Номер 8, страница 188 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

Reading. Unit 4. Family matters - номер 8, страница 188.

Условие.

8. SFA a) Read the title of the test and try and guess why the Queen finds her son difficult. b) Read the text and choose the right items to complete the state- ments after it.

ONE’S DIFFICULT SON

Key words: extravagant, hard-working, different, unhappy.

“The Queen finds Prince Charles ‘difficult’ and is annoyed about his extravagant lifestyle,” writes Margaret Rhodes, the late Queen Mother’s niece and lady-in- waiting, who lives in Windsor.

She says the relationship between the monarch and her eldest son has been tense for years. The Queen finds Prince Charles extravagant and she doesn’t like that.

Mrs Rhodes, 76, who has lived at the heart of the court for most of her life, adds: “It is very much a generation thing. Like any of us who lived through the rationing of the last war, the Queen doesn’t believe in spending more than necessary. Prince Charles is an enor- mously hard-working man committed to charity work. But his attitude towards spending and entertaining is very much different to that of his mother.”

The Queen has long had a reputation for watching the pennies, and legend says that she goes round Buckingham Palace turning the lights off. Charles on the other hand has been often criticized for the number of servants he employs and his extravagant entertaining.

In his own biography Charles allowed author Jonathan Dimbleby to describe his childhood as deeply unhappy, portraying his father as a bully and his moth- er as aloof and uncaring. This has both hurt and angered Philip and the Queen who remember their son’s childhood quite differently.

“Charles is a romantic — and I’m a pragmatist,” Philip once said. “And because I don’t see things as a romantic, I’m unfeeling. We did our best (as parents).”

Mrs Rhodes, however, admits that raising a family “hasn’t been easy for the couple”. The Queen has frequently been forced to put the country before her family.

“You mustn’t forget that she came to the throne as a very young woman. As any working mother will tell you, it’s quite a job juggling your job and your children.”

“Do you stay in and read your children a bedtime story or go off on an official engagement? The Queen is a wonderful woman but one who has always had a very strong sense of duty.”

(based on the article from “Daily Mail”)

1. The relations between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles are ....

a) excellent

b) strained

c) antagonistic

2. The reason for this is Charles’ habit to spend too much ....

a) money

b) money on charity

c) time on entertainment

3. Margaret Rhodes knows about it from ....

a) the Queen

b) Prince Charles

c) her own observations

4. Mrs Rhodes believes that this kind of relations can be explained by ....

a) Charles’ upbringing

b) the Queen’s memories of the war

c) the generation gap

5. The Queen is known to be ....

a) extravagant

b) energetic

c) economical

6. Charles has ... memories of his childhood.

a) sweet

b) bitter

c) romantic

7. The Queen and Prince Philip ... that they were good parents.

a) think

b) don’t think

c) doubt

8. As Mrs Rhodes points out, the Queen couldn’t give young Charles all her attention because she ....

a) was too young herself

b) was too busy

c) didn’t like reading bedtime stories

Решение.

Решение 2.

а) Прочитайте заголовок текста и несколько ключевых слов. Попробуйте угадать, почему королева считает своего сына трудным. б) Прочитайте текст и выберите правильные варианты, чтобы дополнить утверждения после него.

Ответ:

1. The relations between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles are b) strained / Отношения между королевой Елизаветой и принцем Чарльзом б) натянутые

2. The reason for this is Charles' habit to spend too much a) money / Причиной этого является привычка Чарльза тратить слишком много а) денег

3. Margaret Rhodes knows about it from c) her own observations / Маргарет Роудс знает об этом из с) собственных наблюдений

4. Mrs Rhodes believes that this kind of relations can be explained by c) the generation gap / Миссис Роудс считает, что такого рода отношения можно объяснить с) разницей поколений

5. The Queen is known to be c) economical / Королева известна как с) экономная

6. Charles has b) bitter memories of his childhood. / У Чарльза б) горькие воспоминания о своем детстве.

7. The Queen and Prince Philip a) think that they were good parents. / Королева и принц Филипп а) считают, что они были хорошими родителями.

8. As Mrs Rhodes points out, the Queen couldn't give young Charles all her attention because she b) was too busy / Как отмечает миссис Роудс, королева не могла уделять юному Чарльзу все свое внимание, потому что она б) была слишком занята