Упр.1 Юнит 2 Урок 3 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10 класс
Who are the main characters of this story?
Vocabulary. In the text, find the English equivalents of the following Russian words and phrases. Translate the sentences with them.
- слуга
- едва мог дышать
- при данных обстоятельствах
- рваная, истрёпанная
- по этой причине; поэтому
- без сознания
- машина скорой помощи
- приступ несварения желудка
- приятный
- с некоторым усилием
- пир; банкет
For questions 1—6, choose the best answer: a, b or c. Prove your answers from the story.
Stuffy Pete was …
- a) a pleasant man.
- b) a poor homeless man.
- c) a rich philanthropist.
What happened in the morning of Thanksgiving Day?
- a) Stuffy was walking in the park.
- b) A pair of rich ladies treated Stuffy to a big dinner.
- c) Stuffy was looking for the job of a servant.
The Old Gentleman was …
- a) a restaurant owner.
- b) an aristocrat, a member of a big old family.
- c) a person trying to keep tradition.
Every year the Old Gentleman led Stuffy Pete to a restaurant …
- a) to keep him company for a holiday dinner.
- b) to discuss “the changes of another year”.
- c) to keep up a Thanksgiving dining tradition.
Why didn’t Stuffy tell the old man that he had already eaten?
- a) Stuffy didn’t want to disappoint the Old Gentleman.
- b) Stuffy wanted to have a second huge holiday dinner.
- c) Stuffy was so full of food that he couldn’t speak.
The Old Gentleman was brought to the hospital because …
- a) he had had an attack of indigestion.
- b) he wanted to go to the hospital with Stuffy.
- c) he hadn’t eaten for three days.
Word building. In the text, find the words with the negative prefixes and translate them. How do the negative prefixes change the meaning of the words? Use GS, p. 244. Match the negative prefixes with the following words. Copy the table below and complete it.
Verbs: agree, appear, approve, connect, do, dress, fasten, pack, tie.
Nouns: ability, agreement, advantage, approval, employment.
Adjectives: believable, conscious, comfortable, correct, dependent, expected, friendly, happy, honest, literate, necessary, patient, polite, pleasant, possible, regular, responsible.
Prefix Meaning Examples un- Not/opposite of unconscious, untie dis- Not/opposite of dishonest, disconnect in-, il-, ir-, im- Not incorrect Grammar.
a) In the text, find the sentences with the linking words that mean contrast or result, match them with the rule in GS, pp. 237—238, and translate.
Contrast: However, But, Yet, While, Unlike, Otherwise, Although/Even though, Though, Despite/In spite of, Nevertheless, In contrast (to), On the contrary, On the one hand, On the other hand.
Result: So, As a result, Consequently, Therefore, Thus, Hence.
b) Complete the short summary of the story. Use the linking words but, while, however, therefore, so.
Each year the Old Gentleman took Stuffy Pete to a restaurant and treated him to a huge holiday dinner. (1) … , that year, a pair of rich ladies had already fed him. (2) … , Stuffy Pete was stuffed, and was sitting on the park bench, when the Old Gentleman appeared as usual. Stuffy didn’t want to disappoint the kind old man, (3) … he went with the Old Gentleman to their traditional restaurant. Stuffy ate a second huge holiday dinner (4) … the Old Gentleman didn’t eat, he only watched and smiled. After the holiday dinner the two men said goodbye to each other. Later that day, Stuffy was brought to the hospital. Soon after, the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital. He was too proud to admit it, (5) … he hadn’t eaten a thing in three days.
1) The main characters are Stuffy Pete and the Old Gentleman.
2) Vocabulary
| Russian | English equivalent | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|
| слуга | servant | The servants brought him in and served him like a king. |
| едва мог дышать | could hardly breathe | He had just had a dinner so enormous that he could hardly breathe. |
| при данных обстоятельствах | under the circumstances | Under the circumstances, Stuffy had to eat. |
| рваная, истрёпанная | ragged | He was so full of roast turkey that the buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst. |
| по этой причине; поэтому | therefore / so | It was part of the tradition, and so he ate like a hero. |
| без сознания | unconscious | He fell to the sidewalk unconscious. |
| машина скорой помощи | ambulance | A little later an ambulance came. |
| приступ несварения желудка | an attack of indigestion | In the hospital they discovered that he had had an attack of indigestion. |
| приятный | pleasant | Every Thanksgiving Day the same pleasant thing had happened. |
| с некоторым усилием | with some effort | “Thank you, sir,” said Stuffy Pete, with some effort. |
| пир; банкет | feast | They sat at the same table, the Old Gentleman pleased and happy, while Stuffy ate the feast. |
3)
- b) a poor homeless man.
- b) A pair of rich ladies treated Stuffy to a big dinner.
- c) a person trying to keep tradition.
- c) to keep up a Thanksgiving dining tradition.
- a) Stuffy didn’t want to disappoint the Old Gentleman.
- c) he hadn’t eaten for three days.
4) Word building
| Prefix | Meaning | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| un- | not; opposite of | unconscious, untie, unhappy, unkind, unimportant, unusual |
| dis- | not; opposite of | dishonest, disconnect, disagree, disapprove, disemployment |
| in-, il-, ir-, im- | not | incorrect, impossible, irregular, illegal, impatient, inattentive |
5a) Sentences with linking words:
- However, today Pete came here more from habit than from yearly hunger.
- But he was so full of food that he stayed right there.
- Although when he entered the restaurant even the smell of more food had almost made him sick.
- It was part of the tradition, and so he ate like a hero.
- He told me he hadn’t eaten a thing for three days, so it was not indigestion.
5b) Complete summary:
Each year the Old Gentleman took Stuffy Pete to a restaurant and treated him to a huge holiday dinner. However, that year, a pair of rich ladies had already fed him. So, Stuffy Pete was stuffed, and was sitting on the park bench, when the Old Gentleman appeared as usual. Stuffy didn’t want to disappoint the kind old man, therefore he went with the Old Gentleman to their traditional restaurant. Stuffy ate a second huge holiday dinner while the Old Gentleman didn’t eat, he only watched and smiled. After the holiday dinner the two men said goodbye to each other. Later that day, Stuffy was brought to the hospital. Soon after, the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital. He was too proud to admit it, but he hadn’t eaten a thing in three days.
