- •Пять английских рассказов
- •Bernard Mac Laverty
- •B iographical note on the author
- •Learning vocabulary
- •2. As you read the story write out other words and word combinations to add to your active vocabulary.
- •3. In the text find English equivalents for the following words and word combinations and use them when discussing the story.
- •Vocabulary practice
- •3. Provide your own examples (3-4) to practise the following speech pattern:
- •1. Give a broader context and comment on the following.
- •2. Consider the following.
- •4. Imagine Frankie lived; write the last conversation between him and the narrator and act out a dialogue.
- •5. Reflect on the story and retell it in short.
- •Fay weldon
- •B iographical note on the author
- •Learning vocabulary
- •3. Translate into English:
- •Vocabulary practice
- •1. Translate into English using the active vocabulary.
- •2. Act out a dialogue, discussing the idea of feminism in the contemporary society.
- •3. Comment on the title of the story.
- •4. Reflect on the story and share your ideas with the group.
- •B iographical note on the author
- •1. Write out words and expressions to help you talk about the following:
- •3. Read the following passage for detailed comprehension and translate it into Russian in writing.
- •Learning vocabulary
- •2. As you read the story find other words and word combinations to add to your active vocabulary.
- •3. Translate the sentences into Russian focusing on the active vocabulary.
- •5. Explain the meaning of:
- •6. In the story find all complexes with the infinitive, participle, and gerund.
- •Vocabulary practice
- •2. Translate into English using the active vocabulary.
- •1. Consider the following.
- •3. Comment on the title of the story.
- •4. Act out a dialogue discussing the importance of a healthy marriage.
- •5. Reflect on the story and share your ideas with the group.
- •2. Read the following passage for detailed comprehension and translate it into Russian in writing.
- •3. Learn and share the background information (about 4-5 sentences) about:
- •Learning vocabulary
- •2. As you read the story write out other words and word combinations to add to your active vocabulary.
- •3. Translate the sentences into Russian focusing on the active vocabulary.
- •3. In the text find English equivalents for the following words and word combinations and use them when discussing the story.
- •5. Provide your own examples to practise the following speech patterns:
- •Vocabulary practice
- •1. Give a broader context and comment on the following.
- •2. Consider the following.
- •3. Reflect on the story.
- •4. Give a brief summary of the story.
- •B iographical note on the author
- •Learning vocabulary
- •2. Translate the sentences into Russian focusing on the active vocabulary.
- •3. As you read the story write out other words and word combinations to add to your active vocabulary.
- •5. Look in the thesaurus for synonyms for the following words:
- •7. Make up a dialogue using the active vocabulary.
- •Vocabulary practice
- •3. In the story find words of the same root and say how they are formed.
- •Give a broader context and comment on the following.
- •Consider the following.
- •Read the poem by Andrew Marvell ‘The Garden’ to which the author referred and comment on the title of the story.
- •Give a brief summery of the story.
- •Reflect on the story and share your ideas with the group. Корытко Ирина Владимировна Пять английских рассказов
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B iographical note on the author
Rose Tremain lives in London and Norfolk. She was chosen as one of the Best of Young British Novelists in 1983, and since then has published several novels including "The Swimming Pool Season" (1985) and "Restoration" (1989). She has also written many plays for radio and television, and volumes of short stories. Her most recent novel is "Sacred Country" (1992). "A Shooting Season" is taken from her collection, "The Colonel's Daughter and other stories" (1983).
READING TASK
The story takes place in Norfolk, the north-eastern county in East Anglia. English readers will recognize "Anna" and "Marcus" as typical names for people who come from the educated upper middle classes. However, like the characters in most of the other stories, they have had to find and make their own way in life.
1. Write out words and expressions to help you talk about the following:
The story of Anna.
The story of Marcus.
The description of nature.
2. Learn to pronounce:
Norfolk
Wroxham
Beaujolais
moorhen
3. Read the following passage for detailed comprehension and translate it into Russian in writing.
p. 171, ‘She was weeping …’ – ‘…they had life.’
4. Bear in mind that: decade is used in English only for ten years, not as in Russian for ten days (ref. to ‘Decade of the Poet’).
Learning vocabulary
1. Learn the following words in situations from the story and interpret their meaning using an English dictionary.
be enchanted (159)
have a way (160)
puerile (161)
surface in (161)
get it over with (163)
permanence (164)
intermittent (165)
pick at (166)
make do with (166)
chuck out (167)
quaint (168)
take a sip of (168)
insubstantial (168)
flounder (169)
peer into (170)
shroud 179)
debris (171)
2. As you read the story find other words and word combinations to add to your active vocabulary.
3. Translate the sentences into Russian focusing on the active vocabulary.
1. ‘See, my dear,’ said Adrian, and drew a little bottle from his breast pocket, take a sip of this –not more… 2. ‘Anyway you must confess,’ he said. ‘Anthony has a way with people. He certainly makes friends easily. And they always seem to want to do everything for him.’ 3. Eve’s personal life was wrapped in a shroud of mystery. 4. The family were enchanted with their new house. 5. The building they passed by was of a quaint construction. 6. ‘Let me see,’ said Denry further, pulling a book from his pocket and peering into it. ‘You owe... thirty pounds.’ 7. Material debris was everywhere. The Dudgeons must have been renovating their old house. 8. Three men were floundering about in the water. 9. Suddenly she asked me: "What do you think?" I floundered for a moment. 10. Tracey had childish puerile manners. You wouldn’t have thought she was more than twenty. 11. Jim’s vital signs showed he was still alive. His intermittent pulse could hardly be felt on the wrist. 12. I'll be only too happy when we get this job over with. 13. Permanence is one of the three basic characteristics of existence. 14. The waiter told us he would chuck us out if we didn't behave. 15. Why are you always picking at the poor child? 16. He doesn't usually surface until ten o'clock. 17. The fellow couldn't get over the fact that in spite of the accident he got no injury. 18. The committee considered your suggestions but chucked them out because they would cost too much. 19. You'll have to make do with ten pounds a week.
4. Match the given explanation with a sentence from the story.
1. He was as strong as a rock, a man all over (160); 2. her children were by themselves in London (161); 3. he kept coming back to her life (161); 4. in this larder (162); 5. she could remember Hodgson (162); 6. he looked a captive to her (163); 7. don’t make me the wicked person (163); 8. he sees the ground shaking loose (164); 9. his strongest memory (166); 10. she will have to manage with the radishes and the omelette (166); 11. Anna carefully examined the contents of the small fridge (166); 12. in it we are illusive (168); 13. only recently had I got accustomed to it (169); 14. clinging to what is, what exists (171).