqcTH shook TUk] cu. shake shoot Tu:t] v (shot,shot) crpeJIflTb, 3acrrpenHTb shop-girl [Top 03.1] n npoaaBI_IU-rua shore To:] n 6eper (MOPfl, 03epa) shot Tot] c". shoot should Tud] = must shoulder ['faulda] n n.neqo shout Taut] n KPHK; v (3a)KPHHaTb show Tao] n 3peJIHue; cneKTaKJ1b•, BblCTaBKa•, v (showed, shown) no-

Ka3bIBaTb dog show BblCTaBKa c06aK shown [faun] CM. show shriek Tri:k] n IIPOH3WreJ1bHb1ii KPMK•, BH3r; V 11POH3wreJ1bHO KpnqaTb,

BH3XaTb sick [Slk] a 60J1bHOtt side [said] n crroporra•, 60PT (napoxoaa); a 60KOBOii sigh [saa] n B3AOX; v B3Ab1XaTb sightl [salt] n 3peJIH111e sight2 [salt] n 3peHue sign [sam] n 3Hax; v 110411McbIBaTbcfl signal ['signal] n 3HaK, CHI'Ha.n; V nonaBaTb CHI'HanM3HPOBaTb signor ['si:njo:] n umŒ1b*H-cpc. CHHbOp silence ['sailans] n MOJIqa1--1He in silence B THIÐHHe silent ['sallant] a THIÐHHa be (keep) silent MOJIyaTb silly ['Sill] a rJIY11bN, -nerKOMb1CJ1eHHb1å silver ['Silva] n cepe6po; a cepe6pflHb1ä sill [sd] n rlOAOKOHHHK simple ['Simpl] a npocrotå simply ['sunpll] adv npocT0 sink [SlIJk] v (sank, sunk) norpyxaTbCfi; TOHYTb; T011HTb (o Kopa6ae) sir n cap, roc110JIHH (Kax 06paueHHe) situated ['sitjueltld] a pacnonoxeHHb1ä situation [Fltju'e1Jn] n Mec•rononoxeHHe; no.qoxeHHe, cwryauua size [saaz] n pa.3Mep skipper ['slapa] n 111KMnep, KanwraH (TOpr0Boro CYAHa) skirt [sk3.•t] n r06Ka sleep [sli:p] v (slept, slept) cnaTb have a good sleep xopomeHbKO BblCnaTbCfl

slept [slept] CM. sleep sleepy ['sli:pl] a COHHb1i sleuth [slu:e] n Cb11UMK slight [slalt] a HE3HaHWreJ1bHb1ii, c.na6b1iå slip [slip] v CKOJ1b3HYTb, HOCKOJ1b3HYTbCfl siowly ['slatJ11] adv MeAJ1eHHO smell [smel] n 3anax; v (smelt, smelt) qyCTBOBaTb 3anax; naxHYTb smelt [smelt] c.M. smell smile [small] n YJIb16Ka•, v YJ1b16aTbCfl smoke [smaUk] n AblM; v KYPHTb, AblMHTb(Cfl) so [sat'] adv TaK, TaKHM 06pa30M

SO that TaK, HT06b1 sob [sob] v pr,raaTb society [sa^lsalotl] n 06111ecTB0 soft [soft] a MarKHä, HeXHbrfi, (0 3BYKe); KPOTKHÌ*

soft-harted ['soft'ha:tld] a a06P0JYfflHb1ii; MflrKocepneqHb1tå sole [saUl] n r10A0111Ba solve [SDIv] v pemaTb; pa3pemaTb (np06neMY) sombrero [som'brearau] n coM6pepo sorrow ['sorats] n neqaJ1b, rope sorry ['son] a oropqeHHb1M be (feel) sorry (for) (CO)Xa.neTb,• pacKaHBaTbCfl; H3BHHflTbCfi sort [so:t] n BHA, cop•r, KarreropMfl sound [satsnd] n 3BYK; v 3BYHaTb source [so:s] n HCTOHHHK spade [speld] n nonarra

