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This is the book o f adventures Beginner o f Mark Twain !v memorable Elementary characters --- Prince Edward Для начинающих and Tom Canty, a pauper from Offal Court, who, as fate Pre-Intermediate willed it, looked like twins. Для продолжающих первого уровня And what turned out o f it Mark Twain tells Intermediate now in a humorous j Для продолжающих второго уровня and amusing way, now with a biting satire. Upper Intermediate Для продолжающих третьего уровня Advanced • Для совершенствующихся 9785811233526 R E Марк Твен P U A P E H T D N A E C N I R P E H T n i a w T k r a M Й И Щ И Н И Ц Н И Р П н е в Mark Twain Г к р а М The Prince Intermediate Q Английский клуб Марк Твен и нищии о ПРИНЦ Составление и адаптация Г' К. Магидсон-Степановой Упражнения А. Е. Хабенской МОСКВА АЙРИС ПРЕСС 2008 УДК 811.111(075) ББК 81.2Англ-93 Т26 Серия «Английский /слуб» включает книги и учебные пособия, рассчитанные на пять этапов изучения анг лийского языка: Elementary (для начинающих), Pre- Intermediate (для продолжающих первого уровня), Intermediate (для продолжающих второго уровня), Upper Intermediate (для продолжающих третьего уров ня) и Advanced (для совершенствующихся). Серийное оформление А. М. Драгового Твен, М. Т26 Принц и нищий / Марк Твен; сост. и адаптация Г. К. Магидсон-Степановой; упражнения А. Е. Хабенской. — М.: Айрис-пресс, 2008. — 352 с.: ил. — (Английский клуб). — (Домашнее чтение). ISBN 978-5-8112-3352-6 В основу адаптации положена известная повесть американс кого писателя Марка Твена «Принц и нищий». Текст каждой гла вы книги снабжен комментарием, а также упражнениями, на правленными на проверку понимания текста, отработку и зак репление навыков владения грамматическим и лексическим материалом, развитие коммуникативных умений. Упражнения составлены в соответствии с новейшими требованиями методи ки. В конце пособия приводится словарь. Книга адресована учащимся 5—8 классов средних школ, лице ев, гимназий. ББК 81.2Англ-93 УДК 811.111(075) ©ООО «Издательство «АЙРИС- пресс», оформление, составле ние, адаптация текста, упраж- ISBN 978-5-8112-3352-6 нения, 2003 Chapter I THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER I am going to tell you a story that took place many, many years ago. It was told to m e1 by my father, who heard it from his father. And his father had heard it2 from his father... and so on.3 For three hundred years and more, the fathers had told it to their sons. I do not know, whether it is history, or only legend. But the story says that it happened in the second quarter of the sixteenth century. 1 It was told to me — Она была рассказана мне 2 had heard it — услышал ее 3 and so on — и так далее 3 In the old city of London, on a cold autum n day two boys were born. One boy was born to a poor family of the nam e of Canty, who did not want him. The other English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor.1 The Tudor family wanted the boy very m uch. All England wanted him too, that is why it was a happy day for the people of England. Everybody took a holiday. Nobody wanted to work. The rich and the poor celebrated this great holiday. For several days and nights the people danced and sang in the streets and squares of London. Everybody talked only about the new baby, Ed ward2 Tudor, Prince of Wales.3 He lay in silks and did not know that he made the people of England so happy. He did not know anything about the bright il lum ination or about beautiful banners hanging from every balcony. But nobody talked about the other baby, Tom Canty. He lay in his poor rags and did not know that the Canty family, the family of paupers, did not want him. They did not want him at all. Nobody wanted Tom Canty, the son of John Canty. 1 Ttidor ['tju:ds] — Тюдор ( Тюдоры — королевская динас тия в Англии, правившая с 1485 по 1603 год) 2 Edward f'edwsd] — Эдуард (Эдуард VI (1537-1553) из династии Тюдоров, сын Генриха VIII. Вступил на престол в 1547году в 9-летнем возрасте) 3 Prince of Wales ['pirns av 'weilz]— принц Уэльский (титул наследника английского престола) 4 Activities ? Checking Comprehension 1 Say who: 1) was born to a poor family. 2) was bom to a rich family. 3) celebrated the great holiday. 4) talked about Tom Canty. 5) talked about Edward Tudor. 6) lay in silks. 7) lay in rags. 8) sang and danced in the streets of London. 2 Say if the statement is true or false. Correct the false one. 1) The story happened in the middle of the six teenth century. 2) Two boys were bom on a cold summer day. 3) The boys were bom to a poor family. 4) The family wanted the boys very much. 5) All people took a holiday to celebrate this great event. 6) There were beautiful decorations on every' bal cony. 7) Tom Canty and Edward Tudor were happy boys. 3 Answer the following questions. 1) When did the story happen? 2) Who told the author this story? 3) Where did the story take place? 4) What was the weather like on that day? 5 5) Who was bom to a poor family? 6) Who was bom to a rich family? 7) Which family wanted the boy? 8) Which family did not want the boy? 9) How did London celebrate the birth of the two boys? 10) What was London like on the day of the celebra tion? Ш Working with Vocabulary and Grammar 1 Fill in the missing forms of the verbs in the box , then say in what situations they are used in the story. tell told heard know known said happen been took taken want sing sang dance lay hung 6 2 Fill in the missing prepositions. It happened_______the sixteenth century. This sto ry was to ld m e my father. Tom Canty was b o m a poor family. Edward Tudor was b o m ______a rich family. One baby lay rags, the other lay silks. The poor baby was the son John Canty. The rich baby was the son______ the king. The b irth the prince made the peo ple of England very happy. They celebrated this great event_____ several days and nights. Ъ Discussing the Text 1 Say why: 1) nobody wanted Tom Canty. 2) everybody wanted Edward Tudor. 2 Imagine that you are: • John Canty. Say why you are not happy to have a son. • The king. Say why all England is happy when your son is bom. Chapter II TOM’S EARLY LIFE1 Several years passed. London was fifteen hundred years old, and was a great town — for that time. A hun 1 Tom’s Early life — Детство Тома 7 dred thousand people lived in it. The streets were narrow and dirty, especially1 in the part where the Canty family lived, which was not far from London Bridge. Tom spent his early years in a very old and dirty house. It was made of wood like all the other houses in that street, and like all the other houses it had small and dirty windows. The street was called Offal Court.2 The house was full of poor families. Tom’s family had one room on the third floor. Tom’s parents had a bed, but Tom, his grandmother who lived with them and his two sisters slept on the floor. At night they lay down on rags and covered themselves with rags. Tom’s sisters were twins. They were fifteen years old, and their names were Bet and Nan. They wore dirty clothes and their faces and hands were always dirty too. But they were good-hearted girls. Their m other was a nice woman who loved her children very much. But Tom’s father and the grandm other were not nice people, they were very, very bad. They often drank, and when they were drunk they fought each other and beat the children. Tom’s father. John Cantv, was a thief and Tom’s erand- 7 J7 mother was a beggar. They made beggars of the children, but they could not make thieves of them. Among the thieves and beggars who lived in the house there was a man who was neither a thief nor a beggar. He was a good old man, a priest, who lived on a small 1 especially [is 'pejalij — особенно 2 Offal Court ['ofal 'ko:t]— Двор отбросов (offal— от бросы, падаль) 8