Mrtin Eden / Мартин Иден (в сокращении). Книга для чтения на английском языке
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Один из самых известных романов Джека Лондона «Мартин Иден» – это повествование о трагичной, полной быстрых и неожиданных перемен в судьбе молодого талантливого писателя. Этот роман о поиске собственного пути в жизни, о стремлении быть понятым, признанными, о творчестве писателя в условиях нужды и лишений, о конфликте личности и толпы и, конечно, о любви. В данном издании читатель найдет адаптированный и снабженный словарем текст романа, а также упражнения, составленные В. М. Павлоцким. Упражнения направлены на проверку понимания учащимися текста, на развитие навыков устной и письменной речи и на закрепление нового лексического материала. Задания на аудирование могут быть выполнены с помощью записи текста на компакт-диске. Кроме того, прослушивание записи позволит улучшить навыки восприятия устной английской речи, освоить правильное произношение и интонацию. Книга адресована учащимся старших классов школ с углубленным изучением английского языка, а также всем, кто изучает английский язык самостоятельно.
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The young man opened the door with a latch-key and went in, followed by another young fellow who awkwardly took off his cap. He did not know what to do with it and was stuffing it into his coat-pocket, when the other took it from him. The act was done quietly and naturally, and the awkward young fellow appreciated it. “He understands,” was his thought.
He walked at his companion’s heels. The wide rooms seemed too narrow for his rolling gait, and he was in terror lest his broad shoulders should collide with the doorways. He watched the easy walk of the young man in front of him, and for the first time realized that his walk was different from that of other men. He experienced a momentary pang of shame that he should walk so uncouthly. The sweat burst through the skin of his forehead in tiny beads, and he paused and mopped his bronzed face with his handkerchief.
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“By God!” he cried to himself once, “I’m just as good as they are, and if they do know many things that I don’t, I could teach them a few myself, all the same!” And the next moment, when she or her mother addressed him as “Mr. Eden,” his aggressive pride was forgotten. He was a civilized man, shoulder to shoulder, at dinner, with people he had read about in books.
“It was brave of you to help Arthur the way you did – and you a stranger,” Ruth said tactfully, aware of his discomfiture.
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