Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 81 стр.

       Then news arrived that the captain of the motor-boat had said defi-        did he enjoy this particular picnic? 5. What time of the day did they embark
nitely that we could not leave. Relief of the card-players! Triumph of the        for the second island? 6. What were the only buildings on the island? 7.
nervous section! Defeat of the schedule-keepers! I remained silent. I would       Where did they have their dinner? 8. In what way had the weather changed
admit nothing. In about an hour and a half, which seemed like eighteen hours      and how did it affect the dinner? 9. How soon were they through with the
or days or months, the news arrived that the captain of the motor-boat had        dinner? 10. Why did the chief organizer say he would telephone for the
said that the storm had fallen enough to allow us to depart in safety. All were   regular passage-steamer? 11. What had changed the social atmosphere? 12.
openly relieved – for among the card-players fatigue was conquering the           Why was the author invited to decide whether or not they should make the
gambling spirit – except the nervous section. The nervous section would not       voyage? 13. What was his decision and what effect did it have on the minds
trust the captain’s wisdom. It spurned the argument that, assuming the cap-       of the picnickers? 14. What did the organizer propose? 15. What was the
tain’s readiness to risk our lives, he would not risk his own. It slandered the   reaction to his proposal? 16. Was the general feeling for or against depar-
captain, asserted that he must have had several drinks and got himself into a     ture? 17. What was the psychological explanation of the real reasons
reckless mood and lost his judgment. But the nervous section was borne            against departure? 18. Why did a small section to which the author be-
down though it had to be dragged, protesting, to the boat.                        longed wish to depart? 19. What news arrived? 20. How did the author
       We did depart. The extraordinary Mediterranean was calm again.             reach the harbour? 21. What did he watch the motor-boat do? 22. How did
And now the nervous section refused to admit that it had been wrong. For-         the captain’s refusal to leave the harbour affect the picnickers? 23. What
tunately all were hungry. About 2 a.m. we reached a night restaurant where        news arrived in an hour and a half? 24. Who was openly relieved? 25. Why
a Negro was saxophoning with an intensity that rendered conversation im-          was the nervous section still against departure? 26. How was it eventually
possible. No matter. Nerves had vanished. We ate and danced. We reached           borne down? 27. How did the picnic end?
our beds, some fifteen miles off, at 4.45 a.m., after escaping a motor acci-
dent by mere miracle.                                                             WRITING
                                                             (After A. Bennet)
                                                                                  Write a story (about 15 sentences) using as many from the following
1. Working in pairs find in the text the English equivalents for the follow-      words and phrases as possible.
   ing words and phrases and use them in sentences of your own:                          A party of, to have a picnic, motor-boating, fish stewed in milk, on
      В принципе, предпочел бы, отбыть куда-либо, накрыть стол, на                principle, to object to, meal, would sooner, picturesque, to compensate for,
воздухе, глубокие сумерки, приехать (за кем-либо), не ложиться спать              to embark for, to be limited to, calm, could not matter, to set a dinner-table,
всю ночь, застрять на острове, шла игра в бридж, затемно, наигранное              in the open air, somewhat primitive, to set, to rise, a great deal of, to persist
веселье, наблюдать восход, отъезд, быть поглощенным, упираться,                   in, in deep twilight, to telephone for, to fetch, social atmosphere, safe, ma-
придерживаться, якобы существующий риск, отступить от програм-                    rooned, seafaring, to make the voyage, have no effect on, bridge-party,
мы, под благовидным предлогом, безопасно, идти спотыкаясь, тряси-                 visibly, general feeling, to be absorbed in, to lend mattresses, approval,
на, говорить с презрительной насмешкой (о), испытывать явное об-                  false gaiety, jolly, to sit up all night, dawn, to be disturbed, highly nervous,
легчение, доверять, отвергать с презрением, клеветать, утратить спо-              rational, to affect, to jib, to depart, to adhere to, insincerely, alleged, to ad-
собность здраво рассуждать, преодолеть (сопротивление), сделать не-               mit, would sooner, to accept, on the plausible excuse, crew, safety, to
возможным, избежать несчастного случая, чудом.                                    stumble, quagmire, harbour, to make attempts, cheers, to scoff at, relief,
                                                                                  triumph, defeat, news arrived, openly relieved, to trust, wisdom, to spurn,
                                                                                  to assume, to slander, to assert, to get oneself into a reckless mood, to lose
2. In small groups discuss the text answering the following questions:
       1. Who was having a picnic? 2. What did the programme include? 3.          one’s judgement, to be borne down, to drag, fortunately, to saxophone, to
                                                                                  render impossible, to escape a motor accident, by mere miracle.
Why does the author object to picnics when they comprise a meal? 4. Why

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