The 16th of February
A tongue twister for today
sleazy - хитрый shyster - мошенник sheared - стриженый
Describe the picture. Where and who are the people on it? What could this illustration be based on? Do you enjoy adventure novels, if so - what is your favorite? What famous adventure writers do you know?
Read the biography of the author. What other books by sir Conan Doyle have you read?
Topical vocabulary
entranced - очарованный stagnant - застойный, стоячий hideous - уродливый to be bent on something - быть нацеленным на что-то to linger - медлить brute - дикарь, зверь a prod - толчок stagger - шататься mischief - несчастье
Read the text and fill in the gaps
Reading the text
withered - увядший
E
A
G
F
C
B
we could not afford to linger
in an instant
struck
hideous
mean mischief
make for
4
3
7
5
1
6
8
2