Frankenstein ( after Marry Shelly). (VІ ч)

Посібник призначений сприяти розвитку навичок читання англійською мовою. Складається з текстової частини (Франкенштейн. Мері Шеллі), лексико - граматичних після-текстових завдань та аудіоматеріалів, начитаних носіями мови. Посібник структурований за трьома видами мовленнєвої діяльності. Розроблені завдання допоможуть вчителю здійснити контроль сформованості цих навичок. Кожен вчитель може використати пропонований матеріал на свій розсуд для перевірки знань учнів. Видання рекомендуєть...

Раздел	Иностранные языки
Класс	-
Тип	Другие методич. материалы
Автор	Оксаніченко С.О.
Дата	05.01.2015
Формат	docx
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CHAPTER 6

The Monster's Request

- What can I say? - I repeated. - My wickedness has brought terror and unhappiness to the world. I've made you. Now I must find the strength to kill you.

The monster smiled. It was a terrible smile.

- You do not have the strength to kill me, - he said. - And I do not want to kill you. No, you must live; you must do something for me.

- For you? Never! - I cried.

- You must, - the monster said. - Listen to me. No man or woman will ever be my friend. You must create a friend for me. You must create a woman who can love me. She must be ugly and terrible like me.

- I will never make another monster, - I said. - You have brought enough unhappiness to the world.

- I have brought unhappiness because I am unhappy, - the monster replied. - Now only you can help me; only you can make my life happy.

I thought for a moment.

- If I do it then you must go far away, - I said. - You and your woman must live far from towns and people. You must live in a lonely place where there are no other people.

The monster was silent for a few moments. Then he spoke:

- I agree, - the monster said. - Give me what I ask then you will never see me again. Begin your work at once. I shall return when the woman is ready. Until then, good - bye.

And without another word the monster left me alone on the mountain. What could I do? I did not want to make another monster. I thought again of the blood and of the horror. Could I work with the dead bodies again? Could I live again with the smell of death and blood? I knew the monster would come back. I had to do what he asked. If I did not he would kill me. I did not care about that, but perhaps he would destroy my family; perhaps he would kill my dear Elizabeth. I did not know what to do.

I decided to go back to Geneva. First of all I had to see my family again. I had been away from Geneva for nearly 2 months. My father was very happy to see me.

- You still look ill, Victor, - he said. - Your holidays have not done you any good. You need company. It is not right for you to be always alone.

- Yes, father. We all need someone to love, - I said sadly. I was thinking of the monster. Like everyone else he wanted someone to love.

- I have an important question to ask you, Victor, - my father went on.

- What is it, father? - I said.

- Do you love Elizabeth? - My father asked.

- Of course I do, - I answered. - I loved her from the first time I saw her.

- But do you love her as a sister or as a wife?

I thought of my unhappy life. I thought of Elizabeth's beauty. I did not have to live alone. I could be happy. Then I remembered the monster. I was afraid of him. I had to do what he asked. I waited for a few minutes before I spoke. Then I looked at my father.

- I love Elizabeth and I want to make her my wife, - I said slowly. - But not yet. I still have work to do. I must leave Geneva and work alone.

- What is this work? - My father asked. - You work too hard, Victor. You will be ill again. Why don't you stay here with your friends?

Yes, I did want to stay in Geneva. But I knew that the monster would be watching me.

- No, father. I must go, - I said.

Before I left I spoke to my dear Elizabeth alone.

- Wait for me, Elizabeth, - I said. - I should be back when my work is finished. Wait for me, my dear love. When I come back we shall be married.

- I shall wait for you forever, Victor, - Elizabeth answered.

- God bless you, - I said. - Give me a few more months. It is all I need.

I prepared myself for a long journey. I had to find somewhere to live. I had to find somewhere far away from Geneva. I had to find somewhere where I could make the female monster. But where could I go? Where could I do my wicked work in secret? The answer to these questions came in a letter. It was a letter from Henry Clevel in Strasburg.

"My dear Victor," - Henry wrote. - "I have a job here. I am teaching languages at the University. Why don't you come to visit me? Strasburg is a beautiful city. I have not seen you for a long time. We have many things to talk about. Also a holiday will do you good. Let me know when you are coming.

