Пособие по домашнему чтению для студентов II курса. Учебное пособие

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Кафедра английской филологии

Пособие по домашнему чтению для студентов II курса

Учебное пособие

Москва

2012

Печатается по решению Редакционно-издательского совета ГОУ ВПО МГПУ

Авторы-составители:

кандидат филологических наук, профессор Ю.Е. Ваулина, кандидат филологических наук, доцент С.В. Мичугина, старший преподаватель С.Н. Макеева,

старший преподаватель О.И. Кирдяева, старший преподаватель Е.В. Коструб,

аспирант О.А. Кустова

Рецензенты

доктор филологических наук, профессор З.Г. Прошина, доктор филологических наук, профессор О.В. Афанасьева

Данное пособие предлагает задания и комментарии к известному роману английского писателя С. Моэма, а также ряд неадаптированных рассказов английских и американских писателей и задания к ним. Пособие направлено на совершенствование умений устной и письменной речи и предназначено для студентов 2-го курса очного отделения бакалавриата.

©Коллектив авторов, 2012

©ГБОУ ВПО МГПУ, 2012

Часть I “Theatre” byW.S. Maugham

Задания к роману С. Моэма «Театр»

Part I (Chapters 1–4)

Pre-text Discussion

1.What works (novels, stories, plays) by W.S. Maugham have you read?

2.What do you know about W.S. Maugham and his style of writing? You can find some information using the following sites:

http://kirjasto.sci.fi/maugham.htm http://www.online-literature.com/maugham/

3.What do you expect the novel to be about?

4.Should the writer be part of theatre life to write about theatre?

5.What do you think about acting as a career? Comment on the following: “Don’t be natural. The stage is not the place for that. The stage is make-believe. But seem natural.”

General Comprehension

1. Who said it?

1.“I thought we might take him back with us and give him a spot of lunch. He’s quite a gentleman.”

2.“I suppose this is the most wonderful moment in his whole life. What fun it’ll be for him when he tells his people. I expect he’ll be a little hero in his office.”

3.“…the public isn’t really interested in the theatre. In the great days of the English stage people didn’t go to see the plays, they went to see the players.”

4.“Feel as if your bones were melting inside you and if an earthquake were going to swallow you up next minute, to hell with the earthquake.”

5.“Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.”

6.“What I don’t know about acting isn’t worth knowing.”

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7.“I don’t believe one could hope to make a success in London unless one were pretty well known already.”

8.“We didn’t much like the idea of his going on the stage.”

2.Who did it?

1.Who talked very differently to oneself and to other people?

2.Whowasnomorekeenonactingastherewerenosuitableparts?

3.Who refused to be photographed with Julia any more?

4.Who had started the acting career with Shakespeare?

5.Who bullied the actors, screamed at them, mocked them?

6.Who abused Jimmie Langton and laughed at him?

7.Who was eager to get on and seemed determined not to let any entanglement interfere with the career?

8.Who gave Julia her first lesson?

9.Who won every prize that was open?

10.Who invited Julia to the Easter week-end?

3.Mark the following statements as true(T), false (F), not stated (NS). Correct the false statements.

1.Tom’s admiration made Michael and Julia feel a little larger than life-size.

2.James Langton engaged Michael because he was staggered by his beauty.

3.Michael grew popular with the company because he spent money lavishly.

4.Julia was especially brilliant in Shakespeare’s plays.

5.Julia’s son Roger attended all the performances.

6.Despite his good humour Michael couldn’t bear Langton’s

abuse.

7.It was a real discovery for Michael that Julia was tremendously talented.

8.Jimmie Langton was ready to support the young couple giving them a start in London.

9.Michael brought Julia down for his parents to inspect her.

10.Mr. and Mrs. Gosselyn disapproved of Julia because she was an actress and a flirt.

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4. Answer the questions:

1.Why did Julia call on her husband?

2.Why did Michael decide to invite the young man to lunch?

3.What made the situation confusing?

4.What was Michael so much proud of?

5.Why didn’t Michael eat any more?

6.What impression did the young man produce on Julia?

7.Who was Jimmie Langton?

8.How did it happen that Michael became one of his company?

9.What family did Michael come from?

Working with the vocabulary

1. Read part one and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.

Chapter 1

to run something on businesslike lines (to be) a treat for somebody

to know somebody inside and out

to take liberties with something or somebody to turn somebody round one’s little finger to have the nerve to do something

to be partial

Chapter 2

the stage is make-believe to take one’s breath away lacking in hardship

out of date

to wring somebody’s heart to be a quick study

Chapter 3 to be a hit

to make a nuisance of oneself

to be a millstone round somebody’s neck to bear abuse

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Chapter 4

to be at a loose end

to be content to do something

2.Remember the contexts in which Word List I items are used, say who or what they referred to.

3.Find the English equivalents for these:

Chapter 1

вести счета три раза подряд

я не вижу смысла показать чьи-либо лучшие стороны ставить пьесу

Chapter 2

упрямый подводить кого-либо разоблачать быть польщенной

иметь задатки актрисы

Chapter 3

представители заплатить свою долю расходов быть в долгу

Chapter 4

прийти на помощь сообразительный влюбиться «по уши» полюбить, привязаться

4. Explain what it means:

Chapter 1

an articled clerk his crest butler

at cost price

We’re playing to capacity

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to put somebody at somebody’s ease perfectly in character

Chapter 2

Eton

a repertory theatre a straight part

Chapter 3 one’s chief asset thrift

Chapter 4

we get on together like a house on fire

5. Fill in prepositions where necessary:

A.At (3), in (7), on (4), of (4), to (4), with (1)

1.Behind the silver ink-stand there was a rack … red morocco, heavily gilt, … which he kept his private paper … case he wanted to write a letter … his own hand.