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spaniel ['spenjal] n c•nar--meJ1b special ['spefal] a cneuuaJ1bHbIfi; OC06bIh speed [spi:d] n CKOPOCTb spike [spalk] n 1'B03Ab (Ha r10A0111Be) spirit ['spmt] n npMBHaeHHe, Ayx•, HacrrpoeHne splash [splæj n BC.•naecK; v 3a6Pb131'MBaTb spoil [spoil] v (spoilt, spoiled) (nc)nopTHTb; H3(6aJIOBaTb) spoiltl [Spoilt] CM. spoil spoilt2 [spoilt] a HcrropqeHHbM, W36aJIOBaHbib1i* spot [spot] n MeCTO on the spot TOTqac xe, 6e3 rypoMen.neHMX spread [spred] v (spread, spread) np0CTMpaTbca square [skwea] a KBaAPaTHb1i stable [stelbl] n KOHEOIIIHI stableman ['stelblman] n KOmO¥

stage [steld3] n cueHa stagger ['stæga] V 111aTaSICb, IllaTaTbCfi stamp [stæmp] n neqaTb, KJ1eiåMO stand [stænd] v (stood, stood) BblAeP>KHBffTb, BblHOCHTb, TepneTb stare [stea] a H3YMwrreHHb1h, npuc•raJ1bHb1fi v CMOTPeTb IIPHCTaJ1bHO, ycraBHTbCfi start [sta:t] n OT11PaBJ1eHHe, OT11J1b1TMe starve [sta:v] v ro.noaaTb state [stelt] n COCTOflHHe statue ['stætju:] n crraTYfl steal [sti:l] v (stole, stolen) BOPOBaTb, np0KpaAbIBa-rr,cfl steamer ['sti:ma] n napoxon steam ship ['sti:mfip] n napoxoa steer [stla] b' rypaBHTb (py.neM); Becerv•r (cynH0) steer for HOABOAHTb CYAHO (K) step [step] n mar, crryneHbKa; v maraTb step back 0TCTynaTb

step down onycTHTbCfl stern [st3:n] n Mop. KOPMa still [std] a CllOKOhHb1ti; adv (Bce) eule stole [staul] CM. steal stolen ['staulan] CM. steal stone [staun] n KaMeHb stood [stud] CM. stand

store [Sta:] n a-u. Mara3HH, stormy ['sto:ml] a 6ypHb1ti, 111TOPMOBOiå stowaway ['stauawel] n ¾aau" , 6e36M.neTHb1iå naccaxup strange [stremd3] a ctrpaHHbIå, He06bIKHOBeHHb1i, He06b1HHb1h stranger ['stre1nd3õ] n He3HaKOMeU, qy-,K0ii strike [straak] v (struck, struck) 6MTb,• ynapflTb(cfl) string n 6eqeBKa

stroke [straUk] n 60h qacoB struck [strnk] CM. strike stud [stAdl n KOHCKMtå 3aBOA, KOHK)UIHfl study ['stAd1] n Ka6HHeT stupid ['stju:pld] a 1'JIYflbN; aypauKHiå style [stall] n CTHJ1b•, noKpoiå; 06pa3eu subject ['snbd31kt] n npeAMer, TCMa pat3ronopa submit [sab'rmt] V n0ÄHMH51Tb(ca); npeACTaBJ1flTb Ha pac.CMOTpeHHe succeed [sak'si:d] v npeycneBaTb, aocrrnraTb ueJIH success [sak'ses] n ycnex, yaaqa 168

successful [sak'sesful] a ycne111Hb1ii, yaaHHb1ti•, yaaHJIHBb1ii suffer ['SAfa] v cerpa;uærb suggestion [said3estfn] n rrpe;vloxemre; Ha,MeK suicide ['sjmsmd] n caMoy6Hic.TBO commit suicide 110KOHt-1HTb c c060ä, KOHHHTb >KH3Hb caM0Y6Hii-

CTBOM suitcase ['sju:tkels] n He60J1b1110iä yeMoaaH sum [Stan] n cyMMa sunburnt a 3aropeJ1b1ii sunk [SAIJk] CM. sink sunken ['sAIJkan] a TIOT011J1eHHb1ii support [salpo:t] n noaaepXKa; v. noaaePùKHBaTb suppose [sa^lpauz] v npenrro.narærb, nonaraTb surfacc ['S3:fis] n noBepxH0CTb surprize [sa'prmz] n cropnpH3; Y'AHBJ1eHHe; v in surprize YAMBJ1eHH0, C yÃHB.neHweM be surprized (at) surround [sa'raund] v 0Kpyrù1flTb suspect [sas'pekt] v 110A03pebaTb suspicious [sas'plfas] a 110A03PH'reJ1bHb1iå swear [swea] v (swore, sworn) KMICTbCfl, npucflrarrb; sweets [swl:ts] n KOHcþeTbI, CJIUIOC'I'H swindler ['swmdla] n MOUJeHHMK swore [swo:] CM. swear

