Курс «Английский за Обедом»
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Task One
Вы задумывались когда-нибудь, почему животные называются так, а не иначе?
Например, в Австралии живет очень интересное животное, Вы его точно знаете.
Но угадаете ли Вы его название из текста?
Australian animal.
When discoverers of Australia went ashore they saw a strange-looking animal with a large tail.
It was jumping on strong hind legs.
“What is it?” they asked an aboriginal.
He said, “…………………!”
In his language it was “I don’t understand you.”
But Europeans thought it was the name of the animal and it came to stay.
Подсказки:
a discoverer — первооткрыватель
to go ashore – сойти на берег
hind legs – задние лапы
an aboriginal – абориген
it came to stay – так и осталось
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А теперь прочитайте цитату известного человека и догадайтесь, кто это сказал?
«I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.»
Charles Dickens или Woody Allen или Queen Victoria
ОТВЕТ Task One
Task Two
Любите ли Вы путешествовать? Ведь это интересно – узнаешь много нового и интересного, знакомишься с новыми людьми и их культурой. Правда, это сложно сделать, если не знаешь иностранного языка. История, которую мы Вам предлагаем, как раз и рассказывает о незадачливых русских, которые, не зная иностранного языка, очень хотели перекусить…
Вашазадача – догадаться, чемзакончиласьэтаистория.
Two Russians in Spain
Two Russians came to Spain. One day they went for a walk and got hungry. They didn’t know any Spanish or English and their waiter didn’t speak Russian. They wanted some milk and sandwiches. So one of the Russian men took a piece of paper and began to draw a cow. The waiter looked at the drawing and ran out of the restaurant. Soon he came back but he brought no milk. He brought two tickets for a …………………
Подсказки:
to get hungry – проголодаться
a waiter – официант
a piece of paper – листок бумаги
to draw – рисовать
to look at — смотреть на что-то
a drawing – рисунок
to run out of – выбегать откуда-то
a ticket – билет
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И снова цитата! Кто это сказал?
«Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.»
Bill Gates или John Kennedy или Arnold Schwarzenegger
ОТВЕТTask Two
Task Three
Вот Вам история про короля. Какого? История умалчивает. Из истории Вы поймете, что дело происходит в Голландии, и легко отгадаете пропущенное слово.
An Expensive Breakfast
Once the King of a small country was travelling in Holland. He stopped at an inn in a little village to have breakfast.
He ordered some fried eggs, bread and butter, and coffee.
The King ate his breakfast and asked the innkeeper, “How much is my breakfast?”
The innkeeper answered, “One hundred florins.”
The King was very much surprised and said,
“What? One hundred florins for a little bread and butter, a cup of coffee and two eggs?
It is very expensive! Are eggs scarce in your village?”
“No, sir,” answered the innkeeper, “there are many eggs in our village, but ………. are scarce here!”
Подсказки:
once – однажды
an inn – трактир, маленькая гостиница
an innkeeper – трактирщик, хозяин гостиницы
a florin – флорин (монета в Голландии)
expensive – дорого
scarce – редкий, дефицитный
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И снова цитата. Кто это сказал?
I don’t really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don’t think about what happened yesterday. If I think too much, it kind of freaks me out.
Martin Luther King или Bill Clinton или Pamela Anderson
ОТВЕТTask Three
Task Four
Задумывались ли Вы, насколько важны деньги в нашей жизни? А что Вы сделаете с «большими» деньгами, которые получите на время, а потом их надо отдать…насовсем? Герои этой истории оказались в такой ситуации. Догадайтесь, как поступил один из друзей?
Rich Man and his Money
A very rich man got together with his closest friends one day, who happened to be a Priest, a Doctor, and a Lawyer.
The Rich Man was very old and thought that he would die soon. He told this to his three friends and asked them to do a favour for him when he died.
«Here are three envelopes; each contains $100,000, one for each of you. I don’t wish to go to the afterlife without my money. Please, when I am buried, would each of you throw your envelopes into the grave on top of my coffin!»
