- •1. A story for reading and discussion doctor in the house by richard gordon
- •1. Read the text and be ready to discuss it using exercises given in Section 5.
- •2. Essential vocabulary list
- •3. Vocabulary notes
- •5.1. Make a lexical analysis of the words from the essential vocabulary according to the following outline. Word lexical analysis
- •Word lexical analysis sample
- •5.2. Translate the following illustrative examples from the Essential Vocabulary into Ukrainian, then do their back translation.
- •1. Annoy
- •2. Chatter
- •3. Cheer
- •5. Rattle
- •6. Reduce
- •5.3. Complete the following sentences with an appropriate word.
- •1. Annoy
- •2. Chatter
- •3. Cheer
- •5. Rattle
- •6. Reduce
- •5.4. Unscramble the following sentences.
- •1. Annoy
- •2. Chatter
- •3. Cheer
- •5. Rattle
- •6. Reduce
- •4. Essential vocabulary exercises
- •1. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the word combinations in italics.
- •2. Paraphrase the sentences using the word combinations in italics.
- •3. Translate the sentences into English using the word combinations.
- •4. A three-minute conversation. Ask another student some of the questions given below. Have a whale of time just chattering for three minutes!
- •5. A) Translate the expressions from the story into Ukrainian.
- •6. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the words in italics.
- •7. Translate the sentences into English paying attention to the words in italics.
- •8. A) Fill in the correct prepositions or adverbs.
- •11. Fill in the suitable synonyms. Annoy, vex, irritate, bother, irk
- •Chatter, gab, chat, gibber
- •Reduce, decrease, lessen, diminish
- •12. Complete the sentences using annoy, reduce, go, cheer, chatter, rattle and their derivatives.
- •13. Translate these expressions into English using the essential vocabulary.
- •14. Unscrambling sentences. Unscramble the following sentences and write out each sentence putting the words or constituent parts in the correct order.
- •16. Translate the following passage into English using the essential vocabulary.
- •5. Text exercises
- •Reading aloud expressively. A) Before reading the passage from the text expressively, practice the following pronunciation phenomena.
- •3. In the reading of the story choose one sentence that you find interesting (or incomprehensible) and write it here. Talk about its meaning with another student/the group.
- •4. Responding to the story: Look through the story and answer the following questions.
- •Your response:
- •Identifying facts:
- •Interpreting meanings:
- •10. A plot summary. Give a short summary of the story using the following guidelines.
- •1. Background
- •2. Preliminary Work
- •3. Making a plot summary
- •11. A character sketch. Take one of the characters in the story – the narrator, the invigilator, an examinee (a man student or a woman student) and analyze his/her personality.
- •1. Background
- •2Writing a Character Sketch
- •Character Sketch Table
- •12. A story evaluation. Explain your response to the story Doctor in the House. Analyze the language of the story.
- •1. Background
- •Prewriting
- •3.Writing a Story Evaluation
- •13. Text analysis. Analyze the text of the story Doctor in the House according to the following guidelines.
- •13.1. Analyze the plot of the story/passage.
- •13.2. Analyze the structure of the story/passage.
- •13.3. Analyze the character/s.
- •13.4. Analyze point of view in story/passage.
- •13.5. Analyze the tone of the story/passage.
- •13. 6. Analyze the style of the story.
- •13.7. Analyze the meaning of fiction.
3. Cheer
1 their/cheering/ arrival / greeted /crowds.
2 of / always / parents /choice / me / in / have / my / my / career /of / encouraged .
3 speech / in/ men / the / vigour / general’s / inspired / the.
4 the /joined /in /others /started /to/ he /applaud /and .
5 cheered /of /one /whisper /happiness /me.
4. GO
1 to /business /Rome /go /to /have / on /I.
2 goes /my / prove /all/ theory /this/ to.
3 the /not / the /you’re / job /right /in / going /about /way.
4 I /of / you/ go / meeting / the / at / back / to / said /can / what / the/ beginning ?
5 of / went / in / his / events / the / he / day / over / the mind.
5. Rattle
1 on/ the /small /car/ the/ rattled / underside /of / stones.
2 was /question / rattled /by / he /clearly /the.
3 embarrassed / to/ for /pupil /the /unwillingness / she / his / answer.
4 the /all / of/ can / the /US / rattle / of / she / presidents / names / off /the .
5 so/ this / paid / I /talk /of / the / little / rattle / attention/ to.
6. Reduce
1 are / world’s /rapidly /the/ diminishing/ resources.
2 people /avoid / ‘poor’/ living/ reduced say/ in /saying / circumstances /to.
3 two /can / main /problem /to /reduce / the issues/we.
4 at/ great /goods /are / a / in / the / price /sold / reduction.
5 with/ diminished / influence/ his / time / has.
4. Essential vocabulary exercises
1. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the word combinations in italics.
1. There is rarely any frank cheating in medical examinations meanwhile.
2. We despondently ticked the days off the calendar, and swotted up the spot questions, and ran a final breathless sprint down the well-trodden paths of medicine.
3. A single invigilator sat in his gown and hood on a raised platform to keep an open eye for flagrant cheating.
4. Haven’t you heard how they mark and grade the papers at Cambridge, my dear old boy?
5. The night before the results come out the old don totters back from hall and chucks the lot down the staircase.
6. The male examiners are so afraid of being prejudiced favourably by their sex they usually adopt an attitude of undeserved sternness.
7. I felt sure she would get through.
8. The examiner suddenly cut me short.
9. I rallied my thoughts and stumbled through the answer.
10. One of the porters would carry a list of candidates’ numbers and call them out, one after the other.
2. Paraphrase the sentences using the word combinations in italics.
1. We were surprised that those little ones acted unfairly to win an advantage in an examination.
2. Isabel put a mark beside each day on the calendar she received Edward’s letters which were intimate and charming, humorous sometimes, especially of late, and tender.
3. Don’t you know that if you learn a lot of things in a short time for the exam it won’t help you mastering in English?
4. He couldn’t help having his eyes open for the full moon sailing across an unclouded sky to the boundless realms of Forever?
5. The teacher was fond of checking her students’ essays which revealed everybody’s original judgment on the problem under consideration.
6. In the course of all conversations they had had with him one thing became known and that was the man’s unflinching courage.
7. He had to earn money at once, And George, an old friend of his family, had offered to take him into his own business the moment he passed his finals.
8. The foreman interrupted him and stopped him speaking “I’m boss here, not you.”
9. Nick, a freshman, concentrated on writing a three-thousand-word essay on Malthus, which his math teacher has assigned to the class.
10. And hadn’t he spoken more loudly when she and her mother were having words over it?