Практическая работа № 2.

1. Чтение и перевод текста “Моя биография”.

My biography. (after Mark Twain)

I was born on the 30^th of November 1835 in the village of Florida, Missouri. My father was John Marshal Clemens. According to tradition some of my great-great parents were pirates and slave traders – a respectable trade in the 16^th century. In my time I wished to be a pirate myself.

Florida contained a hundred people and when I was born I increased the population by one per cent. It had two streets and a lot of lanes. Both the streets and the lanes were paved with the same material – black mud in wet times, deep dust in dry. Most of the houses were of wood – there were none of brick and none of stone. Everywhere around were fields and woods.

My uncle was a farmer. I have never met a better man than he was. He was a middle-aged man whose head was clear and whose heart was honest and simple. I stayed at his house for three months every year till I was thirteen years old. Nowhere else was I happier than at his house. He had eight children and owned about fourteen Negro slaves whom he had bought from other farmers. My uncle and everyone on the farm treated the slaves kindly. All the Negroes on the farm were friends of ours and with those of our own age we were playmates. Since my childhood I have learned to like the black race and admire some of its fine qualities. In my school days nobody told me that it was wrong to sell and buy people. It is only much later that I realized all the horror of slavery.

The country school was three miles from my uncle’s farm. It stood in a forest and could take in about twenty five boys and girls. We attended school once or twice a week. I was a sickly child and lived mainly on medicine the first seven years of my life.

When I was twelve years old my father died. After my father’s death our family was left penniless. I was taken from school at once and placed in the office of a local newspaper as printer’s apprentice where I could receive board and clothes but no money.

For ten years I worked in printshops of various cities. I started my journalistic life as a reporter on a newspaper in San Francisco. It was then that I began to sign my publications by my penname Mark Twain.

2. Ответьте на вопросы к тексту.

1. In what state was Samuel Clemens born?

2. What were the great-great parents of Mark Twain?

3. What did Mark Twain want to be?

4. What were the streets and lanes of Florida paved with?

5. How does the author describe his uncle?

6. How many slaves did Mark Twain’s uncle own?

7. What was the author’s attitude towards slavery?

8. Was Mark Twain a healthy boy?

9. When did the author start his career of a writer?

Практическая работа № 3.

1. Переведите на русский язык. Объясните использование артикля.

1. Last week I met my friend. He was with a young girl. The girl was a student of our Academy. 2. This is a pencil. The pencil is red. 3. She is a teacher. She is our teacher of English. 4. It is a lake. The lake is deep. It’s one of the deepest lakes in the world. 5. There are many flowers in your garden. The flowers are beautiful. 6. Did you write a plan? Give me your plan, please. Is this plan effective? 7. The Black Sea is in the South of Russia. 8. This is Mike. He works as an engineer. Mike is a highly qualified engineer. 9. There are some schools in our street. The schools are new. 10. Gagarin was the first cosmonaut of the world. 11. In summer the sky is blue and the sun shines brightly. 12. The Petrovs are very friendly. 13. This is Ann’s book. I don’t like such books. 14. Winter begins in December.

2. Вставьте артикли, где необходимо.

1. This … pencil is broken. Give me that … pencil, please. 2. I can see three … boys. … boys are playing. 3. I have … bicycle. … bicycle is black. My … friend has no bicycle. 4. Our … room is large. 5. We wrote … dictation yesterday. … dictation was long. 6. She has two … daughters and one … son. Her … son is … pupil. 7. My … brother’s … friend has … no dog. 8. This is … tree. … tree is green. 9. She has … ball. … ball is big. 10. I got … letter from my … friend yesterday. … letter was interesting.

3. Вставьте артикли, где необходимо.

1. Yesterday I saw … new film, but … film wasn’t very interesting. 2. London is situated on … Thames. 3. Yuri Gagarin was … first man to fly over … Earth in spaceship. 4. My daughter will go to school … next year. 5. I decided to visit … Ivanovs, but they were not at … home. 6. In … summer we live in … country. 7. Lomonosov, … great Russian scientist, was born in … small village on … shore of … White Sea. 8. … United States of America is one of … most powerful countries of the world. 9. Is your dress made of … silk or … cotton? 10. … Peter’s brother is … student and we are … pupils. 11. What would you like: … apple or … orange? 12. What … strange man he is!

4. Вставьте артикли, где необходимо.

1. … Volga is … longest river in … Europe. 2. … History and … Literature were … my favourite subjects at … school. 3. What is … nearest way to … Drama Theatre? 4. … butter and … cheese are made of … milk. 5. Usually I get up at … 7 o’clock in … morning. 6. … Rostov is situated on … Don. 7. Will you have … cup of … tea? 8. What … good friend you are! 9. We shall go to … cinema … next week together with … Petrovs. 10. This is … book, … book is very interesting. 11. Do you see … sun in … sky today? 12. He is … engineer by … profession.