I. Прочитайте текст и устно переведите его. Письменно ответьте на следующие вопросы, используя вокабуляр после текста:

1. When and where was W. Shakespeare born?

2. What school did W. Shakespeare finished?

3. How did he earn his living before writing?

4. What rhythm is used in Shakespeare’s verses? What does it mean?

5. Have you read any of Shakespeare’s plays? What is your favourite one?

6. Do you know any other phrases from Shakespeare’s plays, which are used today? What are they?

II. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений:

1. Are there any sonnets by Shakespeare in this book?

2. It’s rather a good book, but I don’t like some of the stories here.

3. There are no English books on the shelf.

4. Some people don’t like to read plays.

5. There are some books by Shakespeare in our library.

7. Please take any book you like.

III. Перепишите предложения, вставляя неопределенные и отрицательные местоимения или их производные:

1. Have you got … English books at home? – No, I don’t have….

2. Would you like to have … tea? – Yes, please.

3. Did you read … plays by Shakespeare? – Yes, I read….

4. Do you see … on the shelf? – No, I see …

5. Has … been here to see me? – Yes, … has left a note.

6. What kind of fruit do you prefer? – I like … kind.

IV. Переведите письменно предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений и их производных:

1. Он читал только некоторые пьесы Шекспира.

2. Я верну вам книгу через несколько дней.

3. Вы можете взять любую из этих книг.

4. У вас есть какие-нибудь вопросы? – Да, есть несколько.

5. Я не вижу никаких ошибок в этом диктанте.

6. У вас есть друзья в Москве?

V. Найдите и выпишите из текста предложения с модальными глаголами и их эквивалентами, подчеркните их. Употребите выписанные предложения в отрицательной и вопросительной формах. Переведите утвердительные предложения на русский язык.

VI. Перепишите предложения, вставляя соответствующие модальные глаголы или их эквиваленты:

1. Where … I get sonnets by Shakespeare? – You … get them in the library.

2. My friend lives a long way from his office and he … get up early.

3. All of us … be in time for classes.

4. … we read this play now? – Now, you … not, you … read it at home.

5. When she has her English, she … stay at the office after work.

6. I … not go to the theatre with them last night.

VII. Переведите письменно предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на перевод модальных глаголов и их эквивалентов:

1. Вчера мне пришлось переводить отрывок из пьесы Шекспира «Ромео и Джульетта».

2. Мы обязательно должны писать диктант сегодня? – Да.

3. Вам не нужно идти в библиотеку, у нас много английских книг дома и вы можете выбрать любую.

4. Почему вы не пришли на концерт? – Я не могла, мне нужно было готовиться к экзамену.

5. Тебе следует прочитать все эти книги за лето.

6. Я могу поговорить с вами? – Конечно, можете.

VIII. Найдите в тексте предложения с пассивными конструкциями, выпишите их, подчеркните сказуемое и определите его временную форму и залог. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

IX. Переведите на английский язык, обращая внимание на пассивные конструкции:

Маленький английский город Стратфорд-на-Эйвоне (Stratford-upon-Avon) посещается людьми со всего света. Здесь в 1564 году родился, а в 1616 году умер Вильям Шекспир. Посетителям показывают дом, где родился великий драматург. Здесь на берегу реки Эйвон построен Королевский Шекспировский театр, где ставятся пьесы Шекспира.

X. Перепишите следующие предложения; подчеркните в каждом из них глагол-сказуемое и определите его видо-временную форму и залог. Поставьте предложения в отрицательную и вопросительную формы. Переведите утвердительные предложения на русский язык.

1. She was given an interesting book by A. Christie last Tuesday.

2. She has been reading it for three day.

3. I was learning a sonnet by heart when the telephone rang.

4. Will you have translated this article by the time I return?

5. You will have to return this book to the library in a week.

6. We’ll be waiting for you at the entrance at six sharp.

XI. Письменно переведите 7 и 8 абзацы текста.

Variant III

MY FAVOURITE ENGLISH WRITER:

CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. His father worked as a clerk in the Navy Pay Office. Four years later the family moved to Chatham, where little Charles had some elementary education at school. As soon as Dickens learned to read, he immersed him­self in books.

When Dickens was ten years old, the family moved to London, where they lived in a poor part of the city. In 1824 Dickens' father was imprisoned for debts and had to spend six months in debtors' prison Charles had to earn his bread. His schooling was discontinued, and he was put to work in a blacking warehouse where he pasted labels on blacking bottles. The work was not hard, but the con­ditions were miserable. At one time he was placed in the window of the shop to do his work there, so that every­body might see what business the firm were doing. The boy was very unhappy. The misery of these days made a great impression on Dickens and influenced his later work.

