Lewis Carroll - Алиса в Зазеркалье / Through the Looking-glass, and What Alice Found There

4. They were in the wood, where all the things had no names.

5. Find the right statement:

1. Alice was happy when the Fawn ran away, because it was very ugly.

2. The Fawn was afraid of Alice and ran away.

3. The Fawn wasn’t afraid of Alice and it helped Alice to remember her name.

4. Alice was sad when the Fawn ran away, because she didn’t know her name.

6. Was it easy to find a way out of the wood?

1. Yes, it was. There was only one road in the wood.

2. Yes, it was. There were a lot of finger-points in the wood.

3. No, it wasn’t. There were a lot of twisting roads in the wood.

4. No, it wasn’t. Nobody wanted to help Alice.

7. Insert the right prepositions:

in, at, next to, to, for

1. Alice was silent …… a minute or two.

2. It looked …… Alice with its large gentle eyes.

3. A Goat was sitting …… the gentleman …… white.

4. ‘I certainly won’t go back’, she thought to herself, and this was the only way …… the Eighth Square.

8. Complete the table:

They were standing under a tree, each with an arm round the other’s neck. Alice knew which was which, because one of them had “ dum ” on his collar, and the other “ dee ”. “I think they’ve got “ Tweedle ” at the back of the collar,” she said to herself. She wanted to look if the word “ Tweedle ” was written at the back of each collar, when one, who had “ dum ”, said, “If you think we’re statues made of wax, you should pay!”

“And,” added the one, who had “ dee”

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to be in a mess– быть в беспорядке

Oh, you wicked little thing!– Ах ты маленькая негодница!

to say for yourself– сказать в свое оправдание

Mind the volcano!– Берегись вулкана!

Стихотворный нонсенс. В переводе на русский язык Д. Г. Орловской:

I wish you could talk!– Жаль, что вы не умеете разговаривать!

when there is someone to talk to– когда есть с кем поговорить

nobody takes care of you– никто не заботиться о вас

bark– слово-омоним: лаять; кора ( зд. игра слов )

You should walk the other way. – Тебе следует идти в обратную сторону.

Curtsey while you’re thinking what to say, it saves time– Делай реверанс, пока думаешь, что сказать – это экономит время.

kept crying– продолжала кричать

by train– поездом

Tweedledum and Tweedledee– Труляля и Траляля ( персонажи книги )

Humpty Dumpty – Шалтай-Болтай ( персонаж книги )

ticket-office– касса

Don’t make excuses!– Не оправдывайся!

opera-glass– бинокль

a shrill scream from the engine– пронзительный свисток паровоза

gnat– комар

What’s the use of having names– В чем же смысл имен

miss– слово-омоним: Мисс ( как обращение ), пропускать ( зд. игра слов )

fawn– лань

that won’t do– так дело не пойдет

finger-posts– дорожные указатели