Номер 3, страница 5, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Демченко, Бушуева

3. a. Read the story My father and me. What does the author value most about his family?

After Carlos Salinas

I remember being five years old and walking through the forest by our house with my dad. It was filled with adventure and seemed to go on forever. It was always an adventure! I always felt safe because I knew my dad was there if I faced any real danger.

“Why is grass green, dad?” I remember asking.“Because it has something called chlorophyll. It helps plants make their own food.”“Like we make sandwiches?”“Ha-ha, similar in a way,” he rubbed my head.I came across a dead bird and was very curious as to why he had died and why the ants were all over him.“What happened to him?” I asked.“His life ended.”“Why?”“Because everyone’s life has to end some time.” My father was very calm talking about a completely new idea to me.“Us too?” I asked in a fearful tone.“Everyone, son; you and me, that’s life. But it will not happen for a long time.” He smiled and hugged me.I felt an ugly, empty feeling in the pit of my stomach. My dad was my hero, and I had just learnt that my hero would one day leave me. How was a child supposed to react to that?I remember asking him questions about everything: why birds flew instead of ran, who named the animals, why trees were so tall and why they lived longer than us, why fish couldn’t talk, and why some animals died when others lived. I guess I was asking life’s most meaningful questions in a kid’s innocent ways. My father took all these questions with noble patience, explaining that each animal had a role in the world, and they just knew what to do.“They just know?” I asked.“That’s right; just like you knew how to cry when you were little, and just how mum knew what to do to make you stop crying.”“I love Mum.”“I love Mum, too.”I stared at the grass and the river. I had been thinking for a while when suddenly I saw a lovely flower growing by the river bank. It reminded me of a girl at school that always wore a flower in her hair. “What about girls?”He chuckled, “What about them?”“Why are they here?”Looking back now, I realise what a silly boy I was, ha-ha.“Ha-ha, one day you will see why, but what makes you ask?”“There’s a girl that always wears a flower in her hair at school. She is very…”“Pretty?” he asked. My father had figured me out.“Yes,” I said, kicking rocks into the river, avoiding his eyes.“So she’s pretty special, huh?” he asked, kicking bigger rocks into the river with me.“I guess,” I responded, trying to sound indifferent. “How do I show her?”My father thought for some time and kicked a few more rocks into the river. He finally spoke, “How would you show Mum?”“Buy her flowers?”“You can do that, or you can just pick them,” he smiled as he answered. I understood. Now, as a grown man, I can see all that my father taught me. I would not be the man – the husband and father – I am now if it had not been for him. He has been teaching me all my life. I am still learning from him. The other day, my son asked me what we would do together that day, to which I replied, “I know a forest that is filled with adventure, and it seems to go on forever.”Today, we are walking in the forest. My son has just found something in the grass, and he is running to me to ask a question. Isn’t it great?

b. What feelings towards his father did the author have when he was a little boy? What does he feel now? Use the adjectives below or your own ideas. Support your answers with the examples from the text.

Safe; comfortable; empty; proud; embarrassed; grateful.

3. a. Прочитайте рассказ «Мой отец и я». Что автор ценит больше всего в своей семье?

Ответ: The author most values the life lessons, the sense of safety, and the shared time and adventures with his father. He appreciates how these experiences shaped him into the person he is today, a legacy he is now passing on to his own son.

Перевод: Автор больше всего ценит жизненные уроки, чувство безопасности, а также совместно проведенное время и приключения с отцом. Он ценит, как этот опыт сформировал его как личность, которой он является сегодня, — наследие, которое он теперь передает своему собственному сыну.

3. b. Какие чувства к своему отцу испытывал автор, когда был маленьким мальчиком? Что он чувствует сейчас? Используйте прилагательные ниже или свои собственные идеи. Подкрепите свои ответы примерами из текста.

Ответ: As a boy, the author felt safe and comfortable with his father ("I always felt safe"). He also experienced feeling empty upon learning about death ("I felt an ugly, empty feeling") and was embarrassed when his father guessed his secret about a girl ("avoiding his eyes"). Now, as an adult, he is profoundly grateful ("I would not be the man ... I am now if it had not been for him") and proud to continue his father's traditions with his own son.

Перевод: В детстве автор чувствовал себя в безопасности и комфортно рядом с отцом («Я всегда чувствовал себя в безопасности»). Он также испытал чувство опустошения, узнав о смерти («Я почувствовал уродливое, пустое чувство»), и был смущен, когда отец догадался о его секрете по поводу девочки («избегая его взгляда»). Сейчас, будучи взрослым, он глубоко благодарен («Я не был бы тем человеком... которым являюсь сейчас, если бы не он») и горд продолжать традиции своего отца со своим собственным сыном.