Reading modern British literature. Part 2. Учебное пособие

6)Louise sits in the art room, surrounded by admiring women, waiting for their turn to be a sitter. (168)

7)She is talking in this urgent, non- Louise-like way. (171)

8)His leather-coated back looks like a rock face. (171)

9)His closed mouth powers her incessant tinny prattle. She is full of schemes. (172)

10)At night, she drinks herself into a dark-green well of guilt, anger and

remorse… (173)

5.Translate the passages:

-p. 171: “Now Mac is dismayed…/ thinks Louise”;

-p. 166: “She strides on…/ a voice like porridge.”

6. Retell the dialogue between a) Mr Fortoba and Caris (154); b) Mac and Felicity (157); c) George and his mother (173).

Focus on culture

1.How could A to Z help Mr. Fortoba? (150)

2.What is the function of a truancy officer?

3.What could change in Caris’s life if Mac sent her to a “strict boarding school” (158)?

4.What time was it when “Mac drove home through the crush of teatime

traffic”?

5.How could Stella use black Biro to make notes on Pride and Prejudice? (163)

6.What do you know about Pride and Prejudice?

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Part 8

pp. 175-197

1. Glossary. Note down the words and word combinations, memorize them. Transcribe the following words.

Nouns: disinfectant (175), narcissism (175), hum (175), armpit (176), fence (176), fruit machine (180), human being (182), chaffinch (183), anxiety (183), wicker chair (184) corkscrew (185), candlestick (185), cushion (186), disappointment (188), engine (188), remnants (188), windscreen wipers (188), pedestrian (188), bastard (190), bronchitis (196), asthma (196), resentment (197).

Verbs: to chirrup (175), to snigger (175), to erect (175), to itch (176), survey (183), to lurch (188), to resume (197), to fume (197).

Adjectives: sick (175), dreary (175), plump (175) invisible (176), aware (176), illiterate (179), ancient (179), lavish (179), bad-tempered (183), euphoric (186), assertive (186), glorious (186), frantic (189), velvet (186), pierced (189), arrogant (189), authoritative (193), restless (195), hostile (196).

Adverbs: waspishly (181), abruptly (197).

Phrases: to be keen on smth. (175), to be in one’s shoes (176), to propose to smb. (178), out of date (179), beware of smth. (183), to be filled with fury (188), to feel relieved (189), to bear resemblance to (192), to aspire to (192), to keep one’s eyes open (195), to jump to one’s feet (196), to go to dogs (197).

2.Guess the word by its definition:

1)beer of low fermentation;

2)a small folding case for carrying paper money;

3)a machine that uses the energy from liquid fuel or steam to produce

movement;

4)to produce small, bright flashes of light reflected from a surface;

5)to throw something carelessly;

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looking into, under, and behind them;

7)boring and making you feel unhappy;

8)knowing that something exists, or having knowledge or experience of a particular thing;

9)unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people;

10)to go into or through something, making a hole in it using a sharp

point.

3.Define the following words: pedestrian, to survey, to annoy, corkscrew, to resume, cushion, disappointment, engine, remnants, to fume.

4.Find the situations where the following words or expressions were used and reproduce them orally: to be keen on smth. (175), to be in smbd.’s shoes

(176), to propose to smb. (178), out of date (179), beware of smth. (183), to be filled with fury (188), to feel relieved (189), to bear resemblance to (192), to aspire to (192), to keep one’s eyes open (195), to jump to one’s feet (196), to go to dogs

(197).

5.Find in the text, read and translate sentences containing adverbs from the glossary list.

6.Use as many words and the phrases from the from the glossary list in 10 sentences of your own.

7.Find 10 words meaning bird breeds.

Focus on the contents

1.Say if the following statements are true or false according to the text.

1)Mac was advanced and could easily choose a phone.

2)Mac wanted to buy phones for his daughters.

3)Mac did not think Louise would agree to divorce him.

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4)Mac did not want to watch the match.

5)Caris waited for George for nearly half an hour.

6)When Caris and George met the street was full of people.

7)Mac was filled with fury and disappointment when Newcastle lost.

8)Mac found a photo of Caris with her Mum.

9)Caris`s boyfriend had a pierced nose.

