Английский язык | 10 - 11 классы
The Stonecutter Once upon a time there was a stone cutter.
The stone cutter lived in a land where a life of privilege meant being powerful.
Looking at his life he decided that he was unsatisfied with the way things were and so he set out to become the most powerful thing in the land.
Looking around his land he wondered to himself what is it to be powerful.
Looking up he saw the Sun shining down on all the land.
«The Sun must be the most powerful thing that there is, for it shines down on all things, and all things grow from it’s touch.
» So he became the Sun.
Days later, as he shone his power down on the inhabitants of the land, there came a cloud which passed beneath him obstructing his brilliance.
Frustrated he realized that the Sun was not the most powerful thing in the land, if a simple cloud could interrupt his greatness.
So he became a cloud, in fact, he became the most powerful storm that the world had ever seen.
And so he blew his rain and lightning, and resounded with thunder all over the land, demonstrating that he was the most powerful.
Until one day he came across a boulder.
Down and down he poured and his thunder roared, lightning flashed and filled the sky, striking the ground near the boulder.
His winds blew and blew and blew, and yet, despite all his efforts, he could not budge the boulder.
Frustrated again, he realized that the storm was not the most powerful thing in the land, rather it must be the boulder.
So he became the boulder.
For days he sat, unmovable, and impassive, demonstrating his power, until one day, a stone cutter came and chiseled him to bits.
The moral of the story is : sometimes the most important thing to remember is that you have everything you need already, right inside of you.
Power is an illusion.
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Перевести на русский "May I take my cat with me?
Перевести на русский "May I take my cat with me?
"Dick asked the captan.
"Certainly, "said the captain.
The captain was a good old kind man.
He told Dick stories about strange countries and strange animals.
One day there (was?
)country.
The people who lived in that country had (r?
) skins The captain of the ship beautiful presents to the King and the Queen of that country.
Then they invited the captain to their palace.
It was a beautiful palace.
There were a lot of different tasty things on the tables for the King , the Queen and the captan.
But suddenly hundreds of rats ran into the room and began to eat all the tasty things .
"This happens every day ", said the King.
"We don't know what to do.
Nobody can help us ".
So the captain send for Dick and his cat .
When the cat saw the rats, she jumped from Dick's arms and soon all the rats were dead The King and the Queen were so pleased that they gave Dick twelve bags of gold and many other presents When Dick came back to London , he was very rich and the had his cat with him.
He married a beautiful girl.
And the there of them lived very happily together.
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Last Saturday "Little Dorrit" was.
The Art Theatre.
. his way home Peter Below went.
The theatre box - office and bought two tickets.
The performance.
It was already four o'clock.
The afternoon.
Half an hour he came home.
Peter had dinner.
His family and.
Six o'clock he and his wife were ready to go.
The theatre They came there just.
Time.
The performance.
The performance was wonderful.
They liked it very much.
The theatre Peter and his wife met some.
Their friends and spoke .
Them.
The performance.
. half .
Ten the performance was over.
It was not cold outside.
So Peter and his wife decided not to take a taxi.
They walked home.
Eleven o'clock they came home, it was late, but they decided to listen.
The news.
The radio and then went.
Bed.
Как читается по английскому языку : One of the most famous wonders of nature is Niagara Falls?
Как читается по английскому языку : One of the most famous wonders of nature is Niagara Falls.
The waterfalls are situated on the border between Canada and the USA.
The native people called it Niagara which means " Great Thunderer of Waters".
The noise from the fall can be heard from far away.
It' s hard to believe that water can create such a wonder.
Niagara Falls are the most powerful waterfalls in North America and the second most powerful in the world.
It' s not the height that makes Niagara Falls wonderful and exciting, but the great quantity of water.
Read the text and put the paragraphs (1 - 5) in order?
Read the text and put the paragraphs (1 - 5) in order.
1) Finally the day came when the boy didn`t lose his temper at all.
He told his father about it and the father suggested that boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
2) The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.
He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.
The fence will never be the same.
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.
You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.
It won`t matter how many tines you say I`m sorry.
The wound is still there.
" 3) A verbal wound is as bad as physical one.
4) The first day, the put 37 nails into the fense.
Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.
He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
5) There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
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Нормально He drove his big lorry around to the side of his house and piled all the dishes, and all the vases, and all the ashtrays, and pots, and a frying pan, and a kettle on it and drove the truck out into the rain.
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1. The need … land cadastre has increased … recent years … two reasons.
2. The academic year … the university begins … September and finishes … May.
3. The population should actively participate … the process … land use planning.
4. Modern technology can offer new possibilities … lower costs … cadastral reforms.
5. Land use planning is the planning … the most proper, sound and full land uses based … the most advanced technology and scince.
Write down all the parts of the bicycle mentioned in the text and verbs describing the actions of grandad and his grandson while they were repairing it?
Write down all the parts of the bicycle mentioned in the text and verbs describing the actions of grandad and his grandson while they were repairing it.
Помогите перевести As the sun came up, the Ghost gained some courage?
Помогите перевести As the sun came up, the Ghost gained some courage.
He decided to talk to the other ghost "Perhaps he can help me scare the twins"thought the Ghost.
The ghost tiptoed down the hallway.
He reached the spot and gasped.
Something had happened to the ghost.
It no longer looked frightened.
The canterville Ghost could see that the ghost's head was only a hollow pumpkin, .
There was also a white curtain and a kitchen knife lying by his feet.
The whole thing flashed across hin.
He had been tricked foiled, and outwitted.
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Many years ago, there lived a king in England.
