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                    ЖУРНАЛ ДЛЯ ИЗУЧАЮЩИХ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
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Lost... and Found

ЖУРНАЛ ДЛЯ ИЗУЧАЮЩИХ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК Contents © Издательство «ГЛОССА» Главный редактор И. Цветкова Редакционная коллегия: Т. Булановская Л. Кравцова Н. Лаврова Э. Медведь Н. Мыльцева Е. Напалкова В. Портников Зав. редакцией С. Асадчев Редактор Л. Кравцова Художники И. Белов А. Масейкина М. Митрофанов М. Комарова Технический редактор В. Ковалевский Корректоры Л. Кудрявцева Е. Абрамова Подготовка макета В. Ковалевский Адрес редакции: 109817, Москва, Покровский бульвар, 8. Тел.: 917-90-07, 158-48-90, 158-40-62. ISBN 5-7651-0007-4 Лицензия на издательскую деятельность ЛР № 070349 от 0 7 04.97 г. Свидетельство о регистрации средства массовой информации Nq 013977от 28.07.95 г. Подписной индекс 34290 в каталоге Федеральной службы почтовой связи Российской Федерации, с. 128 ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD The Queen of Crime................ 2 Follow- Up Activities ............ 4 Portraits in Stone ............... 6 FICTION J. B. Priestley. Adventure........ 8 LANGUAGE CLUB ................ 12 DEBATING SOCIETY Capital Punishment............... 14 BUSINESS CLASS .................. 15 BOOK OF WISDOM 16 POET’S CORNER ................ 17 HUMPTY DUMPTY ................... 18 SCHOOL THEATRE .................. 19 HISTORY & MYSTERY The Titanic. Lost ... and Found . 20 CROSSWORD ....................... 25 BEDTIME HORROR .................. 26 FOR ADVANCED READERS W. Saroyan. Old Country Advice to the American Traveller .............. 28 SCHOOL-LEAVERS DEPARTMENT 32 HUMOUR .......................... 33 NATURE Sharks .......................... 34 BAKER STREET CLUB................ 36 CURIOSITY PAGE .................. 37 MUSIC & MUSICIANS George Michael................... 38 ANSWERS ......................... 40
TH English-Speaking World gatha Christie was probably the most successful writer in history. She wrote 78 crime novels, six romantic novels, 150 short stories, and 19 plays. That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare! Her books have been translated into 103 languages, and her two most famous creations, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, solved hundreds of crimes. One of her plays, The Mousetrap, started showing in London in November 1952, and it has never stopped! It is now the longest-running play in history. Agatha Christie became a writer by accident. She was bored when her first husband was away in the First World War. Agatha was working in a hospital as a nurse. (It is there that she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books.) She decided to write a novel to pass the time. She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success. Like many of Christie's stories, it has one murder victim and many possible murderers. Emily Ingle- Agatha Christie [ aegaGa kristi] billion [ biijan] миллиард creation [kri 'eijn] творение Hercule Poirot ['eakju:l pwa/rou] Miss Marple [ mis ma.pl] The Mousetrap [da maustraep] Мышеловка to be bored [bo:d] скучать, испытывать скуку poison ['poizn] яд to pass the time скоротать, «убить» время The Mysterious Affair at Styles Таинственное происшествие в Стайлз instant [ instant] незамедли- тельный, мгновенный victim [ viktim] жертва Belgian [ beld^en] бельгийский alibi ['selibai] алиби Sherlock Holmes ['[з:1эк 'houmz] eccentric [ik'sentrik] эксцентричный, чудаковатый thorp is a rich old lady. When she is mur- i dered, all the people with motives to kill her have alibis. So who did it? The police have no idea, but the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot finds the murderer. Hercule Poirot became one of the most popular private detectives since Sherlock Holmes. He is the hero of 43 Christie's crime stories. This eccentric man with the egg-shaped head and the passion for order amazes everyone by his powerful intellect and his brilliant solutions to the most com- i plicated crimes. He is small and round and is always elegantly dressed. As Sherlock Holmes has Watson, in the early stories, egg-shaped [egjeipt] яйцевидный, в форме яйца passion [ paefn] for order страсть к порядку to amaze [e meiz] изумлять, поражать powerful ['paueful] мощный solution [se'lir.Jn] решение complicated ['komplikeitid] сложный Watson ['wotsan) Captain Hastings [kaeptin 'heistigzj assistant [e sistentj помощник to encourage [птклпбз] поощрять ‘little grey cells’ маленькие серые клеточки1 (т.е. серое вещество головного мозга) Curtain ['k3:tn] Занавес heroine ['hereuin] героиня, главное действующее лицо to investigate [in vestigeit] расследовать power of observation
Poirot has his assistant Captain Hastings. Of course, he is not as intelligent as Poirot, who is always encouraging Hastings to use his 'little grey cells'. Christie soon became bored with Poirot, but she had to continue writing stories about him because her readers loved him. So, during the Second World War, she wrote a book called Curtain, in which Poirot dies. But she didn't publish it until 1975. Miss Jane Marple is another Agatha Christie's creation. She is the heroine of 18 of the novelist's later books. Miss Marple is quite old, unmarried and lives in the typical English village of St Mary Mead. One thing which isn't typical about the village is the number of murders! When there is a murder, Miss Marple investigates. She is not a professional detective, but she has a wonderful power of observation. As she says, no one thinks an old woman is important, so she often hears information that no one tells the police. Each Agatha Christie's book had a new and ingenious plot. Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the information they needed to find the solution. But they had to read very carefully to find it. One day Agatha Christie mys teriously disappeared. It happened in 1926, when her husband wanted a divorce so that he could marry another woman. Agatha told her secretary that she was going for a motor drive, that she wouldn't return home that night, and that she would 'ring up' when she reached her destination. The next day the police found her car in a ditch with its lights on. There was no trace of Agatha. The police became suspicious. Was the husband hiding anything? Did he decide to get rid of his wife? A nation-wide search for the missing writer was started. Newspapers published wild stories about her disappearance — that she had been kidnapped, that she had been murdered, that she had run away with a secret lover... Eleven days later the mystery was solved. Agatha Christie was found alive in a health spa in Yorkshire... But to this day, nobody knows what really happened in December, 1926. Agatha Christie loved travelling. When she became rich, she could go all over the world. She used the travels in her writing. Many of her later books have exotic titles like Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express. Christie first took the Orient Express with her second husband, Max Mallowan. He was an archaeologist, and the couple lived in the desert for several months each year. Agatha took her typewriter with her and wrote the books her readers were waiting for. Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still im mensely popular. Many have been adapted for film or television. When someone sits down to watch or read an Agatha Christie, they always have the same challenge: try to find out who the murderer is before the detective does! [ obza'veijn] наблюдательность ingenious [in'dji njas] остроумный, оригинальный plot [p:ot] сюжет mysteriously [mis'tieriesli] та- инственным образом divorce [di vo:s] развод motor drive ['mouia 'draiv] прогулка на автомобиле destination [ desti'neijn] место назначения ditch [ditf] кювет with its lights on с включенными фарами There was no trace of Agatha И никаких следов Агаты to become suspicious [sas'pijas] заподозрить (неладное) to get rid of избавиться от nation-wide [ neijnwaid] общенародный. в масштабе всей страны search [S3:tj] поиски, розыск missing ['misirj] пропавший wild [waild] дикий, нелепый, фантасгииеский to kidnap [ kidnaep] похищать людей spa [spa:] курорт с минеральными водами exotic [ig'zotic] экзотический, необычный Death on the Nile [nail] Смерть на Ниле Murder on the Orient [ o:riant] Express Убийство в Восточном экспрессе archaeologist Laiki o!ad3ist] археолог couple [ клр1] супружеская пара desert [dezat] пустыня typewriter ['taipfaita] пишущая машинка immensely Ji mensii] невероятно, безмерно
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PORTRAITS IN STONE