sworn [swo:n] CM. swear sympathy ['Slmpa91] n COHYBCTBHe, CHMnaTHfl synonym ['smamm] n CMHOHHM systematize ['sistlmatmz] v CHC'reMaTH3MPOBaTb

take [telk] v (took, taken) 6paTb it takes me an hour to MHe HYXeH qac, HT06b1 . take back OTBOÃHTb, OTHOCHTb 06paTHO take for npHHMMaTb take out BblBOAHTb (CYAHO) take part npv•IHHMaTb yqaCTwe tale [tell] n paccxa3, nceropHfl talent ['tælant] n Ta.,qaHT talented ['tælantld] a era.rraHTJIHBb1i:i, onapeHHb1ii talk [to:k] n pa3r0Bop silly talk r.nyna.fl 60JITOBHfl

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tall [to:l] a BblCORHtå tar [ta:] n CMOJ1a task [ta:sk] n 3aAaHHe, 3a,aaqa, ypoK tearl [tea] v (tore, torn) pa31)b1ñaTb, PBarrb tear2 [tia] n cJ1e3a tea-tray ['ti:trel] n gaäHb1ä teeth [ti:9] n 3y6b1 (pl 0T tooth) temper ['tempo] n HpaB, xapawrep; HacTpoeHHe lose one's temper BbthTH H3 ce6fl temperature ['temprltfa] n TeMnepaTypa tenement ['temmant] n CHHMaeMb1ti AOM KBapTHpa tenement house MHor0KBaprrvrpHbri* terrible ['teribl] a yxacHb1ti terribly ['teribh] adv yxacH0, cerpaIIIH0 terror ['tera] n yxac terroristic [,tera'nstlk] a TeppopucrrnqeCKHtå

theory ['than] n •reopHfl	•treat [tri:t] v 06pauaTbcq (c); OTHOCHTbCfl (K); aet-1MTb; yrorua'lb
thick [91k] a TOJICTb1M; rycrroii	tremble [trembl] v apoxaTb,. TpeneraTb
thief [61:f] (pl thieves [th:vz]) n BOP	tremendous [trl'mendas] a CTpa111Hb1it, YXaCHb1ä
thin [9m] a TOHKMti	triumph ['trmamf] n TPHYMd), TOP>KecTBO
think [910k] v (thought, thought) JWMaTb	trip [tnp] n noe3ÃKa, nyremecTBHe
think hard HarrpsrxeHH0 AVMaTb	trouble [trnbl] n 6ecr10KohCTB0, XJ10110Tb1•, v 6eCflOKOHTb
think over 06AYMbIBaTb	troubled [trabld] a 6ecfl0KotåHb1ii
though [ððU] cj xorra	trousers ['trauzez] n pl 6PIOKH
thoughtl [90:t] CM. think	true [tru:] a HCflbrraHHbIå; HacrroauuN, npaBÃHBb1M
thought2 [90:t] Mb1CJIb	truth [tru:9] n rrpoaa

test [test] n MCIIb1TaHwe, np0BepKa•, v HCnbITb1BaTb, np0BePflTb head trainer rrpeHep that's why ['ðæts 'wal] BOT noqeMY, 1103TOMY trap [træp] n 3arraAHfl themselves [ðam 'selvz] pron ce6fl,• ce6e; caMH treasure ['trew] n KJ1aa, coK1)0BH1ue

thoughtfully ['Ðo:tfu11] adv rJ1y60KOMb1CJ1eHHO truthful [tru:Ðful] g npaBÃHBb1M (O qeJt0BeKe); BePHb1M

tiptoe ['tlptau] n KOHHMKM naJ1b11eB HOP,

on tiptoe Ha ub1110HKax tin [tm] a OJIOBflHHb1ti toilet-table ['tmht,telbl] n Tyarre•THb1Ìt CTOJI tonight [ta'na.lt] adv ceroÄHfl BeHepoM too [tu:] adv CJIHUIKOM tooth [tu:9] n 3Y6 top [top] n Bepx, Bepxyurxa tore [to:] CM. tear