Only after his father had been released from debtors' prison, Charles was put back in school. Then, at the age of 15, he went to work at a lawyer's office, a job he did not like much. In 1830-1835 he worked as a reporter for various newspapers. It gave him a wide experience that he later could use it in his novels.

His first story Mr. Minus and his Cousin was published in the Monthly Magazine in 1833. The editor requested more short stories, and other publications followed. Dick­ens began using the pen name "Boz", a nickname he borrowed from his younger brother. In 1836 Dickens collected his early works into Sketches by Boz, a series of essays on contemporary people and manners. The book was much spoken about.

Then Dickens wrote The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1837-1838) and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1838—1839). His books came out in a series, a chapter at a time. Oliver Twist dealt with a serious social problem. Dickens exposed the working of the Poor Laws¹. Oliver Twist, an orphan, was brought up in a work-house where everybody was cruel to him. Having left the work­house, the boy might have become a thief if it had not been for Mr. Brownlow. Mr. Brownlow helped Oliver to become a gentleman. Dickens told an unpleasant truth about the terrible conditions in which the poor of Lon­don lived. It was a great shock to many of the richer peo­ple of the time.

Nicholas Nickleby continued the serious social commen­tary that characterised Dickens' novels, dealing with the conditions in schools where unwanted children were aban­doned. The writer's popularity continued to grow, both in Europe and the United States.

At an early age Dickens had some thoughts of the stage. In 1858, he started doing a series of public readings of his own works. These readings were immensely popular, and they continued until his death. In these public readings, Dickens revealed a dramatic ability that indicated that he could have been a very successful actor.

Dickens' books have been translated into many lan­guages, and millions of copies have been sold. Even to­day, more than 100 years after his death, Dickens is read and loved all over the world.

Vocabulary

elementary education – начальное образование

to immerse oneself in – зд. заняться чем-либо

to be imprisoned – быть помещенным в тюрьму

debtors’ prison – тюрьма должников

to earn one’s bread – зарабатывать на хлеб

to discontinue – прекращать

warehouse – зд. склад

to be realised – зд. быть освобожденным

to request – требовать

a pen name – псевдоним

to borrow smth. – занимать, брать в долг что-либо

to deal with – иметь дело с

an orphan – сирота

Poor Laws – законы о бедных

to abandon – оставлять

I. Прочитайте текст и устно переведите его. Письменно ответьте на следующие вопросы, используя вокабуляр после текста:

1. When and where was Ch. Dickens born?

2. Why did Ch. Dickens have to earn his bread being a small boy?

3. Where did he get his first experience of a writer?

4. How did young write sign his first works?

5. What are his main books? What do they deal with? Which did you read?

6. What did Ch. Dickens try himself in? Was he popular in it?

II. Перепишите и письменно переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений.

1. There must be some of Dickens’s stories in this book.

2. It’s rather a good book of poems, but I don’t like some of the sonnets here.

3. There are no German books in the library.

4. It is difficult for some of us to read English books in the original.

5. He didn’t know any foreign languages then.

6. Please take any book you like.

III. Перепишите предложения, вставляя неопределенные и отрицательные местоимения или их производные:

1. Have you read … books by Dickens? – Yes, I’ve read ….

2. … book was left for me. – What book was it?

3. I want … English books. Do you have ….

4. Could you bring me … tea? – Yes, please.

5. What kind of vegetable do you prefer? – I like … kind.

6. You may come to the library at … time but not later than 18 o’clock.

IV. Переведите письменно предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на перевод неопределенных и отрицательных местоимений и их производных:

1. Не хотите ли кофе? – Да, пожалуйста.

2. Вы можете купить эту книгу в любом магазине.

3. Мне нужно несколько яблок для салата.

4. Некоторые из моих однокурсников читают Диккенса в оригинале.

5. Ничего нельзя было сделать.

6. У нее сейчас нет времени для перевода этой статьи.

V. Найдите и выпишите из текста предложения с модальными глаголами и их эквивалентами, подчеркните их. Употребите выписанные предложения в отрицательную и вопросительную формы. Переведите утвердительные предложения на русский язык.

VI. Перепишите предложения, вставляя соответствующие модальные глаголы или их эквиваленты:

1. Where … I get books by Dickens in the original? – You … get them in the library.

2. Every child …go to school at the age of six or seven.

3. I think I … to finish my translation tomorrow.

4. We … not find any information for my report at our home library.

5. You … not buy any bread. I’ve already bought everything for supper.

6. You … give literary translation of the text and after that you … have a break.