Բրուտի երկրորդ աշակերտը. վերլուծություն

Պատմվածքում նկարագրվում է ցավ՝ որը կարող է զգալ ցանկացած զավակին կամ հարազատ մարդու կորցրած մեկը: Շատ ցավալի է գիտակցումը, որ ամբոխի մեջ ներարկված մարդկանց սիլուետների մեջ տեսնում ես նրանց, ում արդեն անհնար է տեսնել: Բայց միևնույն է վազում ես նրա հետևից, ներքուստ հստակ իմանալով` որ նա չէ: Խելագարվել կարելի է… Իսկ նրանք խելագար չեն եղել նախկինում: Նրանք այդպիսին են դարձել շնորհիվ կորստի: Նրանց համար այդ կորստի հավանականությունը եղել է հավասար նրան, որ կսկսեն փնտրել մի մարդու, ում իրենց ձեռքերով են ճանապարհել և իրենց աչքի առաջ է փչել վերջին շունչը:

Hometask for 14.02-18.02

Task 1.

Work with a partner. Complete more useful phrases (a-j) from the conversation to
talk about people’s appearance. Use the phrases in the box.
a very, changed so, in the, spitting image, that smile, look anything, looking woman, no resemblance, the same, 
a) The one in the white jacket? b) She’s the spitting image of Gwyneth Paltrow.
c) She doesn’t look anything like Gwyneth Paltrow. d) She’s got no resemblance hair.
e) I’d recognise that smile anywhere. f) She’s got a very distinctive smile.
g) That woman bears absolutely the same to Gwyneth Paltrow. h) I saw this amazing looking woman walking
towards me.
j) I didn’t recognise her. She’s changed much

Task 2. 

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,
using the word in brackets.
a) I look exactly like my father. -+ I’m the spitting image of him. (image)
b) Our eyes are identical. -+ We’ve got the same eyes . (same) c) His way of walking is unusual. -+ He has a distinctive way of walking. (distinctive)
d) I look very different from my mother. -+ I don’t look like my mother . (like) e) She looks completely different from the rest of the family. -+ She bears np resemblance .
(resemblance)
f) She was an extremely attractive woman when she was younger. -+ She was amazing .
(amazing-

Exercises

Complete the sentences using  in, on, at

1. I started my job in 2007

2. I usually get to work at about 8.15

3.I’m never late for work. I’m always on time

4. I work best in the morning

5. Occasionally, I have to work on Saturdays.

6. In the summer, I sometimes cycle to work

7. I get paid on 28^th of each month

8. We have a pay review in April

9. We have a big office party on Christmas

10. I am very interested in Art.

 Find the word that is closest in meaning to the word

1.comprehend

a) describe  b)understand c) make use of  d)prepare

2. internal

a)forever  b) inside  c) outside  d)brief

3.occur

a)render  b)fall  c)take place d)reach

4. native

a)alien  b)born in a particular  c)foreign  d)buried in a particular place

5. believe

a)notice  b)mean  c) suppose  d) reach

6. wish

a)ability b)desire  c)want  d) likeness

7. high

a) lofty  b)significant  c)scale d)low

8. complete

a)found  b) make c)compare  d) finish

9.provide

a) fall  b) supply c) develop d) improve

10.demand

a)discover  b) believe  c)require  d) render

Murdoch Mysteries

Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the Detective Murdoch novels by Maureen Jennings and stars Yannick Bisson as the fictional William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The series was titled The Artful Detective on the Ovation cable TV network in the United States, until season twelve.

The series takes place in Toronto starting in 1895 and follows Detective William Murdoch of the Toronto Constabulary, who solves many of his cases using methods of detection that were unusual at the time. These methods include fingerprinting, blood testing, surveillance, and trace evidence.

Some episodes feature anachronistic technology whereby Murdoch sometimes uses the existing technology of his time to improvise a crude prototype of a technology that would be more readily recognizable to the show’s 21st-century audience. In one episode, for instance, he creates a primitive version of sonar to locate a sunken ship in Lake Ontario. In still another, a foreign police officer has a photograph that Murdoch needs as evidence, so Murdoch asks the other officer to overlay the photograph with a grid numerically coded for the colour in each square, and to transmit the numerical data to Murdoch via telegraph—with the result that the foreign officer has essentially sent Murdoch a bitmap image they call a «facsimile»—a telefax. This aspect of the show has been described as introducing elements of the steampunk genre of science fiction, although it is not a standard theme of all episodes.

Detective Murdoch is assisted by the three other main characters: Inspector Brackenreid, Doctor Julia Ogden, and the inexperienced but eager Constable George Crabtree, who aspires to be a mystery novel writer. Brackenreid, Murdoch’s immediate superior, is a blunt and sceptical Yorkshireman with a fondness for whisky who prefers conventional methods of detection over Murdoch’s eccentric methods, though he is typically pleased and proud when Murdoch is successful despite the odds. Crabtree is often unable to grasp the more advanced methods, but his enthusiasm and loyalty make him a good assistant. Like Crabtree, Dr. Ogden is a great supporter of Murdoch’s methods. Her skill in pathology usually helps by revealing a great deal of useful evidence to aid Murdoch in solving cases. Throughout the series, Murdoch’s growing infatuation with her, and his inability to express his feelings, provide a light subplot. In the fifth season, after Dr. Ogden is married to Dr. Darcy Garland, a new doctor is introduced, Doctor Emily Grace. She and George Crabtree show some romantic interest in each other.

Another underlying theme of the series involves the fact that Murdoch is a Roman Catholic in what was at the time a predominantly Protestant city and the prejudices that he occasionally encounters as a result. Other subplots that overarch multiple episodes include women’s suffrage movement in Canada, a movement that was taking place during the time the series is set in, and the discrimination towards racial minorities in Toronto at that time.