Question

Помогите пожалуйста I. Прочитайте , переведите текст и ответьте на вопросы.A certain king was in the habit of writing verses. He thought highly of them. Since he was a king the people to whom he showed them tried to praise them too. Once he showed his verses to a wise man. The wise man didn't like them. It made the king very angry and he put the man into prison. Some time passed and the king decided to set him free. The king invited him to dinner and showed him his new verses. Then he asked the wise man what he thought of them. The wise man turned to the king and said, "Send me back to prison."Вопросы:1. Was the king wise?2. Why did the wise man ask to send him back to prison?II. Поставьте вопрос к подчеркнутому члену предложения.The king thought highly of his verses.III. Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную глагольную форму.One bright afternoon Major Brown (I — go) out for his usual after-dinner walk. The major (2 — be) a little man, very energetic and strong-looking. Some time before Major Brown (3 — retire) from the army and now (4 — live) on a small pension. He (5 — be) a brave and successful solider but he never (6 — like) being a military man. He (7 — take) a small house in London and (8 — devote) the rest of his life to growing his favourite flowers – pansies in his little garden.As the major slowly (9 — walk) along a narrow street he suddenly (10 — see) a most pleasant sight. A large, heavy man (11 — push) before him a barrow full of pansies. The major pever (12 — see) such beautiful flowers. He (13 — come) up to the man and (14 — begin) to talk to him. At first he only (15 — want) to buy some of the pansies but finally he (16 — decide) to buy them all."I (17 — tell) you something, sir," (18— say) the man and (19 — look) around. "If you (20 — interest) in such things, you just get on to that wall," and the man (21 — point) to the garden wall by which they (22 — stand). "The finest collection of yellow pansies in England (23 — be) in that garden," whispered the man. How it (24 — happen) no one ever (25 — know) but the fact (26 — be) that a second later the major (27 — stand) on the garden wall. At the next moment he (28— forget) everything. In the very centre of the garden he (29 — see) a large bed of the most beautiful yellow pansies. But it (30— be) not the beauty of the pansies that (31 – surprise) him. It (32 — be) something else: the pansies (33 — arrange) in gigantic capital letters which (34 — form) the sentence "Death to Major Brown." An old man (35 — water) them. Brown (36 – look) back at the road behind him. The man with the barrow (37 – disappear). Then he (38 — look) again at the flowerbed that had the terrible words. The evening air (39 – be) so still, the garden (40 — look) so quiet. Suddenly Major Brown (41 — see) the watering can (42 — fall) from the old man's hand.

Answer 1

Некий царь был в привычку писать стихи. Он высоко ценил их. Так как он был царем, народ которому он показал стихи, пытались хвалить их слишком.После, он показал свои стихи мудрецу. Мудрецу не понравился.Царь очень рассердился и посадил его в тюрьму. Прошло некоторое время, и царь решил освободить его. Царь пригласил его на ужин и показал ему свои новые стихи. Тогда он спросил мудреца, что он думает о них. Мудрец обратился к царю и сказал: "Отправьте меня обратно в тюрьму."

Answer 2

I. Прочитайте, переведите текст и ответьте на вопросы.

A certain king was in the habit of writing verses. He thought highly of them. Since he was a king, the people to whom he showed them tried to praise them too. Once he showed his verses to a wise man. The wise man didn't like them. It made the king very angry, and he put the man into prison. Some time passed, and the king decided to set him free. The king invited him to dinner and showed him his new verses. Then he asked the wise man what he thought of them. The wise man turned to the king and said, "Send me back to prison."

Вопросы:

1. Was the king wise?
2. Why did the wise man ask to send him back to prison?

Ответы:

1. No, the king was not wise. (Нет, король не был мудрым.)
2. The wise man asked to be sent back to prison because he did not like the king's new verses, and he didn't want to offend the king again by expressing his true opinion. (Мудрец попросил отправить его обратно в тюрьму, потому что ему не понравились новые стихи короля, и он не хотел обидеть короля снова, высказав свою истинную точку зрения.)

II. Поставьте вопрос к подчеркнутому члену предложения. The king thought highly of his verses.

Question: What did the king think of his verses? (О чем думал король относительно своих стихов?)

III. Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную глагольную форму. One bright afternoon Major Brown (I — go) out for his usual after-dinner walk. The major (2 — be) a little man, very energetic and strong-looking. Some time before Major Brown (3 — retire) from the army, and now (4 — live) on a small pension. He (5 — be) a brave and successful soldier, but he never (6 — like) being a military man. He (7 — take) a small house in London and (8 — devote) the rest of his life to growing his favorite flowers – pansies in his little garden.

As the major slowly (9 — walk) along a narrow street, he suddenly (10 — see) a most pleasant sight. A large, heavy man (11 — push) before him a barrow full of pansies. The major never (12 — see) such beautiful flowers. He (13 — come) up to the man and (14 — begin) to talk to him. At first, he only (15 — want) to buy some of the pansies, but finally, he (16 — decide) to buy them all.

"I (17 — tell) you something, sir," (18— say) the man and (19 — look) around. "If you (20 — interest) in such things, you just get on to that wall," and the man (21 — point) to the garden wall by which they (22 — stand). "The finest collection of yellow pansies in England (23 — be) in that garden," whispered the man. How it (24 — happen), no one ever (25 — know), but the fact (26 — be) that a second later the major (27 — stand) on the garden wall. At the next moment, he (28— forget) everything. In the very center of the garden, he (29 — see) a large bed of the most beautiful yellow pansies. But it (30— be) not the beauty of the pansies that (31 – surprise) him. It (32 — be) something else: the pansies (33 — arrange) in gigantic capital letters which (34 — form) the sentence "Death to Major Brown." An old man (35 — water) them. Brown (36 – look) back at the road behind him. The man with the barrow (37 – disappear). Then he (38 — look) again at the flowerbed that had the terrible words. The evening air (39 – be) so still, the garden (40 — look) so quiet. Suddenly Major Brown (41 — see) the watering can (42 — fall) from the old man's hand.

Ответы:

1. I went.
2. was.
3. had retired.
4. lives.
5. was.
6. liked.
7. took.
8. devoted.
9. was walking.
10. saw.
11. was pushing.
12. had never seen.
13. came.
14. began.
15. wanted.
16. decided.
17. will tell.
18. said.
19. looked.
20. are interested.
21. pointed.
22. were standing.
23. is.
24. happened.
25. knew.
26. was.
27. stood.
28. forgot.
29. saw.
30. was.
31. surprised.
32. was.
33. were arranged.
34. formed.
35. was watering.
36. looked.
37. disappeared.
38. looked.
39. was.
40. looked.
41. saw.
42. fell.