Two gifts O'Henry
методическая разработка по английскому языку (8 класс)

Тема: Урок чтения

Цель: развитие умения читать с извлечением конкретной информации, с пониманием основной информации, с полным пониманием.

I.Переведите при помощи словаря.

    gift

    the top floor

     both … and

    work hard

    all they got

    grocer

    butcher

    baker

    rent

    own

    treasure

    be proud

    eve

    suddenly

    shine (shone, shone)

    undo (undid, undone)

    knee

    cover

    do up (did, done)

    nervously

    sign

    hairgoods

    counter

    at last

    remain

    curling irons

    tiny

    curls

    look like

    hope

    turn white

    be fixed

    expression

    terrify

    like that

    let us be

    sigh

    draw (drew, drown)

    package

    string

    lie (lay, lain)

    comb

    her hair was gone

    hold out (held, held)

The Two Gifts

                                         (after O’Henry)

     Jim and Della were very poor. They lived in New York In a small room on the top

floor of a high building. Jim was twenty-two years old, Della was twenty-one.

     Both husband and wife worked very hard, but there never was any money in the

house; for all they got went to pay the grocer, the bother, and the baker. And the rent was

$8 a week.

      And yet they owned two treasures of which they were very proud. These treasures were—Jim’s gold watch, which he received from his father, and Della’s beautiful hair.

     It was the eve of New-Year’s Day. Della wanted to give Jim a present. She counted her money. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all she had. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. So she sat down on the sofa and wept. Suddenly she got up and went to the looking – glass. Her eyes shone brilliantly. Quickly she undid her hair. It reached below her knees and covered her like a cloak. And then she did it again quickly and nervously. She put on her old brown hat. Then she ran out of the door and down the stairs to the street.

     She stopped before a sign and read the words: “M-me Sofranie. Hairgoods of all kinds”. Then she entered the shop. She saw Madame sitting at the counter. She was fat and red cheeked.

     “Will you buy my hair?”, asked Della.

     “Let me see it,” said Madame.

     Della took of her hat and undid her hair.

     “Twenty dollars”, said Madame, lifting the mass of Della’s golden hair with a practiced hand.

     “Give me a money”, said Della…

     The next two hours were like a happy dream. Della hurried from shop looking for Jim’s present.

     She found it at last. It was a watch chain for which she paid $21. And then she hurried home with the chain and the remaining 87 cents.

     Jim was not at home. Della got out of curling irons and lighted the gas and went to work. In forty minutes her head was covered with tiny curls. She looked like a schoolboy.

She said to herself: “I hope Jim not kill me. But what could I do – oh, what could I do with one dollar and 87 cents.

     At seven o’clock the coffee was ready. Della sat waiting for Jim. She heard his steps on the stairs, and she turned white for just one moment. The door opened and Jim entered the room. He looked thin and very serious… and suddenly Jim stopped. His eyes were fixed upon Della, and there was an expression in them that terrified her.

     “Jim, darling! She cried, “don’t look at me like that: I sold my hair because I wanted to give you present. My hair will grow again. It grows very fast. Say ‘A Happy New Year’, Jim, and let us be happy. You don’t know what a beautiful present I have for you”.

     Jim sighed. He drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it on the table.

     “If you open that package, you will understand,” he said.

     Della took off the paper and string. There lay the beautiful combs that Della saw in a Broadway shop window. Now they were hers, but her hair was gone.

     Suddenly Della jumped and cried: «Oh, Jim, I shall give you your beautiful present.” She held it out to him upon her open palm.

                                          ***

    “Isn’t it a beautiful chain? Give me your watch: I want to see how it looks on it.”

    Jim did not obey. He fell on the sofa and put his hands behind his head and smiled.

    “Della”, said he,” I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs. It the coffee ready?”

Exercises

   II. Найдите в тексте и выпишите английские эквиваленты следующих слов

и словосочетаний. Они вам потребуются для последующего пересказа:

    и муж, и жена много работали; золотые часы; золотистые волосы; канун Нового

года; купить подарок; зеркало; она распустила волосы; она уложила их; надевать;

она вошла в магазин; продать, купить; счастливый сон; искать подарок; через сорок

минут; крошечные кудряшки; она была похожа на школьника; не смотри на меня

так; они (волосы) растут очень быстро; он вынул пакет; красивые гребёнки; но у неё

не было волос.

  III.Переведите следующие предложения:

    1. Джим и Делла были очень бедными.

    2. И муж, и жена работали очень много.

