The Legacy and Other Stories (Завещание и другие рассказы). Учебное пособие для студентов бакалавров, изучающих английский язык (второй год обучения),

        

навидетьодновременно;3. речевойштамп, избитоевыражение;

4.шпаргалка;5.статистическиеданные,статистика;6.понимать, постигать; 7. покалывание, когда какаялибо часть тела «отхо дит»отонемение;8.бытьопозоренным;9.объяснять,прояснять;

10. быть отправленным в ссылку; 11. справиться с чемлибо;

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1.Herlovehaterelationshipwithprofessionalgolfhaschanged dramatically since then. 2. I’ll have to move because I’m starting togetpinsandneedlesinmyfoot.3.Thereisplentyoftruthinthecli chéthatatroublesharedisatroublehalved.4.Howlonghashebeen doing Greek? 5. We are prepared for every eventuality.6. Women. Ijustcan’tgurethemout.7.EveryoneseemedtobeavoidingNick.

8.Itisimportanttotakemeasurestoavoidtheriskofre.9.Several of the leaders were arrested and exiled toFrance. 10. Don’t worry, we’ll gure something out. 11.I feel really guilty at forgetting her birthdayagain.12.It washisguiltyconscience that madehimoffer tohelp.13.Statisticsisabranchofmathematics.14.Allshecoulddo waspraythat,somehow,shemightbeabletosortoutthemessshehad gotherselfinto.15.Howcouldyoudisgraceusalllikethat?

2.Вамследуетпредусмотретьвсеслучайности,иначевыпопадё тевбеду.3.Никтонемогпонять,зачтоэтотпреподавательуни верситетабылпубличноопозорен.4.Брайанхорошознал,чтоему

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будетсложносправитьсяскурсовойработойбезвсякихшпарга лок.5.Померетого,какшловремя,онначалиспытыватьчувство винызасвоёнесправедливоеотношениекродителям.6.Объясни имссамогоначала,чтотыненамеренприниматьничьюсторону.

7.Статистическиеданныепоказывают,что50%всехновыхчаст ныхпредприятийтерпяткрахвпервыйжегодсвоегосущество вания.8.Кспортивнымиграмонвсегдаотносилсясосмешанным чувством:онодновременнолюбил заними наблюдатьи боялся вних участвовать.9. Хозяин поместья быларестовани выслан изстраны.10.Вообщетоянелюблюизбитыештампы,нонаэтот раз здесь есть разумное зерно. 11. Избегайте огульных обвине ний,алучшесформулируйтечёткосвоипретензии. 12.Еслиты будешьсидеть долговнеудобномположении,утебя«онемеют» ноги.

thesentences in the storywith this grammar structure and translate themintoRussian.

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militarytactics.7.Thucydideswasageneralhimself…thebeginning ofthewar,soyouknowhegetsthingsright.8.Idon’tthinktheprob lemsstarted…myrstAlevelyear.9.Idon’trememberworking… myothersubjects,butIrememberThucydides.10.Hetaught…clas sicsattheUniversity,hewascleverandapatientteacher,butIwanted toconvincemyself thatIcould cope …Greek on myown, without help.11.Ihadboyproblemstoo,butIwon’tgo…detailsoverthat.

 

1.Youthoughtnobodydid…Greekanymore,Isuppose?2.But on…otherhandhewas…fascinatingman.3.Idon’tknowwhether you’veseenEdwardVI’sdiaryin…BritishMuseum,…onewhowas Elizabeth’sbrother—Ithinkhewassixteenwhenhedied?4.Well, it’s full of gures, statistics I mean: lists of all … cargoes coming intoLondon with all… details of… number ofbarrels of saltsh andballastand…tonnageofeachvessel5.Thucydideswas…gen eralhimselfat…beginning of thewar,so you knowhegetsthings right.6.Notrightatthebeginningoftheyear,Ithink,butafteratime I’dgotmyselfinto…hellof…mess.7.It’salwaysmoreinteresting, don’tyouthink, when… writerleaves something out?8.Andso it wenton,untilithadescalatedtosuch…pointthatIhadtoavoidmy

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classics teacher in … school assembly hall, in … corridors, every where.9.Itmeansstayingawayfromschoolwithouthaving…letter fromyourparentstosaythatyouwereill,orhadtogoto…dentist, orwerelookingsopalethatyourmotherthoughtyousurelywould be ill,ifsheinsistedonyourtakingthathorridlongbusjourney.10.Suf ceittosaythatit’swhereDylanThomaswentto…school—you probablyknowthat.11.Thehousewasalmostat…browof…hill whichledontoawild,marshypatch of commonlandwheresome times,in…veryearlymorning,yousaw foxes, andthento…golf course.12. It was … strange park, abit fantastical. 13.The people fromthehousemusthavehad…goodheadgardener,…manwith… bizarreimagination.14.Inoneplacethere was … folly,and inano ther… sort ofChinese pagoda with… Chinese bridge crossing … pondcoveredwith waterlilies. 15. Well,thisiswhere wegetto … mainpointofthestory,whereyouwillseehowindirectlyThucydides was…causeof mydiscoveringsomethingawful.16.Itwas…late spring by this time, but in Swansea the spring, instead of bringing therst neweather and being the harbingerof summer,wasoften thebeginningof…rainyseasonthatIsometimesthoughtcouldn’tbe muchworsethanthemonsoons.

