Reading modern British literature. Part 2. Учебное пособие
.pdf2.What did you learn about British Christmas dinner from the chapter
“Brussels sprouts and toasts” (10)?
3.What time was it when the family were “watching the Queen”? What did the Queen do?(14)
4.Stella was into drama “Lady Macbeth” by William Shakespeare. What do you know about this play? (16)
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Part 2
Pp. 23 - 48
Focus on vocabulary
1. Glossary. Note down the words and word combinations, memorize them. Transcribe the following words.
Nouns: blanket (23), aerosol (23), plait (23), forehead (23), banister (24), ponytail (24), complicit (24), aisle (25), lingerie (25), cutlery (26), quayside (26), assault (28), barrister (29), solicitor (29), clerk (29), conviction (29), deodorant (32), knickers (32), bouncer (33), casserole (37), shoplifting (38), zebra crossing (38) index finger (38), trunk.
Verbs: to spoon (23), to glare at (24), to mouth (24), to tiptoe (24), to pull away (37), to hum (37), to ooze (40).
Adjectives: slimy (23), moist voice (23), dignified (24), plainclothes (25), ominous (26), murky (27), precarious (27), wrought-iron (32), benevolent (32), brackish (32), reckless (33), spiteful (33), sing-song (33), somber (35), exhausted (36), embarrassed (36), agile (37), Mediterranean (37), sarky (39), fragile (40), lanky (41), accurate (41), chaotic (42), incompatible (43).
Adverbs: knowledgeably (41).
Phrases: hair is wrenched back (23), sleeping policeman (24), to have (no) intention of doing smth (24), to stroke eyelashes with mascara (24), to feel like doing smth (25), to undo buttons (27), current of anger (28), to look on the bright side (29), to pull together (29), to burst out laughing (30), to be aware of (36), on the one hand / on the other hand (36), to be all ears (38).
3. Guess the word by its definition:
1)a structure like a fence with a bar on top that is built along the side of a set of stairs;
2)a person, helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way;
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3)a person whose job is to force anyone who causes a problem in a bar, nightclub, etc., to leave that place;
4)food (such as meat, noodles, and vegetables) baked together and served in a deep dish;
5)dressed in ordinary clothes and not a uniform while on duty;
6)marked by or disposed to doing good;
7)free from mistakes or errors;
8)suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future;
9)listening very closely;
10)be optimistic .
4. Define the following words: blanket; plait; aisle; quayside; assault; conviction; shoplifting; to mouth to tiptoe; sleeping policeman.
5. Find the situations where the following expressions were used and reproduce them orally: hair is wrenched back (23), to have (no) intention of doing smth (24), to stroke eyelashes with mascara (24), to feel like doing smth (25, 45), to undo buttons (27), current of anger (28), to look on the bright side (29), to pull together (29), to burst out laughing (30), to be aware of (36), on the one hand / on the other hand (36), to be all ears (38).
6.Use as many words and phrases from the glossary list as possible in 10 sentences of your own.
7.Find in the text, read and translate sentences containing verbs from the glossary list.
8.Match synonymous pairs: loath, answer, plaintive, snigger, building, respond, giggle, waif, edifice, maverick, hate, sad.
Focus on the contents
1.Say if the following statements are true or false according to the text.
1)Caris and Stella couldn’t go to school on the Judgment day.
2)Being in a shop Caris understood her mother’s motives for shoplifting.
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3)Caris burst out laughing as she was glad with Louise’s verdict.
4)The Vale was a dangerous place.
5)Layla and Margaret stole Caris’ money and shoes.
6)Degna wanted to see Mac regularly.
7)George was angry with Caris for spitting at him.
8)Nana Price moved to her relatives to help with children.
9)Stella told everyone at school about her mother’s deed.
10)Mr Fortoba was the one who wasn’t aware of Louise’s imprisonment.
2.Answer the following questions.
1)What was the weather on the Judgment day?
2)Who went to the court? What did the girls do on that day?
3)Describe Caris’ day.
4)How did she feel in a store?
5)What was Louise’s verdict and sentence?
6)Describe Mac and Louise’s day in a court.
7)What did Mac feel?
8)Describe the alter made in Carol’s room.
9)What happened to Caris in the Vale?
10)What did Mac like about Louise?
11)What made Mac confess Degna of his wife’s imprisonment?
12)How did Caris and George meet?
