Семья Никлби, никогда не знавшая забот, остается без денег после смерти отца. Николас, его мать и сестра отправляются в Лондон просить помощи у дядюшки Ральфа. Дядюшка находит работу для Николаса и отсылает его преподавать в школу на севере Англии. Здесь Николас будет защищать одного из учеников сироту Смайка от жестокого директора школы.
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Количество лексических единиц |
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Past simple tense |
Ralph and Nicholas Nickleby were brothers. |
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Future with going to |
‘When I grow up, I am going to have lots of money,’ Ralph said. |
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Past continuous tense |
‘One day, Ralph was returning from a business meeting when Newman Noggs came out to meet him in the street. |
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Past simple passive |
‘It was posted in London.’ |
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Present perfect tense |
‘My brother Nicholas has died.’ |
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Present continuous tense |
‘I am looking for Mrs Nickleby.’ |
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must for deduction |
‘You must be my nephew, young Nicholas Nickleby.’ |
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Mixed conditionals |
‘If Nicholas doesn’t like the job I have found for him, he must find another job for himself.’ ‘If the letters contained money, Mr Squeers put it in his pocket.’ ‘If he hasn’t done anything wrong, where is he now?’ ‘If you are this boy’s father, and I’m not sure that you are, you should be very angry with yourself!’ |
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First conditional |
‘But if you don’t take the job, they will get no help from me!’ |
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Present continuous for future |
‘We are taking five lucky boys with us.’ |
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Question tags |
‘I am a very kind uncle, aren’t I?’ |
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Past perfect tense |
Nicholas’ mother and sister had decided to move out of their house in Thames Street. |
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Present perfect continuous |
‘I’ve been looking for you for two days.’ |
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Vocabulary |
family, misfortune, travel, adventure, money, Victorian schools |
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