It was August, 1925. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was riding on horseback into the untamed Black Hills of South Dakota. Suddenly he stopped. In front of him was a beautiful rock towering over the hot wild land. It was Mount Rushmore. Borglum stood there for some time, deep in thought. If ever an artist had a chance to leave a memorial that would last for centuries, this would be his raw material. Today, millions of visitors come to see the Mount Rushmore National memorial. They stand in awe, looking at the great faces of four ' American presidents — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosewelt. These faces are the largest carved figures in the world. They are twice as tall as the Great Sphinx in Egypt. Borglum began his tremendous work in 1927. It was difficult and dangerous. The only way to get up the mountain was on foot or on horseback. And Borglum and his helpers had to make the trip hundreds of times just to bring up the necessary equipment. Borglum had prepared a clay model of the monument in his studio. It was correct in every detail. This model helped to decide where to remove rock and how much rock to remove. Workers then used drills and dynamite to remove rock and create faces. More than 400,000 tons of rock were removed from Mount Rushmore. Much of it is still at the base of the mountain. Washington's face was carved first. "The great face seemed to belong to the mountain," said Borglum. "It took on the courage of the mountain around it." Following his original plan, Borglum then blocked out the face of Jefferson on the rock to the left of Washington. That rock is still there. But it is mostly as nature left it. Unfortunately, the rock surface was too thin. It was unsuitable for carving. Borglum had to change the design of the monument. He made a new model in his studio, and this time Jefferson was positioned to the right of Washington. But once again there was a problem. A great crack was found in the mountain, and it ran right through Jefferson's nose. Moving the huge head seemed to be the only answer. Fortunately, Jefferson's nose could be moved. This changed the position of the head enough to avoid the crack. Today, the flaw in the rock, almost invisible, runs just to the side of the great nose. Borglum had to change his original design nine times. And each time he made a new clay model in his studio. He changed and "moved" the figures to make them look better and better. The Mount Rushmore Memorial was opened to the public in 1941. Unfortunately, Borglum died of a heart attack shortly before the monument was completed. His son, Lincoln Borglum, finished his father's work. sculptor [ skAlpta] скульптор untamed [ лп teimdj дикий Black Hills [ blaek'hi z] Блэк-Хилс (горы) South Dakota [ sauQ dakouta] — Южная Дакота (штат США) rock скала, скальная порода to tower [ taua] возвышаться wild land дикая, необитаемая земля Mount Rushmore [ maunt гл/то ] гора Рашмор raw [го:] material сырье, материал awe [о:] благоговение, трепет to carve [karv] высекать (из камня) twice as tall as... вдвое выше, чем... tremendous [trrmendas] грандиозный equipment [i kwipmant] оборудование, снаряжение clay model [klei modi] макет из глины studio [sturdiou] студия, мастерская to remove [rimtirv] зд. убирать, удалять drill дрель dynamite [ dainamait] динамит to belong (to) зд. составлять единое целое (с чем-л.) to take on зд. приобретать, принимать (форму, качество и т.п.) courage [ клпбз] зд. благородный дух original [a ridjanl) первоначальный to block out намечать surface [ssrfis] поверхность unsuitable [лп s(j)u:tabl] непригодный to position [pazijn] помещать crack трещина, щель huge [hju:d3] огромный, гигантский to avoid [a void] избегать flaw [flor] трещина, изъян invisible [in vizabl] незаметный design [di zain] замысел; композиция heart attack [ hart a taek] сердечный приступ shortly before незадолго до to complete [kam piirt] завершать
John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984) is an English novelist, playright and critic who took a humorous view of English life in his works. His good-humoured optimistic novels Include “The Good Companions”. One of his most famous plays is Dangerous Corner ”.
V ' : I ' № I > ........... « ' . « s> g • MJ S »-т ж' .. 5 £-• t. ^9.'^ ’ «> -4 : I It was a fine night when Hubert climbed the steps of a bus. He was returning from the Tumbersomes, pleasant but dull people who were friends of his family. They had given him a fairly good dinner but they had left him dissatisfied. From the top of his bus which carried him along brilliantly-lighted but now deserted streets, Hubert sighed for adventure. There is something theatrical about these streets when the hour is approaching midnight and it is fine. They suggest that at any moment the most unusual drama might begin. Hubert, a reader of fiction, a playgoer, a lover of film shows, always hoped that something mysterious, romantic would happen to him. But somehow it never did. In a few minutes, he would leave the bus, walk down one street and arrive at the little flat in which he lived with his friend, John Langton. They would make some tea, talk for about half-hour, and then go to bed. The evening would be over, finished, and the next morning he would go to the office. Meanwhile time was flying. Hubert was twenty-three, and it seemed to him that he was nearly middle-aged. He looked around at the other passengers on the bus. It was difficult to see their faces, but they were dull, as usual. No men with scars stared at him, no beautiful girls with tears in their eyes asked for help. Then he saw a golden light which came from the coffee-stall at the corner. From fiction Herbert knew that there was something romantic about coffee-stalls. He decided to leave the bus at the corner. He went to the coffee-stall and ordered a cup of coffee and a piece of cake. There were only two or three men there. Hubert tried the coffee and found that it was hotter and more tasteless than ever. What a life! But at that moment a taxi came and stopped at the adventure [sd ventje] приключение dull [с!л1] скучный, унылый fairly [feaii довольно, весьма dissatisfied [di sa^tisfaid] неудовлетворенный deserted [di'Z3:tid] пустынный, безлюдный theatrical [Gi'aetriki] театральный to approach [o'proutf] подходить, приближаться to suggest [safest] предлагать mysterious [mis'tiarias] таинственный But somehow it never did. He это как-то никогда не случалось. Meanwhile ['mi:nwaii] Между тем scar [ska:] шрам to stare [stea l смотреть Пристально tear [tie] слеза rofTee-stail ['kafisto:!] кафе to order [ a.da] заказать
stall. The door opened and a man almost fell out of it. He came zigzagging over the stall and passing Hubert he pushed him so that his coffee and cake went flying. Paying no attention to Hubert the newcomer went to the counter and asked for cigarettes. Having done that, however, he turned round, looked at Hubert and said, Sorry, old man. Very, very sorry. Now you have some more. What was it?” • “It doesn’t matter,” Hubert told him. “I really didn’t want that coffee.” The man looked at him, laughing, “Then why order it, why pay for it, if you don’t want it?” Hubert smiled and said, “Oh, I just stopped here — on my way home, you know —just for something to do.” “Too early to go home, eh?” “Well, you know how you feel sometimes,” said Hubert. The man patted Hubert on the shoulder. “I do. I feel like it all the time. Now I’ll tell you what. You come with me, old man. I am just going to a litde club. You come with me. As my guest, my friend. Г11 show you something.” Hubert hesitated. The man was obviously drunk, and a visit to some night club in his company was not very attractive. “Well, I don’t know...” he began. , “The only thing is,” said the man seriously, coming nearer, “can you keep a secret? That’s important. If not, I can’t invite you.” This decided Hubert. There was a real adventure! So he thanked the man, and agreed to accompany him. They got into the waiting taxi. In another minute they were moving along some dark and deserted street. “What is this club?” asked Hubert. “One moment,” said the other. “Let’s have names. Now, my name is Lux. What is yours?” Mechanically, Hubert wanted to give his name when to push [puj] толкать went flying полетели (на пол) Paying no attention He обращая внимания counter ['kaunts] стойка бара Now you have some more. Закажите себе еще. to pat smb on the shoulder [ Jaulda] похлопать кого-либо по плечу ГП tell you what знаете что; послушайте меня to hesitate [heziteit] колебаться obviously fobviasli] явно, очевидно attractive [st'raektiv] привлекательный to keep a secret хранить тайну This decided Hubert. Это заставило Хьюберта решиться. to accompany [э'клтрэп|] сопровождать Let’s have names. Давайте познакомимся, wise [waiz] разумный, мудрый
he thought that it was not wise. Besides, if this was an adventure, a false name could help it. So he replied, “Watson.” “Very good,” said Mr Lux. “Now then, you wanted to know what this club is, didn’t you? Well, I’ll tell you, this club is the Sports Club. Watson and Lux — sportsmen. How’s that?” Hubert looked out of the window, he didn’t know where they were. For the last five minutes, the taxi had been driving through some dark and narrow streets. Then they stopped and Mr Lux led Hubert down a yard, and they went up a dark and dirty staircase. At the top of this staircase and at the end of a corridor was a door. Mr Lux knocked and after a minute the door slowly opened and a head looked out at them. Then it disappeared, the door opened a little more and they could enter. The club consisted of one room not of a large size. At one end was a bar. At the other, a negro was playing the piano. In the centre, a few couples were dancing. The atmosphere was smoky and smelly. Many of the people looked drunk and if Hubert had wanted some sinister company, now he had got it. And hating got it, he didn’t like it. Still, this was certainly an adventure. Mr Lux pushed his way to a table near the bar and Hubert followed him. A flat-faced young man came up to their table. He was followed by two girls, one of them red-haired, rather pretty, the other a metallic blonde and both of them over-painted and conspicuously dressed. They were not the kind of girls Hubert understood and the flat-faced man looked a most unpleasant fellow. Well, Luxy boy,” he said as he sat down,“what is doing?” и t to be continued) false [fo:ls] name вымышленное имя How’s that? Как вам это нравится? narrow [naereu] узкий staircase [steakeis] лестница to knock [nak] постучать to enter ['enta] войти sinister [ sinista] зловещий, дурной pushed his way to a table протолкался к столику flat-faced с приплюснутым носом over-painted and conspicuously [kan'spikjuasli] dressed сильно накрашены и кричаще одеты What is doing? Как дела?
