Стр.38 Unit 4 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 10 класс
Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Вербицкая, Маккинли, Хастингс 10 класс, Просвещение: Rivals
Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard.
‘I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!’ Richard used to boast.
‘And you’ll be sorry you knew me,’ George would reply ‘because I’ll be the best lawyer in town!’
George never became a lawyer, and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse.
Then Richard married a mysterious girl. The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast — but Richard never came back. The police found his wallet on a deserted beach, but the body was never found. He must have drowned.
Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his cramped, shabby kitchen and gazed out of the filthy window, thinking about his ex-rival. Perhaps he missed him?
George’s passion was old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He gasped — the grinning face was older than he remembered but. unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.
‘Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multimillionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.’
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WRITING
1 Read the story. Then, in pairs, answer the questions.
What do you think might have happened to Richard after his honeymoon?
How do you think George was feeling when he read the article? Why?
2 What kind of story is the text in Exercise 1?
More than one answer is possible.
an action story
a fairy tale
a story with a moral
a mystery story
a romance
a comic story
a horror story
a personal story (e.g. from a diary)
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.
Ответ
Richard may have disappeared on purpose and started a new life in Australia. He probably did not drown after all.
George was shocked and frightened when he read the article, because he realized that Richard was alive and had become a very successful businessman.
The text is:
- a mystery story
- an action story
- a comic story