10)Mac liked the photo of Caris and her boyfriend.

2.Answer the following questions.

1)How did Stella behave with Layla and Margaret?

2)Why could not Mac choose phones himself? Why did he decide to buy

them?

3)What was the park management’s opinion of the Shoe Tree?

4)What did Caris feel when George was late?

5)Where did Caris and George go?

6)What did they do in that place?

7)Why did not Mac like the photo of Caris and her boyfriend?

8)What did Mac do after the football match?

9)Why did Caris fall down the tree?

10)What did Mac and Stella do while waiting for Caris?

11)What did Abdul say to Mac?

12)What was the reaction of police when Mac called them?

3. Say who these phrases belong to and explain the reason of the conversation. Transform them into indirect speech.

1)Where is your fucking sister? (175)

2)It is none of your business. (175)

3)At least, I will know where they are. (179)

4)Are you going to watch the match, sir? (179)

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5)Someone’s put a lot of work into this. They’re going to be disappointed. (182)

6)Have you looked in the rubbish bin? (183)

7)I’m happy. You make me happy. (187)

8)What’ s happened? Where have all the shoes gone? (190)

9)We are special. We do things that no one else does. (191)

10)Your Caris is smoking. (193)

4.Explain or paraphrase the following sentences.

1)Stella senses the character of Lady Macbeth rising in her veins. (176)

2)Stella has both power and influence. (176)

3)They raise glasses, toasting each other. (185)

4)Caris hurls herself on to the bed, face down, smelling money. (186)

5)Newcastle lost. (188)

6)Caris’s expression is out of focus. (189)

7)The shop is a beacon on the corner of a busy street. (193)

8)Caris is seen through Abdul’s eyes as a neglected child. (194)

9)Margaret is being led astray. (195)

10)…Nana is in quite a temper. (196)

5. Translate one of the passages:

- р. 188 “Newcastle lost. …a replay of Newcastle`s only goal”;

- p. 182 “But there is no stopping…a few misshapen buds.”

6. Write an abstract of each chapter of this part.

Focus on culture

1.What do you know about Sylvia Plath?(175)

2.What kind of person was Lady Macbeth?

3.Who is the author of Oliver twist? (184)

4.What kind of dishes were Tupperware boxes? (185)

5.What is necessary to do to win in Cities in Bloom competition (181)

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Part 9

Pp. 198-220

Focus on vocabulary

1. Glossary. Note down the words and word combinations, memorize them. Transcribe the following words.

Nouns: beetle (198), snowdrop (198), bunk (200), comb (200), hurt (202), corpse (199), limb (199), stray (203), decanter (204), truancy (205), torrent (206), ward (208), concussion (208), camp-bed (210), vinegar (210), laundry (210), percussion (212), psychiatrist (216), replenishment (219).

Verbs: to jerk (198), to snuggle (198), to grunt (201), to recite (202), to prop up(202), to blurt (203), to scamper (203), to shrug (204), to slip off (204), to snap (207), to sooth (208), to gallop up (208), to tuck up (211), to wince (213), to doodle (215), to slump on (215), to waddle (217).

Adjectives: predatory (198), terse (203), suspicious (203), affronted (205), unsavoury (204), lopsided (204), maroon (208), starchy (210), grimy (210), swollen (212); ashen (213).

Adverbs: inevitably (205), righteously (207), incongruously (209), staccato (209), blindly (211), gently (216), abruptly (212).

Phrases: to take a look at smth. (199), to blame smb. for smth. (199), to tease out the tangles (200), to be in danger (204), to sit cross-legged (204), to make a joke (205), to jump to one’s feet (207), to one’s relief (209), at first (210), to break into the house (213), to burst into tears (214), to occur to smb. (215), to keep an eye on smb. (217), to get drunk (217), to look after oneself (217), to be under attack (219).

2.Guess the word by its definition:

1) a plant that produces small, white, bellshaped flowers in the early spring;

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2)a man who labours for wages;

3)to breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate;

4)having four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, so that curtains can be hung to exclude draughts from the sleeper;

5)a mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal;

6)to draw or scribble (something) aimlessly;

7)to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side;

8)a person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them;

9)a dead body;

10)a toothed implement for grooming the hair.

