Номер 6, страница 32 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс рабочая тетрадь Афанасьева, Михеева

Unit 2. The printed page: books, magazines, newspapers. II. Reading - номер 6, страница 32.

Условие.

6 Read the text and match its paragraphs with their titles. There is one title you don't have to use.

a) The Unheroic Race

b) The Adventure that Goes on

c) The Universe Created by the Writer

d) The Tolkien Fans

e) The Scholar of English

f) The Book's Second Life

g) The Trilogy Finds Its Readers

1. The Lord of the Rings is one of the most popular fantasy novels. Its author, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, was born in 1892 in South Africa and grew up in England, in a village near Birmingham. He took part in the First World War. Then he became a professor of English at Oxford University.

2. It all began with The Hobbit, the story made up for his sons and published in 1938. The main characters of this book later appeared in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien hated technology, he wanted to see England as it was before the invention of engines. He loved ancient myths and borrowed his characters from Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and other European mythology. In his books he created his own world inhabited by wizards, elves, dwarfs, goblins and hobbits.

3. Hobbits are Tolkien’s own invention. The word is a combination of Homo (meaning ‘man’) and rabbit. In 1970 the word ‘hobbit’ was included in the Oxford Dictionary. Tolkien tells his readers that hobbits are peaceful rather short creatures with furry legs. Hobbits are fond of their cosy underground homes and lovely gardens. They don’t like adventures of any kind. Nevertheless, the main character of The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, is forced to take part in a long and dangerous journey full of extraordinary and risky adventures.

4. In The Lord of the Rings, a second book about hobbits, Bilbo's nephew, Frodo Baggins, is given a dangerous task. He must destroy the magic ring which gives its owner great power. If the ring falls into the hands of Sauron, the Dark Lord, he and his dark forces will rule the world. So Frodo has to take the Ring to the Dark Lord's own territory and throw it into the fires of Mount Doom.

5. The book took 11 years to write. It has three parts and is more than 1000 pages. When it was published in 1954, it became an immediate success. Tolkien’s magic world caught readers’ imagination and became a cult on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

6. For many years film-makers didn't take the risk to make a film based on the book. But finally the phenomenon that Tolkien hated so much — technology — helped. With modern computer effects it became possible to create a realistic interpretation of the book. The director Peter Jackson found suitable settings in his native New Zealand and made them look as real as possible. Some people believe that both the book and the three-part film are among the greatest works of nowadays.

Решение.

Решение 2.

Прочитайте текст и сопоставьте его абзацы с их заголовками. Один заголовок лишний.

Ответ:

1 - e) The Scholar of English	(Учёный-англовед)
2 - c) The Universe Created by the Writer	(Вселенная, созданная писателем)
3 - a) The Unheroic Race	(Негероическая раса)
4 - b) The Adventure that Goes on	(Приключение, которое продолжается)
5 - g) The Trilogy Finds Its Readers	(Трилогия находит своих читателей)
6 - f) The Book's Second Life	(Вторая жизнь книги)

The title you don't have to use is: d) The Tolkien Fans

(Лишний заголовок: d) Поклонники Толкина)