Английский язык (профессиональный). Учебно-методическое пособие по домашнему чтению

УДК 811.111 ББК 81.2 (англ) А 67

Рецензенты:

кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры издательского дела, рекламы и медиатехнологий КубГУ, магистр педагогики Немец Г.Н.

кандидат филологических наук, доцент, заведующая кафедрой лингвистики и новых информационных технологий Южного института менеджмента

Санарова Е.Г.

Анисимова А.Т.

А67 Английский язык (профессиональный). Учебно – методическое пособие по домашнему чтению. – Краснодар: ЮИМ, 2010. – 56 с.

Учебное пособие написано на основе романа популярного американского писателя Дж. Гришема «Клиент». Пособие предназначено для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы студентов по домашнему чтению, призвано помочь студентам освоить лексику произведения и обсудить его содержание. Система упражнений, представленная в пособии, слова и выражения из текста, темы для обсуждения разработаны с целью дальнейшего развития коммуникативной и аналитической компетенции студентов.

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Chapter 32……………………………………………………………………. 44

Chapter 33……………………………………………………………………. 45 Chapters 34-35……………………………………………………………….. 47

Chapter 36…………………………………………………………………… 48

Chapter 37…………………………………………………………………… 50

Chapter 38…………………………………………………………………… 51 Chapters 39 – 40…………………………………………………………….. 53 Chapters 41 – 42……………………………………………………………… 54

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МЕТОДИЧЕСКАЯ ЗАПИСКА

Настоящее пособие предназначено для занятий по аспекту «Домашнее чтение». Оно может быть рекомендовано для студентов, а также для широкого круга лиц, стремящихся к активному овладению английским разговорным языком, предварительно усвоивших нормативный курс грамматики английского языка, имеющих соответствующий словарный запас и желающих совершенствовать свои знания.

Пособие составлено для работы над неадаптированным текстом современного американского романа – бестселлера Джона Гришема «Клиент». Система упражнений направлена, прежде всего, на сознательное овладение особенностями современной разговорной речи, речевым этикетом, расширение тезауруса (активного и пассивного словаря), закрепление изученного и изучаемого грамматического материала и, что самое важное, на данном этапе ставится задача достижения и углубления понимания через рефлексию, в том числе через интерпретацию, т.е. высказанную рефлексию. В данном случае текст рассматривается, прежде всего, как источник информации о мире и лишь вторично – о языке, что отвечает требованиям когнитивного подхода к обучению иностранному языку. Сохраняется принцип первичности коммуникативной компетентности по отношению к компетентности языковой, которая в данном случае формируется подсознательно.

Художественные тексты – наиболее сложные в языковом, структурном и смысловом отношении. В них не только заключена информация об определенных событиях и людях, но и выражено авторское отношение к ним. Таким образом, в работе над художественным текстом следует учитывать такие аспекты как: раскрытие сюжетной линии, оценка и обсуждение событий, поступком и действий персонажей, раскрытие идеи, заложенной автором. Дальнейший просмотр видеофильма с экранизацией романа позволяет вывести понимание художественного произведения на качественно новый уровень, оценить реализацию авторского замысла, сравнить со своим субъективным восприятием. Все это увлекает обучающихся – читателей в область естественного разговорного общения, создает дополнительную мотивацию к изучению иностранного языка.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JOHN GRISHAM

John Grisham was born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker, John Grisham as a child dreamed of being a professional baseball player. Realizing he didn't have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted gears and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. After graduating from law school at Ole Miss in 1981, he went on to practice law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990.

One day at the Dessoto County courthouse, Grisham overheard the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and was inspired to start a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl's father had murdered her assailants. Getting up at 5 a.m. every day to get in several hours of writing time before heading off to work, Grisham spent three years on A Time to Kill and finished it in 1987. Initially rejected by many publishers, it was eventually bought by Wynwood press, who gave it a modest 5,000 copy printing and published it in June 1988.

That might have put an end to Grisham's hobby. However, he had already begun his next book, and it would quickly turn that hobby into a new full-time career -- and spark one of publishing's greatest success stories. The day after Grisham completed A Time to Kill, he began work on another novel, the story of a hotshot young attorney lured to an apparently perfect law firm that was not what it appeared. When he sold the film rights to The Firm to Paramount Pictures for $600,000, Grisham suddenly became a hot property among publishers, and book rights were bought by Doubleday. Spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, The Firm became the bestselling novel of 1991.

The successes of The Pelican Brief, which hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list, and The Client, which debuted at number one, confirmed Grisham's reputation as the master of the legal thriller. Grisham's success even renewed interest in A Time to Kill, which was republished in hardcover by Doubleday and then in paperback by Dell. This time around, it was a bestseller.

Since first publishing A Time to Kill in 1988, Grisham has written one novel a year (his other books are The Chamber, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, The Partner, and The Street Lawyer), and all of them have become bestsellers, leading Publishers Weekly to declare him "the bestselling novelist of the 90s" in a January 1998 profile. There are currently over 60 million John Grisham books in print worldwide, which have been translated into 29 languages. Six of his novels have been turned into films (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, and The Chamber), as was an original screenplay, The Gingerbread Man.

