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ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ «ВОРОНЕЖСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»
А.Б. Зотова, П.В. Живалов, Л.М. Шеменева
MISS MACTAGGART WON’T LIE DOWN
PART I
Учебно-методическое пособие для вузов
Издательско-полиграфический центр Воронежского государственного университета
2011
Утверждено научно-методическим советом факультета романо-германской филологии 18 января 2011 г., протокол № 1
Рецензент канд. филол. наук, доцент ВГУ С.А. Трухина
Учебно-методическое пособие подготовлено на кафедре английского языка гуманитарных факультетов факультета романо-германской филологии Воронежского государственного университета.
Рекомендуется для студентов 1–2-го курсов д/о.
Для специальности 030501 – Юриспруденция ГСЭ.Ф.01
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Содержание
1.Пояснительная записка……………………………………………………….4
2.Episode 1. Homecoming ……………………………………………………....6 Pre-watching Tasks ………………………………………………………..……..6 Viewing Tasks ……………………………………………………………………7
After-viewing Tasks……………………………………………………………..10 Grammar and Practice …………………………………………………………..11 Comprehension Tasks ……………………………………………………..……17
3.Episode 2. At the Post Office ………………………………………………...22 Pre-watching Tasks ………………………………………………………..……22
Viewing Tasks …………………………………………………………………..24 After-viewing Tasks……………………………………………………………..25 Grammar and Practice …………………………………………………………..29 Comprehension Tasks ……………………………………………………..……35
4.Библиография………………………………………………………………..39
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1. Пояснительная записка
Данное учебно-методическое пособие “Miss Mactaggart won’t Lie Down” рекомендуется для студентов 1 курса дневного отделения юридического факультета.
Целью пособия является развитие у студентов необходимого уровня коммуникативной компетенции для решения социально-коммуникативных задач в различных областях культурной и профессиональной деятельности.
Основными задачами, которые решаются в данном учебно-методическом пособии являются формирование навыков восприятия на слух и понимания просматриваемых фрагментов фильма с полным пониманием и с пониманием основного содержания, а также развитие лексико-грамматических навыков, развитие умений монологического высказывания по предложенным вопросам и умений обсуждать полученную информацию в различных формах взаимодействия студентов в пределах группы.
Пособие состоит из двух разделов (эпизодов фильма), включающих вводные задания, затем сопутствующие просмотру фрагмента фильма задания – на заполнение пропущенной информации или извлечение необходимой информации, задания после просмотра фильма: а) задания направленные на тренировку лексического и грамматического материала, б) репродуктивные задания (выражение мнения по предложенным темам, изложение краткой информации по проблемам, поднятым в тексте), а также дискуссии на заданные темы. Все упражнения рассчитаны на формирование умений и навыков, необходимых для осуществления различных видов речевой деятельности.
На каждый раздел рекомендуется отводить 4-6 аудиторных часов и 2,5 часа для самостоятельной работы, хотя в зависимости от уровня подготовленности студентов программа может меняться.
Авторы надеются, что данное пособие будет соответствовать принципам коммуникативной направленности, культурной и педагогической целесообразности, а также позволит студентам соответствовать уровню выпускных требований по дисциплине «Иностранный язык» с учетом специфики вуза и потребностей студентов.
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Miss Mac Taggart won’t lie down Episode 1. Homecoming
Pre-watching tasks
Task 1. Warming-up Activity
Suppose you return to your hometown after a two-month holiday in Spain (or in some other foreign country) and find out that somebody has stolen your suitcase with all the documents (your Russian passport, the passport for travelling abroad, the identity card, your driving license, etc.)
How would you feel having learnt this?
(shocked, amazed, surprised, astonished, excited, upset, in despair, at a loss, terrified (badly frightened), scared, angry, irritated (annoyed), in a rage or fine, great, happy, bright, pleased etc.)
What would you do in such situation?
(to express/hide/disguise/control/revel/relieve one's emotions, to cope with one’s feelings, to get angry at smb./smth., to let off steam, to burst out laughing/
crying, to behave calmly and coolly, to take one’s irritation out on smb., to throw tantrums, to scream and yell at smb., to keep/lose one’s temper, to fly into a rage; to seek legal advice, to consult a lawyer, to address the police, to bring a lawsuit against the airport’s staff, etc.)
