Reading modern British literature. Part 2. Учебное пособие

Part 10

pp. 221-246

Focus on vocabulary

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

Nouns: quayside (222), destination (221), windscreen wiper (222), porch (226), concussion (230), bandage (231), inch (223), cork (223), wallpaper (226), mahogany (229), worm (229), plughole (230), guilt (232), tissue (233), guidance (238), chimney (240), engine (243), confectionary (244), deluge (222), sweat (223), shame (227), treasure (234), bra (235), candlestick (241), paraphernalia (241).

Adjectives: inept (221), boastful (221), sunlit (227), discreet (229), vital (222), dismissive (229), spacious (229), shrill (230), precious (234), callous (235), faithful (236), filthy (244).

Adverbs: clumsily (235), righteously (222), hardly (221), mechanically (223), valiantly (224), crossly (239), desperately (239), old-fashioned (241).

Verbs: to hug, to muffle, to shuffle (226), to doodle (229), to hesitate (232), to sip (234), to faint (236), to shudder (236), to stammer (236), to gulp (237), to seduce (238), to despise (239), to dawdle (239), to look for (240).

Phrase: for sure (221), to take time (223), to burst into tears (226), to light one’s cigarette(232), to blow one’s nose (233), to change gear (233), to shake one’s head (234), to unlace shoes (235), to go out of control (238), to turn smb. down (238), to catch one’s breath (240), to be about to do smth. (241), at the bottom of (241), to be in trouble (243), to stub out a cigarette (244), to get hold of (244).

2. Guess the word by its definition:

1)full of life or activity;

2)lighted by the sun;

3)a vertical channel conducting smoke or combustion gases etc. up and away from a fire;

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4)the process of guiding or being guided;

5)a reddish-brown wood used for furniture;

6)culpable of or responsible for a wrong;

7)squeeze tightly in one's arms;

8)a covered shelter for the entrance of a building;

9)a feeling of distress or humiliation caused by consciousness of the guilt or folly of oneself or an associate;

10)paper sold in rolls for pasting on to interior walls as decoration.

3.Define the following word: сork, wallpaper, mahogany, plughole, guilt, tissue, guidance, chimney, engine, confectionary, deluge, sweat.

4.Find the situations where the following words or expressions were used and reproduce them orally: for sure (221), to take time (223), to burst into tears (226), to

light one’s cigarette(232), to blow one’s nose (233), to change gear (233), to shake one’s head (234), to unlace shoes (235), to go out of control (238), to turn smb. down

(238), to catch one’s breath (240), to be about to do smth. (241), at the bottom of (241), to be in trouble (243), to stub out a cigarette (244), to get hold of (244).

5.Fill in the gaps with the words from the glossary list.

1)My hand is injured and it is bleeding. I need a ________.

2)It was raining and the driver switched on ______________ to be able to see the road.

3)Caris fell from the tree and got __________ so she was taken to the hospital.

4)It was very hot and I felt drops of ______ rolling down my forehead.

5)The room was so __________ that more that 30 people could be there at the same time.

6)Degna wanted to _______ Mac, but he was a __________ husband, who loved his wife and was not ready for adultery.

7)Stella _______ her sister for a long time but she couldn’t find her anywhere.

8)She woke up late that morning ant the first thing she saw was a _______ (syn. dirty) suitcase covered with _______ stickers from all over the world.

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9)The wife wanted a divorce as she felt that she was _____ to live further with her husband who eventually became so __________. (syn. senseless)

10)Helping her grandmother to sort out the wardrobe Mary tried on her

_____ garments.

Focus on the contents

1. Answer the following questions:

1)Did Caris remain in the hospital after accident? What did she do? (221)

2)How did Mac feel after the accident with Caris? (221)

3)What did Mac learn from a phone call home? (224)

4)How did Louise feel about Caris? (226)

5)Describe George’s visit to the hospital. Speak about doctor’s attitude to George? (229)

6)What happened to Degna at work? (234)

7)What happened in Degna’s flat? (235)

8)How did George react to Caris’s phone call? (231)

9)Was Caris ready to run away with George? (239)

10)Describe the house teenagers broke in. (241)

11)How did they understand there was someone in the house? (242)

12)Where was Stella looking for Caris? (244)

13)What wish did Stella make (245)

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

1)What time did you start? (222)

2)We’ve been waiting for tagliatelle for half an hour! (224)

3)Are you all right? (226)

4)Don’t be like me, Caris. Don’t get into trouble. (227)

5)Is it really you? (230)

6)Nana is here. We’re watching Jaws. (226)

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7)He’ll make me go back to school. Let’s leave. (231)

8)Your neighbours might talk! (236)

9)I`m not a bloody prison warder, Stella. (243)

10)This whole family is in trouble. (244)

