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The mummy

Part I

EPISODE 1

Hamunaptra-1290 B.C.

Vocabulary notes:

sacred canopic jar – священный погребальный сосуд

plague – бедствие

invincibility – непобедимость

to be condemned – быть приговорённым

to be bestowed – быть одарённым

eternity – вечность

corpse – труп

to dare – осмелиться, отважиться

to race – мчаться

the wealth – казна

to remain sealed – оставаться запечатанным

mistress – наложница

1.1 Put these names carefully in the following context:

Imhotep, Pharaoh Seti the First, Anck-su-namun

Thebes is city of living, crown jewel of (1)………….., home of (2)…………, Pharaoh’s high priest, keeper of the dead, birthplace of (3)………….. , Pharaoh’s mistress.

1.2 Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. Hamunaptra – is the City of the Dead.

  1. Anck-su-namun’s soul had been sent to the dark Underworld and her vital organs removed and placed in four sacred canopic jars.

  2. When Anck-su-namun’s soul had come back from the dead, the ritual of resurrecting was completed.

  3. After curse Imhotep could arise a walking disease, a plague upon mankind.

  4. He could be an unholy flesh eater with the strength of ages and he could have power over the sands and the glory of invincibility.

  5. City of the Dead is the ancient burial site for the sons of pharaohs and resting place for the wealth of Egypt.

  6. Hom-Dai is the worst of all ancient curses, when somebody was to remain sealed inside the sarcophagus the undead for all of eternity.

1.3 Complete the sentences using the verbs from the box. Use the appropriate form. Then watch and check:

break dare go steal take race take resurrect

(1)………….Anck-su-namun, Imhotep and his priests (2)………….into her crypt and (3)…………her body. They (4)…………deep into the desert (5)………….Anck-su-namun’s corpse to Hamunaptra. For his love, Imhotep (6)………..the gods’ anger by (7)…………deep into the city where he (8)………….the Black Book of the Dead from its holy resting place.

1.4 Match these phrases with their equivalents:

  1. проклятие a) the wealth

  2. казна b) to resurrect smb.

  3. усыпальница c) the body is not a temple

  4. воскрешать кого-либо d) dark underworld

  5. тело – не храм e) to be mummified alive

  6. древнее погребальное место f) sacred jars

  7. подземный мир g) the high priest

  8. священные сосуды h) the sarcophagus

  9. быть мумифицированным заживо i) the crypt

  10. верховый жрец j) ancient burial site

  11. саркофаг k) the curse

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

1. Was anybody allowed to touch Anck-su-namun?

  1. Was she in love with Imhotep?

  2. What were they willing to do for their love?

  3. What did she do with herself when they were noticed?

  4. What is the City of the Living?

  5. What is the City of the Dead?

  6. What is Hom-Dai? What does it mean?

EPISODE 2

a) Hamunaptra – 1923. The fight in the desert

b) Cairo, Egypt – 3 years later. Museum of antiqutties

c) Cairo Prison

Vocabulary notes:

the descendants of sacred bodyguards – потомки священных телохранителей

to put up with smb. – терпеть кого-либо

to decipher hieroglyphics and hieratic – расшифровывать иероглифы и священные письмена

precise moment – точный, определённый момент

to reject an application – отклонить предложение

to be gullible – быть доверчивым

to strangle to death – удавиться до смерти

humble home – скромный дом

worthless trinket – безделушка

to straighten up – прибирать

foolish pursuit – глупая погоня; преследование

a) Hamunaptra – 1923. The fight in the desert

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