total ['tautl] n genoe, CYMMa, HTOr touch [tAtJ1 n 11PHKOCHOBeHMe; v. TporaTb, KacaTbCfl

towards [to:dz] prep K, no HanpaB.neHmo K

towel ['taual] n 110J10TeHue trace [trežs] n CJIea•, v npoc.neAHTb, Bblc-ne.A"TÞ

trade [treld] n peMeœ10, npocþeccHfl trainer ['trema] n rrpeHep

thread [Ðred] n HHTKa threaten ['Ðretn] v yrpoxaTb throw open ['Brau'aupn] v pacnaxHYTb thunder ['6nnda] v rpeMeTb tide [tald] n MOPCKOå H OTJIHB tie [tu] v nPHBfl3bIBaTb, flPHKpe11J1flTb tight [talt] a KpenKMit; adv KpenK0 time [talm] n BpeMa; pa3 at a time 3a pa3, cpa3Y for the first time BilepBMe on time BOBPeMfl (no pacrmcaHHO

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try [trau] v np060BaTb, m,rrraTbCfl turf [t3•.f] n 'ropd), ÃepH turn [t3:n] n H31'H6 (aoporn); v 110BOPaHHBaTb(Cfl) turn around 060patMBaTbCfl turn away 0TBepHY1'bcS1 turn back 110BepHYTb 06paTH0 turn off BblKJIEOqaTb turn on BKJIK)HaTb turn round 060patIMBaTbCfl turn towards noBePHYTbCfl B HanpaB.neHHH twice [twa1S] adv

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typical ['tlPlka11 а типичный type [tmp) п тип

umbrella [r,m'brela] п зонтик ипаЫе [лп'е1Ы] а неспособный be ипаЫе не быть в состоянии undermine [»nda'mam] подрывать undoubtedly $n'dautadll] adv несомненно unfortunate а несчастный; неудачный unhealthy [fvn'he191] а нездоровый uninvited [nn'mvaltld] а неприглашенный, незваный unload v разругать(ся) unlock [лп'ЉК] отпирать unpleasunt [Nplezantl а неприятный until [,m'tll] ртер до; сј до тех пор пока unused а непривыкший unusual [лп'ји:зиэђ а необычный unwillingly [№l'wlhnll] adv неохотно upper [лра] а верхний upset [AP'set] т.' (upset, upset) расстраивать, огорчать

be upset быть расстроенным upstairs adv вверх (по лестнице), наверх, в верхнем эта- • же use ju:s] п польза; толк по use бесполезно used to иметь обыкновение be used v привыкнуть useless ['ju:shs] а бесполезный usual ['ju:wal] а обычный usually ['ји:зиа11] adv обычно

vain [veml а напрасный in vain напрасно, тщетно, зря velvet ['velVlt] п бархат veteran ['vetaran] п ветеран; военный в отставке victim ['v1ktrrn) п жертва view [vju:] п вид; взгляд; мнение; точка зрения visitor ['VlZltal п гость, посетитель vocabulary [va'W)julan] п словарь, запас слов

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voice [V01S] п ГОЛОС voyage ('vt)1d3] п плавание, морское путешествие

wages ['weld3Lz] п жалованье, заработная плата waiter ['welta] п официант wake ир ['welk 'лр] v (woke, woken) проснуться walk [wxk] п ходьба, прогулка пешком take а walk прогуляться war [wx] п война warn [ют] 1,' предупреждать

warning ['ччэ:пщ] п предупреждение; предостережение warp [wxp] п мор. трос waste-paper-basket ['werst 'ре№а 'ba:sklt] п корзина для бумаг watch п мор. вахта; v следить, наблюдать be оп watch быть на вахте watchfully ['wotffull] adv бдительно, внимательно water ['wxta] поливать watering-can ['wxtar11j Кап] п лейка wave [wew] п волна; махать way [wel] п путь, дорога; способ by the way кстати in the same way так же оп the way по дороге lead the way идти впереди, показывать дорогу weak [wi:k] а слабый weakness ['wi:kms] п слабость wear [wea] (wore, worn) носить (одежду); быть одетым во что-л. weekly ['wi:kll] adv еженедельный weight [welt] п вес; тяжесть welcome ['welkam] радушно принимать; int добро пожаловать

wet [wet] а мокр»й, влажный wharf [wxf] п пристань, причал whatever [wat'eva] а какой бы ни; любой; pron, сј что бы ни

whenever [wen'eval adv когда же whereabouts ['wearabaots] п (приблизительное) местонахождение, whether ['we6a] сј ли while [wall] сј пока, в то время как whip [мир] п хлыст, хлестать whisky ['wtskl] п виски whiskers WlSkaz] п pl бакенбарды

