Expressions
To feel slightly sick
A heavy snow
To be in charge of smth, to put smb. in charge of
To wipe one’s nose
Absolute silence
To dare to tame the wildest creatures on Earth
A test of courage and skill at burglary
To spit solemnly into the snow
To swallow hard
To happen to know considerably more about…
To be fascinated by
To watch in secret
To seem concerned
To laugh heartily
To run like thunder
To linger
To put into immediate exile
A serviceable beast
To stand to attention
To blow the horn
Reporting verbs
To groan
To sneer
To roar
To mutter
To command
To chatter
To boast
To sneer
To yell
Nouns
A geek
A nerd
Exercises
- Complete the texts with the following words and expressions
- fascinated, useless, Dragon Initiation Program, feeling slightly sick, happened to know considerably more , watching in secret, put in charge of
That morning Hiccup was 1)… as he was going to take part in 2)… He was 3)… the team as he was the son of the Chief, although nobody believed in him and considered him to be 4)…
Hiccup wasn’t an average Viking. He 5)… about dragons than anybody else there. Ever since he was a small boy, he’d been 6)… by the creatures. He’d spent hour after long hour dragon 7)….
- laughing heartily at, giant, put into immediate exile, dare to tame the wildest creatures on Earth, screaming
Gobber the Belch was a seven-foot muscular 1)… who didn’t make noises quieter than 2)…. He was with a mad glint in his one working eye and a beard like exploding fireworks. He said it was only the VIKING HEROES who 3)… He had a habit of 4)… his own jokes. He instructed everyone that if they failed, they would be 5)…
- Who said or thought this and in which circumstances?
1) ‘This will be your first military operation, and Hiccup will be commanding the team.’
2) ‘Even Fishlegs would be better than Hiccup.’
3) ‘The next boy to speak has limpets for lunch for the next THREE WEEKS!’
4) ‘OOOOOOOH’
5) ‘Probably? Oh, well, that’s reassuring.’
6) ‘I am too large to squeeze my way into the tunnels that lead to the Dragon Nursery.’
7) ‘HIC-CUP? If he’s as useless at this as he is at Bashyball, we’ll be lucky if he even gets one of the Basic Browns.’
8) ‘DEATH OR GLORY!’
Vocabulary with translation
To feel slightly sick – чувствовать себя больным/чувствовать тошноту
A heavy snow – сильный снег
To be in charge of smth, to put smb. in charge of – быть предводителем, назначить предводителем
To wipe one’s nose – утереть нос
Absolute silence – абсолютная тишина
To dare to tame the wildest creatures on Earth – осмелиться приручить дичайших существ на земле
A test of courage and skill at burglary – испытание на храбрость и умение красть
To spit solemnly into the snow – торжественно плюнуть в снег
To swallow hard – тяжело проглотить слюну
To happen to know considerably more about… – как оказалось, знать намного больше о…
To be fascinated by – быть очарованным
To watch in secret – тайно наблюдать
To seem concerned – казаться обеспокоенным
To laugh heartily – сердечно рассмеяться
To run like thunder – нестись пулей
To linger – задерживаться
To put into immediate exile – незамедлительно отправить в изгнание
A serviceable beast – чудища, пригодные для использования
To stand to attention – встать по стойке «смирно»
To blow the horn – трубить в рог
Reporting verbs
To groan – стонать
To sneer – усмехнуться
To roar – прореветь
To mutter – пробормотать
To command – скомандовать
To chatter – болтать
To boast – похвастаться
To yell – прокричать
Nouns
A geek – чудак
A nerd – «ботаник»