Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text and use them in the sentences of your own. Переведите на русский язык.

↑

▷ Содержание

⇐ ПредыдущаяСтр 3 из 3

Give Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text and use them in the sentences of your own. Переведите на русский язык.

be addressed to smb, make some (much, no) difference to smb, lock the door, get in through..., become unemployed, borrow smth from smb, be delighted, come into one's money, be lucky, turn pale (red), be worth doing, keep (break) silence

III

Questions on the text: Ответьте на вопросы.

1) What was Ainsley?

2) Who was Dicky Soames?

3) What was the main reason for Ainsley's hiding Dicky's letters from Adela?

4) How did Ainsley behave when the second letter arrived?

5) What happened as a result of his behaviour?

6) Was Adela's uncle a rich person? Prove it.

7) Did he want Adela to come into his money and why did he have to change his will?

8) What did Ainsley mean saying, "Those two letters were worth reading"?

9) What proves that Ainsley's wife guessed everything?

10) Why do you think she said that the letters had been lost?

IV

True or false?Правильно утверждение или неправильно.

1) Ainsley read Dicky's letters before throwing them into the fire.

2) Adela often gave reason for jealousy.

3) It was a long time since Dicky Soames had gone away to Australia to join his uncle.

4) This fact made Ainsley forget his jealousy.

5) When the working hours were over Ainsley took the letter and left the post-office together with his fellow-workers.

6) The postmaster saw Ainsley getting out of the window and thinking that he had stolen something dismissed him.

7) Ainsley envied Dicky when he learned that the latter had come into his uncle's money.

8) When Ainsley understood that he was to blame for everything he told the truth.

V

"Adela was as frank as the day" - what does it mean? There are a lot of idioms of the same kind. Explain their meaning, try to give the corresponding Russian expres­sions and use these idioms in the sentences of your own.

К данным выражениям сделайте перевод, например, в первом случае – здоровый как бык – as strong as an ox. И так далее, воспользуйтесь словарём. Это устойчивые словосочетания, идиомы. К ним есть русские эквиваленты. Подумайте, какие.

— as strong as an ox

— as fresh as a cucumber

— as strong as nails

— as busy as a bee

— as sure as fate (as certainly as)

— as thick as thieves (very friendly)

— as hungry as a hunter

— as old as the sea

— as slow as a snail

VI Retell the story on the part of 1) Ainsley, 2) Adela, 3) Dicky Soames. Перескажите рассказ от имени этих героев.

Познавательные статьи:



Алгоритмические операторы Matlab

Конструирование и порядок расчёта дорожной одежды

Исследования учёных: почему помогают молитвы?

Почему терпят неудачу многие предприниматели?