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whisper ['Wispa] n menorr, v melTTaTb whistle [WISI] n CBHcr, CBHCTOK; V CBHCTeTb CONTENTS whitewash ['waltwoJ1 v 6eJIHTb whoever [hu:'eva] pron KTO 6b1 HH

The Sleuths — O. Henry . whole [hatsl] a BeCb, wide-open ['wald 'aupn] a UIHPOKO OTKPb1Tb1i.i widow ['wldau] n BAOBa widowed ['widaud] a OBAOBeBUIHM(afl) wild [walld] a Will [WII] n BO.T1fl, win [Win] v (won, won) rr06e.AMTb, BblnrpaTb wme wam n BHHO wing [WIIJ] n KPb1JIO; KPb1JIO AOMa wink v MMraTb; MopraTb wise [wmz] a won [WAn] cu. win wonder l'wnnda] n YAHBJIeHHe; v YAHBJ1flTbCfl; HHTePeCOBaTbCfl wonderful ['wnndaful] a 3aMeqarreJ1bHb1i* wood [WUd] n AepeB0 (MtnePHaJ1) wooden [WUdn] a AepeBflHHb1iå wore two:] CM. wear work-box ['wa:k ,bDks] n LLIKaTYJIKa pyKoneã1Hfl worn [wo:n] CM. wear worry ['WAM] V 6ecn0K0MTb(Cfl)

wreck [rek] v no-repneTb Kopa6J1expymeHHe, 3aTOHYTb wrong [ron] a HenpaBHJ1bHb1å; V 11PHHHHflTb 3J10 be wrong OUIH6aTbCfl

yacht jot] n flXTa yard Lja:d] n ABOp; 3 d)YTaM, HJIH 91 CM) yell Ljel] n Boil; v BH3XaTb, opaTb yellow faced ['jelou'felst] a TeMHOJIH11b1it yet [jet] adv erne, BCe eLue youth [ju:9] n

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ТНЕ SLEUTHS In the Big City а тап тау disappear suddenly and completely

This was done, and the two were taken up to a very rich parlour on the fourth floor

Where is jewellery lost most often?

Vocabulary p. 3 to take part (in) — to take place 4 to address srnb to make/earn money to look thoughtful p

Her sister (earned; made) money by scrubbing the floors

Complete the following situations, using the following construction: 'his (her; their; etc

People said that Meeks got rid

Bblœvrevrnarolll¼ä) the sleuths' attempts to find a disappeared woman; (c) a detective story written with the purpose of giving a psychological study of a woman's…

The young adventurer was pleasant in appearance

When he returned with the cup, he saw her beginning upon a huge pickle

It is a first-rate show 2 sir,' said the

Mr. Meeks wanted to live together with his sister and was looking

It seemed to the young man that the girl was not hungry

What made his heart beat faster when he found himself in front of a green door? 3

THE ADVENTURE OF MY AUNT My aunt was a big woman, very tall, with a strong mind and will

OHa BCe xe OqeHb c.rueAHJ1a 3a

I'd (he'd; they'd) like to do

Rudolf couldn't hear everything the girl was telling him because she spoke 4

E.g. My aunt liked to take the law into her own hands,

Answer the questions. 1.

THE ADVENTURE OF SHOSCOMBEI OLD

Sam Brewer ['sæm 'brtsa) — C3M

So next night I went up to the house, and the butler and

When did Sir Robert give away his sister's dog?' 'It was just a week ago today

OH He xe-naeT, t-rr06b1 qyxøe

Good evening, gentlemen,' he said

Is this necessary, Sir Robert?' cried the woman

Structures p. 36 It was only face to face (that)

He behaved as if he had drunk a lot

Some detective stories have very surpris ends

Translate the sentences, using 'leave', 'keep' or 'stay' according to the sense

Study how 'first' and 'at first' are translated

Rewrite the following sentences, using a verb instead of a noun

What conclusion did Holmes come to after he had listened to

THE TEST It was dull at Pebblesea

It would serve her right if you did drown yourself

Emma told me what you said to her

I saw the door open,' said Mr

I suppose it will do you goodl to know that you have never had a chance with

I don't believe he will,' said the mate

Pick out from the story the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations

