Part I
1. Read the words and their definitions.
| enchantment n. | - a magic charm |
| ogre n. | - a giant man eater |
| giant n. | - a large person |
| chatterbox n. | - a person who talks all the time |
| boulder n. | - a large mass of stones |
| freak n. | - an absurd act, unnatural thing |
| swamp n. | - wet soft land (болото) |
| waffle n. | - a thin crisp cake |
| to seize v. | - to catch by force |
| hoof n. | - a kind of toe nail on the horse foot |
| knight n. | - in the Middle Ages one of noble birth, trained to use arms |
| trash n. | - rubbish, worthless stuff |
| brimstone n. | - сера |
| tournament n. | - a contest of knights on horseback |
| felonious adj. | - criminal |
| decapitate v. | - cut off the head |
| quest n. | - hunt, search, pursuit |
| hideous adj. | - very ugly |
| sacrifice n. | - ceremonial gift to a god |
| rescue v. | - save from danger |
| bachelorette n. | - a woman who has never been married |
| scare v. | - frighten |
| creature n. | - any living person or animal |
| robber n. | - a person who steals, usu. by force |
2. Fill in the blanks with proper tense forms of the verbs.
Once upon a time there (be) a lovely princess. But she (have) an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort, which only (can, break) by Love's first kiss. She (lock) away in a castle: guarded by a terrible fire breathing dragon. Many brave knights (attempt) to free her from this dreadful prison, but none (prevail). She (wait) in the dragon's keep, in the highest room of the tallest tower for her true love and true Love's first kiss.
3. Match the pairs.
4. Find the Russian equivalents to the English commands.
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5. Change the colloquial style into a literary one.
1) What do we got?
2) Oh, go ahead, fella !
3) But I bet you ain't never seen a donkey flу!
4) 'cause your breath stinks!
5) - Doesn't that bother you? - Nope.
6) Who would wanna live in a place like that?
7) I'm gonna see this guy Farguaad right now.
8) - Your swamp? - Yeah. my swamp.
9) Man, there ain't nothing, but a bunch of little dots.
10) Look, pal
11) What a guy, Monsieur Hood!
12) Oh. now you wanna talk?
13) You gel it?
14) You know what else everyone likes?
6. Who do these words describe:
a) Cinderella b) Snow-white c) Princess Fiona
1. A firе-red head from a dragon guarded castle, surrounded by a hot boiling lava. She's loaded pistol who likes Pica Coladas and getting caught in the rain.
2. A cape wearing girl from a land of fantasy. Although she lives with seven other men, she is not easy. Just kiss her dead frozen lips and find out what a live wife she is.
3. A mentally abused shedding from a kingdom far, far away. She likes sushi and hot tubing anytime. Her hobbies include cooking and cleaning for two evil sisters.
7. Try to translate the magic words into Russian.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall
Is this hot the most perfect kingdom of them all?"
8. Add some more good manners to the Code of Conduct in Duloc.
Welcome to Du-Duloc, such a perfect town.
Here we have some rules, let us lay them down
Don't make waves, stay in the line, And we'll get along fine.
Please, keep off the grass, Shine your shoes, wipe your face.
9. Lord Farguaad usually speaks formal language. Translate his words into formal Russian.
"Captain! Assemble your finest men!
And Duloc will finally have the perfect king!
That champion should have the honor, no, no privilege to go and rescue the lovely princess Fiona from the firing keep of the dragon. If for any reason the winner is unsuccessful the first runner up will take his place. As so on and so forth. Some of you may die but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Let the tournament begin."
"People of Duloc, I give you a champion! Congratulations, Ogre! You've won the honor of embarking on the great and noble quest."
10. Fill in the blanks in the dialoge between Ogre and Donkey using the words “onion”, “cake”. “paffe”, “layers”.
- Why didn't you just pull some old Ogre stuff on them? You know? Grab his bones to make a bridge. You know the whole Ogre trick. Oh, you know what.
- May be I could have decapitated on entire village and put their heads on a plate. Get a knife out, open their spleens and drink their fluids. Does that sound good for you?
- A, no, not really, no.
- For your information, there is a lot more to Ogres than people think.
- Example!
- Example? OK. Ogres are like 1 .
- They stink.
- Yes,...no.
- Oh, they make you cry.
- No.
- Oh, you leave them out on the sun and they get all brown and start to spread little white hairs?
- No,... 2 ! 3 have 4 . Ogres have 5 . 6 have 7 . You get it? We both have 8 .
- You know not everybody likes 9 . 10 ! Everybody loves 11 . 12 have 13 .
- I don't care what everyone likes. Ogres are not like 14 .
- You know what else everywhere likes? 15 ! Have you ever met a person and say: "Hey, let's get some 16 ", and they say: "I don't like 17 ". 18 is delicious.
- No! You are tensed, irritating, miniature piece of burden. Ogres are like 19 . End of story.