PHRASES FROM FABLES Have you ever heard the expression crocodile tears? An old fable has it that crocodiles cry bitterly after eating a victim. Their tears are to show how sorry they feel for the innocent person. So the expression crocodile tears has come to mean ‘make-believe sorrow or sadness.’ want and can’t have, we sometimes say that they are experiencing sour grapes. Another of Aesop’s fables is about a dog who guarded a manger full of hay. Even though the dog couldn’t use all the hay, she wouldn’t share it with anyone. So a selfish person is now sometimes called a dog in the manger. One of Aesop’s fables tells of a fox who wanted some beautiful, sweet-smelling grapes. The fox tried and tried to get the grapes, but they were just a bit higher than he could reach. When the fox realized that he couldn’t reach the grapes, he walked away. As he left, he told himself that the grapes were probably sour and that he really didn’t want them. Now, when someone says something bad about something they
TONGUE TWISTER BRITISH OR AMERICAN? Sammy thought that Sarah thought that six and three made seven. ODD MAN OUT Choose one word that doesn ’t 'it into the group and say why. 1. purple dark green orange pink 2. cow horse goat beef pig 3. cucumbers cabbage peas pears beans 4. clerk waiter doctor ac or bachelor (answers on page 40) WORDSEARCH How many verbs describing the way we speak can you find in this wordsearch? The words may appear in any direction. One of them is done for you: STAMMER. Can you find 7 others ? R E M M A S WOSTUTTERL AHMHOHWGSM LT I EF IOGRU EHSSSHOUT CALPKOHMT UMBLEAKRE ANRONRRUR SHR I MPTMO ACKETOOI L HR I EKLEUE There are a number of interesting Anglo-American differences in the use of certain prepositions. The British talk to their friends, the Americans talk with them. The British look out of the window, throw something out of the window, and even fall out of the window. Americans simply look out the window. Americans check out the situation, while the British check up on it. If the British do not go out, they stay at home. Americans stay home. Citizens of the UK sit down to write to their friends. Holders of the US passports simply write their friends. WHICH OF THE TWO? Deadly or deathly ? Deadly is the usual word for things that actually cause death: deadly weapon, deadly poison, deadly disease, deadly wound Deathly is usually figurative, and means ‘like death’: deathly silence, deathly stillness, deathly pallor, deathly cold hands Deadly, not deathly, can mean ‘very dull’: deadly bore, deadly party, deadly afternoon fanswers on page 40)
СДР1ТД1 PUNISHMENT it s a fundamental debate in democratic countries: how should society punish murderers ? Or terrorists ? Or kidnappers ? In some countries capital punishment has been abolished. But it is still used in others. In the US, 39 states have the death penalty and 11 don’t. Different states use different methods of execution: the electric chair, gas chamber, injection of poison. In Russia, capital punishment still exists, but the parliament has started d'scussions about abolishing it. At one time capital punishment was used for many crimes (offences). The Bible, for example, prescribed death for at least 30 crimes. During the Middle Ages capital punishment was especially popular. Burning alive, hanging, beheading, stoning to death, drawing and quartering were quite common in those dark years. Today, capital punishment is used (in those countries where it hasn’t been abolished) for only a few crimes, most commonly treason, murder, armed robbery and kidnapping. People disagree about whether capital punishment is moral or effective in preventing crime. Here are the most frequently used arguments for and against the death penalty: FOR • People who take human life deserve to lose their own lives. • Capital punishment prevents crime because people are afraid of the consequences. The fear of death is more effec- | AGAINST • Capital punishment lessens respect for human life. It is cruel and inhumane. • There are other ways of punishing criminals. The fear of the penalty doesn’t help to prevent crime. • We can’t always be sure tive than the fear of prison. • Capital punishment is a necessity because there are so many crimes, and prisons cost too much money. • Many murderers are mentally ill. If we put them in prison, they can escape and commit another crime. that someone is guilty. People have been sentenced to death and later it was discovered that they were completely innocent. • Capital punishment isn’t used fairly. The poor and defenceless are more likely to be executed than the rich and powerful.
HOW DO I INVEST MY MONEY? South 11YUI П»' I I —irv Underlying wage data ‘Unreliable &*₽ч^^*** J i. ...... ~ ~ ^«" ****"-— . • " ' - «..«s». depaffauB* s’*,tK* HERE IS A LIST OF POSSIBLE COMPANIES: z ourtdl staff r* W. I <15 ч uses call foi deadline ' Banks of bankin^hylwruexomputer spy case trade deals * • S -Xjyi ifta » Business Class Yesterday you got a strange telegram from America. Your long lost uncle sends you $ 1,000,000. But you can’t spend it! Your uncle wants you to invest the money in different corporations. You can put no more than $150,000 in one company. ... X йЮАй > # «** ! .f. * « • Rosneft oil company British Petroleum Gazprom Mostbank Inkombank Swiss National Bank McDonald’s Sojuzcontract Coca-Cola PepsiCo Inc. Smirnoff Vodka 33 Cows (milkplant) Wrigley’s (chewing gum) Sony General Motors Moskomimushestvo Toyota Cars Moskvich Cars Proctor and Gamble Kodak Aeroflot Pan American Airways IBM Computers Apple Computers Dupont Chemical Co. SpeakOut Magazine Mosfilm Xerox Corp. Revlon (Cosmetics) Oxford University Press Madam Tussaud’s Philip Morris Inc. Greenpeace Nescafe Rotfront Are there any other companies you would like to invest in? Explain your choice. I f' ss® 41 • (»»v *
Book of Wisdom Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. Proverb Money is the root of all evil. The Bible Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it. H. fielding Money makes the world go round. Proverb Money makes the mare go. Proverb It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. The Bible A fool and his money are soon parted. Proverb He who pays the piper calls the tune. Proverb ___________________________________________ Wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it. B. Franklin Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. E. Fromm It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. Juvenal Money has no smell. •7 Emperor Vespasian Money makes money. Saying Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. Proverb A prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself. Lucan He doesn’t possess wealth that allows it to possess him. B. Franklin The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow, and the men who lend. Ch. Lamb he greatest man in history was the poorest. R.W. Emerson No one can worship God or love his neighbour on an empty stomach. A. Wilson He that is of opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. B. Franklin Neither a borrower nor a lender be. W. Shakespeare The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty. G. B. Shaw Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. 5. Maugham Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. 5. Fitzgerald When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. Proverb
Poet’s Corner Lois Lenski My Uncle Joe Ch, do you know my uncle Joe? He used to live in Buffalo; He had a car, he rode all day Until he came to Santa Fe. The car broke down, he let it go, And then he walked to Idaho; His feet got tired and that’s why he Just took a boat to Kankakee. Contest! Contest! Contest! Try to translate “My Uncle Joe” into Russian. The closing date is October 31st. Good luck! The boat went down with all but Joe; He hitched a ride to Ko-ko-mo; He bought a bike, away rode he, as he could to Buffalo; some beans away he flew ane to Kalamazoo The Said Uncle J A car, boat, bike, a train or pl I will not ride in them again. OUR WINNERS: 1. Bespalov Anatoly (Podolsk) 2. Yakovleva Irina (Moscow) 3. Rodionova Irina (Moscow) The plane And took the train to New Orleans; 'he train it bumped, he could not sleep He walked as as 'ame back again And now And says it smashed into a truck, oe, That’s just my luck! ane.
