- •The picture of dorian gray (study guide)
- •(The Preface; Chapters 1-4)
- •The Preface
- •Chapter 1
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the main characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 2
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the main characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 3
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 4
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Follow-up activities
- •Comment on the following quotes:
- •Learn the pronunciation and meaning of these proper names
- •Comprehension tasks. Chapter 5
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the main characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 6
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Combine the intensifying adverbs in the left-hand column with the adjectives and a verb in the right-hand column as in the book. Use them in your own sentences:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 7
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Combine the intensifying adverbs in the left-hand column with the adjectives and in the right-hand column as in the book. Use them in your own sentences:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 8
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Vocabulary in use
- •Translate the following sentences into English using the vocabulary from this unit.
- •Follow-up activities
- •Comment on the following quotes:
- •Chapter 11
- •Chapter 9
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 10
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 11
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 12
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 13
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 14
- •Unit IV (Chapters 15-20)
- •Chapter 15
- •Chapter 17
- •Chapter 19
- •Chapter 15
- •Chapter 16
- •Chapter 17
- •Chapter 18
- •Chapter 19
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 20
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
Give extensive answers to the following questions:
How would you explain the phrase “How late it was!”?
What question did Dorian Gray ask himself when he woke up the next day?
What was the ‘one thing’ that the change in the picture had done to Dorian Gray?
Who broke the news of Sibyl Vane’s death to Dorian Gray?
How did the girl die? Was it really an accident?
Did Dorian Gray realize that he was in fact the cause of Sibyl Vane’s death?
Did the death of his fiancée seem to affect Dorian Gray?
What ‘true explanation’ of the tragedy did Lord Henry give?
Why did Lord Henry think that Dorian Gray was “more fortunate than he was”?
What was ‘the key to everything’ in Lord Henry’ opinion?
What “choice” had already been made for Dorian Gray?
Why was Dorian Gray so certain that there would be a real pleasure in watching the portrait?
Vocabulary in use
Translate the following sentences into English using the vocabulary from this unit.
Боль стала невыносимой.
Она унаследовала красивую внешность от своей матери.
Компьютеры в наше время стали обычным делом.
Написав эту картину, он превзошел самого себя.
Дорожная полиция предупредила водителей о необходимости соблюдать осторожность.
У него большие связи.
Я не люблю торговаться с продавцами на рынке.
Это единственно разумное решение.
Это прекрасная страна. Ее единственный недостаток – климат.
Его исследование обладает большой практической ценностью.
Наши кредитные карты принесут большую пользу покупателям.
Я серьезно говорю! (Я не шучу!)
Их обсчитали на рынке.
Наука требует самоотречения.
Информация в этом буклете уже устарела.
По той или иной причине она не стала менять работу.
Он – плоть от плоти нашей семьи.
Его политические взгляды достаточно циничны.
Важность этого решения нельзя преувеличить.
Ее невозможно обмануть: она вас насквозь видит.
Вчера его внезапно озарила новая идея.
Этот актер прекрасно подражает разным голосам.
Мы жили в третьесортной гостинице.
Это чистейшая ложь!
Тебе не нужно посыпать голову пеплом.
Я хотел избавить их от необходимости покупать мне подарок.
Мне совсем не хочется (я не в настроении) никуда идти.
Он притворился, что у него болит голова.
Follow-up activities
Comment on the following quotes:
“To be in love is to surpass oneself” (Chapter 5).
“Every experience is of value” (Chapter 6).
“When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy” (Chapter 6).
“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating – people who know absolutely everything and people who know absolutely nothing” (Chapter 7).
“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our own necessities” (Chapter 8).
UNIT III
(Chapters 9-14)
BACKGROUND READING
Chapter 9
Gautier Theophile (1811 – 1872) – French poet, novelist and critic. His work is difficult to classify and remains a point of reference for many literary traditions such as Symbolism, Decadence and Modernism. He was widely esteemed by many writers including Oscar Wilde. Gautier was the first to adopt the phrase “Art for art’s sake” as a slogan.
Chapter 10
Symbolism [] – the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. It attempted to elevate the humble and the ordinary over the ideal. Symbolists wrote in a highly metaphorical and suggestive manner, endowing particular images or objects with symbolic meaning.
creed – a set of beliefs or principles.