Пособие по домашнему чтению для студентов II курса. Учебное пособие

3.But his gravest fault as a juvenile lead was that he could not make love.

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

5.You’ve got magnetism and you don’t seem to have an idea how to use it.

6.I should be a damned fool if I got myself mixed up with some woman in Middlepool.

5.Act out the conversations between:

1.Julia and Michael when one day he watched Julia rehearsing;

2.Julia and Michael when he proposes to her.

6.Make up the dialogues between:

1.Michael’s parents discussing Julia;

2.Langton and Julia rehearsing Shakespeare’s play.

7.Speak your mind on:

1.Jimmie Langton and the role he played in Julia’s life;

2.Jane Taitbout’s teaching;

3.the impression Julia and Michael produced on people (their life, career and character).

8.Entitle each chapter and prove your point of view.

Consolidating the Material

1. Do the quiz to test how well you remember the details of Chapters 1–4.

1. Michael invited the young man to luncheon because he was… . a) an articled clerk b) quite a gentleman c) Julia’s fan 2. Michael and Julia’s house was furnished in extremely good

taste due to … .

a) Michael’s own design b) Julia’s ideas

3.Michael was not keen on acting any more because … .

a)he was too old

b)there were no adequate parts

c)he disliked modern plays

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4.Julia never played in Shakespeare’s plays because … .

a)she disliked costume plays

b)her low rich voice didn’t suit blank verse

c)she couldn’t portray the character

5.Michael grew popular with the company as he was … .

a)was too deep and loud for some plays

b)was suitable only for comedies

c)could wring the audience’s heart

8.Julia accepted Jimmy Langton’s offer because he … . a) paid more money

b) promised many interesting roles c) was a well-known director

9.Julia turned into a famous leading actress due to … .

a) Langton’s direction b) local newspaper articles c) London managers

10. Michael was against marriage … .

a) with an actress b) without love c) as it could spoil one’s career

2. Prepare the passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian.

“Julia, taken by his enthusiasm...he was no better than anybody else.” (Chapter 3)

3.Arrange a round-table discussion on the following:

1.Hardships awaiting a young actress.

2.One-sided love.

4.Write:

1.the description of the main characters and the main facts of their life;

2.a letter to a friend as if you were Michael’s mother.

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Culture Corner

1. Do you know the following theatre terms?

a raissonneur— the character of the play who doesn’t participate in the action but pronounces long monologues; a leading juvenile — an actor playing lovers; ingénues — the parts of naïve girls; sociétaire (French) — a member of the company.

2. Michael Gosselyn staged the plays of the renowned dramatists: Bernard Shaw and Henry Ibsen. Find some information about them in the Internet and present it to your fellow students.

These links can be helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1925/ shaw-bio.html http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Bernard_Shaw http://www.theatredatabase.com/19th_century/henrik_ibsen_001. html

http://kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm

4. The author mentions the names of two great actresses: Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse. Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923) was a French stage and early film actress, and has been referred to as “the most famous actress the world has ever known”. Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas. She developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress, earning the nickname “The Divine Sarah”. Eleonora Duse (1858–1924) was an Italian actress, often known simply as Duse. She gained her first major success in Europe, then toured South America, Russia and the United States; beginning the tours as a virtual unknown but leaving in her wake a general recognition of her genius.

Do some research on one of the actresses and present it to the class. These links can be helpful:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/174404/Eleonora-Duse http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/her_story/90133 http://www.essortment.com/all/actressellente_rdpq.htm

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Part II (Chapters 5–9)

Pre-text Discussion

1.Do you think Julia and Michael match each other? Why? / Why not?

2.Do you think Julia and Michael would have a happy married life?

3.What opportunities did Julia and Michael have ahead when they were still in their twenties?

4.Read part II and check your answers.

General Comprehension

1. Who said it?

1.“Darling, you’ll make me as vain as a peacock”.

2.“You devil, you swine, you filthy low-down cad”.

3.“Now what’s all this Tosca stuff about?”

4.“You’re young and pretty and you’re the greatest actress in England”.