MY FAMILY 2 3 5 6 Humpty Dumpty ACROSS 2. My father’s wife. 3. My grandfather’s son. 5. My mother’s mother. 8. My father’s father. DOWN 1. My uncle is my. 4. My mother’s brother. 6. My mother is my grandmother’s 7. I’m my grandmother’s Кроссворд составила Маша Купцова, 9 лет
School theatre TOM DOESN T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL Based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain CHARACTERS: Tom; Sid, his younger brother; Aunt Polly; Mary, a servant SETTING: A small room. Two boys are sitting at the table. Tom is reading a book. Sid is drawing something. Tom: Sid, what are you doing? Sid: Don’t you see? I’m drawing, Tom: Oh? (the expression on his face changes as if he had an awful toothache.) Sid, oh, Sid! Sid (continuing to draw): Yes? Tom: Oh, Si-i-id! Sid (getting up and coming up to Torn): Tom, I say, Tom! Tom: Oh! Oh! (Looks at the public and winks.) Sid: What’s the matter, Tom? Can I help you? Tom! Tom: Oh, don’t shake me, Sid. Sid: I’ll call Aunt Polly. Wait a minute! Tom: Oh, S»id! I forgive you everything. When I die... Sid: You are not dying, Tom!?! Tom: I forgive you, Sid! I fo give everybody. Tell them. Sid: Oh, Aunt Pcliy, come here! Tom is dying! Aunt Polly (entering the room): Dying? Sid (crying): Yes. Aunt Polly: Nonsense! I don believe it! Tom, what’s the matter with you, child? Tom: Oh, oh! Auntie, my tooth aches awfully. Aunt Polly: You tooth? Tom: Yes. It’s loose and aches terribly. Aunt Polly: Now don’t you begin groaning again. Sit down. Open your mouth. Well, you are right. Your tooth is really loose. Mary! Mary (entering the room) Yes, Ma’am! Aunt Polly: Please, bring a piece of thread and a candle. Mary: A candle? Aunt Polly: Yes, Mary. Be quick! Mary: All right, Ma’am. (She leaves the room for a moment). Tom (getting up): Oh, please, Auntie, don’t pull it out. It doesn’t hurt me now. It’s all right. I... I’ll go to school. (He is putting his books into his school bag.) Polly: Oh, Tom, so all this was because you didn’t want to go to school? Mary: (holding a candle and a peace of thread) Here they are, Ma’am. Aunt Polly: Thank you, Mary. (To Tom) Sit down, Tom. Tom: Oh, please... Aunt Polly: Sit down, Tom. (Tom obeys. Mary ties the thread to Tom ’s “tooth ” and then ties the other end to the table. Aunt Polly lights the candle and suddenly thrusts it into Tom’s face. He cries... The public can see his “tooth”.)
THE TITKNie court and the swim- has ever seen. They say it s unsinkable Why? The ship has two bottoms. One is inside the other. The hull is divided into 16 watertight compartments. If one compartment starts to flood, the captain can just pull a switch. A thick steel door will shut. The water will be trapped. It cannot flood the rest of the ship. Even four compartments can be full of water. Stitt, the Titanic will float. Newspapers say the ship is like a floating palace. Tne Titanic has restaurants, a post office for children to ride. If you had gone down to the lowest deck you could have found the The Titanic is 268 metres long, 55 metres high; has 9 decks; her cost is 400 million modern American dollars. The price of tickets is $50,000 for the first-class apartments; $1,724 for the first-class passengers; $690 for the second-class passengers; $460 for the third-class passengers. Lost... and Found It s spring of 1912. The whole world is talking about “The Wonder Snip’ built by the British. The name of the ship is the “Titanic . She is the biggest ship the world has ever seen. She is as tall as an eleven-story building and is almost four city blocks long! In April the ship is getting ready to leave on its maiden trip across the ocean. She is going all the way from England to America. —. Rpsf erf all aynarta aav tha Titanin ic the cafac:t chin thn w/nrIH___________ I ming pool. The Titanic has another nickname — “The Rich Man’s Special”. And it’s watertight compartment рс&пя pa — б-о.’к-*-е"”^с--/дае flO&d I " T sv/itch г.-. \ ; — Trse- - to trap — г: float '*“• ПГ.<хТаТв ."/./з'-Л? -s':ТТИ gym . <->.•.'• 38Я a toy carnet - к' ~ _ — /• •.. sguash ’ &z . — г/ s_ /' т % -: < гла - ~z- --.‘z. nickname " fancy ; - / . / о: > г-—. ? tn surround ч a ' — тгп/ха’а UNSINKABLE AND LUXURIOUS! appointments [а potntmants) — pi, обета Georgian-styte rsif — c . koos.'? eopra /,- : ,< / л ss . glamorous ' г r : stateroom — /ss : : . . flt out— гбгтудо&а'ь обе Louis Seize ' . sez} ~ бб;-/ /. z ъоемен фет- . ' ". '.;.г. L//S XVI Empire Renaissance [ranetSse z accommodations '9 . э cz — s If I had been present at rhe creation, I d have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. (Alphonse the Learned — A. D 1221-1284 the cre-atfon {bf the world) — hint ordering . ... .. universe • ju : ьг? • a- bottom •. Л"'- z-2 zq wreck rz { UNS'NKAELE AND LUXURIOUS u«sinkab:c luxurious mp'den hull '
г sea! How did this terrible thing happen? And where is the wreck of the great ship now? fortune (tolf(e)n] богатство, состояние The Titanic was the biggest ship the world had ever seen. People said it was the fastest ship too. But on its very first trip the Titanic sank to the bottom of the entertainment I ente teinmant] — развлечение увеселение engine {егцф^п] - дви!атоль to roar [roj — реветь, гудеть steam [stun] out — двигаться на nejpax haihour [ha bej — гавань, порт to guess [ges] — предполагать, догадываться " ICEBERG approaching [e'pteutjio’’ — приближающийся danger [deindja] — опасность to prefer [pri fa: ] — предпочитать lookout [ hikautl — набнюд.зтель crow’s-nest [ krbiiznest} мор -воронье гнездо equal [ rkw(e)l] — оавняться exceed [ik si'd] — превышать facilities ! re sditizj - pi удобства emigrant [ em.gr(a)nt] — эмигрант voyage [ void3] — путешествие, плавание fulfilment [fulfilment] — осуществление исподне ние require [л kv/aie] — требосать. приказывать boarding [ bo.on)] — эд посадка (на корабль) to sail Iseilj — плыть, отплывать to wave (weiv] — развеваться (о флагах} band [bxnd] оркестр rnlaxotion [ nlsek seif(.e)n] — расслабление отдых true. The first-class passengers’ tickets cost more money than a sailor earns in a lifetime. These passengers are surrounded by the most luxurious appointments. The fancy rooms are on tne top decks. A Georgian-styie reading and writing room is provided for the first-class todies and gentlemen aboard the ship. Glamorous first-class staterooms are fitted out in a range of styles to suit any expensive taste, including Louis Seize, Empire, Italian Renaissance, etc. The best accommodations aboard the ship are the parlour suites, each consisting of a sitting-room, two bedrooms, and two wardrobe rooms, as well as a private bath, lavatory, and a private promenade deck. Even the magnificent chaircase has been constructed! No wonder, a lot of those who perished on the ship came from prominent American, British and European families. Among the dead were the noted journalists and heirs to tne Strauss and Astor fortunes. Second-class accommodations were so well appointed that they equalled or exceeded the first-class facilities aboard other modern ships. Not all the passengers are rich. Some have very little money. They are not travelling for fun. They are going off to find a new nome in America. For many emigrants who are going to sail on the Titanic’s first voyage, rhe trip to America promises to be the fulfilment of a dream, offering the chance of a new life. The rules are so strict to them that all of them are required to be examined by a doctor before Ooarding. At last the big moment comes. The Titanic is ready to sail! Flags are waving. A band is playing. Passengers are shouting good-bye to their relatives and friends. They are expecting a voyage full of relaxation, joy and entertainment. The engines roar. The ship, slowly, steams out of the harbour. The Titanic has begun its first voyage. “Everything that is done in the world is done by hooe,” said Luther. No one could guess that this voyage would also be her last trip. parlor [ pa:la] — маленькая гостиная, кабинет suite [ swi.t] — анфилада комнат, апартаменты, по кои promenade [ promt na:d] deck — верхняя палуба magnificent [mzeg nifisent] — великолепный chaircase (tjce kets] ~ стул-подъемник (вроде лифта) perish [ peri J] — погибать, умирать prominent [ prominent] — известный выдающийся heir [се] — наследник Straus and Astor — знаменитые сомьи миллионе-
