- •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.
6. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian paying attention to the words in italics.
1. It annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.
2. The children chattered to each other excitedly.
3. The crowd cheered the President.
4. It rattled me to realize how close we had been to a real catastrophe.
5. You cannot go by what he says, he is very untrustworthy.
6. It annoyed us that they took so long to answer.
7. The facts may all be reduced to three headings.
8. The way things are going the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year.
9. He will go down in history as a great statesman.
7. Translate the sentences into English paying attention to the words in italics.
1. Він повинен був покартати захисників футбольної команди за їхню слабкість.
2. Вона була дуже роздратована тим, що її розбудити спозаранку.
3. Усі факти зводяться до того, що він винен у скоєнні цього злочину.
4. Я практично не звертав уваги на те, що говорив цей базікало.
5. Давай підемо на футбол та підтримаємо нашу улюблену команду.
6. Ти помиляєшся, якщо судиш про людей за їхньою зовнішністю.
7. Кількість студентів, які не склали іспит з лексикології, зменшилась майже наполовину.
8. Адвокат нападав на свідка, ставив йому нескінченні запитання, таким чином в врешті-решт свідок визнав себе винним.
9. Вода була такою холодною, що він почав клацати зубами від холоду.
10. Ви маєте знизити швидкість, ми в’їхали до міста.
8. A) Fill in the correct prepositions or adverbs.
1. To be annoyed ... the way she does sth.;
2. to reduce the price .... sixty .... forty dollars;
3. to seem rattled ... one’s presence;
4. to be cheered ... the news;
5. to cheer ... the dull room;
6. to be rattled ... the question;
7. to reduce the problem ... main issues;
8. to rattle ... the house;
9. to chatter ... each other excitedly;
10. to go .... the story in details;
11. to go ... with one’s views;
12. to go ... the job in the right way;
13. to go .... to what sb has said;
14. to go sth .... in the notebook;
15. the chatter ... the birds;
16. to give three cheers ... sb;
17. to rattle ... for hours;
18. to rattle .... the names of the streets;
19. ... a great reduction in price;
20. to reduce the speaker’s argument ... nonsense.
b) Choose an appropriate preposition (multiple choice).
1. He went_________ the events of the day in his mind.
A. into B. by C. about D. at
2. He never goes ______ _________his words.
A. down to B. down with C. back on D. back to
3. You are not going _______ the job in the right way.
A. at B. about C. back on D. into
4. The suggestion didn't go _____ ________ very well with her boss.
A. back on B. down to C. back to D. down with
5. You can't afford to let any job go ______ when you've been out of work for so long.
A. by B. into C. along D. at
6. As the roads were so icy, the cars were going ______ very slowly and carefully
A. by B. along C. from D. with
7. She went ___ _____ Florida to see her parents.
A. back to B. down to C. down with D. back on
8. Everything was going ________ just fine until she turned up!
A. by B. at C. along D. into
9. The company is refusing to go _______ detail about its offer.
A. at B. into C. by D. about
10. How did you go _________ finding a job?
A. by B. into C. about D. with
9. Give each word next to its definition.
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An identifying phrase |
A word |
1 |
encourage sb, exhilarate |
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2 |
make sb unable to relax |
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3 |
support, n |
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4 |
talk continuously about sth not interesting |
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5 |
fail to keep a promise |
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6 |
be defeated by sb |
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7 |
examine sth carefully |
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8 |
be guided by sth |
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9 |
change sth to a more general form |
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10 |
making a series of sounds |
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10. Match the following words to the suitable synonyms or antonyms .
1 |
rattle v |
A babble |
2 |
reduce v |
B troublesome |
3 |
chatter v |
C discount |
4 |
annoy v |
D gloomy |
5 |
cheer v |
E return |
6 |
go back v |
F vex |
7 |
cheerful adj. |
G diminish |
8 |
annoying adj. |
H embarrass |
9 |
reduction n |
I discourage |
10 |
go about v |
J tackle |
