Chapter 4

Phonetic exercises

1. A) Transcribe the next words from the chapter:

Hire; guide; hour; ridiculous; tributary; terrified; primeval; fabulous; column; church; theory; palm; entrance; push; tunnel; disappear; climb; absurd; binoculars

b) Read them aloud

Work on vocabulary

2. Find in the chapter the English for:

Нанимать; листок бумаги; перевернуть; нелепый; к нашему удивлению; вверх по реке; приток; быть в ужасе; первобытный лес; сказочные деревья; подобно церковным колоннам; военный барабан; научные теории; порог реки стремнина); прозрачный поток; у нас ушёл целый день.

3. Use one of the words or word-combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap:

a church a few minutes late narrow at all to climb up to flow to fly to hire a guide primeval to one's surprise on foot to seem terrified unknown to cross ridiculous shallow fabulous to be busy

1. Here we _______a black _______ who fortunately spoke some English.

2. With this piece of paper Professor Challenger is telling us that this is all _________.

3. There, ______our great_________, was Professor Challenger!

4. 'I'm afraid I'm_________,' he said. 'Is everything ready for your journey?'

5. They _________to repeat the journey.

6. We got into our canoes and began to travel up the ________river in the middle of the ________forest.

7. ________tall trees stood over us. They were like the columns of ________.

8. Our two professors were not afraid__________.

9. They ______too _______arguing about scientific theories.

10. That's the entrance to an _______world.'

11. We pushed the canoes past the palm until we arrived at a_________, transparent stream.

12. It _________through a low tunnel of green plants.

13. We began our journey________.

14. It took us all day ________it.

15. The next day we ________a hill.

16. Suddenly, Professor Challenger saw a gigantic bird ________up slowly from the ground.

4. Replace the italicized words and word-combinations with a synonym from the box in an appropriate form.

to be interested terrified to flow a fraud to hire fabulous transparent to argue ridiculous to climb primeval a surprise a voyage to wait for to disappear fortunately

1. Here we employed for pay a black guide named Zambo, who luckily for us spoke some English.

2. 'With this piece of paper Professor Challenger is telling us that this is all laughable, and that he's a cheat,' he cried.

3. There, to our great astonishment, was Professor Challenger!

4. The next day we began our trip up the river in a boat called the Esmeralda.

5. They seemed frightened to repeat the journey.

6. We got into our canoes and began to travel up the narrow river in the middle of the forest of earlier ages.

7. Marvelous tall trees stood over us.

8. They were too engaged in the wonderful plants and animals around them, or they were too busy disputing about scientific theories.

9. We expected an attack, but nothing happened.

10. We pushed the canoes past the palm until we arrived at a shallow, clear stream.

11. It moved in a stream through a low tunnel of green plants.

12. The tropical forest vanished, and there were only palm trees.

13. The next day we rose up a hill.