15 - минутный урок 1, уровень Upper Intermediate

Task1/Задание 1: Listen to the story`s excerpt in the video up to 3 times/Внимательно послушайте короткий отрывок рассказа в видео до трех раз

Task 2: Fill in the gaps:

A guard came to the prison shoe-shop, where Jimmy Valentine was _____(1) _____(2) _____(3), and escorted him to the front office. There the warden handed Jimmy his _____(4), which had been signed that morning by the _____(5). Jimmy took it in a tired kind of way. He had _____(6) nearly ten months of a four year _____(7). He had expected to stay only about three months, at the longest. When a man with as many friends on the outside as Jimmy Valentine had is received in the "_____(8)" it is hardly worth while to cut his hair.

Correct answers:

1. assiduously

2. stitching

3. uppers

4. pardon

5. governor

6. served

7. sentence

8. stir

Task 3. Match the word with their translation. Please note that the words can have contextual meaning.

assiduously губернатор

stitch помилование

uppers отбыть (срок)

pardon старательно

governor приговор

serve тюрьма (сленг, устар.)

sentence сшивать стежками

«stir» выкройки (передняя часть ботинка)

Correct answers:

assiduously старательно

stitch сшивать стежками

uppers выкройки (передняя часть ботинка)

pardon помилование

governor губернатор

serve отбыть (срок)

sentence приговор

«stir» тюрьма (сленг, устар.)

Task 4. Translate orally or in writing the extract:

Надзиратель вошёл в сапожную мастерскую, где Джимми Валентайн старательно сшивал выкройки, и повел его в тюремную канцелярию. Там смотритель тюрьмы вручил Джимми помилование, подписанное губернатором в то утро. Джимми взял его с утомленным видом. Он отбыл почти десять месяцев из четырехлетнего приговора, хотя рассчитывал просидеть не больше трёх месяцев. Когда у арестованного столько друзей на воле, сколько у Джимми Валентайна, едва ли стоит даже брить ему голову.

Check yourselves:

A guard came to the prison shoe-shop, where Jimmy Valentine was assiduously stitching uppers, and escorted him to the front office. There the warden handed Jimmy his pardon, which had been signed that morning by the governor. Jimmy took it in a tired kind of way. He had served nearly ten months of a four year sentence. He had expected to stay only about three months, at the longest. When a man with as many friends on the outside as Jimmy Valentine had is received in the "stir" it is hardly worth while to cut his hair.

Task 5. Listen to the excerpt in the video. Stop after each sentence in Russian and translate aloud. Then play the video on to check each sentence in English.