2.“I should like to introduce you … Miss Lambert”, said Michael

…the air … an ambassador presenting an attaché … the sovereign … the court … which he is accredited.

3.They sat … a refectory table, Julia and Michael … either end, the young man … the middle … a chair that was not at all comfortable but perfectly … character.

4.His father, not liking the idea … his going … the stage, had insisted … it.

5.He reminded you … a head … an old coin that had been … circulation too long.

6.It was just like his good nature to come … her rescue when he knew she was … a loose end.

B.In, on, of, to

1.So you want a font … your own hand, do you?

2.… the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; It was only that when he was off he was acting.

3.He presented his passport … the guard for inspection.

4.I’ll make some sandwiches just … case we get hungry.

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5.Moira Gillett, she always insisted … windows being open — even in winter!

6.It was entirely … character for Rachel to put her baby first.

7.He reminded Mrs. Thatcher … an interview she had given five years ago.

6.Match the synonyms:

7. Guess the word or word combination by its definition.

1.to make somebody disappointed by not doing what you are expected to do

2.to owe an amount of money

3.to have records of the money paid and received

4.to know somebody thoroughly

5.to be a constant bother

6.to affect with painful emotion

7.typical of

8.to like

8.Translate into Russian:

1.Victoria was a very cunning young lady, she usually had several lovers at a time and turned all of them round her little finger.

2.The tourists finally reached their destination – a vast beautiful valley covered with millions of violets took their breath away.

3.Since Jack had inherited his uncle’s fortune he was always at a loose end.

4.The translator of the modern English novel “Under the Cover of the Night” has taken too many liberties with the text, that’s why the original meaning is lost.

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5.I’m sorry to make a nuisance of myself, but I do need an answer to my question.

6.Nike had the nerve to climb the mountain with a bruised foot.

7.Mrs. Dobbinson was a middle-aged woman with two grown-up kids, she hadn’t fallen in love for at least 15 years, but she was sure that the new milkman had wrung her heart somehow.

8.Mary is very inquisitive and hard-working, that’s why she accepted the offer to do research in Bali at once, and she was content to do this kind of job for a change.

9.Kittywasmadlyinlovewithherhusband,sheneverreproached him for his frequent cheating and was always ready to bear abuse.

10.Molly confesses she’s rather partial to pink.

11.Think how rapidly medical knowledge has gone out of date in recent years.

12.When such advisers fail in their duty, they let down the whole system.

9.Translate into English:

1.Майкл был безумно влюблен. У него дух захватывало, ког-

да он видел Эмили. Она могла веревки из него вить, так как знала его вдоль и поперек. Эмили считала его надежным другом, готовым всегда выручить, но она не собиралась за него замуж. Она не могла довольствоваться его социальным статусом. Эмили флиртовала со всеми, но никому не позволяла вольностей. Сердце

еебыло свободно. Если Майкл видел около Эмили молодого человека, это разрывало его сердце. Но он боялся, что если станет докучать ей, она прервет их дружбу. Чтобы завоевать ее любовь, а не быть камнем на шее, Майкл решил учиться на юриста.

2.C детства Алиса знала, что имеет все задатки актрисы.

Она была решительна, сообразительна и упряма. В 18 лет Алиса поступила в королевскую академию искусств. Она была способной ученицей. Сцена для нее была и фантазия и жизнь. Заканчивая академию, она случайно узнала, что известный режиссер

ставит пьесу Ибсена. Она набралась смелости пойти на кастинг в надежде показать свои лучшие стороны. Она была уверена, что

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будет иметь огромный успех, если ей удастся произвести впечатление на режиссера, и он предложит ей роль.

Detailed Comprehension

1. Answer the questions:

1.In what way did the house reveal the individuality of its owners?

2.What was Michael’s opinion of Julia as an actress?

3.Why do you think Julia and Michael prefer modern plays?

4.Why wasn’t Jimmie Langton a good actor? Can a person be a bad actor and a good director?

5.Why did the actors like him? How did he treat them?

6.How did Langton choose Julia? What was their contract like?

7.What were Michael’s views on marriage?

8.How did Michael’s parents receive Julia?

9.What was Julia’s attitude to them?

2.Describe:

1.Julia Lambert’s room;

2.the luncheon they invited Tom to;

3.Julia’s artistic career.

3. Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the text.

1.Julia talked very differently to herself and to other people.

2.Though you would have thought, with her brilliance, her roguishness, her sense of comedy she would have been perfect.

3.She was a born actress.

4.I’ve lived in the theatre since I was kid just out of a board school, and what I don’t know about acting isn’t worth knowing.

5....he flattered them by letting them think that they had discovered a remarkable actress...

6.Neither a borrower or a lender be.

4. Discuss the following quotations in pairs:

1.I thought we might take him back with us and give him a spot of lunch. He’s quite a gentleman.

2.Don’t be natural. The stage isn’t the place for that. The stage is make-believe. But seem natural.

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