Circle the letter of the correct answer.

Notes

Oh, dear! - Боже мой!

Enough of that! - Хватит об этом!

God saves us! - Спаси и сохрани!

Over there! - Вон там!

Mercy, God! - Благослови на Господь!

The same! - зд. Опять!

I get the willies. - У меня руки от страха трясутся.

ACTIVITIES

Reading

1. Circle T if the sentence is true. Circle F if the sentence is false.

1) Two knights were waiting for the dragon's T F

near the castle.

2) Two knights wanted to meet the dragon and T F

have a fight.

3) The dragon was a real terror for that town. T F

4) The knights won the battle. T F

5) The train knocked the knights down. T F

Circle the letter of the correct answer.

1) Why did one knight get angry when the other touched the fire with his sword?

a) The dragon could smell them miles off.

b) The sword could get spoilt.

c) The fire could get much brighter and give them away.

2) What is true about the dragon?

a) The dragon never came into the town.

b) The dragon could smell the knights miles off.

c) Nobody knew where the dragon came from and where he disappeared.

3) What is true about the knights?

a) They knew they would die.

b) They were afraid of the dragon.

c) They wanted to be eaten by the dragon.

4) What did the dragon look like?

a) It had white gas eyes.

b) It was a fire-breathing creature.

c) It had a long body and his roar was great.

5) What killed the knights?

a) the dragon.

b) the train.

c) the green lightning.

6) What is true about the men on the train?

a) They thought that place to be frightening.

b) They had never see knights before.

c) They were travelling inside the roaring dragon.

Glossary.

Armour – доспехи, кольчуга, оружие – any defensive covering, esp that of metal, chain mail, etc, worn by medieval warriors to prevent injury to the body in battle.

1. 'Get our swords ready and put on our armour, we'll die well-dressed.'

2. Suspicion is a heavy armour.

Desperate – безнадежный, отчаянный – careless of danger, as from despair; utterly reckless.

1. I feel so desperate that I cannot tell what year is this!

2. He made a desperate attempt to dislodge the enemy but was repulsed.

Dreadful – ужасный – extremely disagreeable, shocking, or bad.

1. And here we sit alone in the land of the dreadful dragon.

2. I intend to set out tomorrow, and to pass those dreadful Alps.

Firelight – костер – the light cast by a burning fire.

1. The orange firelight was dancing on their faces and in their eyes.

2. In the firelight his head gleamed with sweat.

Knight – рыцарь – a person who served his lord as a mounted and heavily armed soldier.

1. How many knights, I ask, have gone for this monster and failed as we shall fail?

2. There will be no knight on a white horse dashing in to rescue her.

Roar – рев, рык – a prolonged loud cry of certain animals, esp lions.

1. The midnight wilderness was filled with a monstrous roar, as the dragon was getting nearer and nearer.

2. She heard the distant roar of an old stag on the slope above.

Sword – меч, шпага, сабля – a thrusting, striking, or cutting weapon with a long blade having one or two cutting edges, a hilt, and usually a crosspiece or guard.

1. At last, one man touched the fire with his sword.

2. A captain stepped forward, blocking their path, his sword drawn.

Thunder – гром, грохот – a loud cracking or deep rumbling noise caused by the rapid expansion of atmospheric gases which are suddenly heated by lightning; any loud booming sound.

1. He runs with thunder and the grass gets the fire.

2. The sounds became more frequent, like a constant wave of thunder.

To mount – садиться, взбираться, залезать – to get up on (a horse, a platform, etc).

1. In silence, the men took their swords and mounted their horses.

2. One of the majors was accustomed to mount his horse from a chair.

To rush – бросаться, мчаться, нестись – to hurry or cause to hurry; hasten; to make a sudden attack upon (a fortress, position, person, etc).

1. Miles off, rushing with a great roar appeared the dragon.

2. So many people rushed for the bus that people could hardly get off.

Tower – башня – a tall, usually square or circular structure, sometimes part of a larger building and usually built for a specific purpose.

1.The dragon's anger is so great that tower walls shake back to dust.

2. Slow down, she warned herself, coming to a standstill in front of the tower entrance.

To whisper – шептать – to speak or utter (something) in a soft hushed tone, esp without vibration of the vocal cords.

1. 'No, no,' whispered the second man with his eyes shut.

2. She whispered to us that she was preparing a party.

Victim – жертва – a person or thing that suffers harm, death, etc, from another or from some adverse act, circumstance, etc.

1. His victims, at sunrise, are here and there on the hills.

2. Stephanie didn't know why Magenta House had chosen him to be Petra's second victim.

Wilderness – пустыня, дикая местность – a wild, uninhabited, and uncultivated region.

1. Two men were sitting by their lonely fire in the wilderness.

2. But the difference was, the barbarians could afford to lose an occasional battle, then just fade back into the wilderness.

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