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Interpret the following sentences from the chapter into Russian. Comment on the grammar of the sentences.






g. “If it’s meant to be a joke, Headmistress, I don’t think it’s a very funny one.”

h. She couldn’t have been more than twenty three or twenty four.

i. Natural history was not her strong point. She hadn’t the faintest idea what this thing was.

j. I shall have you drummed out of this establishment in utter disgrace! I shall have the staff escort you home under armed guard! And then I shall make absolutely sure you are sent to a reformatory for delinquent girls for the minimum of 40 years!.

k. She didn’t in the least mind being accused of having done something she had actually done.

l. The woman seemed to have lost control of herself.

m. You are finished everywhere!

n. How dare they expel her for something she hadn’t done!

o. It [the newt] looked horribly uncomfortable.

p. She trembled to think what the Trunchbull would do to her if she did that.

q. The headmistress let out a yell that must have rattled every window-pane in the building and for the second time in the last five minutes she shot out of her chair like a rocket.

r. The Trunchbull … with a swipe of her hand she sent the creature flying across the classroom.

s. The whole room remained silent as a tomb.

t. You must have knocked it over without knowing it. That sort of thing is easy to do.

u. The class is dismissed.

v. Neither her mother nor her father would be of any use.

w. If they believed her story, and it was doubtful they would, they almost certainly would fail to realize what an astounding event it was that had taken place in the classroom that afternoon.

x. I don’t think I quite follow you.

 

Vocabulary

1. Explain the difference between the following:

to accuse smb of smth, to blame smth on smb, to condemn, to judge, to prosecute, to sue

to warn, to prevent

to commit, to perform

2. Which of these verbs can you show?

to cup one's head in one's hands

to grab

to pin smth on smb

to leap off

to reach out

to twist and turn

to go off

to take hold of

to put an end to

to let out

to duck down

to pick up

What are their Russian equivalents?

3. Match the expressions with their definitions. Reproduce the situations where they were used. There are more definitions than you need:


to pin smth on smb

to see red

behind bars

to bottle up

to lose one's cool

round the twist

to strike smb (numb)

on the spur of the moment


 

a. (informal) in prison

b. (informal) to become angry or excited

c. (informal) to become very angry

d. (informal, especially BrE) crazy

e. to not allow other people to see that you are unhappy, angry, worried etc., especially when this happens over a long period of time

f. suddenly, without planning in advance

g. to admit that you are responsible for sth bad or wrong SYN confess

h. to be shocked or surprised by sb/sth

i. to make sb be blamed for sth, especially for sth they did not do

j. to put sb suddenly into a particular state, e.g. of not hearing or seeing smth

4. Complete the statements with necessary prepositions. Say if they are true or false:

The Trunchbull accused Lavender _____ putting the newt into the jar.

The Headmistress wanted to start _____ a perfect school.

The Trunchbull’s yell was all the more so funny because she prided herself ____ her toughness.

Matilda was furious because she was accused _____ putting the newt into the jar in front of the whole class and Miss Honey.

The Trunchbull promised Matilda to see ____ it that she was put _____ in prison.

The class didn’t find enough courage to rise up _____ the headmistress.

Miss Honey was the only person Matilda could confide ____.

Lavender was going to own _____ _____ the incident.

Writing

Imagine that Matilda was writing a diary. Write a diary entry for the day of the first miracle. Describe the feelings she experienced, her thoughts. (Not more than 10 sentences).

Speaking/Discussion

* What is Miss Trunchbull's idea of the " perfect" school?

* What is a " miracle? " Why do you think Roald Dahl titled this chapter " The First Miracle? "

* The narrator says that Miss Honey looked at Matilda as if she were " The Creation, The Beginning of The World, The First Morning." What does the narrator mean by this?






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