3. Explain or paraphrase the following sentences.

1)His friendliness has been squeezed out of him. (221)

2)…a vast suitcase covered in boastful stickers from over the world…(221)

3)You took your time. (223)

4)Everything’s crap. (227)

5)His words slip away like water down a plughole. (230)

6)He feels reprieved, as if Caris coming back has given him another chance. (232)

7)…Mac, who is immersed in deep ocean of guilt. (236)

8)Mac sits in a lay-by with his head in his hands, praying for guidance. (238)

9)George and Caris dawdle by Italian restaurants and bars…(239)

10)…an old voice revving like rusty engine that has sparked alive. (242) 4. Retell the following extracts:

a) dialogue between Louise and Caris; (226-227); b) dialogue between

George and Caris; (230-231); c) dialogue between Mac and Degna; (236-237); d) dialogue between Nana Price and Stella. (243-244)

5. Translate the following extracts:

-pp. 241-242 “I want to eat something…shepherd’s pie”;

-p. 245 “ When she reaches….a distant police car”.

Focus on culture

1.What do Crown Jewels include? Where can one see them? (222)

2.What is National Trust known for? (221) What colour were the walls if it was National Trust green? (229)

3.What do Horse and Hound and Tatler specialize in? (229)

4.Is getting A-star for an essay good for a student? (225)

5.What is shepherd’s pie cooked of? (244)

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Part 11

Pp. 246-263

Focus on vocabulary

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

Nouns: hand brake (246), steering wheel (246), lavender (251), chandelier (258), amazement (258), apparition (258), lunatic (258), hilarity (258), temptation of smth (261), daffodil (263), carnation (262), ignition (264), accelerator (264).

Verbs: to pull up (246), to rescue (251), to ignore (253), to inhale (255), to snigger (258), to guffaw (258).

Adjectives: haphazard (247), sorrowful (246), immense (251), antique (251), bizarre (253), intricate (254), secluded (254), ludicrous (255), expectant (261).

Adverbs: dismally (246), irritably (249), suspiciously (250), ghostly (250), slyly (253), innocently (253), uneasily (259).

Phrases: to go mad (247), to sort smth. out (249), to win the pool (247), to feel envy (247), to breath in great gulp of air (247), to burst into applause (247), to feel the way to (251), handful of smth. (251), to remind of smth./smb. (251), to kneel down (253), to look for smb. (254), to keep on doing smth. (254), to feel desperate (254), to feel superior (255), to hold one’s breath (255), on earth (256), to hold smb. by the scruff of the neck (258), to have a tantrum (258), to get rid of (258), wild-goose chase (258), to jump out of one’s skin (259), side by side (259), look smug (263).

2. Guess the word by its definition:

1)having no plan, order, or direction;

2)a large, decorated light that hangs from a ceiling and has branches for holding many light bulbs or candles;

3)wildly foolish person;

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4)a pink, white, yellow, or red flower that has a sweet smell;

5)to save (someone or something) from danger or harm;

6)a loud or boisterous burst of laughter;

7)adverb from “having or showing a feeling that something is wrong or that

someone is behaving wrongly : feeling or showing suspicion”;

8)amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity;

9)have the feeling of wanting to have what someone else has;

10)a phrase used to make a question more forceful.

3.Define the following words: hand brake; amazement; hilarity; to ignore; to snigger; sorrowful; expectant; uneasily; to win the pool; to remind of.

4.Find the situations where the following expressions were used and reproduce them orally: to go mad (247), to feel envy (247), to burst into applause (247), to feel the way to (251), to remind of smth./smb. (251), to look for smb. (254), to keep on doing smth. (254), to feel superior (255), to hold one’s breath

(255), on earth (256), to hold smb. by the scruff of the neck (258), to have a tantrum (258), to get rid of (258), to jump out of one’s skin (259).

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

6.Find in the text, read and translate sentences containing adjectives from the glossary list.

7.Divide the following words into verbs of speaking and verbs of moving: whisper (249), snap (249), croak (249), snarl (250), shout (250), squeal (251), stumble (251), to step (251), gasp (251), moan (252), shout (252), command (252), scream (252), grunt (253), plead (253), mutter (253), announce (254), walk (255), mock (255), rasp (255), amble (255), tiptoe (256), stride (256), mumble (257), growl (257), murmur (258), scarper (258), crawl (259), whoop (262), cut in (262).

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Focus on the contents

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

1)Mac has never liked being a taxi driver.

2)Mac’s colleagues were glad with his leaving.

3)There were a lot of people in the house, where George and Caris broke in.

4)It was Mac who phoned Caris.

5)Caris felt sorry for the old woman.

6)George behaved as a lunatic.

7)It was easy for Mac to find the house, as he knew the city inside out.

