После текстов предлагаются задания, с помощью которых можно проконтролировать знания учащихся по данным видам речевой деятельности(тестовые задания, ответы на вопросы , написание резюме и мини-сочинений).
В данной публикации предлагаются задания для контроля навыков аудирования и чтения учащихся 9 класса.
INVITATION
A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long while beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said '1 don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.'
'Is the man of the house home?', they asked. 'No", she said. 'He's out." 'Then we cannot come in', they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. 'We do not go into a house together,' they replied. 'Why is that?' she wanted to know.
One of the old men explained: 'His name is Wealth,' he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, 'He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, 'Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.'
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. 'How nice!', he said. 'Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!'
His wife disagreed. 'My dear, why don't we invite Success?' Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: 'Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!'
'Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice,' said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest.'
The woman went out and asked the three old men, 'Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.'
Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: '1 only invited Love. Why are you coming in?'
The old men replied together: 'If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed out. But since you invited Love , wherever he
goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love ,there is also Wealth and Success...
recognize —распознавать
suggestion — предложение
wealth — богатство
success—ycnех
overjoyed—очень довольный, счастливый
heed — обращать внимание
advice — совет
I. Choose the best variant of answer and circle it
1. A woman met three old men ....
a)in the street;
b) in the back yard;
c) near her house.
2. The woman treated them ....
a)badly; b)rudely;. c) kindly.
3. The woman's husband told his wife ....
a) to invite the strangers into the house;
b) to give them some food;
c) to ignore them.
4. The woman wanted to see ... in the house.
a)Wealth; b)Success; c) Love.
5. The daughter-in-law wished to meet... most of all.
a) Wealth, Success and Love;
b) Love and Wealth;
c) only Love.
6-... of the family.
a) Three of the companions came into the house;
b) Two of them were invited by the woman;
c) Only one of the men was the guest in the house.
II.Answer these questions.
1. Do all people possess such important things as wealth, success and love their lives?
2. Do you agree that 'where there is love, there is also wealth and success in life'.
3 If you were the hostess/host of the house, whom would you invite first?
III. Write a short paragraph discussing the proverb: 'Love conquers all. '
Inexcusable Mistake
Vocabulary
accompanied by — сопровождаемый
jeweller — ювелир
in a sling — на перевязи
wallet — бумажник, кошелёк,
via bearer — через подателя (письма)
faint—падать в обморок
One day a young gentleman accompanied by his man-servant entered a jeweller' s shop in Royal Street in London. The gentleman wore his right arm in a sling. He began to examine a couple of rings to the value of one thousand pounds. He wanted to pay for the rings at once, but realized that he had left his wallet at home.
«Peter», he said to his servant, «take the car, drive back home and tell my wife to send me the money at once».
He asked the jeweller for a sheet of paper to write a note to his wife. But as he started writing, he couldn't manage to do it because it was too painful for him.
«Would you kindly help me»? he asked the jeweller. «1 can't write it myself».
Jeweller agreed to help. At the dictation of the gentleman he wrote: please send me a thousand pounds via bearer. Your husband George»,
«You don't say so»! exclaimed the jеweller. «My name is George, too».
«Oh», replied the gentleman, «Glad to hear that». :
He gave a letter to his servant and stayed at the shop to wait for the money.
They waited for a long time. At last the gentleman said: «I must go home and see what has happened. Keep the rings please .
When jeweller came home in the evening, he told his wife about strange incident in his shop.
«1 can't understand one thing», told his wife. «Why did you send home for a thousand pounds? And she showed him a note. The jeweller recognized his own handwriting and fainted.
I. Say if the sentence is true or false:
1. The jeweller's shop was situated in Baker Street.
2. A young gentleman accompanied by his man-servant entered the jeweller's shop one morning.
3. The gentleman wore his left arm in a sling,
4. He began to examine a couple of rings to the value of one thousand dollars.
5. He wished to pay for the rings at once.
6. He said he had left his wallet at home.
7. The gentleman wrote a note to his wife with the request to give him money.
8. The gentleman started writing but found it difficult and the jeweller offered his help.
9. They waited for a long time, but the servant didn't appear.
10. The jeweller said he had to go home.
II. Translate the questions into English:
1. Где был расположен магазин ювелира?
2. Кто сопровождал молодого джентльмена?
3. Что хотел купить молодой человек?
4. Почему он не смог заплатить за кольца сразу?
5. Кого он попросил принести деньги из дома?
6. Почему он не мог написать записку жене сам?
7. Помог ли ему ювелир?
8. Как звали ювелира?
9. Как долго ждали слугу ювелир и молодой джентльмен?
10. Были ли честными людьми эти двое посетителей?
III. Write the summary.
