Learning to read and discuss fiction. Учебное пособие

Ex. 6 (to be prepared orally at home and reproduced in class)

Speak on the following. Make use of the vocabulary suggested in brackets.

1.What did Andrew come to know about the medical system in Blaenely? What was the difference in the information he got from the coachman and from Mrs Page? What surprised Manson and why did he feel a sudden fear when he saw Dr. Page? (to approach smb; assistant; to get rid of smb; to be paralysed; to feel a sudden fear; to have practically no experience; to choose a doctor; the more… the more).

2.Andrew’s first call. What shows he was a talented doctor? (immediately; to imagine; to be of some importance; to reach; to approach; to examine the patient; to diagnose the case; to treat the patient; to have no experience; to be sure of smth; a chill; to prepare the medicine).

3.Andrew’s first meeting with Denny. What did Andrew come to know about the medical system in Blaenely? Why didn’t he like the visitor? (ironically; to begin laughing; to get angry; insulting; medical practice; to operate; to die with typhoid; to care for nothing but money; not to be interested in smth.).

4.What do you come to know about Andrew’s family, about his well-being? (farmer; to be killed in the war; to die; to have no money to live on; to borrow money; to keep oneself alive; to graduate; to be awarded a Gold Medal; to pay one’s debt).

5.Why did Andrew and Denny decide to blow up the sewer? What was the result of it? How did Andrew’s attitude to Denny change? (the epidemic; to ask for advice; to boil; a crime; a dangerous game with police; explosion; construction).

6.Andrew’s first meeting with Christine Barlow. What were Christine’s reasons to let the boy come to school and what were Andrew’s objections? (to get used to smth; to be ill with measles; to keep the boy from school; to catch the disease; to be poor).

7.What did Andrew think of his work and of his feelings for Christine? (to enlarge smb’s income; to feel lonely; never to think seriously of smth; to be badly dressed; on the one hand… on the other hand; to get smb out of one’s heart; to give up all hope to see smb; to have nothing better to do).

8.Christine’s invitation and Andrew’s visit to Christine. (to work as engineers; miner; explosion; to be killed; to treat patients; to be deeply interested in smth; to be different from).

9.How did the episode with Embrys Huges reveal that Andrew was a first-class doctor? (to be scientific; to be worthy of smb; to diagnose a case; to go mad; to talk nonsense; to be careful; to examine the patient; to save smb’s reputation).

10.What do you come to know about Freddie Hampton? What did Christine think of him? (to be held; to take part in the conference; to be in high spirits; to promise; to be late; conceited; self-satisfied; to make friends easily; to graduate; to have a great and shining future; to matter to smb; business; to be useful to smb; science; to put oneself above smb; to patronize smb).

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Ex. 7 (to be thought over at home and reproduced in class) Comment on the following.

1. I was simply happy to get rid of him … I don’t know if I said so in my letter, but Doctor hasn’t been well for a few weeks (p.6). 2. Yet, it was a strange situation and very different from the romantic picture he had imagined. 3. You scratch my back and I scratch yours.

Ex. 8 (for most inquisitive-minded).

(To be prepared at home and reproduced in class).

1. How does the author characterize Freddie Hampton? 2. What is the common and proper way of inviting people somewhere?

Ex. 9 Suggest a short summary of the extract.

Assignment 2 (book 1, ch.9-11, book 2, ch. 1-3, p.25-43)

Ex. 1 (to be done at home)

Learn the words and word-combina ons which will prompt you to understand the text. Write out at home and reproduce in class the situa ons in which you came across those underlined. (Here and further on: the words and wordcombina ons suggested in brackets are not to be found in the text. They are to be found in your vocabulary notes or looked up in the dic onary).

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Ex. 2 (to be done at home and reproduced in class)

(SEE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW!) Point out some of the words (German-English cognates) which you didn’t have to look up in the dictionary.

Ex. 3 (to be done orally in class)

Paraphrase the following. Convey the same idea in a simpler way.

1. Andrew did his best to revive the child. 2. The doctor took one basin with cold water and the other with very hot water and hurried the baby between the two. 3. Andrew ignored Mrs Page’s call. 4. Andrew wanted Mrs Page to apologize to him immediately. 5. You have done your best to starve me. 6. Mrs Page said Andrew was sacked. 7. Three weeks passed, and Andrew almost gave up all hope to find a job. 8. Denny said Aberlaw Medical Society was looking for an assistant. 9. The secretary said the Committee was taken with Manson. 10. The Llewellyns welcomed the Mansons very heartily. 11. Andrew lost his temper. 12. When Andrew saw the mother was as lifeless as the child, horror passed over him.

