5.6. Scanning practice
5.6.1. Read the questions. Be sure you've got them well in mind.
1. What does the merchant take with him?
2. What is the monkey doing when the thieves attack the merchant?
3. Where does the monkey lead the magistrate with his men?
5.6.2. Start scanning the text. Don't fail to note your time.
The monkey detective
A merchant goes to Calcutta on some business. He takes with him a large sum of money and some valuable jewels. A monkey, of which he is very fond, also travels with him. Some thieves decide to attack and to rob merchant. On a lonely part of the road they catch him, murder him and take his things. Then they throw the body into a dry well, cover it over with leaves and go away. All this time the monkey is watching them from the tree. When the murderers are out of sight, the monkey goes to the magistrate's house and is crying and moaning and finally makes the magistrate follow him to the well. The magistrate brings some men with him, and one of them goes down into the well where the body of the murdered man is found. The monkey then leads them to the bazaars, and as soon as he sees one of the murderers he runs at him and bites him in the leg. The magistrate's servants come and seize the man. In this way all the murderers are detected by the monkey. They are all caught and punished accordingly.
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5.6.3. Answer the questions in 5.6.1. (Books closed.)
5.7. Listening practice
5.7.1. Look at the following questions. You'll have to answer them after listening to the text.
1. Where's Jack?
2. What's he doing?
3. Why can't Mrs Taylor help Thomas?
4. What's Mr Taylor doing?
5. Who's Kate phoning to?
6. Why is Thomas asking a lot of questions?
5.7.2. Listen to the dialogues.
5.7.3. Try to answer the questions in 5.7.1.
5.7.4. Look through the list of words. They will help you to understand the text.
date — человек, с которым назначено свидание
horror film — фильм ужасов
5.7.5. Listen to the text. Be ready to give the contents of it in Russian.
5.7.6. Tell the contents of the text in Russian.
5.8. Time for fun
5.8.1. Read and translate the jokes.
1. JUDGE: Was the prisoner sober?
WITNESS: No, Sir. He was drunk as a judge.
JUDGE: You mean, «drunk as a lord», of course.
WITNESS: Yes, my lord.
The witness confused the idioms «sober as a judge» — трезвый, как судья; and «drink as a lord» — пьяный, как черт.
2. JUDGE: Prisoner, what can you say to your justification?
PRISONER: I beg you to take into consideration the fact that my lawyer is very young, sir.
justification — оправдание
take into consideration — принять во внимание
? *5.8.2. Try to solve the riddles:
1. What comes twice a moment, once a minute and never in a hundred years?
2. What relation is that child to its father, that is not its father's own son?
? 5.8.3. Can you solve this magic square in 2 minutes?
1. He or she goes to school every day.
2. People ought to read it every day.
3. Another word for «great, big».
UNIT 6
Фонетика: sounds [], []
Словообразование: суффиксы существительных -аnсе (-еnсе); -су, суффикс прилагательных -ful; конверсия.
Грамматика: прошедшее время Simple Past, настоящее совершенное Present Perfect, прошедшее время модальных глаголов. Текст: «John's composition»