- •Home-reading guide the moon and sixpence Unit 1: Chapters I — VI
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Unit 2: Chapters VIII—XI
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •III. Find the following allusions in the text and say what you know about them:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit3: Chapters XII—XVI
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •III. Learn by heart and reproduce with a partner the talk between Mrs Strickland and the narrator (Ch. XV).
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Give Ch. Strickland's character-sketch. Do you justify his motives for abandoning everything for the sake of painting?
- •VI. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VII. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 4: Chapters XVII—XXVI
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •V. What do you consider is the most typical feature of:
- •VI. Points for discussion:
- •VII. A) Sum up what you've learned about Dirk Stroeve. Give his charac-
- •VIII. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 5: Chapters XXVII—XXXII
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •V. Suggest words or word combinations from the vocabulary list:
- •VI. Paraphrase the underlined word-groups, supply their Russian equivalents and use them in sentences of your own:
- •I. Use the words and phrases from the vocabulary list in situations of your own.
- •II. Comment on what the author or the character says or thinks:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Discuss the chapters you've read along the following lines:
- •V. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VI. Give a summary of the chapters under discussion. Unit 6: Chapters XXXIV—XXXIX
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •VII. Reproduce the situations in which the words from the word list occur.
- •I. In the chapters you've read find reference to the following places and names and say what you know about them:
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences:
- •III. Bear out or refute the following statements. Prove your point of view:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Discuss the following:
- •VI. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VII. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 7: Chapters xl—xliv
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •IV. Look up some material about the famous schools and trends in painting touched upon in the novel and prepare a talk about:
- •V. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VI. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 8: Chapters xlv—li
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •VI. Give the context in which the following words and word combinations occur:
- •VII. Learn the following idioms with do used both as a noun and as a verb:
- •VIII. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Make up a few sentences of your own using the given idioms:
- •I. Explain what is meant by the following sentences and comment on them:
- •III. Pick out a passage describing nature in Tahiti and prepare It for recital in class.
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Points for discussion:
- •VI. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VII. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 9: Chapters liii—lv
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •IV. Paraphrase the italicized parts of the sentences:
- •I. Compose sentences of your own with the following words and phrases:
- •II. Explain the use of the idiom a square peg in a round hole in the text; give its Russian equivalent and illustrate its meaning with a situation or story.
- •III. Comment on the following statements:
- •IV. What do you know about the life of Paul Gauguin in Tahiti? Compare his life and the circumstances of his death there with those of Strickland's.
- •V. Could you name other men of art equally possessed by the desire to create so that they were "deaf and blind to everything else in the world" like Strickland?
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Points for discussion:
- •VIII. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •IX. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 10: Chapters lvi—lviii
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •I. Find in the text sentences containing the following words and phrases and translate them into Russian:
- •II. Give synonyms for:
- •III. Paraphrase the following sentences and explain them:
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •IX. Give a summary of the chapters under study.
- •Reference List
Unit 2: Chapters VIII—XI
Vocabulary Notes
Match the words and phrases with their definitions
1. incalculable — 2. alacrity — 3. at first hand — 4. supercilious — 5. overwhelm — 6. domestic calamity — 7. come to one's rescue — 8. knick-knack — 9. bolt — 10. sin — 11. chastisement — 12. tackle a case — deal with sth 13. pry into sth — 14. at random — 15. coherent — 16. broad-minded — 17. whereabouts — 18. luxurious — ; luxury— 19. errand — 20. abandon —
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n behaviour that is against the principles of morality (the seven deadly …s — pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy) adj consistent; (esp of speech, thought, ideas, reasoning) clear adj that cannot be reckoned beforehand; (of a person, his character, etc) uncertain vt crush; cause to feel confused or embarrassed n punishment adj willing to listen sympathetically to the views of others even though one cannot agree with them adj supplied with luxuries; n state of life in which, to an excessive degree, one has and uses things that please the senses (good food and drink, clothes, comfort, beautiful surroundings) n eager and cheerful readiness help sb without aim or purpose n short journey to take or get sth, eg a message directly, without an intermediary n small ornament, piece of jewellery, article of dress, etc inquire too curiously (into other people's affairs) vt go away from, not intending to return to; forsake, give up adj showing contemptuous indifference vi run away quickly n place where sb or sth is family skeleton (a skeleton in the closet) deal with sth
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A. Training Exercises
I. Translate into Russian the passage beginning with "During the journey I thought over my errand...", ending with "...how much goodness in the reprobate" (Ch. XI).
II. Explain the meaning of the following phrases using an English-English dictionary:
to be thick-witted; to keep the affair quiet; to give a pang; to keep up (social) pretences; to hold one's tongue; to have the heart; to smooth sth over; ill at ease.
III. Explain the meaning of the following words and write out from the dictionary several words built on analogy with ill- as the first element:
ill-cut; ill-famed; ill-kempt; ill-natured; ill-feeling; ill-assorted.
IV. Find in the text English equivalents for the following words and phrases. Learn them and use in your speech:
быть начеку; семейные неприятности; наугад; безделушки; поручение; связный (рассказ); бросить кому-либо; заурядный; загладить; притворяться; обанкротиться; взяться за дело.
V. Give synonyms for:
to desert; shabby; sumptuous; to destroy; crime; to poke one's nose into sth; proud (arrogant); to refuse; to put off; to conceal; out of the ordinary; to suppose; celebrity.
VI. Give antonyms to:
to accept; neat; narrow-minded; to go bankrupt; to quarrel; at ease; human; humble; to reclaim; ascetic; luxurious; leisureliness.
VII. Suggest words or word combinations for the following:
1. very comfortable
2. having a liberal and tolerant mind
3. a trip made to carry a message or perform some task, usually for someone else
4. easy to understand
5. showing or feeling superiority toward others
6. promptness in response
7. paraphernalia of the gentle sex
8. great and serious misfortune.
VIII. Paraphrase the following sentences using the words from the book:
1. I am quite aware of the fact that they are reluctant to do it.
2. You must be indulgent to the idiosyncrasies of your friends.
3. I'm afraid I'm so stupid or old-fashioned that I can't make head or tail of this picture.
4. Are you sure the news is reliable? Sure, he gave this information after he returned from the city.
5. I couldn't bring myself to address her — so overcome with grief she seemed.
6. Turn to Dr Robbins. He would know how to handle such a case, he is a man of great experience.
7. I just haven't the nerve to break this news to her.
8. Don't eat your heart out about this silly quarrel. Everything will blow over.
IX. Reproduce the contexts in which the words and phrases from the list occur.
X. Explain the meaning of the proverb Let bygones be bygones and comment on how it is used in the text.
В. Speech Exercises
1. Introduce the new characters.
II. Explain what is meant by:
1. ...there was in Charles Strickland at least something out of the common.
2. ...Strickland had struck me as a hefty fellow...
3. I was taken aback.
4. ...I did not know then how great a part is played in women's life by the opinion of others.
5. I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature...
6. I was vexed...
7. When last I saw him he was spruce enough, but he looked ill at ease: now, untidy and ill-kempt, he looked perfectly at home.
8. My French isn't exactly brilliant.