3.Define the following words: beetle, path, tangle, lounge, hot-water bottle, patron, ambulance, siren, feather, ward.

4.Find the situations where the following words or expressions were used and reproduce them orally: to take a look at smth. (199), to blame smb. for smth. (199), to tease out the tangles (200), to be in danger (204), to sit cross-legged

(204), to make a joke (205), to jump to one’s feet (207), to one’s relief (209), at first (210), to break into the house (213), to burst into tears (214), to occur to smb. (215), to keep an eye on smb. (217), to get drunk (217), to look after oneself (217), to be under attack (219).

5.Use as many words and the phrases from the from the glossary list in 10 sentences of your own.

6.Translate the following text.

Совет рабочих проходил в сыром, темном доме, бывшей прачечной.

Слышно было, как трещат ветки в камине, пахло уксусом. Я взглянул на надсмотрщиков, которые стояли внизу, шутили про общину. Мне пришло в голову, что я в опасности. Я жаждал поскорее прийти к себе домой, и

захрапеть на своём небольшом диванчике. Где-то вдали раздавались звуки

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сирены скорой помощи: я видел труп человека, лежащего возле машины,

когда шел сюда. Как же я сожалел, что не набрался храбрости прогулять этот глупый сбор. Люди сидели, положив ногу на ногу, готовые вскочить.

Здесь каждый считал, что имеет право резко выкрикивать свои якобы справедливые изречения, но обладая ограниченным умом, они лишь создавали шум и не более. Здесь все следили друг за другом. Я хотел бежать из этой “больничной палаты”, я представлял, как я сбрасываю одежду и направляюсь к своему дивану. Я готов был расплакаться или завизжать от несправедливости бытия. Я хотел спать, но мне нужно было повторять вслух по памяти мой немногословный отчет за месяц. К моему облегчению, я

выступал первым, а потом мог уйти.

7. Give synonyms to the following words: grimy, staccato, swollen, waddle, muddy, saintly.

Focus on the contents

1. Say if the following statements are true or false according to the text.

1)Caris fell down the balcony.

2)Caris broke her legs.

3)The pub is called Snowflake.

4)Louise and Caris have much in common.

5)Mac saw that the Farrish’s house was small as a doll’s house.

6)George parents were not hospitable.

7)Stella hurt her hands at home.

8)Caris liked the idea of Mac in George’s house.

9)Mac was afraid that his kids would end up being taken off him.

10)People were ready to put their shoes on the Tree.

2.Answer the following questions.

1)How did George feel and behave after Caris’s fall?

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2)What do you think prevented Louise from sleeping? What decision did she make?

3)What people did Mac see in George’s house?

4)Why did he feel more afraid for his lost daughter after visit to the Farrish family? (206)

5)Where did Mac find his daughter Caris? (207)

6)What did Stella do at home after hospital? Why? (210)

7)What did Mac and Caris talk about in hospital? (214)

8)What people were the first to see a shoeless tree? (219)

9)What were Caris and George doing while people replenished the

Tree? (220)

10)George has given pleasure to so many people, that he has woken up

something in them that they weren’t even aware of. What is this “something”?

(220).

3. Explain or paraphrase the following sentences.

1)George stares at her moonlit skin, her not-there-ness. (198)

2)….I’ll be probably get blamed. (198)

3)…even the air is different on the other side of the Vale. (202)

4)She’ s been hanging around with your George. (203)

5)Mac sees a boy with unwashed blond hair and blue eyes, who looks as uncomfortable and inappropriate to the room as Mac does himself. (204)

6)The three of them gallop up to a spectacled nurse in a maroon uniform

like hungry horses. (208)

7)She feels as if she is on a ship with no sails. (210)

8)The doctor might think that Caris comes from a violent home. (216)

9)She is showing me up. (217)

10)By teatime, the tree is completely replenished… (219)

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5. Translate the passages:

- p. 200 “She aches for both…beautiful daughter”;

-p. 219 “The empty park...job up his arse”.

Focus on the culture

1.What do you know about RVI? (208)

2.How does the fact of having Victorian doors characterize RVI? (208)

3.What kind of song is “All things Bright and Beautiful”? (211)

4.What do you know about Cancer Care and Oxfam?

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