9. From the story, write out all the bird names and give their Russian equivalents.

10. Are you a careful reader?

1. The action takes place in a) England; b) Scotland; c) Wales; d) Northern Ireland. (Which is correct?) 2. What were the names of Nat’s children? 3. … was a cowman. (Who was it?) 4. In the story, who was referred to as “death-and-glory boys”?

5. The Hockens lived a) in a council house; b) in an old cottage; c) in a block of flats. (Which is correct?) 6. What was the name of Mrs Triggs’s husband? 7. Where did Nat’s mother live?

11. Answer the questions and do the following tasks:

1. What do you know about the author of the story?

2. What makes “The Birds” a typical horror story?

3. Say everything you can about Nat Hocken (his background, way of life, personal qualities). Do you agree that a person’s true worth is revealed in an emergency?

4. What’s the message of the story? How do you understand the lines: “Nat… wondered how many million years of memory were stored in those little brains, behind the stabbing beaks, the piercing eyes, now giving them this instinct to destroy mankind with all the deft precision of machines.” ?

5. The story is somewhat unfinished. Write a paragraph to finish it up.

The Enormous Radio

by J. Cheever

1. Transcribe and practise reading the given words, learn their Russian equivalents.

abysmal, alumni (Cf: alumnus, alumna, alumnae), appliance, bulletin, Catholic, Caucasian, dessert, extravagance, farthing, halfpence, malevolent, melancholy, phonograph, piety, salmon, suave, tambourine, timbre, untoward, vehement, waltz

2. Pick out and list vocabulary under the headings

a) aural perception b) radio

Model (a): to hear – слышать, to have a pure tone – иметь чистое звучание, …

Model (b): to listen to music on the radio – слушать музыку по радио, interference – помехи, …

3. VOCABULARY

1) to bear down (up)on sb; 2) (to give sb/be/have/find/) a clue to sth; 3) to fiddle with sth; 4) insight; 5) (even) if it kills you/me; 6) to overdraw; 7) to brief sb on/about sth; 8) to fix sth; 9) to indulge in sth; 10) to go off to (do sth);

11) noncommittal.

4. Find in the story the English for:

1) шубка из хорька, крашенного под норку; 2) не подлежать ремонту;

3) квартет Шуберта; 4) вставить вилку в розетку; 5) фортепианный квинтет;

6) квинтет Моцарта; 7) убавить громкость; 8) электробритва; 9) прелюдия Шопена; 10) «Наш приемник, должно быть, ловит голоса из чужих квартир»; 11) заплести волосы; 12) плотская любовь; 13) реклама какого-то калифорнийского вина; 14) запись 9-й симфонии Бетховена; 15) «Ода радости» Шиллера; 16) «Испанская сюита»; 17) «Хор цыган» из «Трубадура»;

18) «Море» Дебюсси; 19) «Я совсем не уверен в будущем»; 20) исключить кого-либо из списка приглашенных; 21) с ярко выраженным английским акцентом.

Make up 1 sentence with any of the items for oral translation in class.