Exercise 17. Retell the text. a) as it is;. b) in the third person;. c) as if you were Mark Twain’s companion;. d) as if you were the porter.. Exercise 18. Read and retell another text about Mark Twain travelling by train.. Mark Twain in France. Exercise

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Exercise 17. Retell the text

a) as it is;

b) in the third person;

c) as if you were Mark Twain’s companion;

d) as if you were the porter.

Exercise 18. Read and retell another text about Mark Twain travelling by train.

Mark Twain in France

Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was travelling in France. Once he was going by train to Dijon [diː'ʒɔŋ]. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep. So he asked the conductor to wake him up and put him off the train when they reached Dijon.

“I shall probably protest,” he said to the conductor, “because I am a heavy sleeper, but do not pay any attention to that. Put me off the train anyway.”

A few minutes later Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night and the train was already in Paris. He understood that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up in Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him. “I have never been so angry in my life”, he said. The conductor looked at him calmly. “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off the train in Dijon.”

Exercise 19. Have you ever travelled by train? Have any had any funny experiences at the station or on the train? Tell the class about them.

UNIT 10

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Exercise 1. Learn the following words and phrases.

mousetrapмышеловка, trapловушка

graduate['grædjueɪt] fromоканчивать (высшее учебное заведение)

participate[pɑː'tɪsɪpeɪt] участвовать, принимать участие

invent[ɪn'vent] изобретать, создавать; inventor[ɪn'ventə] изобретатель;

invention[ɪn'venʃn] изобретение teaspoon['tiːspuːn] чайная ложка deaf[def] глухой

fly[flaɪ] муха

bleed[bliːd] кровоточить finger['fɪŋgə] палец (на руке) injury['ɪnʤərɪ] рана

lap[læp] колени (верхняя часть ног у сидящего человека): on one’s lapна коленях

cardboard['kɑːdbɔːd] картон, картонный greet[griːt] приветствовать; здороваться hole[həul] отверстие

exactly[ɪg'zæktlɪ]совершенно верно; точно, в точности

remain[rɪ'meɪn] оставаться в каком-либо состоянии (не меняться)

silent['saɪlənt] безмолвный, молчащий triumphantly[traɪ'ʌmfəntlɪ] ликующе, с торжеством alive[ə'laɪv] жив, живой

rest[rest] класть neck[nek] шея throat[θrəut] горло

handkerchief['hæŋkəʧɪf] носовой платок

wipe[waɪp] вытирать

forehead['fɔrɪd] лоб

depend[dɪ'pend] onзависеть (от)

rather['rɑːðə] до некоторой степени, слегка, довольно

guess[ges] догадываться wearily['wɪərəlɪ] устало instead[ɪn'sted] ofвместо

amazement[ə'meɪzmənt] изумление, удивление

obvious['ɔbvɪəs] очевидный, ясный

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