13)Describe Stella’s day at school after her mother’s imprisonment.
3. Say who these phrases belong to and explain the reason of the
conversation. Transform them into indirect speech.
1)Please, Caris, don’t be difficult.(24)
2)What will we do? We can’t manage. (28)
3)Tell us about it, Caris. How is she getting on in prison? (33)
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4)My name’s Degna. Will you remember? (38)
5)What did you do that for? (41)
6)Go on, wash yourself! (42)
7)They are talking about me. (44)
8)What’s the matter with you, Stella? Running isn’t allowed. (46)
4.Explain or paraphrase the following sentences.
1)As she walks into the store the warmth encloses her like a mohair
wrap. She inhales the scent of luxury goods like she’s breathing in oxygen. (25)
2)There had been a lot of silence. (27)
3)The new bridge arched itself in a yawn of delight. (29)
4)Inside Mac’s chest it feels as if a large building has collapsed, leaving
a pile of dust and rubble. (30)
5)Caris smells her minty breath, her body spray, her malice. (33)
6)She feels her head is filling with boiling water. (33)
7)It’s strange, how some people fill the cab, and others might not even
be there at all. (37)
8)I need a regular pick-up. (p. 39)
9)I’m not going in with Stella. We are incompatible. (p. 43)
10)…His pupils will be wild-eyed and bored as caged beasts (p. 45)
5.Give a character sketch of Caris, Mac, Stella and Nana Price.
6.Translate the passage p. 25-26 “She slowly wanders…cutlery drawer.”
Focus on culture
1.What is “the Big Issue”? p. 26
2.What does the author mean by the phrase “Mac is proud of New castle’s transformation from coal to art” (p. 26). What does this phrase imply?
3.What do “donkey jackets” say about their owners’ occupation? (32)
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Part 3
Pp. 49-76
Focus on vocabulary
2. Glossary. Note down the words and word combinations, memorize them. Transcribe the following words.
Nouns: shrine (50), pimple (50), breasts (50), shoulderblade (50), bruise (50), anorak (55), pop-up book (56), revenge (57), blood supply (57), tedium (56), straggler (59), allotment (60),confession (61), dog-collar (61), zeal (61), guiney pig (65), rummage (66), germ (66), despair (68), queue (72), huddle of (72).
Verbs: to whistle (58), to hover (59).
Adjectives: incarcerated (50), bedraggled (54), muted (55), weird (55), feeble (63), unconscious (66), ridiculous (66), unhygienic (66), sensitive (71), morose (72), timid (72), bemused (72), awkward (75).
Adverbs: gruffly (51), eventually (53), unwillingly (56), at length (57), vehemently (59), enthusiastically (61), rapidly (61), piously (62), otherwise (69), vaguely (74), mournfully (75).
Phrases: be down to earth (49), suffer from remorse (49), tell off for (50), make smb do smth (52), feel jealous (52), reach out (53), make a wish (53), graze smth on smth (54), for god’s sake (58), poke about (59), to change one’s mind (59), to shake hands (59), a flock of (61), to taste sweet (60), wish (good) bad luck (60), to be afraid of (61), make a pretence of doing smth (63), get tired of smth/doing smth (65), flick from channel to channel (65), give smb a hand (65), take to doing smth (66), to fall to bits (66), to trim hedgers (70), on the way to (70) to be on one’s own (71), to busy oneself with doing smth (72).
3.Guess the word by its definition:
1)a place in which devotion is paid to a saint or deity;
2)a dark and painful area on your skin that is caused by an injury;
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3)a book with a picture that stands up when a page is opened;
4)a strong feeling of interest and enthusiasm that makes someone very eager or determined to do something;
5)the feeling of no longer having any hope;
6)unusual or strange;
7)extremely silly or unreasonable;
8)very serious, unhappy, and quiet;
9)very weak;
10)in a different way or manner;
11)at some later time : in the end;
12)in a deeply religious manner;
13)a group of birds or animals; the members of a church;
14)to make a high sound by blowing air through your lips or teeth;
15)feeling or showing unhappiness or anger because you think that someone you love (such as your husband or wife) likes or is liked by someone else.
