We are going to have some.
"That's all right", Zabinski said smiling.
Alec announced the exhibition of boxing skill. A lot of people gathered on deck to watch the match.
It didn't take Lieutenant Barr long to discover that he was in the ring with a semiprofessional. They were fighting two-minute rounds. But from the first five seconds of the first round Alec knew that Zabinski could knock him out with a single punch if he wanted to. But Zabinski didn't want to, he was toying with his commander, and the snickers' grew into laughter.
In the third round Alec held up a glove. "Time out!", he said. "I'm going to my cabin, I'll soon be back". He turned and ran up to his cabin. In the cabin there was a safe. Alec's duty was to pay wages to his personnel. Alec Barr opened the safe and took out a paper-wrapped roll of ten-cent coins. He put this roll of silver coins into his glove and returned on deck.
"Let's go!" he said and touched gloves with Zabinski. It had pleased Zabinski before to allow the officer to knock him from time to time because it gave him a chance for a short and painful punch. But now the silver-weighted glove crashed into the boy's chin and Zabinski was out. He was lying on the floor motionless.
Alec Barr looked briefly at the boy. "Somebody throw some water on him," he said coldly to the seamen. And he went up to his room to clean his cuts' and put the roll of coins back to the safe. After that Lieutenant Alexander Barr had no more personnel trouble aboard ship.
NOTES:
foul play – їeїeCTHaa
rag-tag – caywaAabte
a shore – za 6epery
on watch – aa aaxve
to reason with smb. – y6epmb zoro
confine to ship – ocvaazrmx
punch – ypap
snickers – cMemze
cuts – paasr
Exercises and Assignments on the Text
Упражнения и Задания к Тексту
Assignment # One – Задание № 1
Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов, выражений и оборотов:
было больно двигаться – _________________________________________;
больной и несчастный – _________________________________________;
у него жар – _________________________________________;
форма гриппа – _________________________________________;
записал время приема лекарств – _________________________________________;
темные круги под глазами – _________________________________________;
не слушал, что я читаю – _________________________________________;
немного бредил – _________________________________________;
никого не пускал в комнату – _________________________________________;
это глупости – _________________________________________;
его взгляд уже не был таким напряженным – _______________________________________;
напряжение спало – _________________________________________.
Assignment # Two – Задание № 2
Дайте русские эквиваленты следующих слов, выражений и оборотов из текста; Составьте по три предложения с каждым их этих оборотов:
look ill – _________________________________________;
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take smb's temperature – _________________________________________;
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there is something (nothing) to worry about – _________________________________________;
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there is some (no) danger – _________________________________________;
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to go to sleep – _________________________________________;
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cannot keep from doing smth – _________________________________________;
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do good – _________________________________________;
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be of some (much, no) importance – _________________________________________;
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Assignment # Three – Задание № 3
Ответьте на следующие вопросы:
1) What signs of illness could the boy's father notice when he came into the room?
When he came into the room ______________________________________________________.
2) Did the boy go to bed as his father had asked him?
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3) What did the doctor say? What did he prescribe?
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4) Find in the text the sentences which prove that something serious worried the boy.
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5) Why didn't the boy let anyone come into the room?
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6) Which of the boy's questions reviled everything to his father?
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7) What was the real reason of the boy's sufferings?
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8) In what way did father explain everything to his son?
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Assignment # Four – Задание № 4
Перескажите рассказ от лица: 1) Отца мальчика; 2) Мальчика.
Assignment # Five – Задание № 5
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