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

fight keep know lie remain watch

For 3.000 years, men and armies (1)……….over this land never (2)…………what evil (3)……….beneath it. And for 3.000 years the Magi, the descendants of Pharaoh’s sacred bodyguards (4)………. (5)…………. . And the Creature (6)………….undiscovered.

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

2.2 Fill in the gaps in the conversation between Evy and the curator of the museum. Some verbs are missed. Act the dialogues:

curator: (1)..............to you, the other plagues were a joy.

Evy: I am so very sorry, it (2)............ an accident.

curator: My girl, when Rameses (3)..............Syria, that was an accident. You are a catastropher! (4)............ at my library! Why do I (5)...........up with you?

Evy: Well, you put up with me, because I can (6)............and (7)............... ancient Egyptian and I can (8)...............hieroglyphics and hieratic and, well, I am the only person within a thousand miles who (9)............how to properly (10)..............and (11)..............this library, that’s why.

curator: I (12).............. up with you because your father and mother were our finest patrons. That’s why! Allah rest their souls. Now, I don’t (13)...............how you do it. I don’t care how long it (14).............. . (15)..............up this meshiver!

2.3 Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. Evy can read and write ancient Egyptian.

2. The Bembridge scholars have rejected Evy’s application again.

3. Jonathan found a map which is almost 4.000 years old.

4. Hamunaptra is the city being protected by the curse of a mummy, where the earliest pharaohs had hidden the wealth of Egypt.

5. But the place would disappear beneath the sand dunes, taking the treasure with it.

6. Few men have wasted their lives in the foolish pursuit of Hamunaptra.

7. The puzzle box was found in Hamunaptra.

2.4 Match these phrases with their equivalents:

1. подняться по карьерной лестнице a) old mum

2. саранча b) to be on a high note

3. не уважать мёртвых c) to be ridiculous

4. разрушить карьеру d) to get promoted

5. подбодрить кого-либо e) to ruin the career

6. старушка f) treasure hunters

7. быть на вершине (о карьере) g) to cheer smb. up

8. официальная королевская печать h) locusts

9. охотники за сокровищами i) to have no respect for the dead

10. быть нелепым, смехотворным j) the official royal seal

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

1. Who is Seti the First?

2. Is it a fairy tale that the earliest pharaohs had hidden the wealth of Egypt in Hamunaptra?

3. What was interesting in this puzzle box?

4. Who was going to show the road to Hamunaptra for Evy and Jonathan? And what was the reason?

c) Cairo Prison

2.6 Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. Jonathan stole a puzzle box from a drunk at the casbah (bar).

2. Evy and Jonathan came to ask him (Mr. O’Connell) about Hamunaptra.

3. Mr. O’Connell was in Hamunaptra when he found a box.

4. Mr. O’Connell said the exact location where Hamunaptra was.

5. Mr. O’Connell was going to be hanged.

6. The head of the prison took 100 pounds for saving Mr. O’Connell’s life.

7. Mr. O’Connell’s neck was broken.

EPISODE 3

1. Giza Port – Cairo

2. On the barge

Vocabulary notes:

to gamble with – рисковать чем-либо

wager – пари

secret incantations – секретные заклинания

to cut the deck – срезать, сдвинуть колоду карт

messed-up country – отвратительная страна

0. а) Giza Port – Cairo

3.1 Translate from Russian into English:

1. быть грязным, мерзким

2. быть законченным мошенником, негодяем

3. очаровательный день

4. враньё, неправда, ложь

5. защищать инвестиции

0. b) On the barge

3.2 Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. Mr. O’Connell only gambled with his life, never money.

2. Americans bet 300$ to get to Hamunaptra before Mr. O’Connell and his partners.

3. Mr. O’Connell had more balls than brains.

4. The Bedouin and the Tuaregs believed that Hamunaptra was not cursed.

5. The Amun-Ra book contained within it all the secret incantations of the old kingdom.

6. The Amun-Ra was made out of pure silver.

7. Benny was leading the Americans to Hamunaptra.

3.3 Fill in the gaps in the conversation between Evy and Mr. O’Connell. Some nouns are missed. Act the dialogue:

O’Connell: Sorry. Didn’t mean to scare ya. ¹

Evy: The only (1)...........that scares me, Mr. O’Connell, are your (2).......... .

O’Connell: Still angry about that (3)..........., huh?

Evy: Well, if you call that a kiss. Um, did I miss something? Are we going into (4)............?

O’Connell: Lady, there’s something out there. Something underneath that (5).......... .

Evy: Yes, well. I’m hoping to find a certain (6)............. . A (7)..........., actually. My brother thinks there’s (8)............ . What do you think’s out there?

O’Connell: In a (9).............? Evil. The Bedouin and the Tuaregs believe that Hamunaptra is cursed.

Evy: Oh, look. I don’t believe in (10).................... and (11)............., Mr. O’Connell, but I do believe one of the most famous book in (12).............. is buried there. The Book of Amun-ra. It contains within it all the secret (13)....................of the old (14)................. . It’s what first interested me in Egypt when I was (15).............. . It’s why I came here – sort of a life’s (16)............... .

O’Connell: And the fact that they say it’s made out of pure (17)............ makes no never mind to you? Right?

Evy: You know your (18)................. .

O’Connell: I know my (19)................. .

Evy: Um…by the way…why did you kiss me?

O’Connell: I was about to be hanged. It seemed like a good (20)............. at the (21)............. .