5. Аудіювання тексту “Fishing”.

5.1. Listen to the text.

Fishing

There were trees on the right bank and she turned to it and tied up the boat to one of the trees. Two hundred yards from her there was a bridge. In the early days of the occupation there had been a soldier on the bridge, but now the Germans had taken him away.

Francoise took up her fishing-rod and began to fish. She sat very still watching the float. Only once she moved to take off her shoes and rested her feet on the edge of the boat, it was very quiet. She tried not to think about Franklin. She was not quite sure what was going to happen back in the house. But she knew quite well, with two doctors, that the situation was now very serious.

Suddenly the float went down and she felt the fish draw the line from her hand. When she pulled it in, it was quite a large fish. She laid it on the bottom of the boat and put one of her shoes on it and then her foot on the shoe to keep it quiet. The sun was almost down and she thought. “In another hour it will be quite dark”. Again she sat and waited, her black eyes on the float. When the float went down again she pulled in the line and there was a fish a little larger than the first. “I shall tell the two doctors about the new good place for fishing”, she thought.

The darkness seemed to come down quickly with the next three fish. It was so dark that she could hardly see the trees on the bank. Now she waited, watching the float for about ten minutes, but nothing happened. She sat with her eyes closed for a minute or two and then opened them: the float was not there. She began to pull in the line; this time it seemed very heavy. She held it tight and pulled the fish into the boat. The fish was a big one, about two pounds.

5.2. Choose the right answer.

1. What was there on the right bank?

1. a boat

2. a tower

3. trees

4. a house

2. How far was a bridge from her?

a. twenty metres

b. two hundred yards

c. one kilometer

d. three miles

3. When had there been a soldier on the bridge?

1. in the first days of the war

2. early in spring

3. during the last month of the occupation

4. in the early days of the occupation

4. Who took up the fishing-rod and began to fish?

1. Franklin did

2. two doctors did

3. Francoise did

4. a soldier on the bridge did

5. What was the situation like at that time in the house?

1. amusing

2. hopeless

3. very serious

4. very funny

6. What did Francoise feel when suddenly the float went down?

1. the boat vibrating

2. the fish draw the line from her hand

3. the fish strike the boat

4. a slight giddiness

7. What did she catch?

a. a large fish

b. an old shoe

c. a small fish

d. a green frog

8. What did she put on the fish to keep it quiet?

1. a brick

2. her coat

3. an iron stick

4. one of her shoes

9. What did she decide to tell the two doctors about?

1. the new good place for fishing

2. the good fish she had caught

3. her fishing

4. her plans for future

10. How many fish all in all did Francoise catch?

a. five

b. eight

c. four

d. six