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1. Why can we call Abraham Lincoln a self-made man?
2. How did he start his political career?
3. What was A. Lincoln struggling against all his life?
В а р и а н т IV
I. Прочитайте текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите третий, четвертый, пятый и шестой аб-
зацы.
Не Was A Philosopher
1. Socrates was a great philosopher. He lived in Athens in 399 B.C. He talked to anyone who listened to him, in
the streets and market places. He was discussing philosophy with students, sailors or tradesmen. Socrates was question-
ing men about what they believed in and why. He always wanted to know how they could prove it. He met every an-
swer with a new question and each answer after that with another question.
2. Some Athenians called him a dangerous idler who did nothing. The Oracle of Delphi called him the wisest man
alive. But Socrates, with a cool skepticism, considered that his wisdom lay only in the fact that unlike other men, he
knew how great his ignorance was.
3. He refused to accept a penny for teaching. The philosopher was sure he could never teach anyone anything. He
simply tried to teach people how to think.
4. His enemies hated him. They believed he made young minds doubt and mock everything and it was undermin-
ing respect for democracy itself.
5. He was brought to the court and they voted him guilty. The prosecutor demanded the death penalty. Under the
law of Athens it was now for the defendant to propose an alternative. Did Socrates defend himself? "I shall not change
my conduct even if I must die hundred deaths".
6. His friends wanted to liberate him out of prison but Socrates refused to escape. He spent his last hours discuss-
ing the problem of good and evil. His mind was never idle. The man is gone, but the "Socratic" method of questioning
and teaching has always been respected since then.
П о я с н е н и я к т е к с т у:
1) The Oracle of Delphi – Дельфийский оракул;
2) to undermine – подрывать;
3) to vote smb guilty – признавать виновным;
4) a death penalty – смертный приговор.
II. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих русских слов:
1) верить;
2) доказывать;
3) опасный бездельник;
4) считать;
5) мудрость;
6) в отличие от;
7) невежество;
8) отказываться;
9) принимать;
10) сомневаться;
11) уважение;
12) предстать перед судом;
13) прокурор (обвинитель);
14) требовать;
15) по закону;
16) подсудимый;
17) защищать;
18) поведение;
19) освободить из тюрьмы;
20) добро и зло.
III. В первом абзаце текста найдите:
а) два предложения, построенные в Past Continuous Active;
b) два предложения, содержащие личное местоимение в объектном падеже.
Выпишите эти предложения и письменно переведите их.
IV. Во втором абзаце найдите предложение с глаголом to do в функции смыслового глагола. Предложение
выпишите и переведите.
