ответьте на вопросы по книге The Adventures of Sherlock Homes (2 часть) Exercises
1. Answer the questions:
1. What did you learn about the Roylotts of Stoke Moran?
2. Why did Dr. Roylott return to England from India a gloomy and disappointed man?
3. How did it happen that Dr. Roylott lived in Stoke Moran with his two stepdaughters?
4. Who else lived in the house?
5. What were the relations between Dr. Roylott and other people in the village?
6. Why weren’t Julia and Helen happy?
7. How did it happen that Julia became engaged to be married?
8. What did you learn about the house where Julia’s tragic death occurred?
9. What did the sisters speak about before Julia’s death?
10. Why did the sisters lock their bedrooms?
Think and say
1. Was Dr. Roylott a good doctor? Would you like him to be your family doctor? Why do you think so?
2. Was it easy for the sisters to marry? Why do you think so?
2. Find the following phrases in the text and reproduce situations from the text with them. Give Russian equivalents.
1. to be left
2. to leave smth to smb
3. to make friends with smb
4. to be / become engaged to smb
engagement (to smb)
5. to open out on / upon / into
3. Paraphrase the underlined parts of the sentences so as to use the phrases above.
1. Tony is a very sociable boy, he can become the friend of anybody.
2. How long before the wedding did they agree to get married?
3. It was only after his aunt’s death that Robert learned he would get her house after her death.
4. After he paid all his debts, no more money remained.
5. Their room faces the park, so they have a very nice view.
6. Have you heard that John has broken off his agreement to marry June? – I didn’t even know that they agreed to marry.
7. After Miss Stoner’s sister died, she remained alone with her stepfather.
4. Complete the sentences with phrases above in the correct form.
1. Susan doesn’t want her bedroom… the sea. She says the noise of the sea won’t let her sleep.
2. There were a lot of shops in the street a few years ago. But only two… The others have been closed.
3. I didn’t know that Alex and Anne… to be married.
4. When Bob came to a new school, he wanted… his new classmates.
5. Peter’s father… him his gold watch, and Peter always wears it.
6. Walter gave Alice an… ring. They are to be married next month.
7. After her children married, Mrs Sykes… alone in her big house.
My winter vacation passed wonderfully. This year heavy snow covered the ground, so there was no time to get bored. Together with friends we drove in a sleigh, made snowmen, played snowballs and just had fun. In the evening I watched TV, talked on the phone with friends and occasionally played on the computer.
The second week my family took me to a winter resort. I don’t ski very well, so it was hard in the beginning to learn how to ski down mountain slopes. But the next day, I learned to keep balance and fell to the ground only a few times. At a ski resort we spent 4 days. During this period I managed to make friends and girlfriends, with whom now I keep in touch and correspond through the internet. We hope to see one another again at the same place next year.
By the end of winter break my spirits fell. Suddenly it came in on me that I had not done some homework. But still there were a couple of days left, and I had time to do the tasks before the beginning of classes. How quickly vacations end! And how long a school year lasts!
У мене багато захоплень, тому що існує дуже багато цікавих справ. На жаль, у мене мало вільного часу, тому що я збираюся стати студентом і доводиться багато вчитися. Мені багато чого подобається робити. Наприклад, читати детективи, слухати музику, грати в теніс з моїми однокласниками. Але моє улюблене захоплення — відгадування кросвордів.
Це не тільки цікаво, а також і корисно. Коли ви намагаєтеся розгадати кросворд, ви узнаєте і запам’ятовуєте багато різних фактів. Тому що в кросвордах багато питань про знаменитих людей, географічні назви, країни, наукові досягнення і так далі. Ви також тренуєте мозок. Існують різні типи кросвордів. Це скандинавські, англійські, угорські, японські, звичайні кросворди. Кросворди друкують у газетах і журналах, є навіть спеціальні газети, у яких надруковані тільки кросворди. Іноді я намагаюся скласти власний кросворд і, признаюся, це не менш цікаво. Усі члени нашої родини люблять брати участь у відгадуванні кросвордів, і це дуже нас єднає.
I have a lot of hobbies because there are so many interesting things to do. Unfortunately I don’t have much spare time as I’m going to be a student that’s why I have to study a lot. I like doing different things. Such as reading detective novels, listening to the music, playing tennis with my classmates. But my favourite hobby is solving crossword puzzles. It’s not only interesting, but also useful. When you try to solve the puzzle, you find out and learn a lot of different facts. Because in puzzles there are questions about famous people, geographical places, countries, scientific achievements and so on. You also train your brain. There are different types of crossword puzzles. They are Scandinavian, English, Hungarian, Japanese, ordinary. The crosswords are published in newspapers and magazines and there are special newspapers that contain only crosswords. I sometimes try to make up my own puzzle and I can say that it is not less interesting. All the members of our family like to take part in solving puzzles, and this unites us very much.