Variant 2

Translate into English using the Working Vocabulary.

1. Он яростно затряс головой.

2. Наутро она выкинула все из головы.

3. Я бы не хотела, чтобы ты общался с этим плохим мальчиком.

4. Она попыталась убежать, но убежать было невозможно.

5. Ты специально сделал это.

6. Мать положила конфеты на полку, чтобы дети не достали.

7. Если присмотреться, можно увидеть падающую звезду.

8. У дороги стояло старое кривое дерево.

9. У дверей стоят какие-то странные люди.

10. Почему ты накинулся на меня? Я же ничего плохого не сделал.

11. Он попытался собраться с силами и ударить врага.

12. В сумерках все кошки серы.

Chapter four the keeper of the keys

1. Find the words and word-combinations in the text, reproduce the situation and fill in the Working Vocabulary:

mane	come to a close
bend smth into a knot	come to a sticky end
fidget	give in without a fight
quail	cast a look
gasp of horror	Be expelled
ashen-faced
dratted

2. Write out all adjectives and adverbs characterizing Hagrid. Use them to make a character sketch of him.

3. Answer the questions:

• Who was at the door? How did the Dursleys take his arrival?

• How did Harry fill about Hagrid’s arrival?

• How did the giant behave?

• What did Hagrid do when Harry had read the letter?

• Did Harry believe his story? What made him believe?

• What made Hagrid furious? Who was punished for that?

• How did the event end up? What were they going to do next morning?

4. Do the following tasks:

• Translate the letter from Hogwarts

• Retell the story Hagrid told to Harry.

• Imagine Harry’s life if the Dursleys’ had told him the true story?

Chapter five diagon alley

1. Explain what the following things mean:

Gringotts, the Daily Prophet, the Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley, Nimbus Two Thousand, Galleons, Sickles, Knuts, Quidditch, Flourish and Blotts.

2. Find the words and word-combinations in the text, reproduce the situation and fill in the Working Vocabulary:

savage	billow
yawn	get one’s hands on
Be run by	pliable
mess with	right-handed
get stuck	Be singled out
bartender

3. What do these words said by Hagrid mean?

Yeh, Summat, Gotta, Fer, Nah, ter

4. Answer the questions:

• What was the morning like?

• How did they leave the rock?

• How did they get to town? How did people treat Hagrid?

• Where did they go to? How did people treat them there?

• Who is Professor Quirrell?

• How did Diagon Alley look like?

• What did they do in Gringotts?

• What shop did they go to first? Who did Harry meet there?

• Describe their rout.

• What happened at Olivander’s?

• How did the day end? How did Harry feel?

5. Describe the best birthday of your life.