Тема 3 Spotlight on Russia ГДЗ Spotlight 7 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Юлия Ваулина, Джунни Дули 7 класс, Просвещение: Chekhov
A good way to learn about the culture of a different country Is to read the works of their greatest authors. Most of us can only read such works thanks to literary translation, which is hard work! On this page you can read an extract from an English translation of Anton Chekhov’s story, A Malefactor.
Spotlight on Russia presents Chekhov
A very thin, small peasant, dressed in a rough striped shirt and patched trousers, stands before the investigating magistrate. His face is covered with hair and scarred from smallpox, and his eyes can just be seen under his thick, heavy eyebrows. The hair on his head is long and tangled. He wears no shoes and he looks miserable and depressed.
“Dennis Grigoryev!” the magistrate begins. “Come nearer, and answer my questions. On the seventh of July the railway watchman, Ivan Semyonovitch Akinfov, found you unscrewing one of the nuts that fix the rails. Was this so?
“Wha-at?”
“Is this true?”
“To be sure, it is true.”
“Very good; well, what were you unscrewing the nut for?”
“Wha-at?”
“Stop saying ‘wha-at’ and answer the question; what were you unscrewing the nut for?”
“The nut? We make weights out of those nuts for our fishing lines.”
“Who is ‘we’?”
“We, people … . The Klimovo peasants, that is.”
“Listen, my man; don’t play the idiot with me, but speak sensibly. It’s no use telling lies here!”
“You must understand that the nut holds the rails to the sleepers!”
“We understand that… . We don’t unscrew them all… we leave some … . We don’t do it thoughtlessly … we understand…”
“Last year the train went off the rails here,” says the magistrate. “Now I see why!”
“What do you say, your honour?”
“I am telling you that now I see why the train went off the rails last year … I understand!”
Discuss
What do you think about reading Chekhov in English?
Would you like to read other Russian authors’ works in English?
Activity
Have you ever tried to translate an English story or poem into Russian? Tell the class.
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Reading Chekhov in English is a good way to learn about Russian culture and to compare how the story sounds in another language. I think it is interesting, but sometimes the translation can be difficult to understand.

Yes, I would like to read other Russian authors’ works in English too, because it helps me learn more about Russian literature and improve my English at the same time.

I have tried to translate a short English story into Russian. It was not easy, because I had to choose the right words and keep the meaning of the original text.