Ex. 4 (to be done orally in class) Suggest the Russian for the following.

1. And then suddenly Andrew felt the chest give a little move … and then suddenly came a child’s cry. 2. Slowly he went to the kitchen and took a long drink of water. 3. Andrew ignored her call and prepared to go upstairs.

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4. Doctor Page spoke trembling all over and trying hard to keep himself standing. 5. It was a moment of wild triumph for Andrew. 6. If you have nothing better to do tonight, come and have dinner with us. 7. Andrew learned a lot about Owen who had worked all his life for the good of the workers.

Ex. 5 (to be done in writing at home) Suggest the English for the following.

1) Мэнсон видел, что она слишком напугана, чтобы говорить. 2) Мэнсон понял, что он не может не принять этот подарок, и решил открыть счет в банке. 3) Миссис Пейдж вынуждена была извиниться, но сказала, что Мэнсон уволен, хотя прекрасно понимала, что Эндрю больше не может выноситьтакуюжизнь. 4) КогдаЭндрювыходилизбанка, онувидел, что МрРивсмотритнанегоподозрительно. ПозжеМэнсонпонял, чтоозначал его взгляд. 5) Он понял, в чем подозревает его Миссис Пейдж, и очень рассердился. Он в течение долгого времени честно на нее работал, а она решила, что он вор. Он не мог этого вынести и решил уехать оттуда. 6) Обвинение, котороеонаемупредъявила, былоиунизительно и оскорбительно. 7) Эндрю нашел объявление, что нужен ассистент, и написалзаявлениенаэтоместо. 8) Секретарьсказал, чтоМэнсонпроизвел хорошее впечатление на комиссию и поздравил его с новой работой. 9) Доктор Л. Льюэллин сказал, что уверен, что Мэнсон добьется успеха, и пригласил его с женой на ужин. 10) Когда Мэнсон вошел, он увидел, что много рабочих ждут его, и начал осматривать больных, не представившись им. 11) Он старался работать честно, как и всегда, и осматривать больных тщательно. 12) Когда он понял, что большинство рабочихпришлипроситьсправки, онрассердилсяирешилнедаватьудостоверенияБенуЧенкину, т.к. тотбылсовершенноздоров. 13) Послетого чтопроизошло, рабочиестализабиратьсвоикарточкиотМэнсона, аэто означало не только унижение; это также означало, что он будет получать значительно меньше денег /что его зарплата будет значительно меньше/. 14) Эндрю видел прямую связь между работой в шахте и туберкулезом, что означало, что это профессиональное заболевание. 15) Оуэн понимал, насколько это важно, и просил Мэнсона начать исследование, обещая ему помощь.

Ex. 6 (to be prepared orally at home and reproduced in class)

Speak on the following. Make use of the vocabulary suggested in brackets. 1. How did Andrew help the miner and what present did he get from him? (to be married for nearly twenty years; a serious case; to be a woman of forty-four; a difficult struggle; to be born lifeless; to be frightened; to save the baby; to feel weak; to make a present for smb; to open an account; to look at smb suspiciously).

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2.What was Mrs Page and Andrew’s conversation about and what was the result of it? (to present; to make a charge against smb; to apologize; to stand smth; to be sick and tired of smth; to be sacked; to appear).

3.How did Manson get his new gob and what changes took place in his life? What can you say about Doctor Page in this respect? (to look for a job; to want an assistant; the conditions of work; to make a good impression on smb; to get married; a honeymoon; to congratulate smb on smth).

4.How did the Mansons’ life in Aberlaw begin? Speak about Andrew’s meeting with Doctor Llewellyn. (to welcome smb; to congratulate smb; to have nothing better to do; to be a success; head doctor; to receive smb warmly; to pay onefifth of income; a case).

5.What were the difficulties in Manson’s work? (to follow the scientific method; a consulting-room; to introduce oneself; to ask for certificates; to suffer from a professional disease; to examine the patients properly; to put off a more thorough examination till another time; to be worried about the certificates; to rise; to lose one’s temper; to shout back at smb; to be a big man on the Committee; to come to know about the event; to be a good lesson to smb; to have a right to choose a doctor; a card; to change the doctor; humiliation; to mean; salary).

