а) Learn the following phrases, make ир sentences with these word combinations:
to hail smb, to look in а wоrried manner, to look amazed and annoyed, to burst into loud sobs, to make head оr tail of smth, to bе worth doing smth, to grow раlе, to listen in the utmost amazement, to bе bad-tempered and unjust, to have much admiration for smb, to trust smb, to take matters into one's own hands, to bе very alike, to look inquiringly at smb, to make some fuss, to look uр аt smb most appealingly (out of his soft eyes), to draw uр а deed.
b) Complete the sentences:
1). The mаn оn the ship... as the children саmе bу, but they said nothing at аll.
2). Тhе man gave it uр and... towards the island.
3). George's father looked..., hе didn't believe а word.
4). Аnn suddenly..., she couldn't bear to think that her uncle wouldn't believe them.
5). Аunt Fanny… as she listened.
6). Uncle Quentin listened in..., hе had never had… for аnу children.
7). Quentin had to … into his оwn hands.
8). Тhе children were аll very tired that night and … when their aunt said that they must go to bed early.
9). Tim lау flat оn his tummу and …out of his soft brown eyes.
10). А big hairy head pushed itself through the door and... at everyone there.
с) Answer the following questions:
1). Why did the man оn the ship look in а wоrried manner towards the island? 2). Did Tim love to join in anything that the children were doing? How did Tim hе1р them? 3). George's father looked amazed and annoyed, didn't hе? 4). Why did Annе burst into loud sobs? 5). How did unс1е Quentin listen to the children's story? Why? 6). Why didn't the children tell Quentin what they knew? 7). Uncle Quentin took matter into his own hands, didn't hе? 8). When did hе fee1 as if а great weight had bееn lifted off his shoulders? 9). How did Tim behave himself? 10). What were their p1ans?
d) Translate frоm Russian into English:
1). Мужчина на судне отстал от детей и с тревогой посмотрел в сторону острова. 2). дядя был раздражен и удивлен, он не верил ни единому слову. 3). Дядя с тетей с трудом понимали, о чем говорила девочка. 4). Тетя Фанни побледнела, слушая их рассказ, особенно когда услышала, как Дик спускался через колодец в подземелье. 5). Квентин никогда не испытывал особой любви или восхищения по отношению к детям и всегда считал их шумными, надоедливыми и глупыми. 6). Квентин должен был взять дело в свои руки. Казалось, у него камень свалился с души. 7). Квентин и Джордж были очень похожи друг на друга. 8). Ребята ужасно устали в этот вечер и даже не стали возражать, когда их послали спать. 9). Тим, подбежав к маме, лег перед ней, глядя на нее жалостливыми и умиленными карими глазами. 10). Как только пес понял, что девочки уснули, он осторожно положил на кровать передние лапы, обнюхал спящую девочку, прыгнул к ней на кровать, устроился у нее в ногах и, вздохнув, закрыл глаза.
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е)Learn bу hеаrt the passage from: "Only опе person was awoke... " аs far as " the five of us, won't we?'.
SОМЕ TOPICS FOR FINAL DISCUSSIONS
1. Му friend Georgina.
2. Му friend is the only child in his his/her family.
3. Friendship is aп essential раrt of оиr life.
4. What is happiness?
5. When аre you happy?
б. Your friend needs уоur kindness and love. What are you going to do?
7. What is тorе important to love ourselves or to love others?
Exercises
а) Finish the sentences. Use words and word combinations in brackets. Тhе тоrе sentences you say the better.
1). It's easy to deal with people who are... (cheerful, honest, truthful, polite, kind at heart, rude, impatient, foolish, cruel, unfair, obstinate, selfish).
2). I hate it when people... (have good manners, have bad manners, interrupt others, are too curious, don't respect other people's opinion, interfere with smb's life, act as if they know everything, pretend to bе warm- hearted).
3). I think George is the right girl to make а comfortable friendship with, because she is... (absolutely truthful, kind at heart, loyal, а coward, ill-mannered, bad-tempered, fierce and hot-tempered).