Task 2. Match the following words and word combinations with their defini-
tions |
|
To bury smb., |
identity, |
dignity, |
to warn smb., |
an entry, |
to commit a crime, |
stuffy, |
to scare smb., |
to trial a person, |
to take over, |
to sign, |
to convict a person |
Definitions:
a)to cause sudden fear to; to frighten;
b)who or what a particular person or thing is;
c)(of ideas, manners etc.) formal and old-fashioned;
d)to write (one’s name) on (a written paper), especially for official purposes, to show one’s agreement;
e)to hear and judge a person in a court;
f)a piece of information that is written or included in a list, a book etc.;
g)to put a dead body (a corpse) into a grave;
h)to take control over and responsibility for (something);
i)to do something illegal (i.e. an offence which is punishable by law);
j)to prove or declare that someone is guilty of a crime after a trial in a court;
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k)goodness and nobleness of character, of a kind that makes people feel respect and admiration;
l)to tell of something bad that may happen, of how to prevent something bad.
Viewing task
Task 3. Watch the first episode of the film and fill in the missing phrases in the following dialogues.
At the police station (Miss Mactaggart: and sergeant)
…….
1) MMct: I come to see you about my grave.
S: Jannie Mactaggart? And.. and.. and what are you doing here? MMct: Why shouldn’t I be here?
S: But you’re _______ . We ________ you.
MMct: So it seems ………… . I’m feeling just ________ . S: Are you ________ or something not a woman.
MMct: O sergeant can’t do and take it off all my old bag and my death cat, sergeant.
S:As you ,yourself Janie ,than who on Earth we were burring a week ago?
………
2)MMct: Awfully like me. S: Aha, exactly like you.
MMct: Oh, sergeant Mccant, no, no.
S: Whoevre she was? Jannie. She died on her own doorstep. The doctor said it was
_______ .
MMct: Sergeant , I have _______ here that I think it’ll explain it.
My dear Jannie…. Well, this bit is personal. And so we meet again for the first time in 30 years. I have so much to tell you and so much to hear from you. Your loving sister.
So, you see, sergeant McClaut it was my _______ that died and you ______ here when I was away in _______ .
S: Dear, I’m that sorry.
MMct: Thank you, sergeant. Wee, I’ve arranged to have the head_________
changed and if you’ll just change _________ in the book and see to putting the record state.
S: Change the records… You see, that’s not easy, it is not my department. You’d rather talk to Mr. Morrison.
MMct: ________ Morrison?
S: Ehh – ________ Mr. Morrison.
…………
3)Miss Mactaggart and Mr. Morrison
MMct: Good morning, Mr. Morrison.
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MM: Good morning, madam. I have heard you come back to life, the whole village knows now, but you’ve scared_______ a few people. They took you for _______ . MMt: I admit I found their attitude was a little puzzling at first, but that’s all over now. I would like you to make it official.
MM: Oh, … well… I suppose it’s a considerable problem. There is an ancient French law which was ________ by James the Scotland.
It says that once a death certificate is _______ and entries are made ( in the records) and there is no way on Earth for changing it. In your case your death certificate is recorded here, in ________ and in ________ . Ha, ha … It’s quite delinquent. That is the law!
MMt: It’s a very silly law it doesn’t allow for mistakes. MM: Maybe so, that’s not for me to question it.
MMt: As far as what you see is Jannie Mactaggart. That’s me who has no legal identity, in fact, that the law is considered. I’m not alive.
MM: Regreat, perhaps, that’s a situation.
MMt: Mr. Morrison, to leave a person without her identity is to leave her without _______ . I will not _______ this.
MM: I’m afraid you have to, Madam.
MMt: You’ve started the process by calling me Madam. You’ve knowing me for
_______ years as Jannie Mactaggart.
MM: that’s the name I wrote on the _______ ________ . MMt: Mr. Morrison!
MM: A, a, a?
MMt: Mr. Morrison, suppose I would ______ ______ . How would you set about
________ and ________ and ________ a person who doesn’t exist? MM: Well, no, let me think.
MMt: Oh, Mr. Morrison, you would think about that and I would do something about it.
(Miss Mactaggart breaks the window)
MMt: And now, Mr. Morrison, I have _______ ________. You need to _______
me, but first you need to ________ my _______ _______ .
MM: I told again and again there’s no power enough to change the record. MMt; Just suppose I go on ________ _______ again and again.
MM: I strongly advise against any set up doing your own part. I would… I’m
________ you, woman!
MMt: I’m ________ you, Mr. Morrison.
