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Словарные слова

once and for all – раз и навсегда

a hermit – отшельник

talk into – уговорить

a thought flashed – осенило

worthwhile – стоило

thimble – наперсток

saw the ‘point’ – увидели, в чем «соль»

toll – издавать похоронный звон

Упражнения

1. Найди в тексте выражения, обозначающие следующее:

1) Решил раз и навсегда

2) Присоединился к команде

3) Плавали каждый час

4) Воскликнул

5) Спрятался под кроватью

6) Хорошо проводили время

7) Почти плакал

8) Равнодушны

9) План удался

10) Неприятный вкус

2. Какой предмет или героя описывают данные прилагательные?

1) very pale and miserable

2) talkative

3) very strong

4) miserable

5) too hungry

6) possible

7) generous

8) deliсious

9) surprised

10) brave enough

3. Вставь предлоги:

1) Tom swam over _____ the Illinois shore.

2) Tom opened the door quietly, made his way _____ the room and disappeared _____ the bed.

3) While Joe was cutting bacon _____ breakfast, Tom and Huck caught some fish.

4) They stole a small boat and made the short trip _____ to the island.

4. Составь предложения с фразами:

1) once and for all

2) talk into

3) a thought flashed

4) worthwhile

5) saw the ‘point’

6) stood aside

7) give it up

8) enjoyed themselves

5. Перескажи главу от лица:

1) Tom

2) Huck

3) Aunt Polly

6. Ответь, о ком идет речь.

1) _____ decided to be a criminal.

2) _____ was punished unfairly.

3) _____ were Joe’s companions on the island.

4) _____ was unselfish and kind.

5) _____ drowned – as they thought in the village.

6) _____ was called a cry-baby.

7) _____ cracked Tom’s head with a thimble.

8) _____ was sorry because of the argument with Tom.

9) _____ burst out crying in the church.

10) _____ stood aside while his friends were hugged.

7. Вставь подходящие слова:

steal news quietly camp remained

1) This _____ gave him an idea…

2) But his friends _____ indifferent.

3) Tom opened the door _____, made his way into the room and disappeared under the bed.

4) They came back to _____ and soon had the camp-fire again.

5) They decided never to _____ as long as they’re pirates.

8. Выбери правильный вариант ответа:

1) Why was Joe punished by his mother?

a. He had missed school.

b. She thought he had drunk some cream.

c. He wanted to become a pirate.

2) What had happened to the cream?

a. It was sour and Joe’s mother threw it away.

b. Joe drank it.

3) How did the boys get to the island?

a. By a ferry-boat.

b. They swam.

c. In a stolen small boat.

4) What were the people in the ferry-boat doing?

a. They were looking for the boys.

b. They were going on a picnic.

5) Whose eggs did the boys hunt for?

a. Hens’.

b. Cuckoo’s.

c. Turtles’.

9. Ответь на вопросы:

1) Where did the boys agree to live?

2) How did Tom and Joe feel?

3) Who drowned?

4) What did Aunt Polly say about Tom?

10. Соедини первую и вторую формы глаголов:

Charter 4

* * *

In the morning Tom was lucky: he met Becky Thatcher at the head of Meadow Lane. He ran up to her and said:

‘I was wrong, Becky, and I’m so sorry. I won’t do anything like that again. Please, let’s make up!’

The girl stopped and looked him in the face: ‘Mr. Thomas Sawyer, I’ll never speak to you again.’

Poor girl, she did not know what trouble was waiting for her. The teacher, Mr. Dobbins, had always wanted to be a doctor, but he only managed to get enough education to be a village schoolteacher because he was poor. Every day he took a mysterious book out of his desk and read it at times when students were busy reading or writing. He kept that book in a drawer which he always locked. Every boy and girl was curious to know what the book was about, but it was impossible to find it out.

Now, as Becky was passing by the teacher’s desk, she noticed that the key was in the lock! The next moment she had the book in her hands. The title ANATOMY didn’t mean anything to her; so she began to turn the pages. She saw a colored picture of a human figure. At that moment Tom Sawyer entered the room and noticed the book. Becky closed it and put it back, but unfortunately she tore the page with the picture.

