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love [lAv] ,
form [fO:m] ,
quiet ['kwait] ,
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use [ju:z] - to use [ju:z]
close [klouz] - to close [klouz]
perfect [pq'fikt] - to perfect [pq'fekt]
conduct ['kOndqkt] - to conduct [kqn'dAkt]
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[A]: gun, sun, us, rush, jump, dust, ton, one [wAn], enough [i'nAf]
[a:]: grass, glass, dark, graph, sharp, yard [ja:d], laugh [ia:f]
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TAKING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF A RHINO
(A true story told by the man who took the photograph)
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One day, while dark [da:k] and I with a Masai (1) conductor were walking, past some very high grass, the conductor stopped and pointed. We looked where he was pointing and we saw among the high grass a great grey body. It was the back of a great rhino lying in the grass. The conductor closed his eyes to show me that the rhino was sleeping.
We walked very quietly until we were only thirty yards from the animal. Then we could see that it was a huge rhino, weighing at least (2) two tons. He was sleeping quietly. We could see his gray skin rising and falling with his breath, and his little pig's eyes were closed. His big flat nose, with its sharp cruel horn, was nearest to us. Each breath blew on the grass near, his nose. The, warm African sunlight was shining on his huge gray body.
Very quietly I got my camera ready to take the photograph. The conductor stood near me on my left side and dark stood on my right side, with his gun in his hands. We did not kill the animals which we photographed unless our lives were in danger, and dark always fired his gun in the air when I took my pictures to make the animals turn away from me.
Everything was ready. I stood with my camera right in front of the rhino and I was so close that I could see his nose moving with his breath. I even saw a fly walk across his head. We waited for several minutes but the animal continued to sleep; and as I wanted to photograph him when he was moving, I took a deep breath (3) and shouted "Hey!"
In a moment he was up. Although he was so huge, he moved very rapidly. For a moment he stood looking at us. What did he see? A rhino has very weak sight and he cannot see anything clearly which is more than fifteen or twenty yards away. We were nearly thirty yards away from him, so he could not see us I well, but he saw something. For a few moments he stood there. Then he put his head down (4) and rushed at us.
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My camera was pointed at him, and as I looked through the little glass I could see the great rhino rushing towards me. As he got nearer he seemed to get bigger. When he was fifteen yards away he looked as big as a railway train. With my camera near my eye I waited to get my picture. The ground under my feet shook with the great weight of the rushing rhino. His little red eyes were cruel and angry. When the rhino was near enough (5) I pressed the button of my camera and took my picture. The huge animal was almost touching me.
At that moment, dark fired his gun in order to make the animal turn away from me. But the animal paid no attention at all (6) and came straight on. I jumped to one side, quicker than I had ever jumped before. As I did so, I knew I was safe, but the rhino was almost on top of the Masai conductor. There was a cloud of dust and I saw the man's body thrown into the air. The rhino rushed on and away from us. We did not see him again.
dark and I ran to the place where the Masai was lying on the ground, we were sure that he was either dead or dying. No man can be thrown up into the air by a rhino's horn and live. But just as we reached him, the conductor jumped up laughing. No, he was neither dead nor dying. The rhino's horn had not touched him, for (7) that jump into the air had been his own. When a rhino is rushing towards an enemy, he holds his head so that he can see. When he is close, he puts his head down so that the sharp point of his horn is in front. Therefore, just for a moment he cannot see in front of him, and in that moment the Masai jumped to one side. The rhino rushes on and usually does not stop until he is out of sight. This is how our conductor had saved himself.
(1) Masai -
(2) at least -
(3) I took a deep breath -
(4) put... down -
(5) near enough -
(6) paid no attention at all - ; at all , . :
I see you are busy. - Not at all. , . - , ( ).
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: fly fly , continue Continuous - ; fire fire ; past past ; to pass ; shake shock , ; dead die .
Button , . to turn to return ( 18), .
Dust , . flat flat , flats, , , .
unless ... , . : We did not kill the animals which we photographed, unless our lives were in danger. , , . , , unless: unless our lives were... .... unless:
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I shall be unable to answer this question, unless you , . help me.
The picture will not be good, , unless you sit still. .
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| close | [ klouz ] | () |
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| continue | [ kqn'tinju ] |
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| dead | [ ded ] |
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| dust | [ dAst ] | , , |
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| enemy | [ 'enimi ] |
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| few | [ fju: ] | , ; a few |
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| flat | [ flxt ] | , |
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| horn | [ hO:n ] |
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| huge | [ hju:G ] | , |
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| just | [ GAst ] | , , () |
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| kill | [ kil ] |
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| laugh | [ la:f ] |
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| moment | [ 'moumqnt ] |
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| pay | [ pei ] |
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| photograph | [ 'foutqgra:f ] | , |
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| pig | [ pig ] |
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| point | [ pOint ] | , (at), , |
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| ready | [ 'redi ] |
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| rhino | [ 'rainqu ] | = rhinoceros | |
| rush | [ rAS ] | , , |
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| shake | [ Seik ] | () |
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| sharp | [ Sa:p ] |
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| shout | [ Saut ] |
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| sight | [ sait ] | , , |
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made us laugh. We saw him kill the pig. We heard dark fire the gum They could feel the ground shake. We do not remember the teacher asking us this question. He wants us to sit on the grass. Although we could not hear him speak we saw him pointing to the sky. We saw a huge black cloud coming from the north-east. We thought the animal to be sleeping quietly, but we soon saw his huge head turn.
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Give me either a newspaper or a book. We shall speak either English or French. Either you or your friend will translate the story into Russian. I remember neither his name nor his face. I saw neither of the pictures. He has neither close friends nor enemies. I am neither angry nor afraid.
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3. I did it myself I threw myself on the ground.
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She... paid for this dress. I Bought a coat for... and some things for my children; they are too small to buy things for.... They escaped in order to save.... The story... is good, but not the translation. Children, you must do it.... Take the gun from the child, he may kill.... "Do you need me?" he asked pointing to....
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between, huge, close, straight, before, great, among, near, photographs, though, dead, directly, in front (of), rapidly, picture, lifeless, quickly, although
6. 10 :
rise, save, thin, left, huge, slow, kill, fall, stop, right, noise, thick, small, continue, rapid, quiet bottom, wide, top, narrow
7. 2 , , :
horn, train, noise, object, oil, throat, bean, way, boy, fly, enemy, body, sky, party, class, cross, fish, glass, lens, mass, press, process, science, pig
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The rhino... among the... when the photographers saw him. He had a... noise; his body was..., his horn was...; his eyes were... and.... His... was very weak, he could not see his... well. In... to take his picture the photographers had to come close to him. They were in... therefore one of them always... in the air, but he never... the animal. One cannot take pictures of such animals... one has a great deal of courage.
