Номер 17, страница 10, часть 2 - гдз по английскому языку 5 класс учебник Вербицкая, Эббс

Часть 2. Unit 9. Where is the capsule? - номер 17, страница 10.

Условие.

17 Read the text. Do you think Tom could become a good worker, painter or manager?

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By Mark Twain

On Saturday there was no school. All the children were free from classes. They were enjoying a quiet weekend. But things were different for Tom — he had to work. He had to paint a fence around the garden of Aunt Polly's house. It was a very long fence ...

Tom was standing there with a big bucket of white paint. He looked at the fence, then at the bucket of white paint, then at the fence again. He did not want to paint the fence! He wanted to be with his friends, to go swimming and fishing. 'My friends will laugh at me when they see me with this bucket!' he thought.

He started to paint, but after an hour he was tired. He was sad and did not know what to do. Then he had an idea. He smiled and went on painting the fence.

Soon Tom saw his friend Ben Rogers. He was walking towards Tom and he was making strange noises. 'Sssh, sssh!' he was saying. 'Ting-a-ling! I am a steamboat on the Mississippi river!'

'Sssh-Sssh — I am a steamboat!' He didn't really sound like a steamboat, but he enjoyed doing it.

There was a big red apple in Ben's hand. He looked at Tom and said, 'You are working, and I am not! I am going to the river! I'm going swimming!'

'Work?' said Tom. 'This isn't work. This is pleasure!'

'Do you like painting the fence?' asked Ben. 'Yes,' said Tom, 'I do!' He stepped back from the fence — there was a happy smile on his face — and painted again.

Ben watched him and said, 'Let me paint the fence.' 'No,' said Tom, 'you don't know how to do it. It's a difficult job, I can't let you do it.'

Ben was unhappy, he wanted to paint it so much, but Tom did not let him. Then he said, 'Please, let me paint! I'll give you half of my apple.' Tom thought for a minute or two and then shook his head and said 'No.' He stepped back from the fence, looked at it and smiled again.

Ben said, 'I'll give you all my apple, please, give me the brush!'

Tom thought for a minute again and then said 'OK', took the apple and started eating it. Ben started to paint the fence. Soon Ben got tired and went away with the noises of a steamboat again.

Then Billy Fisher with a kite in his hand came up to Tom. He wanted to paint the fence, too. But Tom said 'No' to him. 'I'll give you my kite,' said Billy and Tom agreed. Billy started to paint the fence.

By the afternoon the fence was painted twice. Tom had a kite, a cat, a long piece of rope, a cake and some other wonderful things. He was happy. He went to Aunt Polly and said, 'The fence is painted, and there is no more paint.'

Aunt Polly was very surprised and said, 'You are a good boy, Tom.'

Решение.

Решение 2.

17 Прочитайте текст. Как вы думаете, мог бы Том стать хорошим рабочим, художником или менеджером?

Ответ:

I think Tom could become a great manager. He didn't want to work, so he cleverly convinced his friends to do the job for him. He made the boring task of painting a fence seem like a fun and exclusive activity, and they even paid him for the opportunity. He wasn't a good worker because he avoided the work, and we don't know if he's a good painter, but he was excellent at managing people to get a job done.

Я думаю, Том мог бы стать отличным менеджером. Он не хотел работать, поэтому хитро убедил своих друзей сделать работу за него. Он представил скучное занятие по покраске забора как веселое и эксклюзивное мероприятие, и они даже заплатили ему за эту возможность. Он не был хорошим рабочим, потому что избегал работы, и мы не знаем, хороший ли он художник, но он превосходно управлял людьми, чтобы выполнить задачу.