Номер 12, страница 60 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс рабочая тетрадь Вербицкая, Уайт

Track twelve.

A.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

The original sci-fi novel in which a young Swiss doctor, Frankenstein, builds an enormous man from the parts of other bodies. As soon as the doctor brings the creature to life, he realizes he has made a terrible mistake and runs from his laboratory. When he returns the next day, the monster has gone and several months later, the doctor's brother is found dead, killed by the monster.

B.

The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The story is told from the point of view of several friends of Doctor Jekyll. The doctor wants to separate the good and bad parts of his character, so he secretly develops a drug which allows him to have a second personality, the evil Mister Hyde. At first, the doctor can control when he becomes Mister Hyde, but eventually he can't. The evil Mister Hyde commits murder, so the good Doctor Jekyll kills himself. When the body is found, it is Mister Hyde. However, the doctor has left a confession which explains that the two men are the same person.

C.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Brave New World is set in the twenty-sixth century. It predicts a kind of utopia where everyone works according to their abilities and is given what they need. However, to achieve this, people are genetically engineered so they are satisfied with their role in life. Universal happiness is possible because everyone takes mind-altering drugs. The novel attacks the idea that a perfect world can be found through technology and science.

D.

Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell.

Nineteen eighty-four foresees a gray controlled Britain where everyone lives in fear. The country, now part of Oceania, is run by the party, and an imaginary leader, Big Brother, watches people all the time. The party rewrites history and tries to control every aspect of people's lives, including what they think. The central character, Winston Smith, commits thought crimes because he keeps a secret diary and falls in love with a woman called Julia. He is arrested and taken to Room one hundred and one, where he is tortured until he loses his individuality and learns to love Big Brother.

E.

The Children of Men by P. D. James.

The Children of Men looks at a not too distant future in which every adult in the world has become infertile. No babies have been born for about two decades, so the world has an aging population. Adults have toys and pets as substitute children, but there is no purpose in life and suicide is common. People are brought to Britain from developing countries to work, but the government deports them when they are sixty.

F.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.

This book gives a terrible warning of what the future may be like if we don't do something now about problems such as global warming and social divisions. Genetically engineered animals supply food and the important people live in high-tech, luxury homes with controlled climates, while the poor and uneducated live in dangerous, decaying areas.