< i i Two days of the trip have passed. It's April, i 14. The Titanic is in the icy waters off the coast of Canada. The passengers have had a good dinner and are enjoying themselves. Some of them are still playing cards, most are asleep in their rooms. It’s almost midnight. Nothing speaks of the approaching danger. he weather is good but it’s cold and people prefer to stay Inside. Only the lookout must watch for danger. He is m the crow’s-nest, high above the ship. He is very careful. The sea is smooth as glass. Suddenly the lookout sees something dark and great in the distance. What’s this? It’s an iceberg! And the Titanic is heading right into it! The lookout rings an alarm. A seaman below is trying to turn the ship away. But it’s too late. The high, white wall scrapes along the side of the ship. Some people don’t even notice it. It seems like a little bump. But the captain realises the danger. He hurries down. He must see how badly the sli p is hurt. Soon he learns the whole terrible truth. Five of the watertight compartments are flooded. Nothing can be done now to save the ship. The Titanic is going to sink! The captain knows that he is responsible for peopie’s lives. He gives his orders: “Make the lifeboats ready! Radio for help!” He tries to keep calm. But he is afraid because there are 2,227 people on board and there are only enough lifeboats for 1,100 of them. smooth [smu.d] - гладкий,, споксйный , iceU^r^ f a'Sb3 gl — айсборг to he&d [heft] — напраежться к alarm (a la — сиенаn тi^v.oi л to scrape (sknnp] along ~ с гка задевать, ка саться Ьитр‘[Ьлтиу- - w: v—•?. - to-hurt [Км: , : -р, >ч,- - .»\Д“йрб - responsible s х Wcv.. г \ at j lifeboat — с-cheerful ь ? s . gigantic come their As come deck, Everyone i's told to out of rooms, people out on they laugh and joke. They wear nightgowns and pyjamas. The band is playing some cheerful music. The captain ordered to do so to make people feel as quiet as possible. And people stiil think they are on a ship that cannot sink. But now they see the iceberg on one side of the ship. It looks gigantic! The dock is slanting down under their feet! Some passengers start panicking. Women and children get in the lifeboats. Men get there only if there in room. The poor passengers are in the rooms down below. They don’t know where to go. A few of them try to find the way to save themselves. Others are helped by the seamen. A woman comes to the side of the ship. Her two children are in one of the lifeboats and she is very much afraid. She must be with her children but there is no more room in the boat. A young woman in the lifeboat wants to give her place to this lady. People in the boat explain to her that the ship is sinking and she will have no other chance to save her own life. But she leaves the lifeboat. Legends arose almost immediately around the night’s events, around those who had died, and those who had sur-vived. Heroes and heroines were identified and celebrated by the press. The ship tilts more and more. The lower decks are already under water. No lifeboats are left and hundreds and hundreds of people now know that the end is near. Some people start jumping into the icy water. Some of them are lucky to reach the lifeboats. The people in them row away from the Sinking ship. They are looking back at the Titanic that, like a magnet, attracts their sights. All her lights are on and the lively music drifts across the water. Suddenly the music changes. The band plays the hymn. Then the music stops. There is a great noise. One end of the ship goes slowly down into the ocean. Now the other end swings straight up. The Titanic stays pointed at the sky and the stars. Then it was swallowed by the black water. It’s 2.20 a.m., April, 15. The Titanic is gone. She sank en route from Southampton, England, to slant Jsla-nQ накг тжпься. v room — 1} комна .' to arise [e tar] — *? ч to su^wa[sevavl — ’ • > i * to identify . . . гъ to swallow (svaNou} ~ поглощать: to tilt (bit] deck {derC; to reach to row ; c ; to attract sight i drill, раз water cv: .. hymn [htoj гимн to swing - разворачиваться pointed to the sky and the stars — устремленный (шправаекншт! к n.oSy л звездам it was swallowed by the black water слн кода рогпхилз егр en route [a g’ .t гх» пуп* vessel [vestJ — о.. »;орлс j —--г,-втекать Voss к ер* чд. notable (гкмЛоЭД — знаменитый, m.. the lively music drifts across the to magnify ; t \. s. < к -л ыкэ надеждой in the popular wihd.- • ' • •. t. <
to New York City. The vessel sank with a loss of about 1,500 lives. The glamour associated with the ship, its maiden voyage, and its notable passengers magnified the tragedy of its sinking in the popular mind. The question arises: was the ship alone in the . ocean? Why did none of the ships come to the rescue? The operator of the Titanic tried to call for help. Other ships answered. But they were hundreds of miles away. The Californian was only ten miles from the Titanic. This means that she could reach the sinking Titanic in minutes. But it was late at night and the ship’s radio was turned off. No one couid hear the calls for help. Tne sailors on the Titanic set off rockets and the sailors on the Californian saw them. But they did not understand that the Titanic was in trouble. As a result of the disaster, the first International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea was called in London in 1913. The convention drew up rules requiring that every ship have lifeboat space for every single passenger; that lifeboat drills be held during each voyage for the people to know what to do if there is an accident; and that ships ’ maintain a 24-hour radio watch, and now radios can never be turned off and every call for help is heard. The International Ice Patrol also was established to warn ships of icebergs in the North Atlantic shipping lanes. Patrol airplanes keep track of dangerous icebergs. Nover again can an iceberg take a ship by surprise. The world learned from the terrible loss of the Titanic. FOUND AT LAST Years passed. People roughly knew where the l itanic was lying down. But it was hard to reach very deep in cold water. Yet treasure hunters kept on dreaming of the mystery ship. If only they could reach it! They expected to find gold on board — and diamonds and pearls. There were some people who didn’t care about treasures. They were scientists who studied oceans. For years they thought how to find the ship. They even invented some special equipment, a kmd of underwater lobot. It could dive down very deep. It had lights and a video camera. They taught it to skim along the ocean floor. In the summer of 1985 the scientists sent the robot hunting for the ship. At first they saw only sand on the ocean flooi, Then, on September, 1, something different flashed on the screen. It was a ship! It was found lying upright in two pieces on the ocean floor at a depth of about 4,000 m. (about 13,000 feet). It was tike seeing a ghost! The scientists explored the ship several times with the help of manned and unmanned equipment. They saw the crow’s-nest from wheie the lookout first spotted the iceberg. The ship’s giant anchors in the nearby, ties of were everywhere around. And suitcases. sad. So many people left their were sand Bot-wine 2,500 bottles of wine are prepared for the first-class passengers; 8,000 cigars; the menu of the first meal on board the ship is thoroughly discussed... It was so homes and so few returned. One of the scientists, who d-d so much to find the Titanic, rescue. es\j. •• v to come to the rescue .v\слить на to set ofl - .u - л. tcbOint’Oubk ' г-?X0* .disaster[ch . <? бедствие. > »>e the Inter national Convention for Safety of Lite at Sv.i ' по гцчз&пе- v. • бело '.к*• » ‘л е tOdijw up nites - as • ь '/г- (Ml • , ‘ЧДЧЖ.. \ .ч-/ to maintain • а•*-<<».'. v .’.г.'ч с.-о г .ul io wл<с h .?,v • -р ' е де , ч' the International Ice Patrol — Международная Служба за льдами to warn nJ — гx • :агь shipping lanes — vaci .. кораблей to keep track — след. пь. con; л-х>ждать to take by surprise — явиться неожданнсстыо FOUND AT LAST roughly । v * treasure .•;< hunters : • ла mystery diamond ?, .•-'•/a-- peart [pc.f] — жемчуг not to care (k$e] — не интересоваться to invent [in vent) - изобретать equipment ;kwipmant] — оборудование to dive daiv] -- нырять to skim * поверхност но знакомиться the ocean floor — дно океана tiash — вспыхивать, мелькать screen (skn>Y — эи ан upright aitj — т .•••- depth [deoC] * ghost [с < к’ to explore . cc v/icc i ?