Part 2
1. Read the words and their definitions.
2. Match the pairs.
3. Translate Fiona's words into Russian.
Amazing, you are wonderful, you're a... little unorthodox! I admit but by deed is great and by heart is pure. I'm entirely in your debt. And where would a brave knight be without his noble steed, the battle is won. You may remove your helmet, good sir knight... I would know how it goes. A princess locked in a tower and beset by a dragon is rescued by a brave knight... I pray that you take this favour as a token of my gratitude.
4. Princess Fiona reminds Ogre that a fairytale knight usually does the following things. Match the pairs.
5. Put the sentences in the right order to make up a dialogue between Ogre and Donkey.
- Hey, what's your problem, Shrek? What do you got against the whole world anyway? (1)
- People take one look at me and go: AAA. Help! Run! A big, stupid, ugly Ogre. They judge me before they even know me. That's why I'm better off alone.(2)
- Yeah, I know.(3)
- You know what? When we met I didn't think you're just a big stupid, ugly Ogre. (4)
- Look, I'm not the one with the problem, ok? It's the world that seems to have a problem with me.(5)
6. Choose the proper words to describe.
1) Fiona 2) Donkey 3) Shrek
a. Radiant beauty, b. useless, c. stupid, d. pathetic, e. annoying, f. ugly, g. flawless, h. stubborn, i. smelly, j. perfect, k. valued, l. horrible, m. fair.
7. Open the brackets using the correct tense forms of the verbs.
It only (happen) when the sun (go down). By night one way, by day another. This (be) the norm until you (find) true Love's first kiss. Then, (take) Love's true form ... When I (be) a little girl, a witch (cast) a spell on me. Every night I (become) this, this horrible, ugly beast. I (be placed) in a tower to await the day when my true love (rescue) me. That's why I (have to) marry Lord Farguaad tomorrow before the sun (set) and he (see) me ... That's just how it (have to) be. It (be) the only way (to break) the spell.
8. Rearrange the sentences to make up the dialogue between Donkey and Shrek.
- You are mean to me, you insult me, you don't appreciate anything that I do! You are
always pushing me around or pushing me away.(1)
- Oh, yeah. You are right. Donkey. I forgive you for stabbing me in the back.(2)
- Well, if I treated you so bad, how can you come back? (3)
- Love me? She said I was ugly! (4)
- Because that's what friends do. They forgive each other. (5)
- A hideous creature. (6)
- You're so wrapped up in layers, onion boy. You're afraid of your own feelings. (7)
- See? There you are, doing it again. Just like you did it to Fiona. (8)
- Go away. (9)
- And all she ever do was like you. May be even love you. (10)
- I heard that you two were talking. (11)
- She wasn't talking about me? Well, then who was she talking about? (12)
- She wasn't talking about you. She was talking about.... Somebody else. (13)
- Why are you asking me for? Why don't you just go ask her? (14)
- No way, I'm not saying anything. You won't listen to me, right? (15)
- So what did Fiona said about me? (16)
- Donkey. (17)
- Friends? (18)
- No. (19)
- Friends. (20)
- Oh, look, I'm sorry, all right? I'm sorry. I guess I'm just a big stupid ugly Ogre. Can you forgive me? (21)
- Hey, that's the friends are for, right? (22)
- Right. (23)
Keys
Part 1.
2. 1. was, 2. had, 3. could … be broken, 4. was locked, 5. had attempted. 6. prevailed, 7. wanted
3. 1. i, 2. c, 3. e, 4. d, 5. e, b, 6. a, 7. b, 8. k, 9. i, 10. j, 11. f, 12. g
4. 1. i, 2. d, 3. b, 4. c, 5. j, 6. e, 7. e, 8. f, 9. h, 10. g, 11. a, 12 k
6. 1. c, 2. b, 3. a, 4. j, 5. h, 6. d, 7. f, 8. e, 9. i, 10 g.
10. 1. onions, 2. layers, 3. onions, 4. layes, 5. layes, 6. onions, 7. layes, 8. layes, 9. onions, 10. cake, 11. cakes, 12. cakes, 13. layes, 14. cakes, 15. paffe, 16. paffe, 17. paffe, 18. paffe, 19. onions
Part II.
1. 1. a, 2. b, 3. c,4. j, 5. h, 6. d, 7. f, 8. e
4. 1. a, 2. b, c, d, 3. g, 4. f, 5. h, 6. k, 7. i, 8. j, 9. e, 10 e.
5. 1, 5, 2, 4, 3.
6. 1. a, j, m, g; 2. b, c, d, e, k; 3. f, h, i, l.
7. happens, goes down, shall be, find, is, was, cast, become, was placed, would rescue, have to, sets, sees, is, has to, is, to break
8. 1; 3; 5; 2; 7; 9; 8; 10; 4; 6; 11; 13; 12; 15; 17; 19; 21; 22; 23; 18; 20; 16; 14;