The three friends agreed, and took the envelopes.
Soon after that the Rich Man died.
At his funeral the Doctor, the Priest and the Lawyer threw their envelopes on his coffin.
As they were leaving the funeral, the Priest said to the others, «I have a confession to make. The church needed a new altar badly, so I… I took $5,000 to buy it,» and looked at his feet.
The Doctor said, «Well, since you’ve admitted it, I too must confess that I took some money. The children’s hospital where I work needed a new X-ray machine, so I took $30,000 to buy it.»
The Doctor and the Priest both turned to the Lawyer, expecting a similar confession.
Instead, he said «Oh no, I didn’t take any of the money. I ………………………………………………..”
Подсказки:
Get together – встречаться с кем-то, собираться вместе
Priest – священник
Lawyer – юрист
Envelope – конверт
Afterlife – жизнь после смерти
To bury – хоронить
Coffin – гроб
Funeral – похороны
Confession – признание
To need badly – сильно в чем-то нуждаться
To admit – признавать
To turn to – повернуться к кому-то
Instead – вместо этого
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Who said that?
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. “
George Bush или Winston Churchill или Mark Twain
ОТВЕТTask Four
Task Five
Знаете ли Вы слова, которые помогают нам запомнить цвета радуги?
«Каждый охотник желает знать, где сидит фазан».
Запомнив эту фразу, мы вспоминаем:
«Красный/Оранжевый/Желтый/Зеленый/Голубой/Синий/Фиолетовый»
В английском языке тоже есть такая фраза. А Ваша задача назвать цвета!
Richard of York gains battles in vain
И еще одна загадка .
Наверно Вы уже заметили, что правила чтения английских слов разнообразны и сложны.
Иногда их очень сложно объяснить. Это замечают не только иностранцы, но и сами англичане.
Например, Джордж Бернард Шоу (George Bernard Shaw) в шутку писал слово «ghoti» вместо
одного очень известного слова. Чтобы Вам было легче догадаться, подскажем:
Enough Tough Cough
Women
Nation Federation Salvation
Какое слово имел ввиду Бернард Шоу?
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Попробуйте также догадаться, кому принадлежат следующие слова.
«Respect yourself and others will respect you.»
Leo Tolstoy или Confucius или George Bush
ОТВЕТTask Five
Task Six
Ниже история одного английского графа, которого теперь знает весь мир.
Скорее всего, Вы тоже любите его изобретение.
Ваша задача отгадать его фамилию.
The Earl of ….
The Earl of …………………… lived in England. He liked to play cards very much.
He didn’t even want to stop for a meal. So he invented a quick meal.
He ordered his servants to put some meat between two slices of bread.
In this case he could hold his meal in one hand and play cards with the other.
Today his invention is popular all over the world. People eat millions of it every day!
They are a typical “snack” meal because they are easy and quick to prepare.
You can buy them in any shop if you don’t want to cook yourself.
You can also order them in cafés, bars and restaurants!
Подсказки:
Earl — граф
to play cards – игратьвкарты
to invent – изобретать, придумывать
to order – приказать, заказать
snack – легкаязакуска
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Who said that?
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Winston Churchill или John Lennon или Pablo Picasso
ОТВЕТTask Six
Task Seven
Попробуйте поработать с отдельными английскими словами.
Вам надо распределить данные слова по категориям.
Предлагаем Вам два уровня сложности – если уровень Elementary покажется Вам легким,
переходите к уровню More Advanced (продвинутый).
Elementary level
Food or drink?
Tea apple bread coffee cake water egg meat beer milk chocolate potato rice pasta
Animals or objects?
Dog pencil chair elephant door man lion book table cat horse donkey television
Round or square?
Sun book blackboard ball door moon flower house ring wheel desk
More Advanced
Sad or happy?
