Номер 5, страница 34 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс учебник Вербицкая, Маккинли

Unit 4. Mysteries. Reading and vocabulary - номер 5, страница 34.

Условие.

5 Work in pairs and answer the questions.

1 Do you think Mrs Sappleton is an unusual person?

2 What kind of person do you think the niece is? How do you know?

Mrs Sappleton is upstairs – she’ll be with us in a minute, Mr Nuttle,’ said the girl. ‘So you’ll have to put up with me for a while.’ She giggled.

Framton Nuttle tried hard to think of something polite to say to her. He had come to the village to relax after a long illness. His sister had lived there a few years before and she had given him a list of ‘nice’ people he should meet. But he was beginning to feel fed up with visiting strangers.

‘Do you know many people in the village?’ asked the girl, who was Mrs Sappleton’s niece. Framton frowned. ‘Hardly anyone,’ he answered sighing. ‘But my sister used to live here and she gave me a list of people I should meet.’

‘Oh, so you don’t know anything about my aunt?’ asked the girl.

‘Just her name and address,’ said Framton. ¹ _ There was something very masculine about the room.

‘You don’t know about my aunt’s tragedy?’ asked the girl.

² _ ‘You’re probably asking yourself why we have the door open on an October afternoon, Mr Nuttle.’

For the first time Framton looked up at the open patio-door, which led to the garden.

‘Well, let me tell you. Exactly three years ago today my aunt’s husband, his dog and her two young brothers left the house to go hunting. They never came back. They were crossing some low ground near a river … it had been a very wet summer … well, their bodies were never found. And my poor aunt … she still thinks that they will come back someday and walk through that door. Which is why she keeps it open.’ She stared at him for a moment and then whispered, ‘Do you know, sometimes on quiet evenings like this, I almost get a strange feeling that they will all walk through that door!’

Framton shuddered. ³ _

‘I hope my Vera has been amusing you?’ she said.

‘She has been very interesting,’ said Framton.

‘I’m sorry to keep the door open, but my husband and brothers will come back from their hunting trip soon.’

She talked for some time about hunting and birds. Framton felt terrible and tried to change the subject – but in vain. He could see that Mrs Sappleton wasn’t really listening to him but was gazing at the door all the time.

‘The doctors have told me to rest completely and not to do any exercise, but they’re not sure about the best diet for me,’ said Framton, who thought the pair might be interested to hear about his illness. Mrs Sappleton yawned. ⁴ _

It was beginning to get dark and the room seemed a little gloomy.

‘Here they are at last!’ she said, suddenly. ‘Just in time for tea!’

Framton turned to look sympathetically at the girl. She was also staring at the door with horror in her eyes. Surprised, Framton glanced at the door.

In the darkness, he could see three people strolling across the lawn, carrying guns. A dog was running behind them. One of the men was singing. Framton gasped. He suddenly got up out of his chair, took his hat and dashed out of the house and through the gate, away from the house as fast as he could.

‘We’re back, my dear,’ said Mr Sappleton with a grin. ‘Who was that who just left?’

‘A very strange man called Mr Nuttle,’ said Mrs Sappleton. ‘All he could talk about was his illnesses, and then he left without even saying goodbye … or sorry. It was as if he had seen a ghost!’

‘It was probably the dog,’ said her niece calmly. ‘He told me he was terrified of dogs. He told me that once in India he had spent the night lying in an empty grave in a cemetery, trying to escape from a pack of mad dogs.’

Решение.

Решение 2.

Вы думаете, что миссис Сэпплтон - необычный человек?

Какой человек, по-вашему, племянница? Откуда вы это знаете?

Ответ:

1. No, I don't think Mrs Sappleton is an unusual person. She seems a bit distracted, but her behaviour of keeping the patio door open is normal because she is simply expecting her husband and brothers back from their day of hunting. Her actions only seem unusual because of the false story the niece told Mr. Nuttel. (Перевод: Нет, я не думаю, что миссис Сэпплтон - необычный человек. Она кажется немного рассеянной, но ее поведение, когда она держит дверь во внутренний дворик открытой, нормально, потому что она просто ждет возвращения мужа и братьев с дневной охоты. Ее действия кажутся необычными только из-за лживой истории, которую племянница рассказала мистеру Наттелу.)

2. The niece is a very imaginative, clever, and mischievous girl. We know this because she invents a detailed tragic story on the spot to fool Mr. Nuttel. When her prank succeeds and Mr. Nuttel runs away in terror, she calmly and quickly makes up another lie to explain his strange behaviour to her family. The last paragraph shows she is very good at making up stories. (Перевод: Племянница - очень изобретательная, умная и озорная девочка. Мы знаем это, потому что она на ходу придумывает подробную трагическую историю, чтобы обмануть мистера Наттела. Когда ее розыгрыш удается, и мистер Наттел в ужасе убегает, она спокойно и быстро придумывает новую ложь, чтобы объяснить его странное поведение своей семье. Последний абзац показывает, что она очень хорошо умеет сочинять истории.)