Your friend Henry."

I wrote to Henry. I agreed to visit him. I knew what I was going to do. After a week or two I would find a lonely house. I would build a laboratory there. I would work as before but more quickly. Soon I would be free of the monster forever.

After-Reading Section

1. Match the word - combinations with their translation:

a) wickedness 1. жах

b) to create smth 2. благословити когось

c) a lonely place 3. жіночий

d) to be silent 4. виглядати хворим

e) a smell of death 5. самотнє місце

f) terror 6. бути мовчазним

g) to leave smb alone 7. створювати щось

h) to look ill 8. запах смерті

i) to bless smb 9. залишати когось на самоті

j) female 10. злість

2. Write down as many synonyms as you know:

a) wickedness _______________________________________________________

b) strength _________________________________________________________

c) unhappy _________________________________________________________

d) to help __________________________________________________________

e) lonely ___________________________________________________________

f) silent ____________________________________________________________

g) to begin _________________________________________________________

h) to return _________________________________________________________

i) to destroy ________________________________________________________

3. Choose the correct variant:

1.Victor must do it for monster. (what?)

to kill him;

b) to create another monster;

c)to make him another face.

2. The monster has brought unhappiness to the world because…(to his mind)

he was unhappy;
he wanted to kill;
he was very ugly.

3. Victor decided to…

go back to Geneva;
come back to Heidelberg;
kill the monster.

4. Victor's father wanted to ask him an important question about…

Elizabeth;
his friend Henry Clevel;
Victor's success in Heidelberg.

5. Victor… before he left Geneva.

killed the monster;
spoke to Elizabeth;
spoke to his friend Henry.

6. The letter was about…

a beautiful city of Strasburg;
the monster's death;
Victor's invitation to Strasburg.

4. Complete the sentences filling in missing words from the text:

a) Victor's wickedness has brought _________________________________

b) The monster ordered Victor to create _____________________________

c) The monster and his woman must live ____________________________

d) The monster will return when ___________________________________

e) First of all Victor had to see ____________________________________

Victor had to find somewhere where he could make _________________
The answer to Victor's questions came ___________________________
Victor would find a lonely house and build ________________________

5. Guess the meaning:

The quality that people, animals or plants have when they are not dead - _
To do smth for smb in order to be useful or to make smth easier for him/her - ___________________________________________________
A very short period of time - ___________________________________
To use your mind to consider smth or to form connected ideas - _______
Far from other people and places where people live - ________________
Not using spoken words - ______________________________________
To have the same opinion as smb/smth - __________________________
The end of smb/smth's life - ___________________________________
Not in good health - __________________________________________
To like smb/smth in the strongest possible way - ___________________
The woman to whom a man is married - __________________________
A written or printed message that you send to smb - _________________
An act of asking for smth - ____________________________________

6. Answer the questions:

1. What was the monster's request?

_____________________________________________________________

2. Why did the monster want Victor to make the other (female) monster?

_____________________________________________________________

3. What did Victor decide to do?

_____________________________________________________________

4. What did Victor and his father talk about?

_____________________________________________________________

5. What did Victor promise Elizabeth?

_____________________________________________________________

6. What message did Victor get and what was it about?

_____________________________________________________________

7. Odd one out:

wickedness/spite/malice/marriage;
strength/fury/power/force;
to help/to demolish/to assist/to aid;
lonely/solitary/lonesome/length;
miserable/silent/taciturn/reticent;
to destroy/to ruin/to demolish/to favor;
to commence/to set up/to begin/to start.

8. Write down questions to the given answers:

1. Now he must find the strength to kill the monster.

_____________________________________________________________

2. No man or woman will ever be monster's friend.

_____________________________________________________________

3. She must be ugly and terrible like monster.

_____________________________________________________________

4. He loves Elizabeth and he wants to make her his wife.

_____________________________________________________________

5. The answer came in a letter.

_____________________________________________________________

9. Write down special questions to the sentences:

1. Victor will never make another monster.

a)____________________________________________________________

b)____________________________________________________________

c)____________________________________________________________