    3. Они владели двумя сокровищами: этими сокровищами были золотые часы и

       прекрасные золотистые волосы Деллы.

    4. Был канун Нового года.

    5. Делла хотела сделать подарок Джиму.

    6. Она продала свои прекрасные волосы, чтобы купить ему цепочку для часов.

    7. Джим продал свои часы, чтобы купить ей красивые гребёнки, которые

       Делла видела в витрине магазина на Бродвее.

   IV. Выразите согласие или несогласие со следующими утверждениями. При

 необходимости исправьте неверные варианты. Используйте выражения:

     I’m afraid that’s wrong.             Боюсь, что это неверно.

    That’s not quite true to the fact.    Это не совсем соответствует факту.

    That’s (quite) right.                 Совершенно верно.

     According o the story…                Согласно рассказу…

    1. Jim and Della lived on the ground floor a low building.

    2. Jim was forty-three years old, Della was forty-one.

    3. Jim and Della were brother and sister.

    4. Jim was proud of his silver watch which he had got from his mother.

    5. Della took off her new brown jacket and undid her hair.

    6. Madam Sofronie was a young woman, thin and pale, she was standing at the counter when Della entered the shop.

    7. Della sold her hair because she wanted to buy a new watch for Jim.

  V.Ответьте на вопросы. Старайтесь не смотреть в текст.

   1. Where did Jim and Della live?

   2. How old was Jim and how old was Della?

   3. Why was there never any money in the house?

   4. What were their “treasures”?

   5. What did Della want to give Jim?

   6. Why did she weep?

   7. What did Della do to get some money?

   8. What did she buy?

   9. What did she do when he came home?

   10. What did she look like in forty minutes?

   11. What did Della say when Jim saw her?

O. Henry «The Last Leaf (part 1)»

Words for part 1:

• shared a studio apartment — делили однокомнатную квартиру
• This disease, pneumonia — Эта болезнь, пневмония
• She has one chance in — let us say ten — У нее один шанс из, скажем, десяти.
• Has she anything on her mind worth thinking? — Есть ли ей о чем стоит думать?
• to count the carriages at her funeral — считать кареты в своей похоронной процессии
• several times repeated — который повторялся несколько раз
• She was …. — counting backward — Она считала в обратном порядке.
• What was there to count? — Что там было считать?
• An old ivy vine — старый плющ
• When the last one falls — Когда последний упадет
• Then I’ll go, too. — Тогда я умру.

Источник: Лучшие рассказы О Генри. The Last Leaf (in English, intermediate) http://englishstory.ru/the-last-leaf.html#ixzz6N4BoLxyl

Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village area of New York. Two young women named Sue and Johnsy shared a studio apartment at the top of a three-story building. Johnsy’s real name was Joanna.

In November, a cold, unseen stranger came to visit the city. This disease, pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy lay on her bed, hardly moving. She looked through the small window. She could see the side of the brick house next to her building.

One morning, a doctor examined Johnsy and took her temperature. Then he spoke with Sue in another room.

«She has one chance in — let us say ten,» he said. «And that chance is for her to want to live. Your friend has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?»

«She — she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples in Italy some day,» said Sue.

«Paint?» said the doctor. «Bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking twice — a man for example?»

«A man?» said Sue. «Is a man worth — but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind.»

«I will do all that science can do,» said the doctor. «But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages at her funeral, I take away fifty percent from the curative power of medicines.»

After the doctor had gone, Sue went into the workroom and cried. Then she went to Johnsy’s room with her drawing board, whistling ragtime.

Johnsy lay with her face toward the window. Sue stopped whistling, thinking she was asleep. She began making a pen and ink drawing for a story in a magazine. Young artists must work their way to «Art» by making pictures for magazine stories. Sue heard a low sound, several times repeated. She went quickly to the bedside.

Johnsy’s eyes were open wide. She was looking out the window and counting — counting backward. «Twelve,» she said, and a little later «eleven»; and then «ten» and «nine;» and then «eight» and «seven,» almost together.

Sue looked out the window. What was there to count? There was only an empty yard and the blank side of the house seven meters away. An old ivy vine, going bad at the roots, climbed half way up the wall. The cold breath of autumn had stricken leaves from the plant until its branches, almost bare, hung on the bricks.

«What is it, dear?» asked Sue.

«Six,» said Johnsy, quietly. «They’re falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head hurt to count them. But now it’s easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now.»

«Five what, dear?» asked Sue.