‘Tom Sawyer, I know you’re going to report me, and oh, what shall I do, what shall I do! I’ll be whipped, and I’ve never been whipped in school.’

Tom was really sorry for Becky. These girls are so thin-skinned and chicken-hearted. Well, of course I’m not going to tell old Dobbins on this little fool. But he’ll ask who tore his book. Nobody’ll answer. But he’ll guess: girls’ faces cannot lie.

In a few moments the teacher arrived and the lesson began.

After an hour Mr. Dobbins unlocked his desk, and took out his book.

Tom turned to Becky. She looked like a hunted and helpless rabbit with a gun at its head. Tom decided to save her.

The next moment the teacher asked: ‘Who tore this book?’

There was not a sound; the teacher searched face after face for signs of guilt.

‘Benjamin Rogers, did you tear this book?’

‘No Sir.’

‘Joseph Harper, did you?’

‘No, Sir.’

‘Amy Lawrence?’

A shake of the head.

‘Rebecca Thatcher, did you tear – no, look me in the face – did you tear this book?’

Tom jumped to his feet and shouted – ‘I’ve done it!’

As he was stepping forward to be whipped Tom looked at Becky. Her gratitude was worth a hundred whippings.

* * *

After a month which Tom spent at home (he was ill) the murder trial began in the court. It became number one topic of village talk immediately. These conversations made Tom shudder. He took Huck to a lonely place to have a talk with him.

‘Huck, have you ever told anybody about – that?’

‘About what?’ ‘You know what.’

‘Oh – of course I haven’t.’

‘Never a word?’

‘Not a word, what makes you ask?’

‘Well, I was afraid.’

‘Why, Tom Sawyer, we wouldn’t be alive two days if I spoke. YOU know that.’

Tom felt more comfortable. ‘Well, that’s all right, then. I believe, we’re safe as long as we keep silent. But let’s swear again, anyway, to be more sure.’

‘I agree.’

So they swore again.

‘People talk about Muff Potter everywhere. I can’t hear that, I wish I could hide somewhere.’ Said Huck.

‘That’s just the same way with me. I guess, he’s a goner. Don’t you feel sorry for him, sometimes?’

‘I do, always. He has never done anything to hurt anybody. And he’s kind of good – he gave me half a fish, once, when there wasn’t enough for two; and lots of times he’s helped me when I was out of luck.’

‘Well, he’s mended kites for me, Huck. I wish we could get him out of there.’

‘We couldn’t get him out, Tom. And even if we did he would be caught again.’

‘Yes, and I heard people say that if he got free they’d lynch him.’

The boys had a long talk, but it brought them little comfort.

The boys did as they had often done before – went to the prison and gave Potter some tobacco and matches. He was on the ground floor and there were no guards.

He thanked them for their presents, it hurt them so. They felt cowards and treacherous when Potter said:

‘You’ve been very good to me, boys. And I won’t forget it. And I want to give you some advice. All my troubles are because of drinking. Never drink too much – then you won’t ever get here. And now let’s shake hands through the bars. Your hands are little and weak – but they’ve helped Muff Potter, and they’d help him more if they could.’

Tom went home miserable, and his dreams that night were full of horrors.

Over next two days Tom and Huck spent most of their time near the court listening to what people would say. At the end of the second day they learned that Injun Joe’s evidence was unshaken, and that Muff Potter’s future was decided.

The next morning, all the village gathered in the court-house for this was the great day. Potter, pale and hopeless, was brought in, with chains upon him. Injun Joe looked sure of himself.

All the witnesses were against Muff Potter. They had seen the knife, it belonged to him.

Potter’s lawyer did not even try to ask them any further questions.

The case was about to be closed when he suddenly announced:

‘Your honor, we have another witness, Thomas Sawyer!’

The people in the room were puzzled. Everyone was looking at Tom with interest. The boy looked badly scared.

‘Thomas Sawyer, where were you on the seventeenth of June, about the hour of midnight?’

