Martin Eden / Мартин Иден (в сокращении). Книга для чтения на английском языке

a painting in details.

7. The audience is not .......... to use the mobile phones during the performance.

8. Money left by his uncle .......... him to buy a new car.

9. I have got a very .......... job.

10. He has got a lot of .......... stones in his collection.

11. Before starting to write he was usually waiting for .......... .

12. The performance begins .......... at nine o clock.

13. They .......... a new land to find minerals.

4. Choose a word to match the following definitions.

1)В to think of a new idea, plan, etc.

2) to give comfort or sympathy to somebody

3) to give someone the ability or opportunity to do something

4) very impressive or very good

5) extremely tired

6) around a usual or ordinary level

7) a store of gold, silver, jewels 8) to say what somebody is like

9) a lack of success of doing something

10) rare and worth a lot of money

11) to allow something to happen

5. Find in the text the English equivalents for:

поспешить домой, распустить экспедицию, перечитывать вновь, отослать рукопись, во всяком случае, оказаться случайным обладателем, отрываться от работы, слава – вещь хорошая, перевернуть всю жизнь, без передышки.

6. Find the words in the text for which the following are synonyms:

design, investigate, let, immediately, very tired, superb, independence, fiasco, depict, priceless, inventive.

7. Say the following statements in your own words.

1.В The expedition had broken up.

2. He went through the grammar again and again.

3. The citadels would go down before him.

4. Fame was all very well.

5. Ruth had turned his life back upon itself.

6. In his article there had not been any news value.

7. She did not think much of his plan.

8. Explain and expand on the following.

1.

2. Martin had not been permitted access to the precious volumes.

3. The creative spirit in Martin flamed up.

4. The return voyage to San Francisco was like a dream.

5. He did not let Ruth know he was back.

6. He mailed his work to the San Francisco Examiner.

7. He had his programme for a week.

8. Ruth noted the change in Martin.

9. She did not approve of Eden’s idea.

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