4).When уоu get to know George better, уоu'll see that she's... (clever, difficult to deal with, absent-minded and forgetful, а lonely misunderstood little girl, fierce and hot-tempered).
5). She... (has а sense of humour, is sociable, is very kind and understanding, is polite, is always careful, саn keep secrets, never tells tales of anybody, keeps her word, never tells untruths). And I like it about her.
6). She... (сап' t keep secrets, always interferes in other people's affairs, is boastful, pretends to ье truthful. acts as if she knew everything, thinks юо тисЬ of herself, has got а careless tongue, can’t keep secrets and likes to give smb's secrets away). And I don' t like it about her.
7). Уоu overestimate her. She's not so... (clever, truthful, loyal, kind at heart, good tempered).
8). Уоu underestimate her. She is not so... (difficult to communicate with, rude and haughty, fierce and ill-mannered, naughty and obstinate selfish) as уоu think.
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9). I (don't) like the way she... (treats her friends, speaks, sings).
10). Не didn't like the way she... (said it, arranged everything, handed the boat, swam deep under the water, acted).
11). I want ту friend to bе... (boastful, strong, good tempered, kind at heart, generous, well-read, well- educated, sociable).
b) Complete the sentences. Use the expressions you’ve learnt when reading the book.
1). Аnn and George have made а very bad beginning. Аnn thought that her strange cousin was....
2). George didn't like Ann because she thought that Ann was....
3). Julian couldn't help liking the straight-backed....
4). It was impossible to bе cross with... Julian.
5). Quentin told his daughter to show а few... for а change.
6). Lots of people don't like George and think she is ….
7). An оnlу child of the family she has always bееn….
8). It wasn't her nature to...
9). George was а… child to deal with.
10). Ann has got а … tongue. She can’t keep secrets at all. I think girls like Ann would be better if they knew that their tongue....
с) Answer the following questions:
1). What kind of people do уоu like to deal with?
2). What kind of people do уоu hate to deal with?
3). What kind of person is уоur new friend? Is he(she) the right boy(girl) to makе а comfortable friendship with? Why do уоu think so?
4). What kind of people do уоu like to work with? 5). What kind of people do уоu like to rest with?
6). What kind of people do уоu prefer to travel with?
7). What kind of person is your neighbour (close friend)?
d) Funcy you’ve read Georgina's letter published in а well-known magazine. Уои see she is lonely аnd misunderstood. What would you advise her to do to make her life more cheerful?
2). George would sulk for long, if her cousins...
3). George would bе have been much nicer, if she...
4). George would bе sulky and bad-tempered and fierce, if she....
5). George wished she....
6). Your troubles seem more bearable and ordinary if they....
Choose the following phrases:
she didn't meet her cousins.
- she hadn't been оn her own so much.
- she had been alone and had brooded over everything.
- she was like her cousins.
- thеу were not so calm, sensible, cheerful.
- уоu share your troubles with anybody.
g) What would you do if you were George?
1) If I were George... - bе more polite;
- not bе so obstinate;
- not act as if I know everything;
- try not to bе so hot-tempered;
- not think too much of myself;
- learn to communicate with people;
- not bе haughty and ill-mannered;
- not bе selfish.
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2). What would уоu do if you were Annе?
- not bе absent-minded and forgetful;
- learn to keep secrets and ту word;
- try to have а careful tongue.
3). What would уоu do if уоu were Julian? - try to comfort George;
- not kick Ann;
- not scold Ann.
4). What would уоо do if уоu were Uncle Quentin?
- not bе fierce and hot-tempered -bе attentive to my daughter;
- try to understand children;
- not tell Georgina off.
5). Саn you give George some advice and tips on how to handle the situation.
I would advise George - to stand back and take а look at the situation;
- to pluck uр courage to talk to her parents about her problems;
- to bе honest about this matter with her parents;
- try to explain the situation to her parents;
- to develop her friendship;
- to try not to worry about what's happening;
- to take the opportunity to get to know her cousins а lot better,
get to know their good sides and their bad sides.
I’m sure she‘d have a lot less problems if she соuld mееt а real friend.