номер 3, страница 88 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс рабочая тетрадь Hardy-Gould, Mellersh

3 Work with a partner. Read the questions and discuss possible answers.

1 What sort of character is Mrs Squeers?

2 What do you think the boarding school is like?

1 In the evening of the second day, they arrived in Yorkshire. There was snow everywhere, and in front of them was a long, low building with dark windows. It looked cold and unpleasant. This was the school - Dotheboys Hall.

Inside Mrs Squeers was waiting for them. She looked at Nicholas coldly, then turned to her husband.

'How is my Squeery?' she said.

'Very well, my love,' replied Squeers. 'How are the cows and the other animals?'

'Very well.'

'And the boys?' asked Squeers.

'Oh, they're well, too,' replied Mrs Squeers quickly in a hard voice.

After that, they talked about parents who paid their debts to the school and parents who couldn't pay. Then Mrs Squeers put a cold supper on the table for her husband - and for Nicholas. Squeers ate and drank a lot: Nicholas had only a little. Then they all went to bed.

2 If Nicholas's first night at Dotheboys Hall was bad, the next day was worse. He soon saw that Mr and Mrs Squeers loved making the boys there suffer. Squeers beat them hard and often. He read their letters from home himself, telling them that their parents didn't love them and didn't want them back. The boys had no real lessons, but did jobs for Squeers in the school and its garden all day.

They were especially cruel to one boy - Smike. He was taller and older than the other boys at the school - perhaps 18 or 19. His clothes were old and too small for him and he looked ill.

At the end of his first day, Nicholas found Smike working in the kitchen. He saw in the boy's eyes that he was afraid.

'Don't be afraid of me,' said Nicholas kindly.

'Oh, my poor heart will break, living here,' Smike cried.

'No, it won't. There's always hope.'

'Not for me,' replied Smike. 'I've got no family or friends.'

From Nicholas Nickleby, Oxford Dominoes.

Retold by Tim Herdon.

1. Какой характер у миссис Сквирс?

2. Как вы думаете, на что похожа школа-интернат?

Ответ:

1 Mrs Squeers is a cold, hard, and cruel character. She looks at Nicholas coldly, speaks in a hard voice, and seems uncaring, giving Nicholas only a little food. The text states that she and her husband "loved making the boys there suffer." (Миссис Сквирс — холодный, жесткий и жестокий персонаж. Она холодно смотрит на Николаса, говорит жестким голосом и кажется безразличной, давая Николасу лишь немного еды. В тексте говорится, что она и ее муж «любили заставлять мальчиков страдать».)

2 The boarding school is a terrible and cruel place. The building is described as "cold and unpleasant." The boys do not receive real lessons but are forced to work. They are beaten, poorly fed, and emotionally abused by Mr and Mrs Squeers. It is a place of suffering and despair. (Школа-интернат — ужасное и жестокое место. Здание описывается как «холодное и неприятное». Мальчики не получают настоящих уроков, а вынуждены работать. Мистер и миссис Сквирс их бьют, плохо кормят и подвергают эмоциональному насилию. Это место страданий и отчаяния.)