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The picture below shows a haunted house, a typical place for scary adventures. You’re going to read part of a book by Mark Twain entitled The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In this section, Tom and his friend Huck decide to enter a strange abandoned house. Would you be as brave? Is it a good idea? Read on to see what happens!
Poniższy obrazek przedstawia nawiedzony dom, typowe miejsce do snucia strasznych przygód. Przeczytasz fragment książki Marka Twaina Przygody Tomka Sawyera. W tym rozdziale Tom i jego przyjaciel Huck postanawiają wejść do dziwnego opuszczonego domu. Czy byłbyś/byłabyś równie odważny/odważna? Czy to dobry pomysł? Czytaj dalej, aby zobaczyć, co się stanie!
Drag the phrases in the correct places to make a quote by Judy Blume, an American fiction writer, that introduces you to the reading part in this section. Do you agree with it?
Match the following words with their translations.
Adapted from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThey had started down the hill by this time. There in the middle of the moonlitmoonlit valleyvalley below them stood the “haunted” house, utterlyutterly isolated, its fencesfences gone long ago, old weedsweeds smotheringsmothering the very doorsteps, the chimney crumbled to ruin, the window‑sashes vacantvacant, a corner of the roof caved incaved in. The boys gazedgazed awhile, half expecting to see a blue light flitflit past a window; then talking in a low tone, [...], they moved far off to the right, to stay at a distance from the haunted house, and took their way homeward through the woods that adornedadorned the [...] side of Cardiff Hill.
About noon the next day the boys arrived at the dead tree; they had come for their shovelshovel. Tom was impatient to go to the haunted house; Huck was measurably so […]
So they played Robin Hood all the afternoon, now and then casting a yearningyearning eye down upon the haunted house and passing a remark about the morrow’smorrow’s prospects and possibilities there. As the sun began to sink into the west they took their way homeward across the long shadows of the trees and soon were buriedburied from sight in the forests of Cardiff Hill.
When they reached the haunted house again, there was something so depressing about the loneliness and desolationdesolation of the place, that they were afraid, for a moment, to go in. Then they crept to the door and looked inside. They saw a weedgrownweedgrown, floorless room, unplasteredunplastered, an ancient fireplacefireplace, vacant windows, a ruinous staircase; and here, there, and everywhere hung raggedragged and abandonedabandoned cobwebscobwebs. They entered, softly, with quickened pulses, talking in whispers, ears alert to catch the slightest sound, and muscles tensetense and ready for instant retreat.
In a little while familiarityfamiliarity modified their fears and they gave the place a critical and interested examination [...]. Next they wanted to look upstairs. This was something like cutting off retreatretreat, but they got to daringdaring each other, and of course there could be but one result: they threw their tools into a corner and made the ascentascent. Up there were the same signs of decaydecay. In one corner they found a closet that promised mystery, but the promise was a fraud. There was nothing in it. Their courage was up now and well in hand. They were about to go down and begin work when...
“Sh!” said Tom.
“What is it?” whispered Huck, blanchingblanching with fright.
“Sh!... There!... Hear it?”
“Yes!... Oh, my! Let’s run!”
“Keep still! Don’t you budgebudge! They’re coming right toward the door.”
The boys stretched themselves upon the floor with their eyes to knotholesknotholes in the plankingplanking, and lay waiting, in a miserymisery of fear.
[...]
Two men entered. Each boy said to himself: “There’s the old deaf and dumb Spaniard that’s been about town once or twice lately, never saw t’other man before.”
[…]
It was Injun Joe’s! There was silence for some time. Then Joe said:
[…]
“Who could have brought those tools here? Do you reckon they can be upstairs?”
The boys’ breath forsookforsook them. Injun Joe put his hand on his knife, haltedhalted a moment, undecided, and then turned toward the stairway. The boys thought of the closet, but their strength was gone. The steps came creakingcreaking up the stairs. The intolerable distressdistress of the situation woke the stricken resolution of the ladslads. They were about to springspring for the closetcloset, when there was a crash of rottenrotten timberstimbers and Injun Joe landed on the ground amid the debrisdebris of the ruined stairway. He gathered himself up cursingcursing, and his comradecomrade said:
“Now what’s the use of all that? If it’s anybody, and they’re up there, let them stay there, who cares?
Joe grumbled awhile; then he agreed with his friend that what daylight was left ought to be used in getting things ready for leaving. Shortly afterward they slipped outslipped out of the house in the deepening twilighttwilight, and moved toward the river with their precious box.
Tom and Huck rose up, weak but vastly relievedrelieved, and stared after them through the chinks between the logslogs of the house. Follow? Not they. They were content to reach ground again without broken necks, and take the townward track over the hill.
Źródło: Małgorzata Łabanowska, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0. http://giove.isti.cnr.it/demo/eread/Libri/joy/TSawyer.pdf.
- Before the boys went inside the house,
a) they spent two days watching it.
b) they discussed possible problems.
c) they saw a strange light in one of the windows.
d) they found lots of tools to make sure they were safe.
- When they got to the house,
a) it was really cold inside despite the sun.
b) it took them a while to get over their fears.
c) they thought its mystery promised a great adventure.
d) it was so ruined they couldn’t get inside.
