Choose the best translation of each English sentence below or give your own variant.

2. Choose the best translation of each English sentence below or give your own variant.

I. I'd rather stay awake, 1. Я предпочитаю бодрствовать. 2. Я лучше не буду спать.

II. ...as though it ached to move. 1. ...как будто ему было больно двигаться. 2. ...как будто движения причиняли ему боль,

III. He seemed very detached from what was going on. 1. Казалось, окружающее его не интересует. 2. Он казался полностью отрешенным от всего происходящего. 3. Он, казалось, не замечал того, что происходит вокруг.

IV. But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. 1. Его взгляд становился все менее напряженным. 2. Он уже не с таким напряжением смотрел перед собой. 3. Его взгляд, устремленный на спинку кровати, постепенно терял свою напряженность.

V. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack. I. Сдержанность его тоже, наконец, ослабла и на следующий день была очень незначительной. 2. Он перестал держать себя в руках и на следующий день был совсем вялым. 3. В конце концов его контроль над собой тоже стал слабеть, и на следующий день он совсем раскис.

3. Write derivatives or compounds of:

refuse -

prescribe -

pain -

ache -

condition -

bare -

like –

4. Fill in

a) ache, hurt, pain, painful:

— What... you?

— I can't say I feel any sharp ... in some definite place, it just... all over.

— Does it... you to move your arms, legs or head?

— My head ... all the time, it ... me to look at the light and each movement is ... .

— Well, I must examine you. Don't be afraid, it won't be ... .

— But, doctor, each touch gives me ....

— Well, try and take it easy.

5. Answer the questions:
1. What were the symptoms of the boy's illness? 2. Why did it seem to the father that the doctor knew all about influenza? 3. Why, do you think, the medicines were in different coloured capsules? 4.What worried the boy? Since when? 5. Why did the boy prefer to stay awake? 6. What were the symptoms of the boy's nervous strain that the father took for the symptoms of his illness? 7. Wouldn't it have been more natural if the boy had told his father about his fears? Why? 8. Do you like the boy's behaviour? How does it characterize him? 9. How would you explain the contrasts in the boy's behaviour on the first and the second day of his illness? 10. Do you think the boy would have worried about his temperature if he had known the difference between the Fahrenheit and the Centigrade thermometers? 11. Do you think you would have behaved in the same way in the boy's place?

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