Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. Mr. O’Connell only gambled with his life, never money.

2. Americans bet 300$ to get to Hamunaptra before Mr. O’Connell and his partners.

3. Mr. O’Connell had more balls than brains.

4. The Bedouin and the Tuaregs believed that Hamunaptra was not cursed.

5. The Amun-Ra book contained within it all the secret incantations of the old kingdom.

6.  The Amun-Ra was made out of pure silver.

7. Benny was leading the Americans to Hamunaptra.

 

3.3 Fill in the gaps in the conversation between Evy and Mr. O’Connell. Some nouns are missed. Act the dialogue:

O’Connell: Sorry. Didn’t mean to scare ya. [1]

Evy:      The only (1)...........that scares me, Mr. O’Connell, are your (2)...........

O’Connell: Still angry about that (3)..........., huh?

Evy:      Well, if you call that a kiss. Um, did I miss something? Are we going into (4)............?

O’Connell: Lady, there’s something out there. Something underneath that (5)...........

Evy:      Yes, well. I’m hoping to find a certain (6).............. A (7)..........., actually. My brother thinks there’s (8)............. What do you think’s out there?

O’Connell: In a (9).............? Evil. The Bedouin and the Tuaregs believe that Hamunaptra is cursed.

Evy:      Oh, look. I don’t believe in (10).................... and (11)............., Mr. O’Connell, but I do believe one of the most famous book in (12).............. is buried there. The Book of Amun-ra. It contains within it all the secret (13)....................of the old (14).................. It’s what first interested me in Egypt when I was (15)............... It’s why I came here – sort of a life’s (16)................

O’Connell: And the fact that they say it’s made out of pure (17)............ makes no never mind to you? Right?

Evy:      You know your (18)..................

O’Connell: I know my (19)..................

Evy:      Um…by the way…why did you kiss me?

O’Connell: I was about to be hanged. It seemed like a good (20)............. at the (21)..............

 

Translate from Russian into English:

1. быть уверенным 2. бредни 3. портить американцев

4. быть проклятым 5. быть повешенным 6. хоронить, погребать

3.5 Watch again and answer the questions. Try to give some more details:

1. What was the aim to get to Hamunaptra?

2. Were they afraid that Hamunaptra was cursed?

3. What did the Book of Amun-Ra contain? What was it made of?

EPISODE 4

In the desert and in the hallowed grounds

Vocabulary notes:

to fetch a mighty fine price – принести существенный доход

to be melted with salt acid – расплавиться от кислоты

ancient booby trap – древняя глупая уловка

hallowed grounds – пещеры

mummification – мумификация

to stuff – засовывать, набивать

to stick up for – защищать, поддерживать

to scramble – карабкаться

to rip through (nostrils) – выдирать через (ноздри)

to consummate the curse – проклинать (осуществлять проклятие)

to assimilate the organs and fluids – забрать органы и жизненные соки

to regenerate – возрождаться

to decompose – разлагаться

to be too frisky with smb. – позволять лишнее

blasphemers – богохульник

swift wings – быстрые крылья

That serves you right! – по делом вам!

god-awful stench – невыносимая вонь

to play hide-and-seek – играть в прятки

4.1 Decide whether these statements are true or false:

1. The legs of the statue of Anubis went deep underground where a secret compartment was found containing the golden Book of Amun-Ra.

2. The Americans opened the chest.

3. Sarcophagus was buried at the base of Anubis.

4. Evelyn’s father was a very famous explorer who married an Egyptian woman, her mother, an adventurer herself.

5. Evelyn was not proud of being a librarian.

6. There was no curse upon this chest.

7. The Mummy in the sarcophagus was still decomposing.

8. The Book of Dead was in the chest.

9. Scarab skeletons, flesh eaters can stay alive for years feasting on the flesh of a corpse.

10. If a victim of the Hom-Dai should ever arise he would bring with him the nine plagues of Egypt.

11. No mortal weapon can kill this creature.

12. This creature was the bringer of death.

13.  He will never eat, he will never sleep and he will never stop.

14. Benny knew the language of the slaves.

 

4.2 Number the sentences in the right order:

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