Extension Task
Imagine that you have been given an Invisibility Cloak as a present.
Write a short story in which you use the cloak for the first time.
Harry potter and philosopher´s stone
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Nicolas flamel
I. Vocabulary to the chapter:
splutter ['splAtq] v – (про)лопотать; говорить захлёбываясь
sinister ['sInIstq] a – дурной; зловещий
stinking ['stINkIN] a – вонючий, противный, отвратительный
werewolf ['weq|wVlf, 'wIq-] n – (pl -wolves) фольк. человек-волк, оборотень
pep talk ['peptO:k] – разг. зажигательная речь
scuffle ['skAf(q)l] n – драка, потасовка
beech-tree – бук
II. Give Russian equivalents of the following words and phrases:
to have nightmares
to take a different view
she was torn between horror at the idea of … and disappointment that …
to skim through a book
to look for any excuse
to back out
to stand up to/for
to flick through
to wipe off
III. A Game of Words:
The author creates many unusual situations in this novel from riding on firebolts, which are high performance broomsticks, to meeting Parslemouths, wizards who can talk to snakes. In order to create new characters, places and objects, the author must also create new words. You, too, can be creative by playing with words in a different way. Look at the words that follow. Choose two and combine them to make a new compound word. Then tell how a wizard would use this new thing.
bridge |
foot |
break |
wind |
cast |
broad |
box |
man |
porch |
sun |
work |
|
home |
water |
rain |
book |
note |
fish |
cat |
pick |
tooth |
light |
flash |
leader |
cheer |
time |
supper |
board |
card |
sty |
pig |
sauce |
apple |
worm |
meal |
|
Example: Combine foot and pick to make the new word footpick. When a wizard wants to dig up his gold he says magic words to turn his foot into a pick and starts digging.
Harry potter and philosopher´s stone
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Norbert the norwegian ridgeback
I. Vocabulary to the chapter:
tell off ['tel'Pf] phr v – разг. отругать, отчитать кого-л.
nag [nxg] v – придираться (к кому-л.)
rabbit on ['rxbIt'Pn] phr v – разглагольствовать, распространяться (на какую-л. тему)
inferno [In'fE:n|qV] n – (pl -os [-qVz]) ит. ад
hatch [hxtS] v – вылупливаться, выводиться
trowel ['traVql] n – стр. лопатка; мастерок
skinny ['skInI] a – тощий; @ кожа да кости; кожистый
to lose his marbles – у него не все дома
dump [dAmp] v – сл. укокошить
heave [hi:v] v – up поднимать (с усилием)
tartan ['tQ:tn] n – шотландка, клетчатая шерстяная ткань
detention [dI'tent(q)n] n – задержание, арест
harness ['hQ:nIs] n – упряжь; сбруя
rig out ['rIg'aVt] phr v – снаряжать, экипировать