Номер 49, страница 137 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit 3. Man — the Child of Nature. Speaking - номер 49, страница 137.

Условие.

49. Read the text and answer the questions after it.

The story called “The Sound Machine” was written by Roald Dahl in 1949. In the story a man, Klausner by name, invents a machine capable of hearing extremely high notes and recording the presence of inaudible vibrations in the air. By and by Klausner begins to understand where the sounds come from. In the episode you’re going to read, Klausner shares his discovery with Doctor Scott.

THE SOUND MACHINE

Klausner heard the telephone buzzing at the other end, and then the click of a lifted receiver and a man’s voice, a sleepy voice, saying: “Hullo. Yes.”

“Dr. Scott?” he said.

“Yes. Speaking.”

“Dr. Scott. You must come at once – quickly, please.”

“Who is it speaking?”

“Klausner here, and you remember what I told you last night about my experiment with sound…”

“Yes, yes, of course, but what’s the matter? Are you ill?”

“No, I’m not ill, but…”

“It’s half past six in the morning,” the Doctor said, “and you call me, but you are not ill.”

“Please come. Come quickly. I want someone to hear it. It’s driving me mad! I can’t believe it…”

“All right then. I’ll come.”

Soon the Doctor arrived, a little black bag in hand.

“Well,” the Doctor said. “Well, what’s the trouble?”

“Come with me, Doctor. I want you to hear it. It’s over the road in the park.”

The Doctor looked at him. There was no sign of madness or hysteria; he was merely disturbed and excited.

They went across the road into the park and Klausner led the way to the great beech tree at the foot of which stood the long black box of the machine – and the axe. Klausner gave the Doctor a pair of earphones and asked him to listen carefully. After that Klausner bent down and flicked the switch on the panel of the machine; then he picked up the axe. “Can you hear anything?” he said to the Doctor.

“Just a humming noise. What are you waiting for?” the Doctor asked.

“Nothing.” Klausner answered and then he lifted the axe and swung it at the tree, and as he swung he thought he felt a movement of the ground on which he stood. He felt a slight shifting of the earth beneath his feet as though the roots of the tree were moving underneath the soil, but it was too late to check the blow and the axe blade struck the tree and wedged deep into the wood. At that moment, high overhead, there was the cracking sound and they both looked up and the Doctor cried, “Watch out! Run, man! Quickly, run!”

The Doctor had ripped off the earphones and was running away fast, but Klausner stood spellbound, staring up at the great branch, sixty feet long at least, that was bending slowly downwards, breaking and crackling and splintering at its thickest point, where it joined the main trunk of the tree. The branch came crushing down and Klausner leapt aside just in time. It fell upon the machine and smashed it into pieces.

“Great heavens!” shouted the Doctor as he came running back. Klausner was staring at the tree. His large head was leaning to one side and upon his smooth white face there was a tense, horrified expression. Slowly he walked up to the tree. “Did you hear it?” he said, turning to the Doctor. His voice was barely audible.

The Doctor was still out of breath from the running and excitement. “Hear what?”

“In the earphones. Did you hear anything when the axe struck?”

The Doctor began to rub the back of his neck. “Well,” he said, “as a matter of fact…” He paused and frowned and bit his lower lip. “No, I’m not sure. I couldn’t be sure. I don’t suppose I had the earphones for more than a second after the axe struck.”

“Yes, yes, but what did you hear?”

“No! I don’t know,” the Doctor said. “I don’t know what I heard. Probably the noise of the branch breaking. I was more interested in getting out of the way.” The Doctor certainly seemed nervous. He moved his feet, shrugged his shoulders and turned to go.

1. What was the function of Klausner’s sound machine?

2. What did Klausner think he heard with the help of this device?

3. Why did the Doctor agree to come at half past six, though Klausner claimed he wasn’t ill, and why did he bring his little black bag?

4. What kind of experiment did Klausner want to make? Did he succeed?

5. Why did Klausner stare at the tree with “a tense, horrified expression”? What did he think was the reason for the branch to break?

6. Do you think the Doctor heard anything unusual in the earphones? What could he hear if Klausner was right?

7. Do you think Klausner was mad? Is it possible that plants can react to pain or coming danger?

8. Do you think all the mysteries of the natural world have been solved? Which of them haven’t?

Решение.