Smile tears laugh miserable tragedy cheerful pleasure depressing fortunate celebration weep amusing mourn joke delight
Good or bad?
Ethical evil wicked virtuous immoral naughty villainous faulty perfect excellent deplorable
Superior or inferior?
Servant queen master chief subordinate commander assistant slave captain prince follower head
ОТВЕТTask Seven
Task Eight
Вы когда-нибудь были за границей? Если да, то понимаете, как важно знать язык для общения. Кстати, английский – тот самый международный язык, который поможет Вам в любой стране. Ведь на нем говорят миллионы. Но есть и еще один важный аспект, без которого в чужой стране довольно сложно бывает – местные особенности…Вы задумывались, как, например, будете вести себя в Японии?
Отгадайте, что написал японец-слуга своему английскому господину.
An Englishman in Japan.
An Englishman had a Japanese servant who was very polite. The Englishman wanted to get up early in the morning
and asked his servant to wake him up at six o’clock.
At six o’clock the servant came into the Englishman’s room very quietly.
When he saw that the Englishman was sleeping he took a piece of paper and wrote some words on it.
Then he quietly left the room.
The Englishman woke up at eleven o’clock. He jumped out of his bed, looked at his watch and then
saw a piece of paper on the table. It said, “Sir, …………………………………….”
Подсказки:
polite – вежливый
quietly — тихо
to wake him up – разбудить его
a piece of paper – лист бумаги
to wake up – просыпаться
to jump out of the bed – вскакивать с постели
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Еще одна цитата от известного человека!
Кому она принадлежит?
«My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.»
Claudia Schiffer или Woody Allen или Elisabeth Taylor
ОТВЕТTask Eight
Task Nine
бывает так, что люди не понимают друг друга даже говоря на одном языке!
В этом диалоге участвуют George Bush и Condoliza Rice. Правда в этой истории они
не понимают друг друга просто из-за того, что слова и имена некоторых политиков произносятся одинаково…
George Bush and Condoliza Rice
George Bush: Condi! Nice to see you! What’s happening?
Condoliza Rice: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
George: Great! Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That’s what I want to know.
Condi: That’s what I’m telling you.
George: That’s what I’m asking you. Who is the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
George: I mean the fellow’s name.
Condi: Hu.
George: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
George: Now what are you asking me for?
Condi: I’m telling you Hu is leading China.
George: Well, I’m asking you. Who is leading China?
Condi: That’s the man’s name.
George: That’s who’s name?
Condi: Yes.
George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was dead.
Condi: That’s correct.
George: Then who is in China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir is in China?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi?
George: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi?
George: No.
Condi: You don’t want Kofi.
George: No. I don’t want any Coffee. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And get me the U.N.
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
George: Milk! Will you please make the call?
Condi: And call who?
George: Who is the guy at the U.N?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
George: Will you stay out of China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
George: All right! With cream and sugar. Now get on the phone.
(Condi picks up the phone.)
Condi: Rice, here.
George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should send some to the guy to China. And the Middle East. Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?
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Who said that?
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
Mark Zuckerberg или Bill Gates или Barack Obama
ОТВЕТTask Nine
Task Ten
Вам предлагается английская детская история-загадка. Ответ лежит на поверхности, но мало кто из взрослых может его угадать.
Все дело в логике…
A Donkey
There was a donkey alone on one side of the river. On the other side of the river there were some delicious carrots.
The river was very wide and deep, so the donkey couldn’t jump over it and he couldn’t walk round it.
There was no bridge or boat. He couldn’t fly and he couldn’t swim.
So how did he cross the river to get the carrots?
How?
Do you give up?
Подсказки:
а donkey – ослик
delicious – вкусный
carrots – морковка
to walk round – обойти
to cross the river – перейти на другой берег реки
Do you give up? – Сдаетесь?
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Who said that?
“Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry
and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and
it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.”
Albert Einstein или Isaak Newton или Napoleon
ОТВЕТTask Ten