4. Define the following words: revenge; germ; tedium; confession; sensitive; at length; unhygienic; awkward; mournfully.
5. Find the situations where the following expressions were used and reproduce them orally: be down to earth (49), suffer from remorse (49), tell off for
(50), make smb do smth (52), feel jealous (52), reach out (53), make a wish (53), graze smth on smth (54), for god’s sake (58), poke about (59), to change one’s mind (59), to shake hands (59), a flock of (61), to taste sweet (60), wish (good) bad luck (60), to be afraid of (61), make a pretence of doing smth (63), get tired of smth/doing smth (65), flick from channel to channel (65), give smb a hand (65), take to doing smth (66), to fall to bits (66), to trim hedgers (70), on the way to (70) to be on one’s own (71), to busy oneself with doing smth (72).
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6. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
1) Когда Керис была дома одна она занимала себя тем, что разглядывала в себя в зеркале и находила недостатки: прыщи на лбу, острые
лопатки, большую для ее возраста грудь.
2)Отец отругал дочь за то, что она прогуливала школу, потом мучился угрызениями совести, но делал вид, что поступает правильно.
3)Керис устала бояться одноклассниц, поэтому страстно желала отомстить.
4)Ради Бога, скажи, что заставляет тебя ревновать?
5)Стелла была разумным подростком, поэтому ходила в школу с
энтузиазмом.
6)Мак был в отчаянии, когда его заключенную под стражу жену вывели из зала суда.
7)Она закрыла глаза и загадала желание.
8)«Я устала стоять в очереди», - скорбно сказала она.
9)Прошу тебя передумать, иначе я не смогу тебе помочь!
10)По пути на работу, я часто вижу, как он подстригает живую изгородь вокруг дома, здороваюсь и желаю ему удачи.
11)Залезая на дерево, она ободрала локоть о ствол, но вытирать кровь
испачканным платочком было негигиенично.
12)Войдя в комнату, я увидел отца листающего каналы, и понял, что он не выходил из дома. Из-за увольнения его привычная жизнь разбилась вдребезги.
13)Этот странный фрукт на вкус сладкий.
14)«Это просто смешно!», - неистово закричал ошеломленный отец.
15)Он не сделал даже слабой попытки притвориться, что ему это
нравится.
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7. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.
1)She must have been suffering, poor lamb.
2)She shouldn’t have got caught.
3)She shouldn’t have done it.
4)Louise should have never married you.
5)She should have gone with that what’s-his-name.
6)How could Louise have done this to her?
7)When she was a child this would have made her pleased, but now she just looks at him with a cold expression as if she doesn’t care.
Focus on the contents
1.Say if the following statements are true or false according to the text.
1)Caris was jealous with George because the pair of shoes he was hanging on the Tree was more expensive.
2)George brought mother’s shoes because she’d got too many of them –
a room all by themselves.
3)Caris and Margaret used to be friends.
4)Mac had a horrible memory of being made to pray.
5)Stella felt uncomfortable at home as it was unhygienic there.
6)Mac bought a dead rabbit.
7)Louise had stolen a shoe to ride to a place where she could be someone else.
8)Nana Price didn’t approve of her daughter’s choice of husband.
9)Caris felt left out as her mother had a new social life in prison.
10)When the bell rang Louise didn’t want to part with her family.
2.Answer the following questions.
1)What did the letter from Louise say?
2)Was Caris satisfied with the letter?
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3)Compare the way Stella and Caris get dressed for school and prison visit. What is the reason?
4)What did Caris learn about George on their second meeting?
5)What was Caris’ revenge?
6)Why was Mac afraid of priests?
7)What did the priest advise? And did Mac like his advice?
8)What image of Louise in prison did Caris have?
9)Describe the way the family lives after Louise was sent to prison.
10)What did the family speak about on the way to prison?
11)Describe the meeting of Louise and her family? How did each of them behave and feel?
3. Say who these phrases belong to and explain the reason of the
conversation. Transform them into indirect speech.
1)I made this myself in the art room. (49)
2)Take Nana a cup of tea, and don’t forget to go to school. (51)
3)He doesn’t eat anything. He just works. (51)
4)I don’t know anyone round here. I was at school in Scotland. Meet me
at the tree. After school.
5)It will take hours to find out what’s the matter with this girl, and I haven’t got hours.
6)Are these your daughters here in the photograph? (62)
7)You weren’t at school this afternoon./ Well, no I wasn’t. I went for a
walk. (66)
8)Do people take drugs in here? (73)
9)Perhaps she’s unhappy. / Are you unhappy? (73)
10)Let’s get some chips on the way home. (76)
4.Explain or paraphrase the following sentences.
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