Robert Ballard by name, didn’t want the treasure hunters to find the ship. So some time later he returned to the place of the catastrophe on a small submanne. He approached the Titanic and sent the robot inside. The robot left a message behind. It asKed that the great ship be left in peace. The whole world followed Robert’s work. They cheered him because to some people it was very special. They had been the children when the accident happened but they and the whole world would never forgot the “unsinkable Titanic”. TITANIC’S BIG NIGHT TO REMEMBER! To turn events into ideas is the function of literature. (G. Santayanna) Legends arose almost immediately around the night’s events, around those who had died, and those who had survived. Heroes and heroines were identified and celebrated by the press. The sinking of the Titanic has been the subject of several books and films. No wonder James Cameron, director of the Titanic (1997), was feeling like the "king of the world” with two of the 11 Oscars for the film. Did the critics predict this triumph? Of course not. They said the movie would be as much of a disaster as the ship’s maiden voyage. They thought the film might share the fate of Lew Grade’s “Raise The Titanic!” (1980). It cost then $40 million but took only $7 million at the box office and left the director facing the financial rum. Cameron sacrificed his 5 million fee when studio chiefs became alarmed at doubling the original budget. But could it be otherwise? Can you imagine the 775 ft model of the Titanic and a 17 million gallon water tank with an 800-strong crew and up to 1.000 extras invited for the dramatic finale after the ship hit an iceboig in a specially constructed dry dock? The final costs of the Cameron’s Titanic were closer to 250 million pounds, publicity and promotion costs including. If anyone could turn the film into a profitable venture it was James manned |m<endj управляемой. пилот ируг^мый to sacrifice [su?kirtaisj to spot — 3%. заметить giant (‘djaiont] - гигантский anchor [ <?nkej «хорь catastrophe IkaTjestrem] катастрофа submarine [ подводная лодка message [ mesrcFj ’ пос nat uie. сооощснне ... that the great ship be left in peace чюпы этот необыкновенный кораоль qctoshw в покое to cheer (t .al подбадривать to predict jpr c < vt. texйзыватъ triumph Hu a л to face the financial ruin оказаться перед лицом финанс jsorо краха fee iонорар to be alarmed [a la mdj • i . игься extra 4.1 статна dry dock । ухой i реадпн г йьи) док publicity tp\b 1 and pron u . • costs including включая pauxi на* а чк\ (на прессу рекламу) фильма profitable i autitabli venture f « < Йредпричтие to put off ад остановить running time длительность нлч < • Cameron. And he did it! The success of the film — both at the box office and the Oscars -is a triumphant answer to the critics. Right from the start, filmgoers have taken the classic romance to their hearts, they were not put oft by the three-hour running time. A teenage Philadelphia society beauty (played by Kate Winslet), falls for the poor boy, a free-spirited artist and a steerage passenger (played by Leonardo DiCaprio). He sailed six decks beneath her. She risks her life to save the man she loves. Filmgoers turned Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet into overnight superstars. Young girl fans are all in lovo with Leo. “Leo mania” is what has come to be known among them. Titanic’s 11 awards are for best director, cinematography, costume, film editing, original dramatic score, original song, sound, sound effects editing and visual effects as well as best picture and best art direction. Have you seen the film yet? You should go to the cinema and you are sure to like it. Steer age | sM id d paustmget ilu <\mtp треть пшт (ИГтйерюге Kftav. a Filmgoers turned into ovoiniyht super sta' -i Ьшодаря пуопнкг npoi нуткь лнаменмгыми I ward (e wn . маг рада dft i ctor <•« ep mv i motицмк aphy | tninw t < i> ahi on« n» ч *кп< • V.K iOi'chiO film editing I cchtinj мома> фильма di amatic t Цин ;jum sound tfccfcS editing маги'рк cope visual |v . effect’; ven
• Seven Wonders of the Ancient World* ACROSS ’ 3. A ruler of Ancient Egypt 8. A country of pharaohs 10. A man who made himself famous by destroying a building 11. A place where dead bodies are buried 13. The wife of the king 15. A horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient times for racing 16. Picture-writing used by the ancient Egyptians 18. A river in Egypt 19. A building with a bright flashing light to guide and warn ships 21. The goddess of the moon and protector of animals and young girls 25. The father of the history 26. The holy book of the Christian Church 28 An ancient town in Mesopotamia 29. A building used for worship 31. The ruler of the Rome 32. An ancient Egyptian monument with a square base and sloping sides, which come to a point 33. The substance of which elephant’s tusks are made DOWN 1. King of the gods 2. A figure made of stone, metal or other materials 4. A Sun God 5. An important religious centre 6. Half-lion, half-man 7. A stone coffin used in ancient times 9. A sign of power carried by a ruler 12. The sculptor who made the statue of Zeus 14. A person who designs buildings 15. The mam city in a country 17. A king of Macedonia, who built the biggest empire in ancient times v 20. Ruler of Cana from 377 to 353 BC 22 The king of stone used for buildings and sculptures 23. Someone or something that is worshipped 24. Great respect and admiration paid to someone or something 27. A legendary race of women warriors 30 The body of a person preserved after death as was the custom in ancient Egypt (answers in the next issue)
BIRTHDAY After N. K. Hoffman Bedtime Horror he was sitting on my mother’s grave, eating ice-cream. I wanted to kill her. “Hi, kid,” she said. “Nice day, isn’t it?” She licked the strawberry scoop, between the chocolate scoop and one that looked like coffee. Then she closed her eyes and let the sun shine on her face. How could she eat ice-cream on a morning when there was still ice across the puddles, and slush along the streets? I had stepped in a puddle on my way here with the flowers, broke through the ice, and splashed water on my shoes and socks. My feet were freezing. It was my twelfth birthday, and nobody had given me a card or a present at breakfast — maybe they forgot. “Get off there!” I yelled. “Oh, now,” she said, “now.” She looked familiar, and I didn’t know why. “Go on!” I yelled, wanting to push her off the grave. “Lexi,” she said. I stopped. She said my name as if it belonged in her mouth. Most everybody called me Alexandra, except Daddy. He called me Lexi. He said it was what my mother had planned to call me before I was born. When my stepmother, Candace, called me Lexi, I yelled at her to stop it. “Lexi,” said this woman, looking at me. Her eyes were brown, like mine. She licked the chocolate scoop. “Want a bite?” I felt so cold inside I couldn’t even speak. I shook my head. Her hair was brown like mine, too. “I wanted to talk to you about the flowers,” she said. She held out the ice-cream to me. “Are you sure you don’t want some?” I looked at my mother’s gray granite tombstone. MOIRA ALONZO, it said. BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER. The day she was born and the day she died. She had died the day I was born. “I don’t want any ice-cream,” I said. grave [greiv] могила kid разг, малыш, дитя to lick [hk] лизать, облизывать scoop [sku:p] зд. шарик puddle [ prdl] лужа slush [sIa]] слякоть to splash [splaej] забрызгивать, обрызгивать My feet were freezing. У меня замерзли ноги, to yell [jel] кричать, вопить familiar [femilie] знакомый bite [bait] кусочек I shook my head. Я отрицательно покачала головой. granite [ graenit] гранит tombstone [ tirmstoun] надгробный камень, надгробная плита beloved [bi'lAvid] wife горячо любимая жена (надгробная надпись) dozen ['d/\zn] дюжина carnation [ka’.'neijn] гвоздика to sniff [snif] нюхать, понюхать 1 would rather not have my grave... Мне бы не хотелось, чтобы моя могила...