6.What did Owen’s visit mean to Manson? Did it only mean a new patient or did it mean some more? What important problem did they discuss? (long distances between the calls; unpopularity; to knock at the door; the secretary of the Committee; to choose a doctor; a card; to talk till late at night; to work for the good of the workers; a professional disease; a direct connection; to get a compensation; to be important for the miners; to go on with one’s investigation; to promise help).

Ex. 7 (to be thought over at home and reproduced in class) Comment on the following (for most inquisitive-minded).

Some people laughed and said it was a good lesson for Chenkin; but most workers were on Ben’s side.

Ex. 8 Suggest a short summary of the extract.

Assignment 3 (p.p.43-63)

Ex. 1 (to be done at home)

Learn the words and word-combina ons which will prompt you to understand the text. Write out at home and reproduce in class the situa ons in which you came across those underlined. (Here and further on: the words and wordcombina ons suggested in brackets are not to be found in the text. They are to be found in your vocabulary notes or looked up in the dic onary).

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Ex. 2 (to be done at home and reproduced in class)

(SEE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW!) Point out some of the words (German- or Russian-English cognates) which you didn’t have to look up in the dictionary.

Ex. 3 (to be done orally in class)

Paraphrase the following. Convey the same idea in a simpler way.

1. Andrew knew the doctors hated losing one-fifth of their salary. 2. There began a quarrel between Urquhart and Oxborrow. 3. Urquhart wanted Oxborrow to explain how one of his patients had come off his list onto Oxborrow’s (list). 4. Medley rose to his feet. 5. For a week Andrew was beside himself. 6. We have lost touch with Freddie but I have a feeling we shall run into him again. 7. His experiments were of great interest and importance to the workers.

Ex. 4 (to be done orally in class) Suggest the Russian for the following.

1. The more Andrew thought about the assistants and the system under which they worked, the more he wished to bring them together. 2. Andrew burned with indignation against that and wanted to have a better understanding among the assistants, so as to make it possible to rise all together and change this humiliating system. 3. He had done it! As he ran to the post-office, his heart sang wildly, madly. He had done it, but it hadn’t been for nothing… 4. What he found among the patients raised his hopes high, and now he received a permission to continue his investigation by making a systematic examination of all the workers in the mine.

Ex. 5 (to be done in writing at home) Suggest the English for the following.

Эндрюполагал, чтонесправедливоплатить1/5 частьзарплатыЛюэллину и хотел покончить с этой несправедливой системой. Он решил собрать всех ассистентов у себя, но прежде всего он решил поговорить с самим Люэллиномичестносказатьему, чтоонсобираетсяделать. Нокактолько врачи собрались, они начали ссориться и кричать друг на друга. Эндрю пытался объяснить им, что, если они будут ссориться между собой, они не смогут изменить эту унизительную систему выплачивания 1/5 зарплаты главврачу. Но беда была в том, что никто из врачей не хотел лечить больных, если случай был тяжелым. Они хотели отделаться от трудных случаев, а Эндрю – не хотел, их не интересовала наука, а его – интересовала. Люэллин был полезен врачам, которые не хотели лечить больных. Помимо того, они боялись его, т.к. тот пользовался везде большим влиянием и был, действительно хорошим специалистом. Вот почему Эндрю не смог покончить с этой унизительной системой выплачивания 1/5 зарплаты главврачу.

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Кристина хотела повлиять на своего мужа, она хотела, чтобы он продолжил свои исследования и получил степень доктора медицины. Она хотела пробудить в нем амбиции и знала, как это сделать. Вот почему она сказала, что он завидует успеху Люэллина.

Эндрюдолженбылсдатьнетолькоэкзаменпопрофессии, но тестсостоял из нескольких экзаменов, в том числе из экзаменов по 4 языкам: греческому, латинскому, немецкому и французскому. Кристина делала все возможное, чтобы помочь мужу, и обучала его языкам.

После того, как Эндрю сдал экзамен, он поспешил домой, чтобы рассказать жене все в деталях. Он был благодарен ей за все, что она для него сделала.

Эндрюсожалел, чтопотерялсвязьсФреддиХэмптоном, нонадеялся, что рано или поздно (sooner or later) они встретятся.

Когда нож коснулся руки, Бивн потерял сознание. Операция в шахте принесла Эндрю много пользы: его популярность в городе росла. Это было гораздо важнее для рабочих, чем его новая степень доктора медицины. Эндрю получил официальное разрешение продолжать свои исследования. Было очень важно доказать, что туберкулез – профессиональное заболевание шахтеров, т.к., если это заболевание будет в списке профессиональныхзаболеваний, рабочиебудутполучатьденежнуюкомпенсацию, в случае болезни.

