Номер 79, страница 108 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс (enjoy english) учебник Биболетова, Бабушис

Unit 3. New technological world. Section 4. The ethics of cloning - номер 79, страница 108.

Условие.

79 Read the summary of the book and discuss the questions in pairs.

Report the results of your discussion to the class.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a classic story about a man-made monster who wants to find his place in society in spite of his ugly look and unusual origin.

Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who creates an artificial human being from spare body parts. But the monster turns out to be extremely disgusting. The monster tries to find friendship and is rejected several times. So he decides to take revenge on the scientist who created him. First the monster kills his brother. Frankenstein feels guilty for creating the monster who has ruined so much, so he goes away to the mountains alone to find peace of mind. But instead of this, Frankenstein finds horror when he is chased by the monster who then demands that he create a female monster to be his companion. Frankenstein agrees because he is fearing for his family and goes to England to do his work. He almost finishes doing the work but suddenly changes his mind, and destroys his creation. The monster then kills his friend and his wife Elizabeth.

Victor realises that he should find the monster and kill him. Victor chases after him in Europe and to the North Pole, but then loses track of the monster when he disappears into a crack in the ice. At this time he meets Captain Robert Walton and his crew.

In the end of the story Victor dies and the monster is crying for forgiveness. After a short stay with Robert Walton, who promised to kill him, the monster convinces him not to do this and disappears back to the North Pole. Nobody has seen him again.

Mary Shelley

(1797–1851)

1 Did you like the story? Why? / Why not?

2 How did you feel after you finished reading the story?

3 Do you think the story sounds as unreal today as it did when it was written? Why?

4 Do you know any other examples of this kind of story? What are they?

Решение.

Решение 2.

1 Вам понравился рассказ? Почему? / Почему нет?

2 Что вы почувствовали, когда закончили читать рассказ?

3 Считаете ли вы, что сегодня эта история звучит так же нереально, как и в то время, когда она была написана? Почему?

4 Знаете ли вы другие примеры такого рода историй? Какие?

Ответ:

1 Yes, I liked the story. It was very interesting and a little bit scary. I felt sorry for the monster because he was so lonely. / Да, мне понравился рассказ. Он был очень интересным и немного страшным. Мне было жаль монстра, потому что он был таким одиноким.

2 I felt sad at the end. Sad for Victor Frankenstein, who lost everyone he loved, and sad for the monster, who never found happiness. It's a very tragic story. / В конце мне стало грустно. Грустно за Виктора Франкенштейна, который потерял всех, кого любил, и грустно за монстра, который так и не нашел счастья. Это очень трагическая история.

3 I think it sounds less unreal today. We have science like cloning and artificial intelligence, so the idea of creating life isn't as impossible as it was in Mary Shelley's time. But creating a person from body parts is still very unreal, of course. / Я думаю, что сегодня она звучит менее нереально. У нас есть такие науки, как клонирование и искусственный интеллект, поэтому идея создания жизни не кажется такой невозможной, как во времена Мэри Шелли. Но создание человека из частей тела, конечно, до сих пор очень нереально.

4 Yes, maybe stories about robots or artificial intelligence that turn against their creators, like in the movie The Terminator or the story of the Golem from old legends. They are also about creations that humans can't control. / Да, возможно, истории о роботах или искусственном интеллекте, которые восстают против своих создателей, как в фильме «Терминатор» или в истории о Големе из старых легенд. В них также рассказывается о созданиях, которых люди не могут контролировать.