номер 4, страница 89 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Wetz, Pye

4. ACTIVATE Think about an adventure story that you have read. Answer the questions.

1. Who is the author of the story?

2. Is it written in the first person or the third person?

3. When and where is the story set?

4. Who are the main characters?

5. What happens in the story?

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

We got out the raft as fast as we could, put all our things ¹ ___ it, tied the canoe on behind, and moved off down the river. When it began to get light, we hid. When it was dark again, we travelled on. ² ___ the fifth night we passed St Louis, and we decided to go on down to Cairo in Illinois, sell the raft there and get a boat ³ ___ Ohio. There are no slaves ⁴ ___ Ohio.

We slept for most ⁵ ___ that day and we began our journey again when it was dark. After some time, we saw lights on the Illinois side of the river and Jim got very excited. He thought it was Cairo. Jim got the canoe ready and I went off in it to take a look ⁶ ___ those lights. But it wasn't Cairo.

After that, we went on down the river. It was very dark that night and it wasn't easy to see where we were going. Suddenly, a big steamboat came at us very fast, and the next minute it was right over us. Jim and I jumped ⁷ ___ the raft into the water. The boat hit the raft and went on up the river.

When I came ⁸ ___ of the water, I couldn't see Jim anywhere. I called out his name again and again, but there was no answer. 'He's dead!' I thought. Slowly, I swam ⁹ ___ the side of the river and got ¹⁰ ___ I saw that I was near a big old wooden house.

Suddenly a lot ¹¹ ___ very angry dogs jumped out ¹² ___ me. They made a terrible noise and someone called from the house, 'Who's there?'

'George Jackson,' I answered quickly. 'I've fallen ¹³ ___ a river boat.'

Well, the people who lived ¹⁴ ___ that house were very kind, and they took me in and gave me some new clothes and a good meal. I told them that my family were all dead, so they said I could stay with them as long as I wanted. It was a beautiful house and the food was good there, so I stayed.

Подумайте о приключенческой истории, которую вы читали. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Кто автор рассказа?

2. Рассказ написан от первого или от третьего лица?

3. Когда и где происходит действие рассказа?

4. Кто главные герои?

5. Что происходит в рассказе?

Ответ:

1. The author of the story is Mark Twain. / Автор рассказа – Марк Твен.

2. The story is written in the first person. / Рассказ написан от первого лица.

3. The story is set on a river in the USA. The characters travel past St. Louis and head towards Cairo, Illinois. The events likely take place in the 19th century, as indicated by the mention of steamboats and slaves. / Действие рассказа происходит на реке в США. Персонажи проплывают мимо Сент-Луиса и направляются в Каир, штат Иллинойс. События, вероятно, разворачиваются в 19 веке, на что указывает упоминание пароходов и рабов.

4. The main characters are the narrator (who calls himself George Jackson but is Huckleberry Finn) and his companion, Jim. / Главные герои – это рассказчик (который называет себя Джорджем Джексоном, но на самом деле является Гекльберри Финном) и его спутник Джим.

5. The narrator and Jim are traveling on a raft down the river. A steamboat hits their raft, and the narrator gets separated from Jim. He swims to shore and is taken in by a family who lives in a house by the river. / Рассказчик и Джим плывут на плоту по реке. В их плот врезается пароход, и рассказчика разлучает с Джимом. Он доплывает до берега, и его принимает семья, живущая в доме у реки.