Номер 1, страница 29 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Верещагина, Афанасьева

1. Do you want to know what happened to Frank and Caroline? Then read the story.

ONE DARK NIGHT

New words:

to stay [steɪ] — 1) оставаться; 2) останавливаться (в гостинице, отеле)
a place [pleɪs] — место
petrol ['petrəl] — бензин
to find [faɪnd] (found [faund], found [faund]) — находить
to go round the corner — завернуть за угол
double ['dʌbl] room — комната в гостинице на двоих
however [haʊ'evə] — тем не менее
(a) noise [nɔɪz] — шум
horribly ['hɔrɪblɪ] — жутко, отвратительно
a ghost [gəʊst] — привидение
a fancy dress [,fænsɪ 'dres] — карнавальный костюм

It was a cold Thursday night. Frank and Caroline Brown were driving in their car. They were going to Brighton to spend two weeks at the sea in Mrs Harris’s small house. Frank and Caroline usually stayed there during their summer holidays.

The house was small but very comfortable, with a lovely garden behind it. Mrs Harris liked her quiet place, but when the Browns came, she often left for London and visited her friends who lived there. Mrs Harris always left the house keys with Frank and Caroline and they looked after all the rooms in the house and all the flowers in the garden.

The largest place in the house was the kitchen. It was the most comfortable room too. There was not much furniture in it: a cooker, a fridge, a cupboard, a table, some chairs and Mrs Harris’s armchair. The furniture was old, but very nice. It made the kitchen look very special.

So that autumn night, the 31st of October, Frank and Caroline left for Brighton in their car and were thinking about their quiet autumn holiday in Mrs Harris’s house. All was well when suddenly the car stopped. Something was wrong with it. Frank was sure there was a lot of petrol in the car.

“What are we going to do?” Caroline asked.

“I’m going to find a telephone,” said Frank.

“Frank, I would like to join you. You know, I’m afraid. It is so dark. It is so late.”

But Frank answered, “No, dear, you stay in the car. It is very cold outdoors. I’ll lock the car. Here are the keys. No one will come to you. But if something happens, just shout!”

Half an hour later Caroline was sleeping in the car. Frank opened the door. “Caroline! It’s me. Wake up. Do you want to go? You won’t believe me. There is a hotel near here. I went round that corner and saw it. They’ve got a room for us tonight. It’s on the second floor and it is not too expensive.”

“Did you find a telephone?”

“No, I didn’t. But we can find one and phone the garage [ˈgærɑːʒ] in the morning. So let’s go to the hotel and get a room there.”

(In the hotel, in their double room.)

“How do you like the room, Caroline? I think I like it a lot.”

“I’m not sure, Frank. There is too much furniture here: a wardrobe, a standard lamp, a sofa, a cupboard.”

Look, there is even a fridge in the room next to the bookcase. However, the room isn’t that comfortable. There is no carpet on the floor, there aren’t any curtains on the windows, there is no fireplace in the room and it’s rather cold too.”

“OK, OK. I’ll go downstairs and tell them. I’ll also ask them to set the table and bring us something to eat. There is a fridge and a cupboard in the room, but there isn’t any food in them.”

Frank went downstairs and suddenly he heard some terrible noise. Somebody was laughing. He turned and then he couldn’t believe his own eyes. He saw a man in a long dark coat. The man was smiling horribly. He had very big front teeth. Frank was very much afraid of the man. He couldn’t tell if it was a real man or a ghost.

Frank ran upstairs to his room and said, “Caroline, we are leaving the hotel now. I saw a man and he was horrible and he made some horrible noises too. Come on! I’m not staying here.”

Caroline and Frank ran downstairs very quickly, but they stopped in the hall.

1. Хочешь узнать, что случилось с Фрэнком и Кэролайн? Тогда прочитай историю.

Ответ:Frank and Caroline were traveling to Brighton for a holiday when their car ran out of petrol on October 31st. They found a hotel and booked a room, which was not very comfortable. When Frank went downstairs to get food, he heard a horrible noise and saw a strange man with big front teeth, smiling horribly. This frightened him, and he thought it might be a ghost. Frank and Caroline decided to leave the hotel immediately.

Фрэнк и Кэролайн ехали в Брайтон на каникулы, когда 31 октября у их машины кончился бензин. Они нашли отель и забронировали номер, который был не очень удобным. Когда Фрэнк спустился вниз, чтобы принести еды, он услышал ужасный шум и увидел странного человека с большими передними зубами, ужасно улыбающегося. Это напугало его, и он подумал, что это мог быть призрак. Фрэнк и Кэролайн решили немедленно покинуть отель.