Задание по чтению текста "The Invisible Man"

The Invisible Man

(after H.G. Wells)

        By two o’clock Dr. Kemp had finished his work for the night. He rose and went upstairs to

bed.  He had already removed his coat and vest, when he noticed that he was thirsty. He took a candle   and went down to the dining-room.

        Soon he returned upstairs. On the landing  he saw something, and stopped astonished. The door-handle of his room was blood-stained.

        He looked at his own hand. It was quite clean, and then he remembered that the door of his room had been open when he came down from his study, and that he hadn’t touched the handle at all. He went straight into his own room. His glance fell on the bed. On the counterpane was a stain of blood and the sheet had been torn.  He had not noticed this when he had entered  the room before, because then ha had walked straight to the dressing table.  On the farther side of the bed clothes were depressed as if someone had been sitting there.

         Then he had an odd impression that he had heard a low voice say, “Good evening, Kemp”. But Dr. Kemp was no believer in voices. He closed the door of the room, but suddenly he heard a voice speaking quite close to him.

          “Kemp, - said the voice.

          “Er?, said Kemp, with his mouth open.

          “Keep your nerve,” said the voice, “I am an invisible man

a landing  -  площадка

blood-stained – с пятнами крови

invisible - невидимый

a counterpane - покрывало

odd – странный

vest – жилетка

was thirsty – хотелось пить

1. Дайте английские эквиваленты

1. вскоре он вернулся
2. ошеломленный
3. совсем не касался ручки
4. совсем близко
5. он бросил взгляд на кровать

2. Answer the questions:

                  1.Why did Dr. Kemp go down to the dining-room?

                  2. What did he see on the landing?

                  3. Who was in his room?

                  4. What did the voice say to him?

   3.  Agree or disagree:

- Dr. Kemp had finished his work by five o’clock.

- He went down to the dining-room because ha was thirsty.

- The door-handle of his room was blood-stained.

- The counterpane on his bed was clean.

- Dr. Kemp was no believer in voices.