Comprehension check

Task I. Consult your dictionary for the right pronunciation of the geographical names mentioned in the text:

Mauritius [mə'rɪʃəs] Маврикий (остров в юго-западной части Индийского океана)

Ionian [aɪ'əunɪən] Ионические острова

Sierra Leone [sɪˌerəlɪ'əun(ɪ)] Сьерра-Леоне

Сape [keɪp] (the Cape) от the Cape of Good Hope Мыс Доброй Надежды (на юге Африки)

Ceylon [sɪ'lɔn ], [sɪ'lɑːn] Цейлон (название государства и острова Шри-Ланка до 1972 г.)

Singapore [ˌsɪŋə'pɔː] Сингапур (остров в Малайском архипелаге)

Birmingham ['bɜːmɪŋəm] Бирмингем (город в Англии, центр конурбации Уэст-Мидлендс)

Sheffield ['ʃefiːld] Шеффилд (город в Англии, графство Саут-Йоркшир)

Manchester ['m?nʧɪstə] Манчестер (город в Англии, центр конурбации Большой Манчестер)

Glasgow ['glɑːzgəu] Глазго (город и порт в Шотландии)

Leeds [liːdz] Лидс (город в Англии, центр Западно-Йоркширской конурбации)

Bradford ['br?dfəd] Брэдфорд (город в Англии, входит в конурбацию Западный Йоркшир)

Buckingham (shire) ['bʌkɪŋəm(ʃɪə)] Бакингем(шир) (графство Англии)

Dorset (shire) ['dɔːsɪt(ʃɪə)] Дорсет(шир) (графство Англии)

Tolpuddle Martyrs [ˈtɒlpʌd(ə)l 'mɑːtəs]

Newport ['njuːpɔːt] Ньюпорт (город и порт в Уэльсе)

Task II.Consult your dictionary for the following words:

Penal – ['piːn(ə)l] уголовный; карательный; штрафной; наказуемый

penal colony – исправительная колония

poor law – Закон о бедных (согласно которому помощь бедным и обеспечение их работой передавалось работным домам; действовал с 1834 по 1948 г.)

workhouse – ['wɜːkhaus] 1) BrEn работный дом (место, где бедняки получали пищу и кров в обмен на тяжёлый труд) 2) AmEn исправительная тюрьма

wording – ['wɜːdɪŋ] редакция, форма выражения, формулировка Syn: language, verbiage, vocabulary

Task III. Match the words to the definitions.

1) penal colony j a) a building where very poor people were sent to live and

given work to do;

2) mutiny d b) a person who suffers very much;

3) jingoism i c) an official who acts as a judge in the lowest courts of law;

4) squire g d) the act of refusing to obey the orders of; somebody in

authority, especially by soldiers or sailors;

5) JP (Justice of e) a town or part of a city that has its own local government;

the Peace) c

6) martyr b f) the words that are used in a piece of writing or speech,

especially when they have been carefully chosen;

7) work house a g) a man of high social status who owned most of the land

in a particular country area;

8) aboriginal h h) related to the original people;

9) borough e i) a strong belief that your own country is best, especially

when this is expressed in support of war with another country;

10) wording f j) a place where criminals were sent as a punishment.

Task III. Are the statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

1. Britain did its best to support Turkey against Russian expansion. TRUE

2. The cost of bread rose quickly. This led to unemployment. FALSE this led to increases in the price of almost everything.

3. Britain imported cloth from India and the Middle East. It destroyed the local cloth industry, causing great misery. FALSE the landowning farmers income had suffered because of cheaper imported corn.

4. As a result of falling prices and increased wages, poor families could afford travelling. FALSE While prices doubled, wages remained the same

5.The poor went to church as the Church of England offered them help with the problems of their daily lives.

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