“Yes you do. Everything you do says so. Lexi, I’ve been dead for twelve years now, and you only started bringing me flowers six months ago.” We both looked down at the frozen roses from yesterday, and the dozen pink and white carnations I was carrying today. “I’m sorry I didn’t bring them before,” I said. “I don’t want them now, honey.” she said. “They aren’t really mine. They smell funny. They smell like you re thinking about somebody else when you’re buying them and bringing them here.” I looked at the carnations and sniffed them. They smelled like carnations always smell. “By the time they get here, the flowers have turned to knives,” she said. “I would rather not have my grave covered with weapons.” “What are you talking about?” “Lexi,” she said, her voice soft. “Every evening you buy flowers and put them in the refrigerator where everyone in the house will see them. You’re spending all your energy trying to hurt someone, and that’s like eating ice-cream in the snow.” I thought about Candace, who wanted me to call her Mummy. She was always trying to touch me. She wanted to hug me every time I came home. It was enough to make me want to leave home forever. “What you do is up to you, of course,” she said. “Happy birthday, honey.” She offered me the ice-cream again, and this time I took it from her. She smiled and disappeared. I put the carnations on the grave and licked the ice-cream, from the bottom scoop. Definitely coffee, my favourite flavour. It tasted good, but now my tongue was freezing, as well as my whole body. I tasted the other two scoops anyway. It was the best ice-cream I’d ever had. Still holding the ice-cream, I picked up the frozen roses. Then I looked at the carnations. School would start in half an hour and I had to go home and collect my lunch and change my shoes and socks. I hesitated a long time, looking at the pale flowers against the dark earth and grass of the winter grave. At last I collected the carnations too. I left the icecream in the littie vase on the grave. I put the roses in the trash by the cemetery gate. I took the carnations home and put them in a glass, then placed them on the desk in my bedroom. Maybe everybody else forgot it was my birthday. My mother and I knew it. weapon pwepn] оружие to hurt [hs:t] (hurt) причинять боль, обижать to hug [блд] сжимать в объятиях forever [fa'reva] навсегда, навеки What you do is up to you Что ты делаешь — дело твое honey ['hAni] разг, любимый, дорогой to offer [ ofэ] предлагать to disappear Ldise pie] исчезать bottom ['botam] самый нижний definitely [ definitli] определенно, несомненно flavour [ fleive] вкус, зд. сорт anyway ['eniwei] во всяком случае, как бы то ни было to collect [kalekt] забирать; собирать to hesitate fheziteft] сомневаться against the dark earth на фоне темной земли vase [va:z] ваза trash [traej] мусорный ящик cemetery [ semitri] кладбище gate ворота
Old Country Advice to the American Traveller William Saroyan For Advanced Readers ONE YEAR my uncle Melik travelled from Fresno to New York. Before he got aboard the train his uncle Garro paid him a visit and told him about the dangers of travel. When you get on the train, the old man said, choose your seat carefully, sit down, and do not look about. Yes, sir, my uncle said. Several moments after the train begins to move, the old man said, two men wearing uniforms will come down the aisle and ask you for your ticket. Ignore them. They will be impostors1. How will I know? my uncle said. You will know, the old man said. You are no longer a child. Yes, sir, my uncle said. Before you have travelled twenty miles an amiable young man will come to you and offer you a cigarette. Tell him you don’t smoke. The cigarette will be doped2. Yes, sir, said my uncle. On your way to the diner a very beautiful young woman will bump into you intentionally and almost embrace you, the old man said. She will be extremely apologetic and attractive and your natural impulse will be to cultivate her friendship. Dismiss your natural impulse and go on in and eat. The woman will be an adventuress.3 A what? my uncle said. A whore, the old man shouted. Go on and eat. Order the best food, and if the diner is crowded, and the beautiful young woman sits across the table from you, do not look into her eyes. If she speaks, pretend to be deaf. Yes, sir, my uncle said. Pretend to be deaf, the old man said. That is the only way out of it. Out of what? My uncle said. Out of the whole ungodly 4 mess, the old man said. I have travelled. I know what I’m talking about. Yes, sir, my uncle said. Let’s say no more about it, the old man said. Yes, sir, my uncle said. Let’s not speak of the matter again, the man said. It’s finished. I have seven children. My life has been a full and righteous one. Let’s not give it another thought. I have land, vines, trees, cattle, and money. One cannot have everything — except for a day or two at a time. Yes, sir, my uncle said. On your way back to your seat from the diner, the old man said, you will pass through the smoker5. There you will find a game of cards in progress. The players will be three middle-aged men with expensive-looking rings on their fingers. They will nod at you pleasantly and one of them will invite you to join the game. Tell them, No speak English. Yes, sir, my uncle said. That is all, the old man said. Thank you very much, my uncle said. One thing more, the old man said. When you go to bed at night, take your money out
of your pocket and put it in your snoe. Put your shoe under your pillow, keep your head on the pillow all night, and don’t sleep. Yes, sir, my uncle said. That is all, the old man said. The old man went away and next day my uncle Melik got aboard the train and travelled straight across America to New York The two men in uniforms were not impostors, the young man with the doped cigarette did not arrive, the beautiful young woman did not sit across the table from my uncle in the diner, and there was no card game in progress in the smoker. My uncle put his money in his shoe and didn’t sleep all night the first night, but the second night he abandoned the whole ritual. The second day he himself offered another young man a cigarette which the other young man accepted. In the diner my uncle went out of his way to sit at a table with a young lady. He started a poker game in the smoker, and long before the train ever got to New York my uncle knew everybody aboard the train and everybody knew him. Once, while the train was travelling through Ohio, my uncle and the young man who had accepted the cigarette and two young ladies on their way to Vassar6 formed a quartet and sang a song. The journey was a very pleasant one. When my uncle Melik came back from New York, his old uncle Garro visited him again. I see you are looking all right, he said. Did you follow my instructions? Yes, sir, my uncle said. The old man looked far away in space. I am pleased that someone has profited by my experience, he said. 1 impostor — a person pretending what he or she is not 2 doped — full of a drug or narcotic 3 adventuress — woman who seeks to earn money dishonestly 4 ungodly — shameful 5 smoker — railway car in which passengers may smoke 6 Vassar — a college in New York State
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School-Leavers Department Each of the following 40 sentences contains 1 typical mistake. Can you find it? 1. This money isn’t mine. I can’t take them. 2. Volga is the longest river in Russia. 3. Tom has to get up very early now, hasn’t he? 4. I’d like to tell a few words about my family. 5. He’s leaving to London tomorrow. 6. Well go to the country if the weather will be fine. 7. Can you explain me this rule? 8.1 don’t like rave music. — So do I. 9. Our teacher made us to read the text again. 10. Did you watch TV when I phoned you yesterday? 11. Have you ever been to London? — Yes, I have. I’ve been there last year. 12. Has anybody seen him to leave the room? 13. Which of you want to go to the concert tonight? 14. Look at this man! Are you seeing him? 15. What a nasty weather we are having today! 16. You look tired. Let trie to help you. 17. When will be built the new shop? 18.1 usually go to school by foot. 19. Julia Roberts has a wonderful brown hair. 20. You’d better to stop worrying! 21. Sixty millions years ago the Earth was ruled by dinosaurs. 22.1 don’t know where is my diary. 23. It’s often raining in autumn. 24. Nick said that he has never been to Disneyland. 25. The Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. 26. Jane said that she wouldn’t go to school tomorrow. 27. I’ve spoken to everybody except he. 28 .1 wonder if he comes to the party tomorrow. 29. Ann runs slowly, but Tom runs very fastly. 30. I’m agree with you. 31. Last January there had been a fire on the second floor of my house. 32. It was already dark when we arrived in the station. 33. There are a lot of furniture in the room, aren’t there? 34. How long do you know him? — Since 1992. 35. From my opinion, he is a very talented composer. 36.1 wonder how long will it take us to get to the airport. 37. It’s such a difficult work! 38. In a few days Sherlock Holmes suddenly disappeared. 39. How does she speak English? — Oh, she speaks English very well. 40.1 looked around. There wasn’t nobody in sight. (answers on page 40)
What is worse than finding a worm in your apple? Finding half a worm in your apple. worm [we:m] червяк Friend: Why do you look so sad? Writer: I met a fellow today who had never heard of Shakespeare. Friend: Well, you needn’t worry about that. Writer: Of course not, but it filled me with melancholy and made me fear that, perhaps, some day, I, too, may be unknown. melancholy ['melenksli] уныние, грусть, печаль Three students are unwilling to go to the lecture but they hesitate. One of them at last suggests: “Let’s throw a coin. If heads fail out, we’ll go to the restaurant. If tails fall out, we’ll go to the cinema. And if the coin stands on the rim, we’ll go to the lecture.” to hesitate [ heziteit] колебаться if heads fall out если выпадет орел if tails fall out если выпадет решка on the rim на ребро Among the passengers of the ship there was a very talkative lady who asked the captain lots of questions. She asked: ‘Captain, what will happen if our ship meets an iceberg in the ocean?” rhe captain answered: “Nothing special, madam. The iceberg will go on as if nothing had happened.” as if nothing had happened словно ничего не случилось Bob: Come in! Come in! Mike: I’m afraid to — your dog is barking at me. Bob: Nonsense! He’s wagging his tale. Mike: Well, I don’t know which end to believe. to wag вилять (хвостом) John: Why do you advise Miss Smith to go abroad to study music? You know she has no talent. Sam: Well, I know, but you sec, she lives next door to me.