8)Caris showed Mac the Tree, as they felt close again.

9)Louise was surprised to see a camper van instead of the taxi.

10)Mac was glad with Louise’s desire to drive a van.

2. Answer the following questions.

1)How did Mac feel at the moment of leaving the taxi?

2)What did he find at home?

3)What did George and Caris do in the dark house? Why did George take a knife and a towel?

4)What made Caris phone Mac? How did she feel making a phone call?

5)Describe the old woman in the house and the way she behaved.

6)Compare Caris’s attitude to George in the beginning of their

friendship and being in the house.

7)What did Caris and the old woman have in common?

8)How did Mac and Stella find the necessary house? How could they get

in?

9)What did Mac see when he came in the room? What happened then?

10)Where did Caris take her father on their way home from the police

station?

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11) Describe the moment of Louise’s release. What was surprising for

her?

12)How does the fact of Louise’s desire to drive a van characterize her

changes? What do you think will happen to them in future?

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

1)It’s horrible here. I never liked it. (246)

2)Mac’s leaving. (247)

3)I’m nearly home. Dad, I’ve got no shoes. (248)

4)Go and sit on the bed with her. (252)

5)I’ve never been here in my life. (254)

6)How long did it take you to grow that? (255)

7)Will you go back to school now? (262)

8)Who cut your hair? – Carol did it in hair-and-beauty skills. Do you

like it?

9)Where is the taxi? (262)

10)Can you drive, Mum? – Of course I can drive.

4.Explain or paraphrase the following sentences.

1)…he pats the head of ornamental Dalmatian that has nodded for years.

(246)

2)He’s like an old soldier in the ranks, a well-liked driver who has always been there. (246)

3)…She whispers in a little-girl voice. (248)

4)She looks reptilian. Her wrinkled neck emerging from a white nightdress. (251)

5)He looks bizarre, like an animal in human clothes. (253)

6)He knows that he’s lost Caris. (255)

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7)He looks like the last survivor of a battle. (261)

8)Caris feels as if her heart is wrapped in tight elastic bands that keep snapping apart. (261)

9)He’s turned over a new leaf. (262)

10)…the van shudders to life. (264)

5.Translate the passages:

-p. 247 “Mac’s leaving …at the news”;

-p. 254 “She must have worn … “I’m sorry”

Focus on culture

1.Why was Louise afraid of her mother’s Embassy Regals? (262)

2.What kind of life is Mac going to lead having bought a camper van?

(263)

3.What does the sign “ALL TRAFFIC” mean? (264)

Post-reading activities

1.Explain the meaning of the novel’s title. Is the collocation used here in its direct or figurative meaning?

2.Can be the novel under study considered modern? Justify your

opinion.

3.Can be the novel considered realist? Prove your point.

4.Read the blurbs on the book cover. Comment upon those you most agree and disagree with.

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REVISION

Parts 1- 4

1.Revise vocabulary from Parts 1- 4.

2.Transcribe and translate the following words: cul-de-sac, casserole, odour, mascara, forehead, aisle, lingerie, clerk, deodorant, bruise, tedium, guiney pig, queue, reassurance, courtier, chauffeur, truant, sashay, ooze, hover, wallop, vehemently, enthusiastically, piously, vaguely, irreparably, overcautious, gawky, raucous, preposterous, ominous, precarious, exhausted, Mediterranean, chaotic, incarcerated, unconscious, unhygienic, languorous, petite, indelible, opulent.

3.Define the following words: skeleton, bauble, sympathy, blanket, complicit, shoplifting, zebra crossing, revenge, confession, rehearsal, wallet, mackintosh, fluffy, purposeful, indignant, bulletproof, plainclothes, fragile, weird, ridiculous, urgent, to confide in, to tiptoe, to hum, to bask.

4.Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:

1)Его старший брат – адвокат, младшая сестра – банковский

служащий, а он зарабатывает на жизнь вышибалой в баре.

2)Когда Мария в плохом настроении, она хлопает дверями, действует всем на нервы, может расплакаться или рассмеяться неожиданно. Но потом она мучается угрызениями совести и старается всем помочь.

3)В чем смысл идти на родительское собрание? Сына поругают за то, что поджег сухую листву во дворе школы. Я уже устала получать только такие новости, и я боюсь нашу мрачную учительницу.

4)Ради бога, перестань глазеть на прохожих и свистеть каждой стройной девушке!

5)У него заметная внешность. Где бы он ни появлялся, он всегда

выделяется из толпы. И он об этом знает. А я очень ревную, хотя делаю вид,

что мне все равно.

6)Среди заключенных женщин есть разные люди: робкие, неловкие,

слабые, мрачные, чувствительные, саркастичные, смущенные, щедрые, набожные, негодующие, с чувством собственного достоинства.

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