Решение 2.

1. Какова была функция звуковой машины Клауснера?

Ответ: The machine's function was to hear and record extremely high-frequency sounds and inaudible sound vibrations that the human ear cannot normally perceive.

Функция машины заключалась в том, чтобы слышать и записывать чрезвычайно высокочастотные звуки и неслышимые звуковые вибрации, которые человеческое ухо обычно не может воспринять.

2. Что, по мнению Клауснера, он слышал с помощью этого устройства?

Ответ: Klausner believed he heard the sound of the tree reacting to being struck by the axe, which he interpreted as a shriek of pain.

Клауснер считал, что он услышал звук реакции дерева на удар топором, который он интерпретировал как крик боли.

3. Почему Доктор согласился прийти в полседьмого, хотя Клауснер утверждал, что не болен, и почему он принес свой маленький черный саквояж?

Ответ: The Doctor agreed to come because Klausner sounded extremely desperate and said "It's driving me mad!". He brought his little black bag out of professional habit, as he was responding to an urgent call, regardless of whether the issue was physical or mental.

Доктор согласился прийти, потому что Клауснер звучал крайне отчаянно и сказал: «Это сводит меня с ума!». Он принес свой маленький черный саквояж по профессиональной привычке, так как отвечал на срочный вызов, независимо от того, была ли проблема физической или психической.

4. Какой эксперимент хотел провести Клауснер? Удалось ли ему?

Ответ: Klausner wanted to prove to the Doctor that plants make sounds when they are harmed by having him listen through the machine as he struck a tree with an axe. He did not succeed, because the Doctor was not sure what he heard and the machine was destroyed.

Клауснер хотел доказать Доктору, что растения издают звуки, когда им причиняют вред. Для этого он попросил доктора слушать через машину, пока он ударял по дереву топором. Ему это не удалось, потому что Доктор не был уверен, что он услышал, а машина была разбита.

5. Почему Клауснер смотрел на дерево с «напряженным, испуганным выражением»? Что, по его мнению, было причиной падения ветки?

Ответ: He had a "tense, horrified expression" because he believed he had just heard the tree scream in pain. He likely thought the branch broke as a direct physical reaction of the tree to being wounded.

У него было «напряженное, испуганное выражение», потому что он считал, что только что услышал крик боли дерева. Вероятно, он думал, что ветка сломалась в результате прямой физической реакции дерева на ранение.

6. Как вы думаете, Доктор услышал что-нибудь необычное в наушниках? Что он мог бы услышать, если бы Клауснер был прав?

Ответ: According to the text, the Doctor was not sure what he heard and guessed it was "probably the noise of the branch breaking". If Klausner was right, the Doctor would have heard a high-pitched, shriek-like sound made by the tree.

Согласно тексту, Доктор не был уверен, что он услышал, и предположил, что это был, «вероятно, шум ломающейся ветки». Если бы Клауснер был прав, Доктор услышал бы пронзительный, похожий на визг звук, изданный деревом.

7. Как вы думаете, Клауснер был сумасшедшим? Возможно ли, что растения могут реагировать на боль или приближающуюся опасность?

Ответ: I don't think he was mad, the story says he was just "disturbed and excited." He was a scientist who believed in his discovery. I have heard that plants can grow better with music, so maybe they can react to things, but I don't think they can scream from pain like people do.

Я не думаю, что он был сумасшедшим, в рассказе говорится, что он был просто «встревожен и возбужден». Он был ученым, который верил в свое открытие. Я слышал, что растения могут лучше расти под музыку, так что, возможно, они могут реагировать на что-то, но я не думаю, что они могут кричать от боли, как люди.

8. Как вы думаете, все ли тайны мира природы разгаданы? Какие из них еще не разгаданы?

Ответ: No, not at all! There are many mysteries left. For example, we still haven't explored most of the deep ocean and don't know what creatures live there. We also don't fully understand things like dark matter in space or exactly how our own brains work.

Нет, совсем нет! Осталось еще много тайн. Например, мы до сих пор не исследовали большую часть глубокого океана и не знаем, какие существа там обитают. Мы также не до конца понимаем такие вещи, как темная материя в космосе или то, как именно работает наш собственный мозг.