…………………..
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After Viewing Tasks |
Task 4. Match the word or the word combination to its synonym. |
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1) a ghost |
a) having broken a law |
2) to swear |
b) to approve, to take smth. |
3) personal |
c) pride, self-esteem, nobleness of character |
4) a record |
d) to find guilty |
5) delinquent |
e) to commit a crime |
6) dignity |
f) to call off smth. |
7) to accept smth. |
g) apparition, spook (inf.) |
8) to convict smb. |
h) to vow |
9) to cancel |
i) a written statement of facts |
10) to break a law |
j) private |
Task 5. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verbs from the list below and put them in the correct form.
To commit, to arrest, to care, to convict, to exist, to accept, to warn, to cancel
1.He has been ________ on suspicion of murder and taken into custody.
2.We needed more information on which to _________ him of spying.
3.I ________ you, if you do that again there will be trouble.
4.About 17% of all crime in 1938 __________ by people under 21.
5.British Airways temporarily _________ flights to Poland and Turkey owing to the bad weather.
6.The announcement _________ many politicians into voting for the change in the law.
7.The two sides have reached a partial agreement, but several differences still
________ between them.
8.The police aren’t allowed to _________ rewards.
Task 6. Match the words on the left to the words on the right to form collocations. Then choose any three and make sentences of your own.
On one’s |
the law |
A heart |
certificate |
A personal |
a person |
One’s twin |
identity |
To change |
attack |
A death |
sister |
To take over |
speech |
Legal |
doorstep |
To trial |
the entries |
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Grammar and Practice
Task 7. In this part of the film the characters use the following sentences
‘What are you doing here?’ ‘I’m feeling just fake.’
‘I have so much to tell you and so much to hear from you.’ ‘I think it’ll explain this.’
‘I’ve arranged that tombstone to be changed.’
What tenses are used in these sentences?
What other present tenses do you know? Find other examples of present tenses in this episode.
Task 8. Identify the tenses in bold, then match them to their use.
1.The Earth revolves round the Sun.
2.The train leaves at 5.30.
3.John is looking for a new house.
4.She can’t play. She has broken her leg.
5.He is always biting his nails.
6.I have been trying to call you for an hour. 7.He is flying to Madrid tomorrow.
8.It's getting colder and colder.
A action which started in the past and continues up to the present with emphasis cm duration;
B law of nature
C expressing irritation
D action happening around the time of speaking
E result/consequence of a past activity in the present F fixed arrangement in the future
Gtimetable
Hgradual development
Task 9. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense, then identify their use.
1.She …….. (move) house next week
2.Carl and Mary are looking for a new house. The landlord …….. (evict) them from their flat.
3.…….. (you/wait) a long time?
4.They …….. (convert) the old mill into x beautiful new home at the moment.
5.Water …….. (freeze) at 0° C.
6.Her flight ……… (arrive) tonight at 7pm.
7.…….. (you/sign) the contract for the house next week?
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8.The Earth …….. (become)warmer and warmer.
9.The bus …….. (come) every ten minutes.
10.Jack and Maggie …….. (still/search) for the perfect house.
11.Bob can't move house now because he …….. (sign) a two-year contract.
Task 10. Fill in the correct tense of the verb in brackets.
1.A: …….. (Jane/ still/ think) of renting the house? B: Yes, why?
A: Well, some people …….. (think) that it is haunted.
2. A: Mark …….. (taste) the curry to see if we need to add any more spices. B: I don’t think we do. It …….. (taste) delicious as it is.
3. A: Why …….. (you/smell) the milk? I only bought it this morning B: Well, it …….. (smell) off to me!
Task 11. In pairs, talk about:
•what you do/don't do in your free time
•what you are doing this weekend
•what you have done so far today
Task 12. How much have yen changed since you were five years old? Make up sentences, as in the example.
I have grown my hair long..
Task 13. In pairs, act out dialogues, as in the example. sleep outdoors
visit a castle
live in a tree house stay at a campsite
redecorate your own bedroom
stay in a house with its own swimming pool have a power cut at your home
move house
A:Have you ever slept outdoors?
B:No, I haven’t. Haw you evervisited a castle? A: Yes, I have.
B:Really? When was that?
A:Two years ago. Have you ever...? etc.
Task 14. For each of questions 1-6 choose a verb from this list. Use the same verb in both the present simple and present continuous.
go stretch reach start try think help
Example:
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