Английские сказки для девочек / English Fairy Tales for Girls - стр. 9

2. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. When did they reach the casle?

2. What did the merchant and his daughter find in the great hall?

3. Was the merchant hungry?

4. What did Beauty think about the Beast?

5. What did the merchant and his daughter hear after they had supped?

6. Why was Beauty terrified?

7. Did the merchant and his daughter sleep well at night?

8. Was the castle a delightful place?

9. What was written over one of the doors?

10. What did Beauty see in the library?

3. Какие утверждения верны?

1. Beauty and her father reached the castle towards morning.

2. When they came into the great hall, they found a table splendidly served up and two covers.

3. When the Beast came, Beauty was so scared that she couldn’t say a word.

4. The Beast looked very angry, and it was clear that he was going to eat Beauty.

5. Beauty refused to go home because she wanted to save her father’s life.

6. Beauty and her father were so excited and frightened that they couldn’t sleep at night.

7. The fine lady in Beauty’s dream wasn’t content that she wanted to save her father’s life.

8. As soon as her father was gone, Beauty sat down in the great hall and started crying, for she firmly believed the Beast would eat her.

“Alas,” said she with a sigh, “there is nothing I desire so much as to see my poor father and know what he is doing.” As soon as she said this, to her great amazement, she saw her own home in a great looking glass, where her father arrived with a very dejected countenance.[36] Her sisters went to meet him, and notwithstanding their endeavors to appear sorrowful, their joy, felt for having got rid of their sister,[37] was visible in every feature. A moment after, everything disappeared.

At noon she found dinner ready and, while at table, was entertained with an excellent concert of music, though without seeing anybody. But at night, as she was going to sit down to supper, she heard the noise the Beast made and could not help being sadly terrified. “Beauty,” said the monster, “will you give me leave to see you sup?[38]”

“That is as you please,” answered Beauty trembling.

“No,” replied the Beast, “you alone are mistress here; if my presence is troublesome, I will immediately withdraw. But tell me, do not you think me very ugly?”

“That is true,” said Beauty, “for I cannot tell a lie, but I believe you are very good-natured.”

“So I am,” said the monster, “and I know very well that I am a poor, silly, stupid creature.”

“I don’t think you are silly and stupid creature,” replied Beauty.

“Eat then, Beauty,” said the monster, “and endeavor to amuse yourself in your palace, for everything here is yours, and I should be very uneasy if you were not happy.”