Упр.2 Unit 7 Reader ГДЗ English Кузовлев 7 класс
Look at the words from the information and try to guess what period in the life of the royal family is described? Read the information and check your supposition. (guessing meaning by context/by analogy)
nation’s resistance; war and peace; air raids; troops; a duty; the Army; to serve the nation; Royal Armed Forces
королевские вооружённые силы; войска; Армия; долг, обязанность; служить нации; война и мир; воздушные налёты; национальное сопротивление
The period of 1939–1945 contributed much to her popularity. During the war, her actions provided moral support to the British public and the Army. Adolf Hitler called her “the most dangerous woman in Europe”. At that time the King and Queen became real symbols of the nation’s resistance.
When the war began in 1939, there was some suggestion that the Queen and her daughters should evacuate to North America or Canada. But the Queen made her famous answer, “The children won’t go without me. I won’t leave the King. And the King will never leave.”
During the Second World War the Queen and her children shared the dangers and difficulties of the nation. She was in Buckingham Palace when German planes bombed it in September 1940. Elizabeth said, “I’m glad we’ve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End* in the face.”
She and the King visited badly damaged areas of the country after the air raids, and they visited hospitals, factories and troops. The Queen supported the Red Cross.* It was her idea to create The Queen’s Book of the Red Cross. Fifty authors and painters contributed to the book. People bought the book to help the Red Cross with money.
In her Royal duties, the Queen Mother served the nation for about eighty years, working for many charities and supporting the Royal Armed Forces in peace and war.
Queen Elizabeth II (1926–), the queen of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland since 1952, a daughter of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900–2002)
Queen Elizabeth in 1936–1952, the wife of King George VI, the mother of Queen Elizabeth II
Look at the portraits and read the captions and the text and decide which person the information is about. (reading for the main idea/matching)
Why did the Queen become popular during the war? Match the two parts of the sentences. Prove from the text. (reading for detail)
The Queen
- provided
- decided
- shared
- visited
- supported
- the damaged areas, hospitals and troops.
- the dangers and difficulties of the nation.
- moral support to the British.
- the Red Cross.
- to stay in London during the war.
How do you understand the phrase “I’m glad we’ve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End* in the face”? (understanding unstated ideas)
1) The period of the Second World War is described.
2) The information is about Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
3) Match the parts of the sentences:
- The Queen provided moral support to the British.
- The Queen decided to stay in London during the war.
- The Queen shared the dangers and difficulties of the nation.
- The Queen visited the damaged areas, hospitals and troops.
- The Queen supported the Red Cross.
From the text: “During the war, her actions provided moral support to the British public and the Army.”
4) The phrase means that the Queen was not afraid of the bombing and wanted to show sympathy and courage. She felt she could face the people of the East End honestly because she had shared the same danger as they had.
