4.4 Match these phrases with their equivalents:

1. проливать кровь a) beware of the curse

2. быть соблазнительной b) to combine forces

3. потайная комната c) to unleash a creature

4. ради бога d) to be templing

5. объединиться e) for goodness’ sake

6. берегитесь проклятий f) to shed blood

7. освободить создание g) a secret compartment

4.5 Translate from Russian into English:

1. питаться человеческими трупами

1. вырывать кишки

2. острый раскалённый прут (кочерга)

3. вырвать язык

4. жизнь после смерти

5. быть погребенным у подножия статуи

4.6 Watch again and answer the questions. Try to give some more details:

1. Who can be buried at the base of the statue of Anubis?

2. What does Sah-netjer mean?

3. What does the mummification mean?

4. Where is the sarcophagus buried?

5. What do desert people protect?

6. What was the sign on the chest?

7. What was the sign in the sarcophagus?

8. Who are the scarab skeletons?

Episode 5

Ford Brydon – Cairo

Vocabulary notes:

to swear at manhood – поклясться человечеству

to stretch forth the hands – протянуть руки

to be terminated – быть завершённым

to have a single challenge – быть вызванным единожды

to chuck (in) – погибнуть

to rot of boredom – умирать от скуки

to consummate the curse – привести в исполнение

to choose human sacrifice – выбрать человека, которого принесут в жертву

on the contrary – напротив

she is an old carpetbag – она старая тряпка

to be immune – быть невосприимчивым; ничего не грозит

to get in gear – трогаться

to spare friends – пощадить друзей

to reconnoiter – произвести разведку

to justify the killing – оправдать убийство

5.1 Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. His curse is going to spread until the whole of the Earth is destroyed.

2. The rivers and waters of Egypt ran orange and were as blood.

3. Ancient secret society have guarded the City of the Dead and sworn at manhood to do nothing in their power to stop the High Priest Imhotep from being reborn into this world.

4. Dogs are the guardians of the underworld.

5. The creature will fear the cats until he is fully regenerated.

6. He will get fully regenerated by killing everyone who opened that chest.

7. He stretched forth his hand towards the heavens and there was lightness throughout the land of Egypt.

8. The Black Book which was found at Hamunaptra is supposed to bring people back from the dead.

9. The Gold Book is supposed to kill Imhotep.

10. According to Bembridge scholars the Gold Book of Amun-ra is located inside the statue of Anubis.

11. The Black Book is located inside the statue of Anubis.

12. The Gold Book of Amun-ra is inside the statue of Horus.

5.2 Look at the sentences and decide who says the following. Give an appropriate translation: (Beni, Rick, Evy, Ardeth, Jonathan)

1. “Tail set firmly between your legs.”

2. “It’s better to be the right hand of the devil than in his path.”

3. “My favorite plague boils and sores.”

4. “You’re gonna get yours, Beni!”

5. “Patience is a virtue.”

6. “Live today, fight tomorrow.”