Английский язык. Ч. 1. Гималетдинова Г.К - 17 стр.

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nation of this family trauma and his own menial job profoundly affected Charles’ life
and view of the world, and were to haunt him for the rest of his days. John Dickens
was released after three month in prison by having himself declared an Insolvent
Debtor. Charles was sent to school at the age of twelve, where he did well, and at the
age of fifteen he began work in the office of a legal firm in Gray’s Inn. Here he taught
himself shorthand, and eighteen months later started as a freelance reporter in the
court of Doctors’ Commons. In 1829 Dickens fell deeply in love with Maria Beadnell,
and the affair dragged on inconclusively until the summer of 1833. Meanwhile, Dick-
ens’ career was prospering, with his rapid and accurate reporting of debates in the
House of Commons for the Morning Chronicle, and good reviews for his literary work
led to him being commissioned by the publishers, Chapman&Hall, to provide text in
monthly instalments to accompany sporting plates by the artist, Seymour. It was in this
way that the hugely successful Pickwick Papers were published in 1836-7.
      In 1858 Dickens separated from his wife, by whom he had had ten children,
and developed his friendship with a young actress called Ellen Ternan. Dickens’
health began to fail in the late 1860s, adversely affected by the strain of his very
popular public readings, which he instituted in 1858, and a demanding tour of
America in 1867-8. He suffered a stroke at his home at Gad’s Hill, near Roches-
ter, Kent, on 8 June, 1870, and died the next day.
                                         Словарь
to be born – родиться                                to be released – быть освобожденным,
clerk – клерк, чиновник                                  выйти из тюрьмы
by the standards of the time – по стандар-           insolvent debtor – несостоятельный должник
    там (меркам) того времени                        to do well – хорошо учиться
to live through – пережить                           at the age of – в возрасте
insecurity – небезопасность, ненадежность            shorthand – стенография
childhood – детство                                  court – суд
ruin – гибель, разорение, крах                       fall in love with – влюбиться в
to move to – переезжать в                            inconclusively – не давая результатов, (не
blacking warehouse – склад ваксы (чернил)                завершаясь)
to be employed – работать, служить                   meanwhile – тем временем, между тем
to label bottles – клеить этикетки на бутылки        to prosper – процветать
previously – до, прежде, ранее                       to be commissioned – получать заказ
to be arrested for debt – быть арестован-            instal(l)ment – часть, отдельный выпуск
    ным за долг                                      a book in five instalments – книга, вышед-
except – кроме                                           шая пятью выпусками
debtors’ prison – долговая тюрьма                    successful – успешный
trauma – травма                                      to separate from one’s wife – разойтись с
menial job – черная работа                               женой
affect – воздействовать, влиять                      to fail – ослабевать, ухудшаться (о здоровье)
profoundly – глубоко, основательно                   to institute – учреждать, основывать
view of the world – взгляд на жизнь                  he suffered a stroke – у него был удар
to haunt – преследовать (о мыслях)                   to die – умереть
the rest of smth – остаток чего-либо
     Упражнение 1. Задайте 8 общих и 8 специальных вопросов к тексту.
     Упражнение 2. Скажите, верны ли следующие утверждения и если нет,
то почему.
     1) Charles Dickens was born at Landport (Portsea), near Portsmouth,
Hampshire, on 7 February, 1812. 2) He was the third of eight children. 3) Charles’
father was arrested for debt and Charles joined him in Marshalsea Debtors’