«Leaves. On the plant. When the last one falls I must go, too. I’ve known that for three days. Didn’t the doctor tell you?»

«Oh, I never heard of such a thing,» said Sue. «What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? And you used to love that vine. Don’t be silly. Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chances for getting well real soon were — let’s see exactly what he said – he said the chances were ten to one! Try to eat some soup now. And, let me go back to my drawing, so I can sell it to the magazine and buy food and wine for us.»

«You needn’t get any more wine,» said Johnsy, keeping her eyes fixed out the window. «There goes another one. No, I don’t want any soup. That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I’ll go, too.»

Источник: Лучшие рассказы О Генри. The Last Leaf (in English, intermediate) http://englishstory.ru/the-last-leaf.html#ixzz6N4BhY4Fh

O. Henry. The Last Leaf (Part 2)

Words for part 2:

• a failure — неудачник
• a work of art — произведение искусства
• a fierce old little man — злобный старикашка
• a blank canvas — чистый холст
• float away like a leaf — улетит как лист
• pulled the shade down — спустила штору

Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the apartment building. Behrman was a failure in art. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model. He was a fierce old little man who protected the two young women in the studio apartment above him.

Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas that had been waiting twenty-five years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Johnsy and how she feared that her friend would float away like a leaf.

Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. «Are there people in the world with the foolishness to die because leaves drop off a vine? Why do you let that silly business come in her brain?»

«She is very sick and weak,» said Sue, «and the disease has left her mind full of strange ideas.»

«This is not any place in which one so good as Miss Johnsy shall lie sick,» yelled Behrman. «Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away.»

Johnsy was sleeping when they went upstairs. Sue pulled the shade down to cover the window. She and Behrman went into the other room. They looked out a window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other without speaking. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow. Behrman sat and posed as the miner.

Источник: Лучшие рассказы О Генри. The Last Leaf (in English, intermediate) http://englishstory.ru/the-last-leaf.html#ixzz6N4Bvm2j8

O. Henry. The Last Leaf. Part 3

Words for part 3:

• pull up the shade — поднять штору
• the beating rain and fierce wind — проливной дождь и сильный ветер
• one ivy leaf — только один лист плюща
• It hung bravely from the branch — он храбро висел на ветке
• It is wrong to want to die.— Нельзя желать себе смерти.
• even chances — шансы равные
• another case — другого больного

The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour’s sleep. She found Johnsy with wide-open eyes staring at the covered window.

«Pull up the shade; I want to see,» she ordered, quietly.

Sue obeyed.

After the beating rain and fierce wind that blew through the night, there yet stood against the wall one ivy leaf. It was the last one on the vine. It was still dark green at the center. But its edges were colored with the yellow. It hung bravely from the branch about seven meters above the ground.

«It is the last one,» said Johnsy. «I thought it would surely fall during the night. I heard the wind. It will fall today and I shall die at the same time.»

«Dear, dear!» said Sue, leaning her worn face down toward the bed. «Think of me, if you won’t think of yourself. What would I do?»

But Johnsy did not answer.

The next morning, when it was light, Johnsy demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there. Johnsy lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called to Sue, who was preparing chicken soup.

«I’ve been a bad girl,» said Johnsy. «Something has made that last leaf stay there to show me how bad I was. It is wrong to want to die. You may bring me a little soup now.»

An hour later she said: «Someday I hope to paint the Bay of Naples.»

Later in the day, the doctor came, and Sue talked to him in the hallway.

«Even chances,» said the doctor. «With good care, you’ll win. And now I must see another case I have in your building. Behrman, his name is — some kind of an artist, I believe. Pneumonia, too. He is an old, weak man and his case is severe. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital today to ease his pain.»

The next day, the doctor said to Sue: «She’s out of danger. You won. Nutrition and care now — that’s all.»

Later that day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, and put one arm around her.

«I have something to tell you, white mouse,» she said. «Mister Behrman died of pneumonia today in the hospital. He was sick only two days. They found him the morning of the first day in his room downstairs helpless with pain. His shoes and clothing were completely wet and icy cold. They could not imagine where he had been on such a terrible night.

And then they found a lantern, still lighted. And they found a ladder that had been moved from its place. And art supplies and a painting board with green and yellow colors mixed on it.

And look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn’t you wonder why it never moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it is Behrman’s masterpiece – he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell.»

