четверг, 1 декабря 2011 г.

Essay inspired by Agatha Christie's Poirot



Honestly I didn't expected any good impression from this film at first. But it did was interesting to watch.
First of all I fancy the character of David Suchet (Poirot) very much. He is a very refined and funny person at the moments. But what about Pilar, I expected her to look more yang.
After that, there are a couple of cardinal differences between the Agatha Christie's book and the film's plot. We didn't see Stephan Farr in the screen version of the book. Next point is that Hercule Poirot was invited to Simeon Lee's house with the other guests.
Nevertheless, I thing that the movie was filmed very well. The most exciting moment for me was the case, when Pilar was attacked by unknown person. It happened completely unexpectedly and brought a new riddle into the plot.
The issue of the story was sudden for me. I mean that, I haven't thought Poirot to solve the case with such a little number of ambiguous facts. But he excellently succeeded in investigating such a sophisticated case! Bravo Poirot!
The main idea as it seem for me could be expressed in the next statement: "The care of nothings isn't a nothing at all!"

среда, 23 ноября 2011 г.

10 sentences with new words from unit 10

1. One of my dreams is to get up bright and early every day.
2. I'll manage to do all the English assignments.
3. Have you ever seen the movie "Alien" by Ridley Scott?
4. I don't thing that bullying is a good solution.
5. In case of fire everybody must drug one's feet out of here!
6. He may be sleeping now in a 6th compartment.
7. They decided him to be an imposter.
8. Who would have thought they to ruin the whole building.
9. He must be spied on now.
10. Be careful! You could be upset here!

понедельник, 10 октября 2011 г.

Funny story.


No less than thirty years ago, I was going along briskly running column of people, when somebody hissed rapidly by a hedge and jostled with me:
-         Are you blended!?
And I answered:
-         Excuse me, but you have just bumped into me and moreover you are going on to stay on my feet! Don't be so military-looking and get off from my shoe!
He looked at me pensively and said something very crude:
-         If you were continue to speak so gravely with me I would cut off your head!
I was momentary taken aback. Why did he smile a faintly twisted smile? Why didn't he suffer me? My head got a large piece of pallor on the face. He stared at me:
-         Do you know this scent?
And he gave me a piece of fur collar. I sniffed and imbibed sulphur smell. And I heard his stentorian voice again:
-         Do you know this scent!?
Next moment stout woman came from the corner and stranger with collar instantly jumped off and walked briskly along the street…

среда, 5 октября 2011 г.

Ex.3 Picture of a city


1.       A city on this picture isn't drab-looking, is it?
2.       It spreads from small shanties in a dingy setting to a prosperous skyscraper.
3.       A variety of buildings, houses and towers squeeze up forming a kind of a mountain-tower.
4.       Near the upper level are placed a semi-ring of vague trees reminiscent of a hedge.
5.       The sky above the city looks dreary and pensively (as it appears to me).
6.       Nobody hisses and fusses here. It's only calmness everywhere.
7.       You could even imbibe the scent of freedom and magic filling raw air of that city.
8.         Do you feel it? Just sniff!

суббота, 10 сентября 2011 г.

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пятница, 13 мая 2011 г.

Debts from Unit 7


Mr. Know-All vocabulary exercise:



Word
Translation
1.        
accommodation, n
жильё
2.        
thankful, adj
благодарный
3.        
berth, n
койка
4.        
to observe, v
наблюдать, замечать
5.        
scent, n
духи
6.        
bit of luck
счастливый случай
7.        
tactless, adj
бестактный
8.        
lustrous (eyes), adj
блестящий
9.        
liquid (eyes), adj
прозрачный, чистый, светлый
10.    
hair, n
волосы
11.    
sleek, adj
лоснящийся
12.    
fluency, n
плавность, беглость
13.    
to betray, v
изменять, предавать
14.    
prohibition, n
запрет (сухой закон)
15.    
cann’t help doing smt.
не могу не делать ч-л.
16.    
exasperating, adj
раздражающий
17.    
stateroom, n
отдельная каюта, купе
18.    
quoit, n
метательное кольцо
19.    
overweening, adj
слишком самоуверенный
20.    
to fetch, v
сходить за к-л, позвать
21.    
demeanour, n
поведение, манера вести себя
22.    
to diminish the value
уменьшить ценность
23.    
pearl, n
жемчуг
24.    
vehement, adj
сильный, неистовый, страстный
25.    
voluble, adj
говорливый, речистый
26.    
to thump, v
наносить тяжёлый удар, стучать
27.    
loquacity, n
болтливость
28.    
errand, n
задание, командировка
29.    
to smile grimly
отталкивающе улыбаться
30.    
afford, v
быть в состоянии, позволить себе
31.    
swarthy face
смуглое лицо
32.    
to faint, v
падать в обморок
33.    
effort, n
усилие
34.    
cocksure, adj
самоуверенный
35.    
scraping sound
шуршаший звук
36.    
envelope, n
конверт
37.    
porthole, n
боковой иллюминатор

 
Essay inspired by Mr. Know-All by W. Somerset Maugham
I didn’t like the story when I read it first time. Then it appeared to be too stiff. And Max Kelada didn’t appeal to me at all. But the final scene completely changed my mind. I decided to read the story one more time and Max Kelada appeared as a completely another person. I can see now all the merits of Mr. Kelada and don’t share their opinion, who called him Mr. Know-All. I found Mr. Kelada very sociable in a very good manner. In addition he is also rather sagacious and intelligent and we all could learn from him something big.

