Номер 56, страница 113 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit 3. Shopping: The World of Money. Reading for Discussion: «Getting Dressed for the Big School» (After R. Dahl) - номер 56, страница 113.

Условие.

READING FOR DISCUSSION

56 A. Read the text "Getting Dressed for the Big School" and say why the boy telling us the story hated his new uniform and what pieces the uniform consisted of.

B. Put the items in the right order.

a) Struggling with the shirt and the trousers;

b) The relatives' reaction;

c) Choosing the school to go to;

d) Puffing on the waistcoat and the jacket;

e) The mother's wise words;

f) Buying clothes for the school.

Getting Dressed for the Big School

(After Roald Dahl)

When I was twelve, my mother said to me, "I've enrolled you at Marlborough [ˈmɑːlbərə] and Repton. Which would you like to go to?" Both were famous public schools, but that was all I knew about them. "Repton," I said. "I'll go to Repton." It was an easier word to say than Marlborough.

"Very well," my mother said. "You'll go to Repton."

We were living in Kent then. Repton was up in the Midlands, near Derby [ˈdɑːbɪ], and some 140 miles away to the north.

On the day of my departure, I had to get dressed for the part. I had been to London with my mother the week before to buy the school clothes, and I remember, how shocked I was when I saw the outfit I was expected to wear.

"I can't possibly go about in those!" I cried. "Nobody wears things like that!"

"Are you sure you haven't made a mistake?" my mother said to the shop assistant.

"If he's going to Repton, madam, he must wear these clothes," the assistant said firmly.

And now this amazing fancy dress was all laid out on my bed waiting to be put on. "Put it on," my mother said. "Hurry up or you'll miss the train."

"I'll look like a complete idiot," I said. My mother went out of the room and left me to it. With immense reluctance I began to dress.

First there was a white shirt with a detachable white collar. To attach the collar to the shirt you needed a back stud and a front stud. It took me ages to get the studs through the slits of the collar starched stiff. I tried for all I was worth but they just wouldn't go. Finally I put both the front slits of the collar into my mouth and chewed them until they were soft and at last I was able to get the studs through the collar slits.

Around the collar I tied a black tie, using an ordinary tie knot.

Then came the trousers and the braces. The trousers were black with thin grey lines running down them. I buttoned the braces on to the trousers, six buttons in all, then I put on the trousers and fixed the braces to the correct length.

I put on a brand-new pair of black shoes and laced them up.

Now for the waistcoat. This was also black and it had twelve buttons down the front and two little waistcoat pockets on either side, one above the other. I put it on and did up the buttons, starting at the top and working down. I was glad I didn't have to chew each of those buttonholes to get the buttons through them.

All this was bad enough for a boy who had never before worn anything better than a pair of shorts and a blazer. But the jacket put the lid on it. It wasn't actually a jacket, it was a sort of tailcoat, yet, it was without a doubt the most ridiculous garment I had ever seen. Like the waistcoat, it was jet-black and made of a heavy material. In the front the two sides of it met only at one point. Here there was a single button and this had to be done up. From the button downwards, the lines of the coat separated and came together again at the backs of the knees, forming a pair of "tails". When you walked, these tails flapped against your legs. I put the thing on and did up the front button. Feeling like an undertaker's apprentice in a funeral parlour, I crept downstairs.

My sisters shrieked with laughter when I appeared. "He can't go out in those!" they cried. "He'll be arrested by the police!"

"Put your hat on," my mother said, handing me a stiff wide-brimmed straw hat with a blue and black band around it. I put it on and did my best to look dignified. The sisters fell all over the room laughing.

My mother got me out of the house before I lost my nerve completely and together we walked through the village to the station.

"Nobody's taking the slightest notice of you," my mother said as we walked through High Street.

And curiously enough nobody was.

"I have learnt one thing about England," my mother went on. "It's a country where men love to wear uniforms and eccentric clothes. Two hundred years ago their clothes were even more eccentric than they are today. Think how lucky you are. You don't have to wear a wig² on your head and ruffles³ on your sleeves!"

"I still feel an ass,⁴" I said.

knot

tie

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waistcoat

straw hat

brim

band

stud

collar

slit

laces

braces

sleeve

buttonhole

Решение.

Решение 2.

56 A. Прочитайте текст "Собираемся в большую школу" и скажите, почему мальчик, рассказывающий нам историю, ненавидел свою новую форму и из каких частей она состояла.

Ответ:

The boy hated his new uniform because it was very unusual and ridiculous for him. He had never worn anything like it before, only shorts and a blazer. He felt like a "complete idiot" and an "undertaker's apprentice". It was also very difficult to put on, especially the stiff, detachable collar. / Мальчик ненавидел свою новую форму, потому что она была для него очень необычной и нелепой. Он никогда раньше не носил ничего подобного, только шорты и блейзер. Он чувствовал себя "полным идиотом" и "учеником гробовщика". Ее также было очень трудно надевать, особенно жесткий съемный воротник.

The uniform consisted of a white shirt with a detachable collar, studs, a black tie, black trousers with thin grey lines, braces, a black waistcoat, a jet-black tailcoat, black shoes, and a straw hat with a blue and black band. / Форма состояла из белой рубашки со съемным воротником, запонок, черного галстука, черных брюк с тонкими серыми полосками, подтяжек, черного жилета, иссиня-черного фрака, черных ботинок и соломенной шляпы с сине-черной лентой.

56 B. Расставьте события в правильном порядке.

Ответ:

The correct order is: c, f, a, d, b, e. / Правильный порядок: c, f, a, d, b, e.