Источник: Лучшие рассказы О Генри. The Last Leaf (in English, intermediate) http://englishstory.ru/the-last-leaf.html#ixzz6N4C1J1yA

dog and three dollars

                                        (after Mark Twain).

    I have always believed that a man must be honest. “Never ask for money you haven’t

earned”, I always said.

    Now I shall tell you a story which will show you how honest I have always been all my

life.

    A few days ago at my friend’s I met General Miles. General Miles was a nice man and

we became great friends very quickly.

    “Did you live in Washington in 1867?”, the General asked me. “Yes, I did”, I

answered.

    “How could so happen that we didn’t meet then?” said General Miles.

    “General”, said I, “ we could meet then, you forget that you were a great general then,

and I was a poor young writer whom nobody knew and whose books nobody read”.

    “You do not remember me”, I thought, “but we met In Washington at that time.

    I remember it very well. I was poor then and very often I did not have money even for

my bread. I had a friend. He was a poor writer too. We lived together. We did everything

together: worked, read books, went for walks together. And then we were hungry, we were

both hungry.

    Once we were in need of three dollars. I don’t remember why we needed these dollars

so much, but I remember that we had to have three dollars by the evening.

    “We must get these three dollars”, said my friend, “I shall try get the money, but you

must also try”.

    I went out of the house, but I did not know where to go and how to get the three dollars.

For one hour I was walking along the streets of Washington and was very tired. At last I

came to a big hotel. “I shall go in and have a rest”, I thought.

    I went into the hall of the hotel and sat down on a sofa. I was sitting there when a

beautiful small dog ran into the hall. It was looking for somebody. The dog was nice and I

had nothing to do, so I called it and began to play with it. I was playing with the dog when

a man came into the hall. He wore a beautiful uniform and I knew at once that he was

General Miles. I knew him by the pictures in the newspapers. “What a beautiful dog”, said

he. “It is your dog?”

    I did not have time to answer him when he said: “Do you want to sell it?”

    When I heard these words I thought about my friend and the three dollars which I had

to get. “Well, I… I think …”

     “Good”, said the General. “How much do you want for it ?”

    “Three dollars” I answered at once.

    “Three dollars?” he asked. “But it is very little. I can give fifty dollars for it”. “No, no. I

only want three dollars”. “Well, it’s your dog. If you want three dollars for it, I shall be –

glad to by your dog.”

    General Miles paid me three dollars, took the dog , and went up to his room.

    Ten minutes later an old man came into the hall. He looked round the hall. I could see

that he was looking for something. “Are you looking for a dog, sir?” I asked . “Oh, yes.

Have you seen it? Said the man. “Your dog was here a few minutes ago and I saw how it

went away with a man”, I said. “If you want, I shall try to find it for you”. The man was

very happy and asked me to help him. “I shall be glad to help you, but it will take some of

my time and…”

    “I am ready to pay you for you time”, cried the man. “How much do you want for it?”

    “Three dollars.”, I answered.

    “Three dollars?”, said the man, “but it is very good dog. I shall pay you ten dollars if

you find it for me”.

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   “No, sir. I want three dollars and not a dollar more”, I said. Then I went to General

Mile’s room. The General was playing with his new book.

   “I came here to take the dog back”, said I.

   “But it is not your dog now. I have bought it. I have paid you three dollars for it”, said

the General.

   “I shall give you back your three dollars, but I must take the dog.”

   “But you have sold it to me, it is my dog now”.

   “I could not sell it to you, sir, because it was not my dog”.

   “Do you want to tell me that you took three dollars for a dog that was not yours” cried

the General.

   “I took the money, but I never said that it was my dog. You asked me how much I

wanted for the dog, and I said that I wanted three dollars. But I never told you it was my

dog”. General Miles was very angry now.

   “Give me back my three dollars and take the dog back”, he shouted.

   When I brought the dog back to its master, he was very happy and paid me three dollars

with joy. I was happy too because I had the money, and I felt that I earned it.

   Now you can see why I say that honesty is the best policy and that a man must never

take anything that a man must never take anything that he has not earned.

                          Vocabulary

   honest                                                        честный

   poor                                                          бедный

   enough                                                       достаточно

   together                                                     вместе

   try                                                           пробовать, пытаться

   along                                                        вдоль

   be tired                                                     быть усталым

   at last                                                      наконец

   look round                                                   осматривать

   ready                                                        готов

   bring (brought, brought)                                     приносить

   feel (felt, felt)                                             чувствовать

   honestly                                                      честность

   policy                                                       политика

                         Exercises

  I.Найдите в тексте и выпишите английские эквиваленты следующих слов и

словосочетаний:

  честный; просить; зарабатывать; всю жизнь; несколько дней тому назад;

подружиться; случаться; забыть; встретить однажды; иметь достаточно денег;

нуждаться; попытаться достать (деньги); отдохнуть; сесть на диван; понять сразу; по

фотографии; продать; купить; (за)платить; старик; быть готовым; ни долларом

больше; забрать (взять обратно); рассердиться; с радость; лучшая политика.