Debts from Unit 5


Essay inspired by “The Cask of Amontillado” by E. A. Poe

I don’t like stories about the revenge. But this one has something that attracts me despite the fact that it’s quite terrible. It’s an authors merit; it’s a real talent to write stories with a good plot. I like the author’s writing manner. At first he allows us to be filled with an atmosphere between two friends. Then he suddenly reveals us real intentions of the one of them, while the other didn't suspect of anything. It makes you feel a kind of responsibility for the person being tricked. And finally he cruelly kills one of the characters in a damp vault. What did another person feel? Was he scared or satisfied? The author ends his story as fast that his characters didn’t even have a time to feel something. It’s just a deed. It’s a cold revenge.



Vocabulary test The Cask of Amontillado:


The Cask of Amontillado vocabulary exercise:
 

Word/Phrase
Transcription

Translation
1.      
insult, n
[ɪn'sʌlt]
оскорбление
2.      
to vow, v
[vau]
клясться
3.      
revenge, n
[rɪ'venʤ]
месть
4.      
threat, n
[θret]
угроза
5.      
to be avenged, n

быть отмщённым
6.      
to preclude, v
[prɪ'kluːd]
предотвращать
7.      
to punish, v
['pʌnɪʃ]
наказывать
8.      
impunity, n
[ɪm'pjuːnətɪ]
безнаказанность
9.      
retribution, n
[ˌretrɪ'bjuːʃ(ə)n]
возмездие
10.          
deed, n
[diːd]
действие
11.          
to doubt, v
[daut]
сомневаться
12.          
goodwill, n
[gud'wɪl]
рвение
13.          
weak point, n
[wiːk pɔɪnt]
слабое место
14.          
connoisseur, n
[ˌkɔnə'sɜː]
знаток
15.          
to differ from, v

отличаться
16.          
supreme, adj
[s(j)uː'priːm]
величайший
17.          
to encounter, v
[ɪn'kauntə]
сталкиваться
18.          
excessive warmth
[ɪk'sesɪv wɔːmθ]
чрезмерная теплота
19.          
motley, adj
['mɔtlɪ]
пёстрый
20.          
to consult smb. in the matter

проконсультироваться с к-л. по вопросу
21.           
to tell from, v

отличать
22.          
whither?
['(h)wɪðə]
куда?
23.          
to perceive, v
[pə'siːv]
осознавать, ощущать
24.          
to abscond, v
[əb'skɔnd]
сбегать
25.          
to stir, v
[stɜː]
отходить, шевелиться
26.          
sufficient, adj
[sə'fɪʃ(ə)nt]
достаточный
27.          
sconce, n
[skɔn(t)s]
подсвечник
28.          
winding staircase
['waɪndɪŋ 'stɛəkeɪs]
извилистая лестница
29.          
to be cautious, v
['kɔːʃəs]
быть осторожным
30.          
gait, n
[geɪt]
походка
31.          
to gleam, v
[gliːm]
мерцать, светиться
32.          
cavern wall
['kæv(ə)n wɔːl]
испещрённая стена
33.          
rheum, n
[ruːm]
слёзы
34.          
indeed, adv
[ɪn'diːd]
в самом деле
35.          
fellow, n
['feləu]
товарищ, коллега
36.          
mould, n
[məuld]
плесень
37.          
with a leer
[lɪə]
плотоядным взглядом
38.          
to nod, v
[nɔd]
кивнуть головой
39.          
extensive, adj
[ɪk'sten(t)sɪv]
громадный, большой
40.          
azure, n
['æʒə]
лазурь, синева
41.          
serpent, n
['sɜːp(ə)nt]
змея
42.           
rampant, adj
['ræmpənt]
стоящий на задних лапах
43.          
fang, n
[fæŋ]
ядовитый зуб змеи
44.          
motto, n
['mɔtəu]
девиз, лозунг
45.          
ere
[ɛə]
до, перед
46.          
intermingling, n
[ˌɪntə'mɪŋgl]
смешивание
47.          
flagon, n
['flægən]
графин
48.          
jest, n
[ʤest]
шутить
49.          
to recoil a few paces

отскочить на пару шагов
50.          
cloak, n
[kləuk]
плащ, мантия
51.          
promiscuously, adv
[prə'mɪskjuəslɪ]
беспорядочно
52.          
to circumscribe, v
['sɜːkəmskraɪb]
ограничивать
53.          
vain, adj
[veɪn]
напрасный
54.          
to endeavour, v
[ɪn'devə]
пытаться
55.          
to pry, v
[praɪ]
выведывать
56.          
to bewilder, v
[bɪ'wɪldə]
ставить в тупик
57.          
to fetter, v
['fetə]
заковывать
58.          
iron staples

скоба
59.          
padlock, n
['pædlɔk]
висячий замок
60.          
to implore, v
[ɪm'plɔː]
упрашивать, умолять
61.          
moaning cry

жалкий крик
62.          
to hesitate, v
['hezɪteɪt]
сомневаться
63.          
to tremble, v
['trembl]
дрожать, трепетать
64.          
to unsheathe, v
[ʌn'ʃiːð]
вынимать из ножен
65.          
yell, n
[jel]
пронзительный крик
66.          
on account of

из-за, вследствие
 67.          
to disturb, v
[dɪ'stɜːb]
тревожить