- •Часть I Задания к роману с. Моэма «Театр»
- •Part I Chapters 1-4
- •General Comprehension
- •Who said it?
- •Mark the following statements as true(t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the vocabulary
- •Read part one, and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.
- •3. Find the English equivalents for these:
- •5. Fill in prepositions where necessary:
- •8. Translate into Russian:
- •9. Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •Describe:
- •3. Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the text.
- •4. Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •Culture Corner
- •Part II Chapters 5-9
- •General Comprehension
- •Who said it?
- •Mark the following statements as true(t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the vocabulary
- •1. Read part II and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.
- •2. Remember the contexts in which word list 2 items are used, say who or what they referred to
- •4. Explain what it means:
- •5. Fill in prepositions where necessary:
- •8. Translate into Russian:
- •9. Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Describe:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •4. Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •2. Prepare the passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian
- •3. Arrange a round-table discussion on the following:
- •4. Write a letter as if
- •Culture Corner
- •Do you know that Tosca is one of the most famous and dramatic operas by Puccini? Do some research and tell your group-mates about the great composer and his opera.
- •Part III Chapters 10-13
- •General Comprehension
- •Who said it?
- •Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the vocabulary
- •Read part III, and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.
- •2. Remember the contexts in which Word List III items are used, say who or what they referred to.
- •3. Find the English equivalents for these:
- •4. Explain what it means:
- •5. Fill in prepositions where necessary:
- •7) She never could seem to do anything right or … his satisfaction.
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •Describe:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •Write a letter as if
- •Culture Corner
- •1. Do you know anything about the actresses of the past mentioned by the characters of the novel?
- •2. To get more information about the famous London museums and galleries such as the National gallery, the Tate, the British Museum use these links. Present the information to the class.
- •3. Charles Tamerley took Julia to museums and galleries; he liked to impart information and she was glad to receive it. It was to him she owed it that she could speak about Proust, or Cezanne.
- •Part IV Chapters 14-15
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Read Part IV and check your answers. General Comprehension
- •Who said it?
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the Vocabulary
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Guess the word or word combination by its definition:
- •Match the synonyms:
- •Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •Prepare the passage for artistic reading, translate it into Russian and then comment on it:
- •Write an essay on one of the topics.
- •Culture Corner
- •Did Roger get a good education?
- •Who did Julia invite to her parties?
- •Part V Сhapters 16-20
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Read Part V and check your answers. General Comprehension
- •Who said it?
- •Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the Vocabulary
- •Fill in prepositions where necessary:
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Guess the word or word combination by its definition:
- •Paraphrase:
- •Translate into English:
- •Describe the relationship between Tom and Julia using the following words and word combinations:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •2. Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •Culture Corner
- •Part VI Сhapters 21-25
- •General Comprehension
- •Mark the following sentences as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Working with the Vocabulary
- •Read Part VI, find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents:
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Guess the word or word combination by its definition (revise the vocabulary of the previous parts):
- •Match the synonyms:
- •Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •Culture Corner
- •Part VII Chapters 26-29
- •Read Part VII and check your answers. General Comprehension
- •Who said it?
- •Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the Vocabulary
- •Read Part VII, find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.
- •Match the words in these columns. Check the answers in the text.
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Match the synonyms:
- •Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •Culture Corner
- •Final Discussion
- •Часть II Рассказы английских и американских писателей и задания к ним. The Great Automatic Grammatizator
- •General Comprehension
- •Who said it? What do the words in bold refer to?
- •Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements. Prove your answer using the text.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the vocabulary
- •1. Read the story, and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.
- •7. Translate into Russian:
- •8. Translate into English using words and words combinations from Word List:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •Describe the grammatizator and the way it worked:
- •Speak about:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •Comment on the following quotations:
- •Consolidating the material
- •Choose and prepare the passage for artistic reading. Translate it into Russian:
- •Write an essay on one of the following topics:
- •Culture corner
- •Time for Fun “In Mr Bohlen’s shoes”
- •The Rocking Horse Winner
- •General Comprehension
- •Who said it and what did they mean by that? What do the words in bold refer to?
- •Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements. Prove your answer using the text.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the vocabulary
- •1. Read the story, and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.
- •2. Remember the contexts in which Word List items are used, say who or what they referred to.
- •3. Find the English equivalents for these:
- •Fill in prepositions from the Wordlist:
- •Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •Trace all the references to Paul’s eyes, make a list. Which emotions prevail in the descriptions? What kind of image is created by these references? Why?
- •Speak about:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •2. Choose and prepare the passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian:
- •3. Write an essay on one of the following topics:
- •Culture Corner
- •Do you know any other typically British sports and activities that are popular in the uk nowadays? Make a short report and tell your group mates about one them.
- •3. Find out more about unusual sports and activities:
- •Love is a Fallacy
- •General Comprehension
- •Who said it?
- •Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements. Prove your answer using the text.
- •Working with the Vocabulary
- •Fill in the gaps with prepositions:
- •Paraphrase the words and word combinations in italics, using your Active Vocabulary
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •Speak about:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •Culture Corner
- •Fallacies are defects in an argument which cause an argument to be invalid, unsound or weak. Do some research and find examples of some other logical fallacies.
- •Make sure you know the following stylistic devices:
- •General Comprehension
- •Who said it?