Have you seen Jaws, the famous film about the Great White Shark? For an shark isn’t seen except for bits and pieces and shadows underwater. But when it suddenly ap-ш pears above the water for the first time, even grown-up Э people scream and those СI who have a poor heart reach r > I • •. • *il for their nitroglycerine pills. Sharks are probably the most feared of all sea animals. There are more than 350 kinds of sharks in the waters of the world. But, scientists say, only 30 species are dangerous to man. Of these 30 five species are known as especially voracious man-eaters: the Great hour and twenty minutes of the film the White, the Tiger Shark, the Hammerhead, the Bull Shark, and the Whitetip Shark. Though shark attacks are rare, they are always sudden, deadly and dramatic. Sharks live in oceans throughout the world but are usually found in warm seas. Some, species, however, prefer fresh water and can be met in rivers and lakes. Sharks are remarkably successful animals. They are fast and strong. They are wonderful swimmers. They have very few parasites and >> A-* * л «&< ' e ' it. ____________
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The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. R. L. Stevenson DO WE MEED POETRY? _________________________________ Poetry suffers from more misunderstanding than possibly any other topic. The average European considers that poetry is ‘nice’ for children; becoming for girls; appropriate for women teachers; and a necessary evil for students of literature. Few people read poetry and still fewer pay for it. misunderstanding [zmis,Ando'staendig] неправильное понимание average ['aevrid3] средний, обычный to consider [kan'sida] полагать, считать becoming [bi клггнд] приличествующий, подобающий appropriate [a'praupriat] подходящий, уместный evil [T.vl] зло INVISIBLE INK _________________________ In detective stories, secret messages are usually written with invisible ink. One of the best known types is made by dissolving cobalt chloride in water. The writing is nearly invisible but becomes blue when heated. However, there are simpler ways of making your message invisible. Orange juice, lemon juice, and milk can also be used for this purpose. When heated slowly until the paper begins to darken, the writing becomes brown. invisible ink [in'vizabl Irjk] симпатические чернила message ['mesid3] письмо, послание to dissolve [di’zolv] растворять cobalt chloride [ka'bo:lt 'klo:raid] хлорид кобальта IT’S TSE READER WHO DECIDES By the end of the first series of Sherlock Holmes stories, the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, had become tired of writing detective stories. So at the end of his second book of Holmes stories, he decided to have the detective die. The last story in the collection, The Final Problem, ends with Holmes and his greatest enemy, Moriarty, plunging to their deaths from a high cliff. After that, hundreds of letters poured in to Conan Doyle, begging him to bring Holmes back. Also, magazines offered him huge sums of money for additional Sherlock Holmes adventures. Finally, after nine years, Conan Doyle wrote a new story in which Holmes reappears and tells Dr Watson that he didn’t die after all. Sometimes it is the reader, not the author, who determines how long fictional heroes will live. series [siarkz] (pl без измен.) серия The Final Problem Последнее дело Холмса enemy ['enami] враг to plunge to death from a high cliff сорваться co скалы и разбиться насмерть to pour [рэ:] зд. сыпаться, поступать в большом количестве to beg [beg] просить, умолять huge [hju:d3] огромный, колоссальный adventure [ad'ventja] приключение to reappear ['riia'pia] снова появляться to determine [di'teimin] определять, устанавливать fictional ['fikjanl] литературный WHYDOCAMMIBALS EAT PEOPLE? According to scientists, the eating of human flesh started as a religious practice. Cannibals were such not because they liked human flesh, but because cannibalism was a sacred rite. Herodotus, the father of history, tells a story which shows how natural it seemed to some ancient peoples: "When Darius was king, he summoned the Greeks who were with him and asked them what price would persuade them to eat their fathers’s dead bodies. They answered tha t there was no price for which they would do it. Then he summoned those Indians who are called Kallatiae, who eat their parents, and asked them what would make them willing to burn their fathers to death. The Indians cried aloud that they should not speak of so horrid an act." These East Indians ate their parents because they respected and honoured them. Many primitive tribes believe that a man acquires the spirit of whatever he eats: if he eats a lion, he will be brave; if a fox, he will be cunning. So the more one of these men respected his father, the more anxious he was to eat him. human ['hju:man] человеческий, человечий flesh [fief] зд. мясо religious practice [ri'lic^es 'praektis] религиозный обычаи cannibal ['kaenibl] каннибал, людоед sacred rite ['seikrid 'rait] религиозный обряд anc;ent ['einfant] древний tc summon ['SAman] зд. созывать to persuade [pa'sweid] склонять, уговаривать willing [ wilirj] согласный (сделать что-л.) to respect [ri spekt] уважать to honour ['one] почитать, чтить tribe [traib] племя to acquire [a'kwaia] приобретать, получать spirit [ spirit] дух ; зд. также качество, свойство натуры cunning [ kAnirj] хитрый to be anxious ['aen(k)Jas] стремиться (к чему-л.), страстно желать (чего-л.)
Music & Musicians i -‘z f pular singer, a talented musician..?? What do we know about him? What» is his original name? There is a joke about . "'I 4 t* ' : 1 George Michaet having two first names. It seems there have always been two George Michaels. It’s inexplicable, but he always appears to be creating some new fantasy GEORGE MICHAEL well-known and unknown I can see what you’re looking to find In the smile on my face In my peace of mind In my state of grace. (Ticket To Heaven, Dire Straits) self, and as soon as it betrays him he tries to kill it off, but then creates a new one to take its place. George Michael... Neither of the names are 'really his. He was born into a Greek-Cypriot family and christened Georgius J v Kyftacos PMmayiQtow; by the 1980s he was artswenhg to the name of George Panos, and in 198Й he? became George 1 f u ' .Г 4 ' " Michael. ; In his childhood George Michael was very fond of Elton John’s songs, and, like Elton, he was a musically gifted kid. But he was obsessed with how ugly he was: awk-
Wham! (Left to right): Pepsi de Manque, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, Shirley Kemp. It was the 80s.,. ward, fat and bespectacled, with horrid hair and bad dress sense. He confessed: “I was such a mess to look at.” But luckily he made the acquaintance of Andrew Ridgeley, and saw in Andrew everything he found absent in himself. Andrew gave George Michael the confidence to realise his ambition of becoming a pop star. In 1981 they began their career. They formed a dynamic duet Wham! and George displayed his talent for writing delightful pop-funk songs. George Michael's first solo album Faith was about a failed relationship that sent him into a serious depression. The first song to come out of this period was A Different Corner. It was as if he has suddenly ripped away a mask of happiness and revealed all the pain concealed behind it. With that album George Michael joined the superleague of pop stars. In 1988 Faith outsold Michael Jackson’s Bad and he earned more than Paul McCartney. His next album Listen Without Prejudice (1990) had no picture of George Michael 39 on the cover. He declared that from this moment on he wanted to concentrate on music. He didn’t appear in any of his videos and stopped giving interviews. Since 1987 he has only allowed his left profile to be officially photographed. George Michael is one of the world’s best known faces, but he leaves half of his famous face hidden in the shadow. The singer likes to say: ‘Td rather write a song about my life than talk about it”. r
THE QUEEN OF CRIME 1. IF 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. F 10. F 2. Ten Little, Indians Death on the Nile The Body in the Library 3. a. 1. powerful 2. observation 3. investigate 4. solution 5. order 6. novel POISON b. 1. Holmes 2. Poirot 3. detective 4. Hastings 5. drive 6. Express MOTIVE c. 1. complicated 2. round 3. Curtain 4. kidnap 5. Mousetrap 6. grey MURDER d. 1. private 2. ditch 3. eccentric 4. mysterious 5. accident 6. unmarried VICTIM e. 1. Jane 2. intelligent 3. assistant 4. bored 5. police ALIBI LANGUAGE CLUB ODD MAN OUT 1. dark 2. beef 3. pears 4. bachelor WORDSEARCH SCHOOL-LEAVERS DEPARTMENT Correct sentences: 1. This money isn't mine. I can’t take it. 2. The Volga is the longest river in Russia. 3. l orn has to get up veiy early now, doesn’t he? 4. I’d like to tell you a few words about my family. 5. He’s leaving for London tomorrow. 6. We’ll go to the country if the weather is fine. 7. Can you explain to me this rule? 8. 1 don’t like rave music. — Neither do I. 9. Cur teacher made us read the text again. 10. Were you watching TV when I phoned you yesterday? 11. Have you ever been to London? —Yes, I have. I was there last year. 12. Has anybody seen him leave the room? 13. Which of you wants to go to the concert tonight? 14. Look at this man! Do you see him? 15. What nasty weather we are having today! 16. You look tired. Let me help you. 17. When will the new shop be built? 18 1 usually go to school on foot. 19. Julia Roberts has wonderful brown hair. 20. You’d better stop worrying! 21. Sixty million years ago the Earth was ruled by dinosaurs. 22 .1 don’t know where my diary is. 23. It often rains in autumn. 24. Nick said that he had never been to Disneyland. 25. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. 26. Jane said that she wouldn’t go to school the next day. 27. I’ve spoken to everybody except him. 28.1 wonder if he will come to the party tomorrow. 29. Ann runs slowly, but Tom runs very fast. 3G. I agree with you. 31. Last January there was a fire on the second floor of my house. 32. It was already dark when we arrived at the station. 33. There is a lot of furniture in the room, isn’t there? 34. How long have you known him? — Since 1992. 35. In my opinion, he is a very talented composer. 36.1 wonder how long it will take us to get to the airport. 37. It’s such difficult work! 38. A few days later Sherlock Holmes suddenly disappeared. 39. How well does she speak English? — Oh, she speaks English very well. 40.1 looked around. There was nobody (wasn’t anybody) in sight. BAKER STREET CLUB 1. c 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. c 7. a 8. c 9. a 10. c 11. b 12. c