His name was Richard Coeur de Lion.
Coeur de Lion is French.
It means lion - hearted.
It is strange that an English king had a French name.
More than a hundred years before this king, a French duke named William came to England.
He defeated the English, and became the king of England.
He took many Frenchmen or Normans with him.
These Normans were all poor but very proud.
They came with William to help him fight.
He promised to give them money and lands.
So Duke William stole lands, houses and money from the Saxon nobles and gave them to the Normans.
The Saxon nobles became the servants of the proud Normans.
So, there were two races in England.
Each spoke their own language.
Each hated the other.
When Richard became king there was still a great hatred between the two races.
Richard Coeur de Lion was a brave and noble man.
He loved brave men and noble deeds.
He hated all mean and cruel, and the cowards who did them.
He was ready to help the weak.
Richard himself was not gentle.
He was very angry and terrible in battle.
He loved to fight with people who were stronger or better armed than himself and never hurt the weak.
But Richard did not stay in England.
Far over the seas there is a country of Palestine.
Christian people in all ages think gratefully of that country.
But at that time it was in the hands of the enemies.
So Christian people gathered big armies of brave men from every country and sent them to try to win it back.
Brave King Richard too fought for this city.
So he gathered as much money and brave men as he could, and set out for the Holy Land.
Before he went away he called two bishops.
He thought they were good and wise men, and said to them : ‘Take care of England while I am away.
Rule my people wisely and well, and I will reward you when I return.
’ The bishops promised to do as he asked.
King Richard had a brother.
His name was Prince John.
He was different from King Richard in every way.
He was not at all a nice man.
He was jealous of Richard because he was king.
He was angry because he wanted to rule while Richard was away.
John said to the bishops, ‘You must let me rule while the king is away.
’ And the bishops let him to do so.
Deep down in his wicked heart John meant to make himself king and never let Richard come back any more.
A sad time began for the Saxons.
John tried to please the Normans.
He hoped they could help to make him king.
He gave them land and money.
He took it from the Saxons and gave it to the Normans.
Many of the Saxons became homeless.
They lived a wild life in the forests.
One of the few Saxon nobles was Robert, Earl of Huntingdon.
He had one son.
His name was Robert too, but people called him Robin.
He was a favourite with everyone.
He was tall, strong, handsome, and full of fun.
He was brave and fear - less too.
He was the best archer in all the countryside.
He never hurt the weak and poor.
Robert of Huntingdon had a bitter enemy.
One day this enemy came with many soldiers to kill the earl and take all his goods and lands.
There was a terrible fight.
In the end, Robert and all his men were killed.
His house was burned and all his money stolen.
Only Robin was saved.
He was the best archer and no soldier could go near him.
He fought bravely till the last.
But when he saw that his father was dead and his home in flames, he didn’t fight any longer.
He took his bow and arrows and went to the forest of SherwoodPrince John’s men were close behind him.
On and on he went, deeper and deeper into the trees.
At last he sat under a great tree.
His heart was full of anger and thoughts of revenge.
Cruel men in one day took everything.
His father, his home, servants, land, money and his name.
Robin loved the forest.
Soon it comforted him.
At last the tears came hot and fast, and sobs shook him.
The bitterness and anger went out of his heart ; only unhappiness was there.
In the evening Robin said his prayers and swore an oath.
This was the oath : ‘I swear to honour God and the King, To help the weak and fight the strong, To take from the rich and give to the poor, So God will help me with His power.
’ Then he lay down on the grass under the trees and fell asleep.
And this is how Robin Hood first came to live in the Green Wood and have all his wonderful adventures.
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Ответить на вопросы 1.
Where did the man live.
2. Who had bad manners?
3. What did the man say when he climbed down from the tree?
4. Why did the Rhinoceros take off his skin 5.
How did the man punish the Rhinoceros 6.
Why are there great folds in the Rhinoceros skin now Сам текст Once upon a time on an island in the Red Sea there lived a man.
One day he took flour and water, and carrots, and plums, and sugar and made himself a very big brown cake.
But just as he was going to eat it there came down to the beach Rhinoceros with two piggy eyes and bad manners.
He said, “How!
” and the man left the cake and climbed to the top of a tree.
The Rhinoceros ate the cake and went away.
The man came down from the tree and said, Them that takes cakes Which the man bakes Makes dreadful mistakes.
Five weeks later the weather was very hot and all the animals took off their skins.
The Rhinoceros left his skin on the beach and went into the water.
At that moment the man put cake - crumbs inside the skin and climbed on the top of the tree.
The Rhinoceros came out of the water and put his skin on, and it tickled like cake - crumbs in bed.
He ran to the tree and rubbed, and rubbed himself against it.
And he rubbed his skin into great folds on his neck and over his legs.
And from that day a rhinoceros has great folds in his skin.
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1. Where did the stone cutter live?
2. Why didhe become the Sun?
3. Wasthe Sun the most powerful thing in the land?
4. Why didhe become a cloud?
5. He became the most powerful storm that the world had ever seen, didn't he?
6. Whoblew rain and lightning?
7. Whowas the most powerful?
8. He could not budge the boulder, could he?
9. What happened one day?
10. Whocame and chiseled him to bits?
11. Whosewinds blew and blew and blew?
12. What is the moral of the story?
13. The most important thing to remember is that you have everything you need already, don't you?
14. Is power an illusion or reality?
15. Whatshines down on all things?
16. Is it good to be powerful?
17. What is the most important thing to remember?
18. Is it good to sit unmovable and impassive?
19. Can power cause problems?
20. Did you like the story?