"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
рабочие листы (9 класс)

Veldt meeting 1

1. What is the veldt?

варианты ответов:

• a set of images and sounds produced by a computer that seem to represent a real place or situation
• long period when there is little or no rain
• a large, flat area of land covered with grass, usually with few trees, that is found in hot countries, especially in Africa
• a lonely person

2. George, I wish you'd look at the ______.

nursery sitting room kitchen attic

3. Someone who studies the human mind and human emotions and behaviour, and how different situations have an effect on people. Who is it?

therapist /pediatrician/psychologist/surgeon

His wife was standing in the middle of the kitchen watching the stove busy humming to itself making supper for ______. 4235

is the name of the house?

Brightside Cottage/Happy Life Home/The Old Homestead/The Manor House/ˈmæ#601;r/

extra: What does the house do for the family? ()

6. The room was silent and empty. The walls were white and _______ .

two dimensional/three-dimensional/flat/soundproof

flat, having width and length but not depth

/wɪtθ/ /wɪdθ/ US /wɪtθ/ /wɪdθ/

Describe the nursery/ ()

the distance across something from one side to the other:

7.How much does the "Happy Life Home" cost?

3000 dollars 23 000 dollars 13 000 dollars 30 000 dollars

extra: What is the praise of the nursery?

8. The lions were coming. And again George Hadley was filled with respect for the brilliant mind that had come up with the idea for this room. ...... Oh, occasionally they frightened you with their _____, they made you jump , gave you a scare.

(The nursery frightened with its _____ . )

gloomy/smell/realism

The lions were coming. And again George Hadley was filled with respect for the brilliant mind that had come up with the idea for this room. A wonder of efficiency selling for an unbelievably low price. Every home should have one. Oh, occasionally they frightened you with their realism, they made you jump, gave you a scare. But most of the time they were fun for everyone. Not only your own son and daughter, but for yourself when you felt like a quick trip to a foreign land, a quick change of scenery. Well, here it was

extra: How does George feel about the idea of a nursery (at the beginning of the story) ?

feels proud for his purchase

“But nothing’s too good for our children,” George had said.

What is the prize of the nursery?

“Well,” said George Hadley. They stood on the grass-like floor of the nursery. It was forty feet across by forty feet long and thirty feet high; it had cost half again as much as the rest of the house. “But nothing’s too good for our children,” George had said

9. What are the children's names?

Petya and Masha/ Martin and Anna/ Peter and Wendy/David and Eva

at the top

What do you think about their names? Why does the author gives such names to his characters?

10. Who offered to shut the whole house off for a few days and take a vocation?

Lidia/ George

“I don’t know – I don’t know,” she said, blowing her nose, sitting down in a chair that immediately began to rock and comfort her. “Maybe I don’t have enough to do. Maybe I have time to think too much. Why don’t we shut the whole house off for a few days and take a vacation?

Was George happy about the idea of locking the room?

“All ; Although he wasn’t happy about it, he locked the huge door. “You’ve been working too hard. You need a rest.

11. Why did the parents buy this house?

What is the purpose of the house?

to bring up children/to do nothing at all/it has a good prize/to enjoy the Veldt

“But I thought that’s why we bought this house, so we wouldn’t have to do anything?”

Find in the text: What does Lidia feel about the whole situation with the house, the children?

at the bottom

I feel like I don’t belong here. The house is wife and mother now, and nurse for the children. Can I compete with an African veldt? Can I give a bath and clean the children as efficiently or quickly as the automatic body wash can? I cannot. And it isn’t just me. It’s you. You’ve been awfully nervous ; “I suppose I have been smoking too ; “You look as if you didn’t know what to do with yourself in this house, either. You smoke a little more every morning and drink a little more every afternoon, and you are taking more pills to help you sleep at night. You’re beginning to feel unnecessary ;

12. Why do the parents have dinner alone? Where are Peter and Wendy?

at a special plastic fair/ at school/ at their grandparents/ spend time with their friends

13. He ate the meat that the table had cut for him without tasting it. ____ thoughts. They were awfully young, Wendy and Peter, for ____ thoughts.

What kind of thought are they? What kind of thoughts are childrens' heads filled?

games/ friends/ death/veldt

14. How many times in the last year had he opened this door and found .....

What images could George see in the nursery before it started to produce Africa?

war pictures/ nature views / fairy tale characters

How many times in the last year had he opened this door and found Wonderland with Alice and the Mock Turtle, or Aladdin and his Magical Lamp, or Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, or Dr. Doolittle, or the cow jumping over a very real-looking moon. All the most enjoyable creations of an imaginary world. How often had he seen Pegasus the winged horse flying in the sky ceiling, or seen explosions of red fireworks, or heard beautiful singing.

15. “Go away,” he said to the lions. They did not go. He knew exactly how the room should work. ......

How does the room work?

it reads thoughts/ it has a special remote control/it has a random settings

Why the room doesn't change the Veldt?

16. The Hadleys turned. Wendy and Peter were coming happily in the front door, with bright blue eyes and a smell of fresh air on their clothes from their __________

trip in the helicopter/ boating trip/guided tour

Why did Peter ask Wendy to run to the nursery? p. 6

What was in the nursery after Wendy's back?

There was a green, lovely forest, a lovely river, a purple mountain, high voices singing. And there was Rima the bird girl, lovely and mysterious. She was hiding in the trees with colorful butterflies, like flowers coming to life, flying about her long hair. The African veldt was gone. The lions were gone. Only Rima was here now, singing a song so beautiful that it brought tears to your eyes

17. George Hadley walked through the forest scene and picked up something that lay in the corner near where the lions had been.

What was it?

a handkerchief/ a wallet/ a glove/sunglasses

Why is it there? Who put it there?

Remember the George's feelings at the beginning of the story and now.

“I don’t know anything,” he said, “except that I’m beginning to be sorry we bought that room for the children. If children are suffering from any kind of emotional problem, a room like

We’ve never lifted a hand. They’re unbearable – let’s admit it. They come and go when they like; they treat us as if we were the children in the family. They’re spoiled and we’re spoiled.

that…”

18. When did children start acting cool towards their parents?

A few months ago/ a year ago/ a couple of week ago

“They’ve been acting funny ever since you wouldn’t let them go to New York a few months ;

What did happen then?.......

19. “But nothing’s too good for our children”

20. Too much of anything isn’t good for anyone

21“We’re full of strawberry ice-cream and hot dogs,” said the children, holding hands.

22 “The fool room’s out of order,” he said. “It won’t ;

23 “An old wallet of mine,” he said.

24 “Who was it said, ‘Children are carpets, they should be stepped on occasionally’?

25 They’re spoiled and we’re spoiled.”

26 “It’s supposed to help them work off their emotional problems in a healthy ;

Lidia:

“ I wish you’d look at the nursery

 “And lock the nursery for a few days until I can get over this.”

 “He may have got into the machinery and fixed something.”

George: “What would a psychologist want with a nursery?

“Let’s get out of this sun,”

 “It’s “You’ve been working too hard. You need a rest.”

 “Go away,”

“Peter doesn’t know machinery.”

Peter:

“I don’t understand,”

“There’s no Africa in the nursery,”

“Run see and come tell.”

Wendy:

“It’s not Africa,”