5.“Me? Darling, you know I’d go anywhere in the world with

you”.

6.“After all love isn’t everything. It’s all very well at its proper time and in its proper place”.

7.“Oh, my love, don’t you know there isn’t anything in the world I wouldn’t do for you? It’ll be so wonderful; it’ll bring us so close together and I shall be so proud of you”.

8.“Oh, I don’t care a hang about that. As long as we can find plays with star parts for you I don’t matter”.

9.“I want love. I thought I’d married the handsomest man in England and I’ve married a tailor’s dummy”.

10.“In this business you have to take the rough with the smooth”.

2. Who did it?

1.Who offered Michael a new job abroad?

2.Who gave Julia a great smack on the face?

3.Who was thrown out of the part after a fortnight of rehearsals?

4.Who wrote constantly pages and pages of love and who wrote four pages exactly in a neat precise hand?

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5.Who considered Julia to be the greatest actress in England?

6.Whowasjealousofthemen’sluncheons,thegames,thefriends at the Green Room Club?

7.Who was more concentrated on work and business rather than love and emotions?

8.Who was the first to fall out of love?

9.Who never attempted to play anyone but himself?

10.Who put up the money to start Michael and Julia in management?

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

(NS). Correct the false statements.

1.Julia never flattered Michael.

2.Michael went toAmerica alone and spent there a whole year.

3.Jimmie considered Michael to be a perfect match for Julia.

4.Dolly de Vries sold out her share of business eventually.

5.Michael turned out to be an excellent manager.

6.The Siddons Theatre was a success from the very beginning.

7.Dolly de Vries often visited Julia and Michael’s house.

4. Answer the questions:

1.What was the contrast in Julia and Michael’s attitude towards each other at the beginning of their relationship?

2.What were Michael’s views on career at that time?

3.What did Jimmie think about Julia and Michael’s relationship? Why do you think he wanted to separate them?

4.How can you characterize Jimmie Langton?

5.What adjectives can you use to describe Julia’s feelings during engagement and the first years of marriage?

6.Why do you think Julia fell out of love with Michael? How can you describe the changes that happened to her?

7.What was Dolly’s role in their life?

8.Why do you think Michael became such a good theatre manager though he was a rather mediocre actor?

9.How can you describe Michael’s views towards life, business and his wife when he was a middle-aged man?

10.What did Julia think of Michael after so many years of marriage?

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Working with the vocabulary

1.ReadpartIIandfindthefollowingwordsandwordcombinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.

Chapter 5

What a sight I looked

to jeopardize smb’s chances to gain access

take my word for it to be a flop

Chapter 6

to put a brave face on

Chapter 7

to set a seal on smb. plays that had long runs to go to much expense

Chapter 8 the venture

to make a dead set at smb. to skim over smth.

Chapter 9

to take the rough with the smooth to spare no pains to do smth.

2.Remember the contexts in which word list 2 items are used, say who or what they referred to.

3.Find the English equivalents for these:

Chapter 5

воспользоваться чем-либо/кем-либо быть уверенным в ком-либо быть обузой наугад

всерьез расплакаться навсегда быть на высоте

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Chapter 6

мириться с чем-либо рисковать

Chapter 7

под предлогом покончить жизнь самоубийством

Chapter 8

агент по рекламе устраивать сцены

Chapter 9

попытаться что-либо сделать зануда

4.Explain what it means:

Chapter 5

as vain as a peacock he had clicked

all this Tosca stuff

Chapter 6

to kick his heels

It’s a smack in the eye to make a stab at London

Chapter 8

It’s a knockout

I don’t care a hang

Chapter 9

to take him down a peg or two a percentage on the gross

5.Fill in prepositions where necessary:

A.

to (2), about (2), in (5), of (7), away (1), under (1), for (3), with (3),

on (2), at (2), out (1), up (1)

1. They decided to keep their engagement … themselves, and Julia told no one … it but Jimmie Langton, two or three girls … the company and her dresser. (Chapter 5)

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2.He was too honourable to take advantage … her. (Chapter 5)