Smb had hardly done smth when

PI) place from which (e.g. police, army) operations are controlled; stone n to do smth at one's risk stone set up at the of a…

MMa 6b1.na yeM-T0 paccTpoeHa,

Give at least two reasons explaining why

Suddenly the man watering the flowers looked up, saw the

Brown was in the street in a second, and he was in time to see somethingl which at first glance froze his blood

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25.04.2018

ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОЕ ЧТЕНИЕ

Upper rntermediate

vanced совершенствующихс¶

моски

П75

УДК811.ПЦО75)

ТНЕ SLEUTHS

'There's no use in doing'; 'It's no use doing'; 'What's the

3. TYanslate the following sentences into Russian using such structures as 'He ycnea/a/H OH/0Ha/OHH CAeJIaTb q.-a.,

RULE OF THREEI

Complete the sentences using 'marry', 'get married', 'be married' in the correct form. Don't forget that

THE BLAST OF THE BOOKI

HOCTbK)

5. Prepositions of t ime. Thanslate the sentences, using 'for', 'during', 'within', 'in'. Don't forget that

fearlessly ['fahsll] adv бесстрашно

Rnd oneself очутиться, оказаться

Rsh-kettle ['flf*etl] п котелок для варки рыбы

Нате [Нет] п пламя

Heet [Hi:t] п флот Rshing Heet рыболовная флотилия

ПРИКЛЮЧЕНЧЕСКИЕ РАССКАЗЫ

Collection ofadvenmr e stories compr ises

Английский клуб ПРИКЛЮЧЕНЧЕСКИЕ

К ТРИС ПРЕСС 2008 удк 811

ТНЕ SLEUTHS In the Big City а тап тау disappear suddenly and completely

This was done, and the two were taken up to a very rich parlour on the fourth floor

Where is jewellery lost most often?

Vocabulary p. 3 to take part (in) — to take place 4 to address srnb to make/earn money to look thoughtful p

Her sister (earned; made) money by scrubbing the floors

Complete the following situations, using the following construction: 'his (her; their; etc

People said that Meeks got rid

Bblœvrevrnarolll¼ä) the sleuths' attempts to find a disappeared woman; (c) a detective story written with the purpose of giving a psychological study of a woman's…

The young adventurer was pleasant in appearance

When he returned with the cup, he saw her beginning upon a huge pickle

It is a first-rate show 2 sir,' said the

Mr. Meeks wanted to live together with his sister and was looking

It seemed to the young man that the girl was not hungry

What made his heart beat faster when he found himself in front of a green door? 3

THE ADVENTURE OF MY AUNT My aunt was a big woman, very tall, with a strong mind and will

OHa BCe xe OqeHb c.rueAHJ1a 3a

I'd (he'd; they'd) like to do

Rudolf couldn't hear everything the girl was telling him because she spoke 4

E.g. My aunt liked to take the law into her own hands,

Answer the questions. 1.

THE ADVENTURE OF SHOSCOMBEI OLD

Sam Brewer ['sæm 'brtsa) — C3M

So next night I went up to the house, and the butler and

When did Sir Robert give away his sister's dog?' 'It was just a week ago today

OH He xe-naeT, t-rr06b1 qyxøe

Good evening, gentlemen,' he said

Is this necessary, Sir Robert?' cried the woman

Structures p. 36 It was only face to face (that)

He behaved as if he had drunk a lot

Some detective stories have very surpris ends

Translate the sentences, using 'leave', 'keep' or 'stay' according to the sense

Study how 'first' and 'at first' are translated

Rewrite the following sentences, using a verb instead of a noun

What conclusion did Holmes come to after he had listened to

THE TEST It was dull at Pebblesea

It would serve her right if you did drown yourself

Emma told me what you said to her

I saw the door open,' said Mr

I suppose it will do you goodl to know that you have never had a chance with

I don't believe he will,' said the mate

Pick out from the story the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations

Smb had hardly done smth when

PI) place from which (e.g. police, army) operations are controlled; stone n to do smth at one's risk stone set up at the of a…

MMa 6b1.na yeM-T0 paccTpoeHa,

Give at least two reasons explaining why

Suddenly the man watering the flowers looked up, saw the

Brown was in the street in a second, and he was in time to see somethingl which at first glance froze his blood