Стр.28-29 Модуль 1 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 10 класс

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Unit 1.12

Literature

1 What do you know about Jules Verne? What kind of books did he write? Read the biography and check.

Jules Verne

(1828-1905) was a French author who is famous for his science-fiction novels. He wrote exerting adventure stories about space, air and underwater travel. His works include From the Earth to the Moon (1865), 20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His most famous novel, tourney to the Centre of the Earth (1864), is about a professor and his nephewtask, Harry, who find directions for getting to the centre of the Earth. Their journey takes them on many exciting adventures with everything from volcanoes and water caverns to sea monsters and cavemen.

2 Look at the picture and read the first sentence of each paragraph. What do you think happens in the extract? Read through and check.

Journey to the Centre of the Centre

It is difficult for me to tell what the real time was, but I suppose it must have been ten at night. I lay on the raft, almost unconscious, in a sort of half dream. I saw strange visions of huge elephant-like creatures side by side with great sea-monsters A) which were combinations of gigantic fish and animals.

The raft suddenly turned around on the current and entered another tunnel. A mist seemed to drift from the roof of the tunnel, through which the moonlight shone, casting its brilliant light on our thin, exhausted figures. The light grew brighter as we moved forward, while the roof sloped upward, until at last we floated once more into a vast, water-filled cavern B) whose high roof was hidden in a bright cloud of mist.

At the side of this underground lake, a small cave with a sand-covered floor offered us a place to stop and rest our weary bodies. My uncle and the guide moved as if they were in a dream. I was afraid to wake them, because I knew how dangerous a sudden surprise can be to someone in this state, C) so I sat down beside them to watch.

As I did so, something moving in the distance caught mv attention. It seemed to be floating on the surface of the water and it was coming toward me. I knew at once that it was something monstrous. It was the size of a whale, with hideous jaws and two gigantic eyes D) which stared fiercely at me as it approached. I tried to stand, to run in any direction, but my knees were shaking too much, and I nearly lost consciousness.

And still the mighty monster advanced, making a strange noise like nothing I had ever heard. His

massive jaws and wide-stretched mouth looked large enough to swallow a boatful of men. I discovered that his mouth was like a shark’s, E) but his body was that of a giant crocodile. In order to catch us in his mouth, he had to turn onto his back which made his legs kick up helplessly in the air. I actually laughed, despite the deadly danger. But then, with a wild cry, I ran further into the cave, leaving my companions to their fate.

The cave was deep and dimly lit. After about a hundred steps, I stopped and looked around. The sandy floor of the cave was covered with the bones of reptiles and fish - bones F) which had been freshly chewed! I felt sick and my body shook with horror. As the old saying goes, I had ’fallen out of the frying pan into the fire’. Some beast larger and even more ferocious than the shark-crocodile lived in this cave.

1 which had been freshly chewed

2 which stared fiercely at me as it approached

3 but it was of little or no use

4 whose high roof was hidden in a bright cloud of mist

5 but his body was that of a giant crocodile

6 which were combinations of gigantic fish and animals

7 so I sat down beside them to watch

3 RNE Read the text. Complete gaps A-F with the parts of the sentences marked by numbers 1-7. One part is extra.

4 Match the highlighted words with the meanings below.

5 a) Use a dictionary to explain the words in bold.

b) Explain the underlined phrases in your own words. Are there similar phrases in your language?

6 Complete the gaps with words from the list.

1 stared fiercely

2 hideous Jaws

3 brilliant light

4 Gigantic eyes

5 wide-stretched mouth

6 strange noise

7 lost consciousness

8 deadly danger

7 a) Listen as you read the text again. Imagine what the monster in the cave at the end of the extract might look like. Use the language below and your own ideas to describe the monster to your partner.

Size (gigantic, monstrous, huge etc)

Body (head of an eagle, body of a snake etc)

Other features (glaring eyes, hideous) jaws. sharp claws etc)

e.g. The gigantic monster had the head of a lizard and the body of a horse.

b) Use the phrases from Ex. 6 and your own ideas to write a description of the monster.

8 Translate the last two paragraphs of the text into Russian.