Reading modern British literature. Part 1. Учебное пособие
.pdf2.The reason why Will went shopping with Marcus was …
3.Will’s father was the author of …
4.Will liked watching TV shows, because …
5.Marcus told about his father, that he was …
6.Will entertained Marcus to…
7.Marcus was standing on the step being bombarded with…
8.Marcus wanted to change his appearance by …
9.Will and Fiona quarreled because …
7. Find the situations where the following expressions were used and
reproduce them orally.
1)can’t argue;
2)can’t face;
3)to go out;
4)to mess up;
5)to skirt round;
6)to smash into;
7)to usher in;
8)to keep out;
9)to snort at;
10)to start off;
11)to be pursued by.
8.Make up your own sentences with the expressions from ex. 8.
9.Agree or disagree with the following information.
1.Marcus bought Coke for Will.
2.Will hated Marcus, because Marcus lost new trainers.
3.Fiona thanked Will for care of Marcus.
4.Marcus told Will about his father.
5.Marcus’s father visited him every week.
10. Read and translate the passage into Russian pp. 103-104 “Will found himself
working Marcus’s visits …” up to “…found a purpose to life somewhere else”.
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11. Give a character sketch of Marcus’s father.
12)Imagine you are Will’s brother. How would you describe him?
13)Writing.
1.Write a letter from Marcus to his father describing the relationship between him and his mother. Ask for a piece of advice.
2.Write a letter from Will to her friend, describing the relationship between him and Marcus. Ask for a piece of advice.
14)Fill in the gaps using the following verbs in the brackets:
(Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect)
1. Last night we _____ (to go) to a football match. 2. We _______ (to get) off the bus and _______ (to go) in the direction of the stadium. 3. A man ______ (to come) up to me and asked if I _______ (to have) a spare ticket for the match. 4. We _______ (to enter) the stadium just as the football players ________ (to come) out on to the field. 5.He
_______ (to show) us to our seats and we _____ (to agree) to meet in the refreshmentroom during the interval. 6. He _________ (to tell) me he ______ (to learn) it from the newspaper. 7. He _______ (to enter) the room, _______ (to take) something from the desk and (to go) out. 8. There _______ (to be) two men in the room. One of them _______
(to write) something while the other _______ (to read) a newspaper. 9. He _____ (not to tell) me that he _______ (to receive) a telegram from her. 10. I ______ (to ask) him if he ______(to know) where she (to live). I _______ (to say) I _______ (not to know) her address.
11. Transform the following dialogue into the Reported Speech. Speak about
the participants, place and the reason of the conversation.
“Where are your shoes?” she shrieked when he came home. (Will had given him a lift, but it was November, and wet, and during the short walk across the pavement and up the stairs to the front door of the flats he had soaked his socks through again.) He looked at his feet, and for a moment he didn’t say anything: he toyed with the idea of acting all surprised and telling her he didn’t know, but he quickly realized she wouldn’t believe him.
“Stolen”, he said eventually.
“Stolen? Why would anyone steal your shoes?”
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“Because…” He was going to have to tell the truth, but the problem was that the truth would lead to a whole lot more questions. “Because they were nice ones”.
“They were just ordinary black slip-on shoes”. “No, they weren’t. They were new Adidas trainers”. “Where did you get new Adidas trainers from?” “Will bought them for me”.
“Will who? Will the guy who took us out to lunch?”
“Yeah, Will. The bloke from SPAT. He’s sort of become my friend”. “He’s sort of become your friend?”
Marcus was right. She had loads more questions, except the way she asked them was a bit boring: she just repeated the last thing he said, stuck a question mark on the end of it and shouted.
“I go round his flat after school”.
“YOU GO ROUND HIS FLAT AFTER SCHOOL?”
Or:
“Well, you see, he doesn’t really have a kid”. “HE DOESN’T REALLY HAVE A KID?”
And so on. Anyway, at the end of the question session he was in a lot of trouble, although probably not as much trouble as Will.
Part 6
pp. 123-147
1. Learn the following words and word combinations. Provide them with transcription.
To inflict, a link, to defeat, to take under one’s wing, to seem very keen, to be shot of sb, to shut life out, flirtatious, to come out of the blue, to buzz the special buzz, to be in trouble, to be cheeky, to get a slap, temper, truant, tramp, to be fed up with sb, affection, acute, to nip, to skive.
2. Read the part pp.123-147.
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3. Read the sentences where the following words and word combinations were
used.
To inflict, a nerdy kid, to bully, a custody, to hang up on smb, to get by without help, to get involved, easy-peasy, to be cheeky.
4. Give synonyms and antonyms for the following words.
Frustration, to ignore, conscience, fault, adulthood, to stare, sulky, laugh, normally, to be fed up.