1.They said this was history,andhistoryshouldn’tbemadeup.

2.It’salwaysmoreinteresting,don’tyouthink,whenawriterleaves

somethingout? Youcanmull it overand wonder,and then it gives thecriticsachancetohavetheirdifferentinterpretations.3.Youpro bablythinkthatdescriptionsareboring.Idotoo,butyousee,Iwant tobeawriterlateron,andwriters always givedescriptionsatsome pointinthenarrative,andsoIthinkIshouldpractise,andyou’llhave tobearwithme.4.IfyouweregoingtobeFreudianaboutthings,you wouldprobablysaythatitcausedmytransitionfrompubertytoadult hood.Andeveryoneknowshowpainfulthattransitionis.5.ButIjust wantedyoutoknowthatIwasn’tanonlychild,incaseyouthought inthatridiculousFreudianwaythatitwasbecauseIwasanonlychild thatIworkedsohardandlettheworkgetontopofmeandthenhad to mitch off school. 6. He thought I was crying about Thucydides, inrepentancefortheworkIhadn’tdone.ButIwascryingabouthim. Iwasseeingthingsinadifferentperspective,andThucydidesdidn’t seemsomuchofaproblemashehadbefore.

1. Act out a talk between the main character and her brother. The boy sees that something is wrong and refuses to believe that hissisterfeelssodesperatelyunhappybecauseofhertruancy.Heis tryingtodrawherout.Eventually,shetellshimwhatshehasseen.She absolutelyforbidshimtotellanyoneaboutit,though.

2.Actoutatalkbetweenthemaincharacterandherclassicstea cher. The girl’sclassicsteacher tells herthat sheshould have come toclassevenwithoutherGreekassignment.Thegirlcontradictsand explains how guilty and uncomfortable she feels in the classroom everytimeshe is notpreparedproperly.The teacherhashis student seehispointandconvincesherthathertruancyhasmadethesituation stillworse.

3.Actout a phonetalk between thehead teacher and the girl’s mum.The headinforms the girl’smumthat the main character has been staying away from school for unprecedented three weeks. He alsobringstoherattentionthefactthatit’sthersttimeherdaughter hasplayedtruantforquiteawhileandthatsheisnotintheleastone

oftheirpersistenttruants.Thegirl’smum,however,promisestotalk toher andto sorteverything out as her daughterhas beena dutiful childandadiligentstudentsofar.

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I have always liked the process of commuting; every phase ofthe little journeyis a pleasureto me.There is aregularity about itthatisagreeableandcomfortingtoapersonofhabit,andinaddi tion,itservesasasortofslipwayalongwhichIamgentlybutrmly launchedintothewatersofdailybusinessroutine.

Ours is a smallish country station and only nineteen or twenty people gather there to catch the eighttwelve. We are a group that rarelychanges,andwhenoccasionallyanewfaceappearsontheplat formitcausesacertaindisclamatory,protestantripple,likeanewbird inacageofcanaries.

IlikealsomycornerseatbythewindowandreadingTheTimes to the noise and motion of the train.This part of it lasts thirtytwo minutesanditseemstosoothebothmybrainandmyfretfuloldbody likeagoodlongmassage.Believeme,there’snothinglikeroutineand regularityforpreservingone’speaceofmind.Ihavenowmadethis morningjourneynearlytenthousandtimesinall,andIenjoyitmore andmoreeveryday.Also(irrelevant,butinteresting),Ihavebecome asortofclock.Icantellatonceifwearerunningtwo,three,orfour minuteslate,andIneverhavetolookuptoknowwhichstationweare stoppedat.

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The walk at the other end from Cannon Street to my ofce is neithertoolongnortooshort—ahealthylittleperambulationalong streetscrowdedwithfellowcommutersallproceedingtotheirplaces ofworkonthesameorderlyscheduleasmyself.Itgivesme tobemovingamongthesedependable,digniedpeople whosticktotheirjobsanddon’tgogaddingaboutallovertheworld. Their lives, like my own, are regulated nicely by the minute hand ofanaccuratewatch,andveryoftenourpathscrossatthesametimes andplacesonthestreeteachday.

AtleasthalfthefacesIpass on thislittlewalkarenowfamil iartome.Andgoodfacestheyaretoo,mykindoffaces,mykind of people — sound, sedulous, businesslike folk with none of that restlessnessandglitteringeyeaboutthemthatyouseeinalltheseso calledclevertypeswhowanttotiptheworldupsidedownwiththeir LabourGovernmentsandsocialisedmedicinesandalltherestofit.

ingtheroughdraftuptoTowninmypocket;andthis,tome,wasso timelyandcoincidentalthatIcanonlybelieveittohavebeenthework ofGod.Godhadreadmylittleessayandhehadsaidtohimself,‘This manPerkinsisbecomingovercomplacent.ItishightimeItaughthim alesson.‘Ihonestlybelievethat’swhathappened.