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Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby was a young man who lived with his mother and sister. After the death of Nicholas father, the family had no money, so their life was very hard.
Mr. Ralph Nickleby, Nicholas’s uncle, was a rich man, he was wicked and greedy. He did not want to give any money to his dead brother’s family. So he decided to find some work for Nicholas. He saw an advertisement in the newspaper, which said that Mr. Squeers, a schoolmaster, was looking for an assistant to teach at his school far away in the country. Mr. Squeers kept a school for boys who had no parents were in India or some other place.
The novel “ Nicholas Nickleby” is
a historical novel
an adventure story
a science fiction novel
a novel of everyday life
Task 1
Put the questions in the right order.
1. that,Will, stop, sir, you, noise?
2. say, a, more, words, sir few, Can, to, I, you?
3. you, what, age, up, do, keep, yours, boys, at, To, school?
4. really, one, want, you, Do?
5. you, sit, Will, down?
Task 2
Answer the questions
1. Where does Dickens’ story “Nicholas Nickleby” take place?
2. How did rich and poor people live in Great Britain?
3. Who was the Queen at that time?
4. Explain why Nicholas Nickleby agreed to work at Mr.Squeers’s school.
1. теперь она избегает ходить туда так часто, как раньше.
now she avoids going there as often as she used to go before.
2. он, бывало, внезапно появлялся в доме своей матери и так же внезапно исчезал.
he used to appear suddenly at his mother's home and to desappear in the same way.
3. она, бывало, часами сидела у открытого окна, глядя на лес за холмом.
she used to sit next to an open window for hous looking at the forest behind the hill.
4. иногда она жаловалась на свою трудную жизнь, и ей становилось легче.
sometimes she used to complain of her difficult life and she felt better.
5. я лично думаю, что теперь вы говорите по- лучше, чем раньше.
i think that now you speak english better than you used to speak before.
6. теперь он совсем не курит, так как у него плохое здоровье, а ведь раньше он курил сигарету за сигаретой.
now he doesn't smoke at all as he has bad health but earlier he used to smoke sigarettes one by one.
7. он начал изучать французский, а в детстве он занимался с частным преподавателем .
he began to learn french and in his childhood he used to study english with a tutor.
8. когда-то он был весьмя состоятельным человеком.
some time he used to be quite rich.