‘In the graveyard!’

‘Now, my boy, tell us everything that happened – tell it in your own way – and don’t be afraid.’

Tom began – at first he was so afraid he could hardly speak, then his words flowed more and more easily. The emotion of the people in the courtroom reached its climax when the boy said:

‘– and as the doctor hit with the board and Muff Potter fell, Injun Joe jumped with the knife and –’

At that very moment, quick as lightning Injun Joe jumped out of the window, and was gone!

* * *

Tom was a hero once more. The village paper even wrote that one day he might be President.

Muff Potter became quite famous in the village too.

In the daytime Tom felt proud of himself, but his nights were full of horror. Injun Joe filled his dreams.

Poor Huck was in terror too. He hadn’t been in court, but Injun Joe could guess that Huck had been with Tom.

Injun Joe disappeared.

Tom felt he could never sleep quietly until that man was dead.

Словарные слова

make up – помириться

thin-skinned – неженка

chicken-hearted – трусиха

murder trial – слушание дела об убийстве

treacherous – предатель

climax – высшая точка

Упражнения

1. Вставь предлоги:

1) He ran up _____ her.

2) The girl stopped and looked him _____ the face.

3) Poor girl, she did not know what trouble was waiting _____ her.

4) ‘Huck, have you ever told anybody _____ – that?’

2. Кто сказал следующие фразы?

1) ‘I was wrong, Becky, and I’m so sorry.’

2) ‘Mr. Thomas Sawyer, I’ll never speak to you again.’

3) ‘Who tore this book?’

4) ‘Oh – of course I haven’t.’

5) ‘He has never done anything to hurt anybody.’

3. Дополни предложения следующими словами:

again so now

1) And even if we did he would be caught _____.

2) He thanked them for their presents, it hurt them _____.

3) ‘_____, my boy, tell us everything that happened – tell it in your own way – and don’t be afraid.’

4. Поставь предложения в правильном порядке:

1) Tom went home miserable, and his dreams that night were full of horrors.

2) Over next two days Tom and Huck spent most of their time near the court listening to what people would say.

3) He took Huck to a lonely place to have a talk with him.

4) The village paper even wrote that one day he might be President.

5) Poor girl, she did not know what trouble was waiting for her.

5. Соедини слова, чтобы получились словосочетания:

1) chicken– ___________ climax

2) thin– _____________ hearted

3) let’s make ____________ up

4) murder __________ trial

5) reach the _____________ skinned

6. Поставь глаголы в скобках в правильную форму:

1) At that very moment, quick as lightning Injun Joe (jump) out of the window, and was gone!

2) As he (step) forward to be whipped Tom looked at Becky.

3) Now, as Becky (pass) by the teacher’s desk, she noticed that the key was in the lock!

4) In a few moments the teacher arrived and the lesson (begin).

5) He (be) on the ground floor and there were no guards.

7. Ответь на вопросы:

1) Did Becky forgive Tom?

2) What did Becky read?

3) How did Tom save Becky?

8. Выбери правильный ответ – true или false (правда/ложь):

1) Becky Thatcher refused to make up with Tom.

2) Mr. Dobbins had always wanted to be a village schoolteacher.

3) Becky was curious to know what the book was about.

9. Выбери правильный вариант ответа:

1) Tom tore the….

a) book

b) newspaper

с) the Bible.

2) Huck told the court that Muff Potter was…

a) not guilty.

b) guilty.

3) Injun Joe was sent to….

a) home.

b) church.

c) prison.

10. Какие выражения в тексте обозначают следующее? Подбери синоним.

1) He was only able to get enough education to be a village schoolteacher because he was poor.

2) Every day he took a secret book out of his desk and read it.

3) ‘Tom Sawyer, I know you’re going to tell the teacher that I did it.’

4) The teacher searched face after face to see who was guilty.

5) Her gratitude cost as much as a hundred whippings.