   II.Закончите следующие предложения из текста:

      1. I have always believed that…

      2. Never ask for money…

      3. General Miles was a nice man and we…

      4. How could it happen that…

      5. I went out of the house…

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      6. I was sitting where when…

      7. When we were hungry…

      8. I knew at once that…

      9. If you want three dollars for it…

      10. I could not sell it to you, because…

      11. When I brought the dog back to its master…

      12. I was happy too because…

  III.Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык. Переведённые

предложения сверьте с текстом:

     1. Несколько дней назад в доме моего друга я познакомился с генералом

         Майлзом.

     2. Генерал Майлз был приятным человеком, и вскоре мы стали большими

         друзьями.

     3. Как могло случиться, что мы не встретились тогда?

     4. Я был бедным молодым писателем, которого никто не знал и чьи книги

         никто не читал.

     5. Мы всё делали вместе: работали, читали книги, гуляли вместе.

     6. Когда мы голодали, мы голодали оба.

     7. Я не помню, почему нам нужны были эти доллары, но я помню, что мы

         должны были достать их к вечеру.

     8. Я вышел из дома, но я не знал, куда идти и как достать эти три доллара.

     9. Я играл с собакой, когда в холл вошёл какой-то человек.

     10. “Какая красивая собака”,- сказал он.

     11. Когда я привёл собаку её хозяину, он был очень рад и с радостью заплатил

         мне три доллара.

   IV.Воспроизведите части текста (ситуации), в которых употреблены

следующие слова и словосочетания в качестве ключевых. Не ограничивайтесь

только этими словами:

       1. a few days ago, a nice man, became grate friends, how could it happen, you

           forget, a great general, a poor young writer, we met once in Washington.

       2. poor, did not have enough money, a friend, lived together, we were both hungry,

           in need of three dollars, I don’t remember, by the evening, you must also try, I

           did not know where to go.

       3. for an hour, I came to a big hotel, A sofa, a beautiful small dog, I had nothing to

           do, I was paying, wore a beautiful uniform, by the pictures, is it your dog, I did

           not have tome, I heard these words, how much do you want, very little, fifty

           dollars, I shall be glad.

       4. an old man, he looked round the hall, are you looking for a dog, a few minutes

           ago, it went away, to find it, happy, I shall be glad, some of my time, to pay you

           for you time, ten dollars, not a dollar more.

         5. the General was playing, to take the dog back, not your dog, I have paid, I

shall give you back,

             not my dog, I never told you, very angry, give me back, happy, he paid me, I

was happy too.

   V.Выразите согласие или несогласие со следующими утверждениями.

     1. General miles was a nice man.

                                           5

  2. General Miles and the author did not meet in Washington.

  3. The author was a poor young writer whom nobody knew.

  4. The author and his friends were in need of a large sum of money.

  5. They knew there to get the money.

  6. The dog was nice, and the author called it and began to play with it.

  7. General Miles wore in beautiful uniform and the author knew him at once.

  8. General Miles paid three dollars, took the dog and went, up to his room.

  9. The author took the money, but he never told General Miles that it was his dog.

  10. General Miles was not angry at all when the author came to take the dog back.

  11. The author was happy because he had the money, and he felt that he had earned

      it.

VI. Ответьте на вопросы. Старайтесь не смотреть в текст:

  1. Did the author live in Washington in 1867?

  2. Why did General Miles forget that they met in Washington?

  3. Did the author meet General Miles in Washington/

  4. How did the author and his friend live in Washington?

  5. How much money did they need?

  6. Did the author know where and how to get the money?

  7. Where did the author see the dog?

  8. Why did the author know General Miles?

  9. Why did General Miles want to buy the dog?

  10. Did he pay fifty dollars for a dog?

  11. Did he want to give the dog back?

  12. Why was the author happy when he got the 3 dollars?

VII. Перескажите текст:

  1. от имени автора (используя упр.III)

  2. от имени генерала Майлза;

  3. от имени хозяина собаки.