Grisham lives with his wife Renee and their two children Ty and Shea. The family splits their time between their Victorian home on a farm in Mississippi and a plantation near Charlottesville, VA

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Grisham took time off from writing for several months in 1996 to return, after a five-year hiatus, to the courtroom. He was honoring a commitment made before he had retired from the law to become a full-time writer: representing the family of a railroad brakeman killed when he was pinned between two cars. Preparing his case with the same passion and dedication as his books' protagonists, Grisham successfully argued his clients' case, earning them a jury award of $683,500 -- the biggest verdict of his career.

When he's not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including taking mission trips with his church group. He also keeps up with his greatest passion: baseball. The man who dreamed of being a professional baseball player now serves as the local Little League commissioner. The six ballfields he built on his property have played host to over 350 kids on 26 Little League teams. Americans may say they hate slick lawyers, but they sure love to read about them — Grisham's novels have been translated into 31 languages. At home in Oxford, Miss., life is hardly a trial. Mrs. Grisham edits her husband's manuscripts while he coaches Little League.

When John Grisham began writing his first novel, he never dreamed that he would become one of America's bestselling novelists. Yet the appeal of his legal thrillers such as the The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and The Client has been so great that the reading public regularly buys millions of copies of his books, and nearly all of his novels have been turned into major motion pictures.

Some Voter Comments

"I like this author because of the legal backgound of the author and the characters are trying to resolve issues in their lives."

"Writes books that aren't too spicy but are easy to enjoy." "Suspense. I can't predict the endings."

"He keeps the reader interested. He makes the story believable. He turns the law into something interesting."

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Chapter 1 (pp. 1 – 11)

1.Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Retell the extract using the expressions.

2. Complete the sentences with the words from the list.

intently, dissipated, to quit, consoled, testified, pilfer, frustrated, casual, to avoid, limbs, refuge, advice, convinced, file, neglect, manhood.

1.Mark was never going ________ smoking.

2.Mark could __________ some cigarettes from his mother.

3.Mark was determined _____________ beer and drugs.

4.Mark tried to be _____________ about smoking.

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5.Ricky was _____________at being treated like a child.

6.It was shady under the tree but beyond the___________ the sun was bright.

7.Ricky watched his brother ________________.

8.The ring failed to form and the gray smoke ____________.

9.Ricky was enjoying his giant step toward ______________.

10.Dianne Sway sought ___________ and ___________ from her eldest son. 11.Mother and Mark ____________ each other.

12.Mark _____________ his mother to __________ for divorce.

13.Mark __________ in court about the abuse and beating and ____________.

3)Answer these questions:

1.How old was Mark?

2.How long had he been smoking?

3Did he try to quit?

4What brand did mark smoke?

5Did he buy cigarettes?

6What did kids in the neighborhood use to go in for?

7How old was Ricky?

8Who was in charge of Ricky?

9.How come Ricky and Mark went to the woods together?

10.Why was Ricky nervous?

11.What instructions did Mark give Ricky?

12.What were the rules Ricky had to remember?

13.Why did they stop smoking?

14.What made Mark think that the man's behavior was either strange or suspicious?

15.How did Mark decide to prevent that suicide?

4)Questions for discussion:

Is smoking a delinquency?

Who is to blame when children make acquaintance with vices?

Do all children follow their parents' "way in the world"?

Committing suicide – is it a feature of bravery or cowardice?

Chapter 2 (pp.28-36)

1.Find the following words and expressions in the text. Retell the text using these word combinations.

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2. Complete the sentences with the words from the list and translate them into Russian

gawk in fear, a postponement, indicted, thrived on dirt, boasted, charged with, followed.

1.People were supposed to see success and____________ when they looked at Barry.

2.A sleazy defendant with money found in the law office of Mr.Clifford a friend who_____________________ and was loyal to the end.

3.Reverend Roy had his own press agent, a most overworked soul

_______________the task of keeping the Reverend in the spotlight.

4.The feds ___________Barry Muldanno day and night.

5.Barry needed ______________of the trial.

6.Barry _______________to his lawyer that the body would never be found.

7.Barry had a friend who was once_____________ for an assortment of drug charges.

3.Focus on Grammar. Put the word in brackets into the correct grammar form. Translate the sentences in to Russian.

1.Barry Muldanno liked _____________(to call) simply the Blade.

2.Hours ______________(to spend) on the hair.

3.Jerome told Barry he thought the feds __________(to wire) his law office.

4.Jerome Clifford _____________________(to defend) prominent New Orleans thugs, pushers, gangsters, politicians for 15 years.

5.Barry wanted his lawyer_________________(to place).

6.The unreliable informant was expected ______________(to chew up)on crossexamination.

7.Barry shouldn't _____________(to tell) his attorney were the body was.

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