Charter 5

* * *

There comes a time in every boy’s life when he decides to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure. Tom made this decision one day. He asked Joe Harper and Ben Rogers if they wanted to join. The were not interested. Then he met Huck Finn and told him of his idea. Huck agreed to take part in this adventure.

‘Where can we dig?’ asked Huck.

‘Oh, anywhere.’

‘Why, is it hidden everywhere?’

‘No, it isn’t. It’s hidden in very special places, Huck – sometimes on islands, sometimes under an old dead tree, where the shadow falls at midnight or under the floor in haunted houses.’

‘Who hides it?’

‘Why, robbers, of course!

‘If it was mine I wouldn’t hide it; I’d spend it and have a good time.’

‘So would I. But robbers don’t do that way. They always hide it and leave it there.’

‘Don’t they come after it any more?’

‘No, they think they will, but they forget the marks, or they die. Then after a long time somebody finds an old yellow paper that tells how to find the marks.’

‘Have you got such a paper, Tom?’

‘No.’

‘Well then, how are you going to find the treasure?’

‘Well, we must search the most probable places. We’ve tried Jackson’s Island a little, and we can try it again some time; and there’s the old haunted house not far from the village, and there are lots of dead trees. We can dig under them one by one…’

‘Why, Tom, it’ll take all summer.’

‘Yes, but imagine you find a pot with a hundred dollars in it, or a box full of diamonds?’

‘But where are you going to dig first?’

‘Well, I don’t know. Let’s try that old tree on the hill.’

So they set out with a couple of spades, their heads full of fantasies.

‘Say, Huck, if we find a treasure here, what’re you going to do with your share?’ Tom asked his friend when they arrived.

‘Well, I’ll have a pie and a glass of soda every day, and I’ll go to every circus that comes to the village. I’ll have a good time.’

‘What’re you going to do with yours, Tom?’

‘I’m going to buy a new drum, a red tie and a dog, and get married.’

‘Married!’

‘That’s it.’

‘Well, that’s the silliest thing you could do. Look at my parents. They are always fighting! The girl I’m going to marry won’t fight.’

‘What’s the name of the girl?’

‘I’ll tell you some time – not now.’

‘All right. Only if you get married I’ll be more lonesome than ever.’

They worked for half an hour. No result. They worked another half-hour. Still no result.

Huck said:

‘Do they always bury it so deep?’

‘Sometimes – not always. I’m afraid, we haven’t got the right place.’

So they chose a new spot and began again.

However they didn’t find any treasure.

Then Tom realized that digging must be done at midnight to know where the shadow of the tree falls.

So the boys came at night, marked where the shadow fell, and began to dig. But they only managed to dig out a couple of stones.

Huck became impatient:

‘I say, Tom, let’s give this place up, and try somewhere else.’

Tom was deep in thought, then said:

‘Let’s try the haunted house!’

‘I don’t like haunted houses, Tom. You can meet ghosts there, they look over your shoulder suddenly and grit their teeth. I wouldn’t like it, Tom – nobody would.

‘Yes, but, Huck, ghosts travel around only at night. And we can dig there in the daytime.’

‘Well, all right. We’ll try the haunted house if you say so.

* * *

About noon the next day the boys arrived at the dead tree; they had come for their tools. Tom was impatient to go to the haunted house.

Just then, Huck remembered it was Friday, an “unlucky” day, and they put off treasure hunting until later. Instead, Tom taught Huck all about Robin Hood, and they spent the rest of the afternoon playing Indians.

On Saturday afternoon, the boys were at the dead tree again. They had a smoke and a chat, and then dug a little in their last hole. They did not have much hope, but Tom said there were so many cases where people had given up a treasure after getting down within six inches of it, and then somebody else had come along and found it without much effort. The thing failed this time, however, so the boys went to the haunted house. The place was so depressing that they were afraid for a moment to get in.

They opened the door and took a look. They saw a room with no floor, an ancient fireplace, a broken staircase; and plenty of cobwebs. They presently entered, softly, with quickened pulses, talking in whispers.

In a little while their fears weakened and they started examining the house. There was nothing interesting downstairs so they wanted to look upstairs. Up there was nothing worth attention either. They were about to go down and begin their work when–

‘Sh!’ said Tom.

