Номер 1, страница 269 - гдз по английскому языку 9 класс учебник Лапицкая, Демченко

1a. 🎧 Read Part I of the story. Who are the following people?

When I was a Senior¹ at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia during the 1961–62 school year, we had a nasty teacher named A.J. Fielder, better known as “Happy Jack”. Happy Jack Fielder taught hard courses in Chemistry and Physics. He gave low grades (marks) to his students. Many students needed high grades to get into the college of their choices.

I was one of those who decided to take the risk of taking Happy Jack’s classes. Happy Jack gave very hard tests. Almost all of us got no better than 50 or 60 out of 100 on these tests. In other words, we were failing. If we failed, we would not be able to go to college at all.

However, there was one kid in the class who always got 100 on every physics test. His name was Charles Pryor. He was not regarded (не считался) as one of the smartest (cleverest) kids in the school. Actually, I was regarded as the smartest kid in the school, although I knew that in reality I was not.

I had close friends named Jimmy and Johnny Farrar, who were identical twins. They were also among the smartest kids in the same physics class from Happy Jack. I went over to their house many times to discuss our low grades in Physics.

We knew that something had to be done about this. We were desperate². By getting 100 on every test while the rest of us were getting not more than 60, Charles Pryor was placing us all in a difficult situation. We were all studying hard. We did not think that he was very smart, so it could not have been that he knew the material better than we did.

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We finally understood how he did it. There were three physics classes, taught in periods (lessons) 4, 5 and 6. Charles Pryor was in the sixth period.

Happy Jack gave the same tests to all three periods. Therefore, during period 5 Charles Pryor could meet with a student from period 4 who had just taken the test, find out what the questions were and look up the answers before period 6. We became convinced (убеждены) that this was what Charles Pryor was doing. He was a cheat.

Now, what to do about this?

1b. Explain

1) why senior students needed high grades;

2) why students tried to avoid Happy Jack’s classes;

3) why the three friends were desperate;

4) why they thought that Charles Pryor was cheating;

5) how Charles Pryor was cheating.

1a. Прочитайте Часть I рассказа. Кто эти люди?

1b. Объясните:

1) почему старшеклассникам нужны были высокие оценки;

2) почему ученики старались избегать уроков Счастливого Джека;

3) почему трое друзей были в отчаянии;

4) почему они думали, что Чарльз Прайор списывает;

5) как Чарльз Прайор списывал.

Ответ:

1a.

1b. 1) Senior students needed high grades to get into the college of their choices.

2) Students tried to avoid Happy Jack’s classes because he was a nasty teacher who gave very hard tests and low grades, causing many students to fail.

3) The three friends were desperate because they were failing the physics class, which meant they would not be able to go to college, while Charles Pryor was getting perfect scores.

4) They thought Charles Pryor was cheating because he was not one of the smartest kids, yet he consistently got perfect scores while they, who were considered smart and studied hard, were failing.

5) Charles Pryor was in the sixth period physics class. He met with a student from the fourth period class to find out the test questions and then looked up the answers before his own test.

Перевод:

1a.

1b. 1) Старшеклассникам нужны были высокие оценки, чтобы поступить в колледжи по своему выбору.

2) Ученики старались избегать уроков Счастливого Джека, потому что он был неприятным учителем, который давал очень сложные тесты и ставил низкие оценки, из-за чего многие ученики не справлялись.

3) Трое друзей были в отчаянии, потому что они проваливали предмет по физике, что означало, что они не смогут поступить в колледж, в то время как Чарльз Прайор получал идеальные оценки.

4) Они думали, что Чарльз Прайор списывает, потому что он не был одним из самых умных учеников, но при этом постоянно получал идеальные оценки, в то время как они, считавшиеся умными и усердно учившиеся, проваливались.

5) Чарльз Прайор был в группе, у которой физика была на шестом уроке. Он встречался с учеником из группы четвертого урока, чтобы узнать вопросы теста, а затем находил ответы перед своим собственным тестом.