Текст на аудирование

 

Задание 1. Повторяйте за диктором слова и словосочетания. Запомните их значение:

1. cockney горожанин (простолюдин)

2. darkness темнота

3. slap шлепок, пощечина

4. to emerge появиться

5. a bleeding nose кровотечение из носа

6. a swollen eye припухший глаз

7. to hit ударить

8. to play a trick сыграть с кем-либо шутку

9. the back of the hand тыльная сторона ладони

Задание 2. Прослушайте текст. Постарайтесь понять его содержание.

 

What Happened While the Train Was in the Tunnel?

In the compartment of a train travelling through the countryside, there were four people — a young girl, an old lady, an army officer and a young cockney. Suddenly the train went into a tunnel: for half a minute the carriage was in complete darkness and in the darkness came the sound of a large kiss followed almost immediately by a loud slap.

When the train emerged and it was light again, everybody saw the officer with a bleeding nose and a swollen eye. The old lady thought that the young girl hit the officer for stealing a kiss.

The young girl thought it was strange that the officer kissed the old lady and not her. The poor officer thought that the cockney kissed the girl and the girl hit him. And the cockney laughed silently at the trick he had played. «I’m a clever chap,» he thought to himself. «I kissed the back of my hand, hit the officer in the face and nobody said a word».

 

Задание 3. Найдите предложения, не соответствующие содержанию прослушанного текста:

1. Which of the following is not true?

a) Both the kiss and the slap were in complete darkness.

b) As soon as the train left the tunnel there was a kiss and then a slap.

c) The kiss was followed by the slap.

d) The slap followed the kiss.

2. What actually happened in the tunnel?

a) The young lady hit the officer because he dared to kiss her.

b) The officer kissed the old lady and she hit him.

c) The cockney kissed the girl and the girl hit the officer.

d) The cockney kissed the back of his hand and hit the officer in the face.

3. Why did the cockney hit the officer?

a) He hated officers.

b) He wanted to kill the officer.

c) Не accidentally hit the officer.

d) He wanted to play a joke.

4. How did the four passengers react to what happened in the tunnel?

a) Everybody except the cockney was at a loss — they didn't really know what had happened.

b) Nobody noticed it.

c) There was a scandal as soon as the train emerged out of the tunnel.

d) Everybody liked the situation.

5. Who was surprised at the thought that the officer kissed the old lady?

a) The cockney.

b) The old lady.

c) The young lady.

d) Everybody.