- •Answer the questions:
- •Working with the Vocabulary
- •8. Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •Describe the picture that Chaim Soutine painted on Drioli’s back.
- •Speak about:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •A) Comment on the following quotations from the story:
- •Speak your mind on:
- •Make up a dialogue between Drioli and the “owner” of the Bristol Hotel at dinner discussing the conditions of the deal. Consolidating the Material
- •1. Do this quiz to test how well you remember the details of the story:
- •Culture Corner
- •Gesturing
- •General Comprehension
- •1. Who said it?
- •3. Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •Working with the vocabulary
- •5. Fill in prepositions where necessary:
- •6. Match the synonyms:
- •7. Guess the word or word combination by its definition.
- •Translate into Russian:
- •Translate into English:
- •Detailed Comprehension
- •Answer the questions:
- •2. Describe:
- •Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
- •4. Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
- •5. Act out the conversations between:
- •6. Make up the dialogues:
- •7. Speak your mind on:
- •Consolidating the Material
- •Culture Corner
ДЕПАРТАМЕНТ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ ГОРОДА МОСКВЫ
Государственное образовательное учреждение
высшего профессионального образования города Москвы
«Московский городской педагогический университет»
(ГОУ ВПО МГПУ)
Институт иностранных языков
Факультет английской филологии
Кафедра английской филологии
Пособие по домашнему чтению
для студентов 2-го курса очного отделения
050303.65 – «Иностранный язык»
Уровень подготовки: программа подготовки специалистов
Квалификация – учитель иностранного языка
Курс II
Семестр III
Москва
2011
УДК
ББК
Печатается по решению Редакционно-издательского совета ГОУ ВПО МГПУ.
Авторы-составители:
кандидат филологических наук, профессор Ю.Е.Ваулина,
старший преподаватель С.Н. Макеева,
старший преподаватель О.И. Кирдяева,
старший преподаватель Е.В. Коструб,
аспирант О.А. Кустова,
кандидат филологических наук, доцент С.В. Мичугина
Рецензенты
доктор филологических наук, профессор З. Г. Прошина,
доктор филологических наук, профессор О.В. Афанасьева
Пособие по домашнему чтению для II курса: Пособие / Сост.:
Ю.Е. Ваулина, С.Н. Макеева и др.. - М.: МГПУ, 2011 – …..с.
Данное пособие предлагает задания и комментарии к известному роману английского писателя С. Моэма, а также ряд неадаптированных рассказов английских и американских писателей и задания к ним. Пособие направлено на совершенствование умений устной и письменной речи и предназначено для 2го курса факультета английской филологии.
© Ю.Е.Ваулина, 2011
© С.Н. Макеева, 2011
© О.И. Кирдяева, 2011
© Е.В. Коструб, 2011
© О.А. Кустова, 2011
© С.В. Мичугина, 2011
© ГОУ ВПО МГПУ, 2011
Часть I Задания к роману с. Моэма «Театр»
“Theatre” by S. Maugham
Part I Chapters 1-4
Pre-text Discussion
What works (novels, stories, plays) by S. Maugham have you read?
What do you know about S. Maugham and his style of writing? You can find some information using the following sites http://kirjasto.sci.fi/maugham.htm http://www.online-literature.com/maugham/
What do you expect the novel to be about?
Should the writer be part of theatre life to write about theatre?
What do you think about acting as a career? Comment on the following: “Don’t be natural. The stage is not the place for that. The stage is make-believe. But seem natural.”
General Comprehension
Who said it?
“I thought we might take him back with us and give him a spot of lunch. He’s quite a gentleman.”
“I suppose this is the most wonderful moment in his whole life. What fun it’ll be for him when he tells his people. I expect he’ll be a little hero in his office.”
“…the public isn’t really interested in the theatre. In the great days of the English stage people didn’t go to see the plays, they went to see the players.”
“Feel as if your bones were melting inside you and if an earthquake were going to swallow you up next minute, to hell with the earthquake.”
“Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.”
“What I don’t know about acting isn’t worth knowing.”
“I don’t believe one could hope to make a success in London unless one were pretty well known already.”
“We didn’t much like the idea of his going on the stage.”
Who did it?
Who talked very differently to oneself and to other people?
Who was no more keen on acting as there were no suitable parts?
Who refused to be photographed with Julia any more?
Who had started the acting career with Shakespeare?
Who bullied the actors, screamed at them, mocked them?
Who abused Jimmie Langton and laughed at him?
Who was eager to get on and seemed determined not to let any entanglement interfere with the career?
Who gave Julia her first lesson?
Who won every prize that was open?
Who invited Julia to the Easter week-end?
Mark the following statements as true(t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.
Tom’s admiration made Michael and Julia feel a little larger than life-size.
James Langton engaged Michael because he was staggered by his beauty.
Michael grew popular with the company because he spent money lavishly.
Julia was especially brilliant in Shakespeare’s plays.
Julia’s son Roger attended all the performances.
Despite his good humour Michael couldn’t bear Langton’s abuse.
It was a real discovery for Michael that Julia was tremendously talented.
Jimmie Langton was ready to support the young couple giving them a start in London.
Michael brought Julia down for his parents to inspect her.
Mr. and Mrs. Gosselyn disapproved of Julia because she was an actress and a flirt.