3.He had affection and admiration … her, he felt … ease … her, and he had confidence … her, but she was well aware that he was not … love … her. (Chapter 5)

4.After a fortnight … rehearsals, Michael was thrown … … the part … which he had been engaged, and … three or four weeks was left to kick his heels … . (Chapter 6)

5.She felt like a high-born damsel, … all the traditions … a great and ancient family to keep … .(Chapter 6)

6.She was jealous … the games that took him … from her, and jealous … the men’s luncheons he went to … the pretext that he must cultivate people who might be useful … them. (Chapter 7)

7.When she looked … him now she wondered what there was … him that had ever aroused … her such a frenzy … passion. (Chapter 8)

8.Some of them had even insisted … a percentage … the gross. (Chapter 9)

B. for, of (3), up, under, in (4), about, with (2), at

1.Eventually Mrs. Green took advantage … her husband’s high position, left her work and just kicked her heels … .

2.Tom escaped early from the office … the pretext that he had an important appointment in town.

3.Everybody felt … ease … Jack and had confidence … him.

4.There was something special … Mary that aroused … Bill such a frenzy … passion every time he saw her.

5.Tony was extremely jealous … his wife’s friends, colleagues and business partners.

6.Victoria felt very miserable after she had found out that Albert was not only not … love … her, but also had no affection or admiration … her.

7.He was left there absolutely alone with an enormous heritage to keep … .

6.Match the synonyms:

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

1.done in a very urgent way

2.money that you pay to a professional person for their work

3.to make smb feel sick

4.showing or expressing powerful emotions or very strong beliefs

5.praise, sometimes not sincere

6.a woman whose husband has died and who has not married

again

7.rich and successful

8.the fact of being too proud of your abilities, or too interested in your appearance

8.Translate into Russian:

1.He kicked his heels for hours at the gate of the Embassy.

2.We are making a stab at high-speed rail service.

3.Meg thought she was the best-qualified candidate for the job, and not getting it was a smack in the eye.

4.The ambassador’s visit set the seal on the trade agreement between the two countries.

5.Don’t give up on your business just because you lost money this month. You have to take the rough with the smooth.

6.They’ve had some bad luck, but they’ve put a brave face on their problems.

7.Emergency services have sparednopainsto help people whose homes were destroyed by the tornadoes.

8.I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if it’s not

clean.

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9.David took advantage of the defender’s mistake to score a goal.

10.He visited her under the pretext of borrowing a book.

9.Translate into English:

1.У Анны были плохие отношения с начальником, он ей не нравился тем, что всегда ходил надутый, как индюк.

2.Так как Джон уже сильно потратился, он больше не мог действовать наугад и очень надеялся, что его предприятие будет

очень успешным. К сожалению, оно провалилось, но Джон пре-

терпел все невзгоды и начал все с самого начала.

3.Магда часто устраивала своему мужу ужасные сцены, но однажды он просто отвернулся от нее и громко зевнул, и тогда девушка всерьез расплакалась.

4.Они нашли общий язык с первой минуты знакомства, с тех пор они всегда вместе.

5.Роберт знал, что его друг собирается покончить жизнь самоубийством, но даже ни разу не попытался отговорить его.

6.Джек был ужасным занудой, и с каждым годом его жена ощущала все больше, что он становился ей обузой.

7.Артур – очень надежный человек, на работе все знают, что могут на него положиться (довериться ему).

8.Режиссеру нравился Вильям как актер, но Вильям зазнавался, поэтому режиссер решил сбить с него спесь и не включил его в пьесу, которая долго будет в программе.

9.Мой брат не любит рисковать, поэтому когда он отправился с компанией в горы, через два дня он вернулся под предлогом, что у него сильно разболелись зубы.

10.Джулия поняла, что жизнь обманула ее, несмотря на то,

что у нее был нежный муж и высокооплачиваемая работа.

Detailed Comprehension

1. Answer the questions:

1.Why did Julia constantly flatter Michael?

2.Why did Michael go toAmerica alone?

3.Why did Julia blame Jimmie?

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