Номер 3, страница 110 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Лапицкая, Демченко

3. Read and listen to the story. Stop to answer the questions in the boxes.

It isn’t fair that my brother Anthony has two dollars and three quarters and one dime and seven nickels and eighteen pennies. It isn’t fair that my brother Nicholas has one dollar and two quarters and five nickels and thirteen pennies.

Question 1:A quarter is 25 cent, a dime is 10 cent, a nickel – 5 cent. Who’s got more money: Anthony or Nickolas?

It isn’t fair because what I’ve got is ... bus tokens (жетоны на автобус). And most of the time what I’ve mostly got is bus tokens. And even when I’m very rich, I know that pretty soon what I’ll have is ... bus tokens. I know because I used to be rich, Last Sunday.

Q. 2:Why is Alexander so unhappy?

Last Sunday Grandma Betty and Grandpa Louie came to visit from New Jersey. They brought salmon (лосось) because my father likes to eat salmon. They brought plants because my mother likes to grow plants. They brought a dollar for me and a dollar for Nick and a dollar for Anthony because – Mom says it isn’t nice to say this because – we like money. A lot. Especially me.

Q. 3:How did he get his dollar?

My father told me to put the dollar away to pay for the college. He was kidding (шутил). Anthony told me to use the dollar to go downtown to a store to buy a new face. Anthony stinks (= he is extremely bad). Nicky said to take the dollar and bury it in the garden and in a week a dollar tree would grow. Ha, ha, ha. Mom said if I really want to buy a walkie-talkie, save my money. Saving money is hard.

Information box: walkie-talkie – a small radio held in the hand which is used for both sending and getting messages.

Q. 4:What did Alexander’s family recommend him to do with his money? Were they serious?

Because last Sunday, when I used to be rich, I went to Pearson’s Drug Store and got bubble gum. And even though I told my friend David I’d sell him all the gum in my mouth for a nickel, he still wouldn’t buy it. Goodbye, fifteen cents. I absolutely was saving the rest (остатки) of my money. I positively was saving the rest of my money. Except that Eddie called me up and said that he would rent (даст напрокат) me his snake for an hour. I always wanted to rent his snake for an hour. Goodbye, twelve cents.

Q. 5:What did he do with his money?

Anthony said when I’m ninety-nine I still won’t have enough for a walkie-talkie. My father said there are certain words a boy can never say, no matter how bad his brothers are being. My father fined (оштрафовал) me five cents each for saying them. Goodbye, dime. Last Sunday, when I used to be rich, by accident I flushed (смыл) a dime down the toilet. A nickel fell through a crack (щель) when I walked on my hands. I tried to get my nickel out with a butter knife and also my mother’s scissors. Goodbye, eight cents. And the butter knife. And the scissors.

Q. 6:What happened to the scissors and the butter knife?

Last Sunday when I used to be rich, I found this chocolate bar just sitting there and I ate it. How was I to know that it was Anthony’s? Goodbye, eleven cents.

Q. 7:Why did Alexander say “goodbye” to eleven cents?

I absolutely was saving the rest of my money. I positively was saving my money. But then Nick did a magic trick and that made my coins disappear. He didn’t know the trick to bring them back. Goodbye, four cents.

Q. 8:Was Nickolas a good magician?

Anthony said that even when I’m 199, I still won’t have enough for a walkie-talkie. My father said that there are certain things a boy can never kick (выкинуть), no matter how bad his brothers are being. My father made me pay five cents for kicking it. Goodbye, nickel. Last Sunday when I used to be rich, Cathy around the corner had a garage sale (распродажа). I positively only went to look. I looked at a bear with one eye. I needed that bear. Goodbye, twenty cents.

Q. 9:Would you buy a one-eyed bear at a garage sale?

I absolutely was saving the rest of my money. I positively was saving the rest of money. I absolutely positively was saving the rest of my money. Except that I needed to get some money to save. I looked in Pearson telephone’s booths for nickels and dimes that people sometimes forget. No one forgot. I brought some non-returnable bottles down to Friendly’s Market. Friendly’s Market wasn’t very friendly. I told my Grandma and Grandpa to come back soon.

Q. 10:Can you guess why?

Last Sunday, when I used to be rich, I used to have a dollar. I do not have a dollar any more. I’ve got this one-eyed bear. And ... some bus tokens.

By Judith Viorst (adapted)

1. Четвертак — это 25 центов, дайм — 10 центов, никель — 5 центов. У кого больше денег: у Энтони или у Николаса?

Ответ: Anthony has more money.

Перевод: У Энтони больше денег.

2. Почему Александр так несчастен?

Ответ: He is unhappy because his brothers have a lot of money, while he only has bus tokens.

Перевод: Он несчастен, потому что у его братьев много денег, а у него только жетоны на автобус.

3. Как он получил свой доллар?

Ответ: His grandparents, Grandma Betty and Grandpa Louie, gave him a dollar when they visited.

Перевод: Его бабушка Бетти и дедушка Луи дали ему доллар, когда приезжали в гости.

4. Что семья Александра рекомендовала ему сделать с его деньгами? Были ли они серьёзны?

Ответ: His father jokingly suggested saving it for college. Anthony told him to buy a new face. Nicky told him to bury it to grow a dollar tree. Only his mother was serious; she recommended that he save his money to buy a walkie-talkie.

Перевод: Его отец в шутку предложил отложить их на колледж. Энтони сказал ему купить новое лицо. Ники сказал ему закопать их, чтобы выросло долларовое дерево. Только его мама была серьёзна; она порекомендовала ему копить деньги на рацию.

5. Что он сделал со своими деньгами?

Ответ: He spent his money on bubble gum, renting a snake, and a one-eyed bear. He also paid a fine to his father and lost some of it by accident, during a magic trick, and while trying to retrieve a lost coin.

Перевод: Он потратил свои деньги на жвачку, аренду змеи и одноглазого мишку. Он также заплатил штраф отцу и потерял часть денег случайно, во время фокуса и при попытке достать упавшую монету.

6. Что случилось с ножницами и ножом для масла?

Ответ: He lost them when he tried to get a nickel out of a crack in the floor.

Перевод: Он потерял их, когда пытался достать никель из щели в полу.

7. Почему Александр попрощался с одиннадцатью центами?

Ответ: He had to pay his brother Anthony for the chocolate bar he ate.

Перевод: Ему пришлось заплатить своему брату Энтони за шоколадку, которую он съел.

8. Был ли Николас хорошим фокусником?

Ответ: No, he was not a good magician. He could make coins disappear, but he did not know the trick to bring them back.

Перевод: Нет, он не был хорошим фокусником. Он мог заставить монеты исчезнуть, но не знал фокуса, как вернуть их обратно.

9. Купили бы вы одноглазого мишку на гаражной распродаже?

Ответ: Yes, I might buy it. If the bear had character or seemed special, its missing eye wouldn't matter.

Перевод: Да, я мог бы его купить. Если бы у мишки был характер или он казался особенным, отсутствие глаза не имело бы значения.

10. Можете ли вы угадать почему?

Ответ: He wants his grandparents to come back soon because they gave him a dollar on their last visit, and he hopes they will give him money again.

Перевод: Он хочет, чтобы его бабушка и дедушка поскорее вернулись, потому что они дали ему доллар в свой последний приезд, и он надеется, что они снова дадут ему денег.