Stranger Things: A Collection of Exercises

Incredible

To expose to danger

A tool shed

To come to the door to open it

If things go sideways

To go crazy/nuts

To itch

A huge amount of money

encounters

To feel like scratching

To jeopardize

A hospital for those who are mentally ill or insane

To get the door

A building where one keeps axes, shovels and hammers

To go totally off the rails

Some magical visions or hallucinations

Corrupt guards

To keep sth under control

To keep sth contained

Security staff that can be bribed

Ex. 4. Answer the questions related to the plot of the episode:

How do Nancy and Robin manage to penetrate into the asylum where Vecna’s victim is kept?

How is their deceit exposed?

What happens to the agents guarding Mike and his friends? Who unintentionally saves them?

What story does the survivor in the asylum tell Nancy and Robin?

How do Steve, Lucas and Dustin rescue Max from the dark sorcerer?

Ex. 5. Sum up the episode.

Ex. 6. Speak about music in your life. What genres do you prefer? What kind of music do you listen to when you are in a sad mood? Or, vice versa, in high spirits? What music would you play to a person who has been deaf all his/her life and now has regained his/her hearing? What music would you play to an alien?

Episode 5

Ex. 1 Find English equivalents of the following:

Кровоточить

Подтяжка лица, в переносном значении «косметический ремонт»

Могло бы быть хуже

Будет трясти (о поездке, полёте)

Соня (человек, любящий поспать)

Выяснить что-то

У него от травки крыша поехала

Родиться мёртвым

Искривлённая спина (позвоночник)

Слухи

Подавленный

Выкуривать кого-то (слэнг)

Перелопатить от и до

Предатель

Сверхъестественный

«Расколоть» дело

Каратэ

Дуэль

Трата времени

Хрупкий груз