КогдаЭндрюпопросилЛюэллинавзятьнасебяслучайКристины, тотбыл польщен, т.к. Эндрю был ему симпатичен, и он знал, что Эндрю – хороший врач. Люэллин пообещал Эндрю сделать все возможное.

Эндрю решил опубликовать результаты своих исследований и послать их в Лондон как диссертацию на соискание ученой степени доктора медицины. Он доказал, что туберкулез – профзаболевание.

10) Эндрю хотел оправдать себя перед рабочими, объяснить им, что все, чтоонделал, былодляних, длятого, чтобыониполучалиденежнуюкомпенсацию, если заболеют. Но он понимал ,что многие рабочие благодарны ему за то, что он для них сделал.

Ex. 6 (to be prepared orally at home and reproduced in class)

Speak on the following. Make use of the vocabulary suggested in brackets.

1.Why did Manson decide to do away with the humiliating system that existed in the town? Why did he fail? (to pay one-fifth of the salary; to bring smb together; to win patients; to do away with the humiliating system; to have nothing to do with; to listen to smb attentively; to invite; unfair; to let smb know about smth; to quarrel and shout at each other; to get rid of serious cases; to treat the patients; influence).

2.How did it happen that Andrew made up his mind about the medical exam? What was Christine’s role in Andrew’s life? (to be jealous of smb; to be good at

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one’s work; to have first-class qualifications; the investigation of the professional disease; to get a scientific degree; to consist of smth; to be far behind the progress of science; to congratulate smb on smth; in detail).

3.Why did the miners become friendly to Andrew and why did his popularity grow? Did his success at the exam matter to the miners or was it some other reason that made them bring their cards to him? (a fall-down; to be pressed by a rock; to be conscious; to become unconscious; to amputate the arm; the bottle of chlorophorm; to be broken; to save the miners’ life; not to be afraid of the fall; to do smb a lot of good; an unexpected congratulation; to lose touch with smb; to run into smb).

4.Why were Andrew’s investigations of such great importance to the miners? (to get a permission; to prove; a professional disease of the miners; to get some money compensation; to fall ill; to make experiments on animals; thesis for the MD degree).

5.What terrible thing happened to Christine and why didn’t they leave the place after what had happened? (to be going to have a baby; to take the case; to be flattered; to promise to do one’s best; to be destroyed; to fall down).

6.Why did Manson have to appear before the Committee? Speak about his friends and enemies. (reputation; career; investigations; experiments on animals; to come to smb’s ears; to quarrel and shout; to mean to smb; to justify oneself; to be at the head; vivisection; permission; to save people’s lives; to be dangerous for the health; compensation; to fall ill; to be awarded MD; to win; to be satisfied; to expect; to expect; to show gratitude; to comfort smb; to be sure; to be interested in smth; to congratulate; to ask smb to make a report; to offer an appointment).

Ex. 7 (to be thought over at home and reproduced in class) Comment on the following (for most inquisitive-minded).

You are a good man, Manson. But you are too young. (p.47). Dwell upon the medical system in England.

As Andrew raised his head, he saw Llewellyn smiling at him.

Ex. 8 Suggest a short summary of the extract.

Assignment 4 (p.p.64-88)

Ex. 1 (to be done at home)

Learn the words and word-combina ons which will prompt you to understand the text. Write out at home and reproduce in class the situa ons in which you came across those underlined. (Here and further on: the words and wordcombina ons suggested in brackets are not to be found in the text. They are to be found in your vocabulary notes or looked up in the dic onary).

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Ex. 2 (to be done at home and reproduced in class)

(SEE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW!) Point out some of the words (German- or Russian-English cognates) which you didn’t have to look up in the dictionary.

Ex. 3 (to be done orally in class)

Paraphrase the following. Convey the same idea in a simpler way.

1. Andrew came to know that the meeting of the Board would be held only in September. 2. The work was useless but it took Andrew six months to do it. 3. Andrew understood he would not have a chance to go on with his investigations. 4. Andrew didn’t earn very much money the first day but it bought their lunch. 5. Andrew hungered for medical friendship. 6. Hampton and his friends were very prosperous, while hundreds of good doctors were unemployed. 7. There was no end to her gratitude. 8. Manson decided to take advantage of it to the full.

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