‘What is it?’ whispered Huck, frightened.

‘Sh!.. There!.. Can you hear it?’

‘Yes!.. Oh, my! Let’s run!’

‘No way! They’re coming right toward the door.’

The boys lay upon the floor waiting looking through the holes.

Soon, two men entered the house – a man who both of them knew as the “old deaf and dumb Spaniard” and some other man they had never seen before.

It turned out that the “deaf and dumb” Spaniard could talk and he sounded a lot like… Injun Joe. Injun Joe and the other guy discussed some kind of “job”; the other guy didn’t want to do it, but Joe insisted.

‘It’s dangerous,’ said the other man.

‘Well, what’s more dangerous than coming here in the daytime!’ Injun Joe remarked.

Joe cursed “those little devils”, who had caused him trouble making Tom and Huck shake in their boots. He and his companion talked some more, then had dinner. Joe decided to go into town once more, to finish their “job,” before leaving for Texas. Then the men went to sleep.

Tom and Huck were trapped. They would like to escape, but they knew if either man woke up they would be dead.

Injun Joe was the first to wake up.

‘Time for us to get moving,’ he said to the other man. ‘What’ll we do with this stuff?’

‘Let’s leave it here as we’ve always done. No use to take it away till we start south. Six hundred and fifty in silver is heavy.’

‘Yes: but look here, it may be long before I get the right chance at that job; accidents might happen, it isn’t a very good place. Let’s bury it – and bury it deep.’

‘Good idea,’ said his companion.

The boys heard silver coins jingling pleasantly. The man had a bag in his hands.

Joe bent down to bury their money.

Tom and Huck forgot all their fears at once. They watched every movement. Six hundred dollars was enough to make ten boys rich!

Joe’s knife struck upon something.

He reached his hand in and drew it out – ‘Man, it’s money!’

The two men examined the coins. They were gold. The boys above were as excited as themselves, and as delighted.

Just then, Injun Joe’s friend noticed the tools in the corner. At first they were going to hide the treasure in the house. But then Injun Joe realized…that there was fresh dirt on the tools. Somebody could be around. So after all they decided to bring the coins to Joe secret place, “Number Two – under the cross”.

Soon after that Joe and his companion left with the treasure.

Tom and Huck were very upset. If only they hadn’t left the tools! They could have been rich by then.

The two friends decided to figure out where “Number Two” was and get the money. But Tom realized, then, that Injun Joe was planning some kind of revenge, and feared that he was going to kill them. Later they thought that his victim might be somebody else.

* * *

At night Tom saw the days’ adventure in his dream. Four times he had his hands on that rich treasure and four times he lost it. In the morning Tom decided that the previous evening’s events were just a dream! There was one very strong argument in favor of this idea, that so many coins could not be real. He had never seen as much as fifty dollars at once before, neither had any other boy in the village. His idea of hidden treasure had been a handful of real dimes, while dollars looked rather fantastic to him.

Tom decided to talk to Huck.

‘Hello, Huck!’

‘Hello, yourself. Tom, if we had left the tools at the dead tree, we’d have got the money. Isn’t it awful!’

‘So, it wasn’t a dream, then!’ said Tom to himself.

‘What wasn’t a dream?’

‘Oh, that thing yesterday. I have been thinking it was.’

‘But we must find him. FIND him! Find the money!’

‘Tom, we’ll never find him or his treasure. You can have only one chance – and that one’s lost.’

‘You must be right; but I’d like to see him, anyway – and track him out – to his Number Two.’

Tom decided that “Number Two” could be a room number in one of the town’s two bars. On the same day he found out that a lawyer stayed in room number two in one of the bars, but the other room number two was a mystery. The barkeeper’s son said, that it was always locked and was, perhaps, haunted.

Tom came back and told Huck what he’d found; he was sure that the treasure was hidden in the “mystery” room.

They planned on breaking into Number Two that evening. The two decided to take as many keys as they could and try to track Injun Jo.