5. Match the words from vocabulary with their definitions.
1) embarrassed |
a) a machine in bars, restaurants etc that plays music |
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when you put money in it; |
2) the proceeding |
b) dirty and untidy; |
3) juke-box |
c) a quick hit with the flat part of your hand; |
4) blackmail |
d) one of the three periods of time that the school or |
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university year is divided into; |
5) scruffy |
e) feeling nervous and uncomfortable and worrying |
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about what people think of you, for example because |
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you have to talk or sing in public, or because you have |
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made a silly mistake; |
6) a slap |
f) when someone tries to get money from you or make |
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you do what they want by threatening to tell other |
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people your secrets; |
7) a term |
g) an event or a series of things that happen; |
8) to be fed up |
h) help or support; |
9) assistance |
i) annoyed or bored, and wanting something to |
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change. |
6. Complete the sentences using information from the text.
1.It wasn`t as if Will had been a nerdy kid...
2.Will wanted to be, and...
3.Marcus seems to think...
4.If you didn`t answer the door to it...
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5.He didn`t want Will to tell her about how...
6.He`d love to show his mum what happened when...
7.He had never been cheeky to a teacher before...
8.Today he had convinced himself that he...
9.Fiona had given him the idea that...
10.He’s got bleached hair and...
7.Find the situations where the following expressions were used and reproduce
them orally.
1)to lose touch with;
2)to make some kind of link;
3)father figure;
4)to apply for custody;
5)to change mind;
6)to make arrangement;
7)to make a face;
8)nuclear option;
9)under ones breath;
10)to lose temper;
11)boiled sweets;
12)wrestle with conscience.
8.Make up your own sentences with the expressions from ex. 7.
9.Agree or disagree with the following information.
1.Will hated Christmas because of the song “Santa Super Sleigh”
2.Will was a nerdy kid at school.
3.Will was absorbed in conversation with Fiona in a pub.
4.Marcus wanted Will to tell his mum about the hospital and the other things.
5.Ellie McCrae was a very nice girl.
6.Ellie told Marcus about Kurt Cobain.
7.Will saw Marcus on Oxford street.
8.Will cared was Marcus at school or not.
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9.Marcus was a truant.
10.Marcus was fed up with Mrs. Morrison.
11.Everybody at school liked Marcus.
10.Read and translate the passage into Russian pp. 142 “Will loved driving
around London…” up to p.143 “…everything all at the same time”.
11.Give a character sketch of Ellie, Mrs. Morrison and Kurt Cobain
12.Imagine that you are a headmaster at Marcus school. How would you act being at her place? Was she a good headmaster?
13.Imagine that you are the most famous girl in the school. Would you like to look like Ellie? What would you like to be famous for?
14.Writing
1.Write down a letter in Ellie`s diary about strange boy whom he met at Mrs. Morrison office.
2.Write down a letter from angry Mrs. Morrison to Fiona. Give her piece of advice.
15)Fill in the gaps using the following verbs in the brackets.
(Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, would + Infinitive, used to Infinitive)
1. But he _____ (forget) that he _____ (seem) to have no control over his relationship with Marcus and Fiona. 2. I _____ (tell) you that I _____ (have) no intention of getting in Marcus`s way.3. She _____ (look) at him and _____ (laugh) once under her breath, _____ (shake) her head bitterly and then _____ (turn) her face away.4. I _____
(not/ think) you _____ (talk) to me.5. He _____ (to be/not) cheeky to a teacher before, mostly because that he _____ (have/not) need for it.6. Nobody at school _____ (like) him and he ______ (understand/not) why.7. If he _____ (carry on), walking out of Mrs. Morrison office _____ (begin) to look like his whole life (change).8. Marcus clearly
_____ (decide) that arriving at the flat before 4.15 _____ (arise) suspicion.9. Will _____
(stand) in Marcus`s way, but Marcus _____ (manage) to force his way into the flat regardless.10. By the time he _____ (get) to `Pennyroyal Tea`, the eight of ninth track, he
_____ (have) enough of listening Kurt Cobain and Marcus.
16) Transform the following dialogue into the Reported Speech. Speak about
the participants, place and the reason of the conversation
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‘Who?’
‘Kirk O’Bane.’ ‘The footballer?’
‘Except I don’t think he can be a footballer. Ellie was making one of those jokes that you make.’
‘But his first name’s Kirk?’ ‘I think so.’
‘Kurt Cobain, you jerk.’ ‘Who’s Kurt Cobain?’ ‘The singer with Nirvana.’
‘I thought he must be a singer. Bleached hair? Looks a bit like Jesus?’ ‘I suppose so.’
‘There you are, then,’ said Marcus triumphantly. ‘You knew about him, too.’ ‘Everyone knows about him.’
‘I didn’t.’
‘No, you didn’t. But you’re different, Marcus.’ ‘And my mum wouldn’t.’