- Injun Joe knew someone was upstairs
a) but when he tried to go up the stairs, they broke and he fell down.
b) but he decided the stairs were too weak for him to use them.
c) but he didn’t find the boys because they hid in the closet.
d) and he almost caught the boys but they managed to escape.
- From the conversation between two men we can deduce that
a) they wanted to follow the boys.
b) they wanted to wait and leave when it was dark.
c) they thought the boys would get them in trouble.
d) they weren’t worried about the boys seeing them.
Słownik
/ əˈbændənd / / əˈbændən /
porzucony/porzucona [porzucić]
/ əˈdɔːnd / / əˈdɔːn /
przyozdobiony/przyozdobiona [przyozdobić]
/ əˈsent /
wejście do góry
/ bɪˈfɪtɪd /
przystało
/ ˈblɑːntʃɪŋ / / blɑːntʃ /
blednąc [blednąć]
/ ˈbəʊldnəs /
odwaga
/ bʌdʒ /
drgnij [drgnąć]
/ ˈberɪd / / ˈberi /
tu: ukryty/ukryta, schowany/schowana [zakopać, schować]
/ 'keɪvd ɪn / / ˈkeɪv ɪn /
zapadł/zapadła się [zapaść się]
/ tʃɪŋks / / tʃɪŋk /
szczeliny [szczelina]
/ ˈklɒzɪt /
tu: komórka, szafa wnękowa (AmE)
/ ˈkɒbwebz / / ˈkɒbweb /
pajęczyny [pajęczyna]
/ ˈkɒmreɪd /
towarzysz/towarzyszka
/ ˈkriːkɪŋ / / kriːk /
skrzypiące [skrzypieć]
/ ˈkɜːsɪŋ / / kɜːs /
przeklinając [przeklinać]
/ ˈdeərɪŋ / / deə /
ośmielenie, rzucenie wyzwania [rzucać wyzwanie]
/ ˈdeɪbriː /
resztki, gruz
/ dɪˈkeɪ /
rozkład
/ ˌdesəˈleɪʃn̩ /
samotność, spustoszenie, żal
/ dɪˈstres /
niepokój
/ fəˌmɪlɪˈærɪti /
swojskość
/ ˈfensɪz / / fens /
płoty [płot]
/ ˈfaɪəpleɪs /
kominek
/ flɪt / / flɪt /
przemyka [przemykać]
/ fəˈsʊk / / fəˈseɪk /
opuścił/opuściła [opuścić]
/ ɡeɪzd /
patrzył/patrzyła [patrzeć]
/ ɡɪv ˈsʌmbədi ˈsʌmthetaɪŋ ə ˌwaɪd bɜːtheta /
omijać kogoś/coś z daleka
/ ˈɡrɪzli /
przerażający/przerażająca, makabryczny/makabryczna
/ ˈhɔːltɪd / / hɔːlt /
zatrzymał/zatrzymała [zatrzymać]
/ ˈnɒthəʊlz / / ˈnɒthəʊl /
dziury po sękach [dziura po sęku]
/ lædz / / læd /
chłopcy [chłopak]
/ lɒɡz / / lɒɡ /
bale, belki drewniane [bal, belka drewniana]
/ ˈmeɪd ði əˈsent / / ˈmeɪk ən əˈsent /
wszedł/weszła na górę [wejść na górę]
/ ˈmɪzəri /
nieszczęście, niedola
/ ˈmuːnlɪt /
zalany/zalana blaskiem księżyca
/ ˈmɒrəʊz / / ˈmɒrəʊ /
jutra [jutro] (tomorrow – archaiczne/ literackie)
/ piːp /
zerknięcie (zwł. przez mały otwór), podglądanie
/ ˈplæŋkɪŋ /
deski
/ ræɡd /
poszarpane
/ ˈrekən /
sądzisz [sądzić]
/ rɪˈliːvd / / rɪˈliːv /
odetchnęli/odetchnęły z ulgą [przynieść ulgę]
/ rɪˈtriːt /
odwrót, wycofanie się
/ ˈrɒtn̩ /
przegniłe, zbutwiałe
/ ˈʃʌvl̩ /
łopata
/ ˈʃraʊdɪd /
okryty/odkryta
/ slɪpt ˈaʊt / / ˈslɪp ˈaʊt /
wymknęli/wymknęły się [wymknąć się]
/ ˈsmʌðərɪŋ / / ˈsmʌðə /
tłamszący/tłamsząca, pokrywający/pokrywająca [tłumić, pokrywać]
/ sprɪŋ /
skoczyć
/ tens /
napięty/napięta
/ ˈtɪmbəz / / ˈtɪmbə /
drewniane belki [drewniana belka]
/ ˈtrembl̩ɪŋ / / ˈtrembl̩ /
drżący/drżąca [drżeć]
/ ˈtwaɪlaɪt /
zmierzch
/ ʌnˈplɑːstəd /
nieotynkowany/nieotynkowana
/ ˈʌtəli /
całkowicie
/ ˈveɪkənt /
pusty/pusta
/ ˈvæli /
dolina
/ ˈventʃər ɪn /
odważyć się wejść
/ wiːdz /
chaszcze
/ 'wiːdɡrəʊn /
zarośnięty/zarośnięta chwastami
/ ˈjɜːnɪŋ / / jɜːn /
tęskniący/tęskniąca [tęsknić]