‘No, she wouldn’t either.’
‘You see, you know things. You can help.’
It was then, for the first time, that Will saw the kind of help Marcus needed. Fiona had given him the idea that Marcus was after a father figure, someone to guide him gently towards male adulthood, but that wasn’t it at all: Marcus needed help to be a kid, not an adult. And, unhappily for Will, that was exactly the kind of assistance he was qualified to provide. He wasn’t able to tell Marcus how to grow up, or how to cope with a suicidal mother, or anything like that, but he could certainly tell him that Kurt Cobain didn’t play for Manchester United, and for a twelve-year-old boy attending a comprehensive school at the end of 1993, that was maybe the most important information of all.
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Part 7
pp. 148-170
1. Learn the following words. Provide them with transcription and translation.
Registration, to bunk off, to bump, vending machine, sweatshirt, hysterical, grunge, racket, to see smb around, hilarious, to squash smb like a bug, genuinely, to blush, brainwashed, to adopt, a joint, to entail, to burrow, firmness, skewed, decency, elucidate, aprat, objection, inwardly, snubbing, parcel, clueless, appalled.
2.Read the part pp.148-170.
3.Read the sentences where the following words and word combinations
were used.
Worked out, footballer, nevermind, a roadie, to be a trio, a bad publicity, to smoke a joint, merely curious, the product of a 1960s’, the queen on TV, the first place.
4.Give synonyms and antonyms for the following words.
Noise, to remember, frustrated, good-looking, parental, gracious, a kid, horrible,
pathetic.
5.Match the words from vocabulary with their definitions.
1) to bunk off |
a) to take someone else’s child into your family and |
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legally make him or her your own child; |
2) to adopt |
b) showing that you are in control of a situation and will |
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not be easily forced to do something; |
3) hilarious |
c) something wrapped in paper or in a large envelope to |
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be sent by post; |
4) vending machine |
d) to not go to school or work when you do not have a |
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good reason for staying away; |
5) firmness |
e) a machine that you can buy things from, for example |
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cigarettes, sweets, or drinks; |
6) snub |
f) stupid, or knowing nothing; |
7) clueless |
g) extremely funny; |
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8) parcel |
h) to insult someone by ignoring them or being rude to them. |
6.Complete the sentences using the information from the text.
1.Marcus was confused while talking with Ellie because…
2.Marcus thought that the cover of the record meant something because…
3.During the lunchtime Ellie and Zoe went into Marcus’s class for…
4.In many situations Marcus said “Ha,ha” for…
5.Will had been trying not to think about Christmas….
6.On Christmas lunch the guests were…
7.Will’s present for Fiona was…
8.Fiona’s presents for her ex and his girlfriend were…
9.They watched the queen on TV because…
10.Will wanted to leave their house so quickly because…
7.Find the situations where the following expressions were used and reproduce them.
1)to get rid of;
2)to be able to hear;
3)to squash smb like a bug;
4)to fix smb up;
5)to have unfinished business;
6)a message to the world;
7)to come round;
8)to keep in with;
9)to get up to at nights;
10)to give credit for;
11)to be angry with;
12)to change the atmosphere;
13)to change one’s mind;
14)to look appalled.
8.Make your own sentences with the expressions from ex.7.
9.Agree or disagree with the following information.
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1.Everyone noticed that Marcus hadn’t been around the previous day.
2.When Marcus talked with Ellie about Kurt Cobain she and her friend burst
into tears.
3.Ellie has a boyfriend who is 9 years old.
4.When Ellie and Zoe went for Marcus into his class everybody there was very
surprised.
5.Will wanted to spend Christmas alone.
6.Fiona gave Will a book for single parents because he had a baby.
7.If someone look the 25-year-old boy on roller-skates with wraparound shades on he will think that it is normal.
8.Christmas lunch was consists of salad and fried potatoes with chicken.
9.Lindsey’s mum knew that Clive was a lover of smoking the joint.
10.Will wanted to play with Megan but Suzie was opposed to it.
11.Everyone was happy when Will decides to leave them.
12.Marcus and Will became friends when Marcus threw a baguette at duck’s
head and killed it.
13.Suzie and Fiona burst into laughing after the story of the beginning of boy’s
friendship.
10.Read and translate the passage into Russian pp. 159 “As it turned out it
wasn’t just the three of them…” up to p. 160 “he was happy to believe in an inverted
universe”.
11.Give a character sketch of Ellie, Zoe, and Lindsey.
12.Imagine you are invited by Fiona for Christmas lunch. What presents will you prepare?
13.Imagine you are Will. Will it be comfortable for you to spend Christmas in such company?
14.Writing.
1. Write a letter from Fiona to her friend, describing their Christmas lunch. Ask
for a piece of advice.
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