Пособие по домашнему чтению для студентов II курса. Учебное пособие
.pdf2.Долли не понимала, что нашло на Джулию. Ей бы очень хотелось, чтобы Джулия не привлекала к себе внимание, не ходи-
ла так часто на вечеринки. Она чувствовала себя уязвленной.
3.В вопросах бизнеса Долли была под стать Майклу.
4.Не волнуйся, я обо всем позабочусь. — Спасибо, Ты ока-
жешь мне добрую услугу.
5.После того, как Том забрал все подарки, которые он вернул Джулии, у нее гора упала с плеч. Она его так любила!
6.Если бы не ты, мы бы не нашли убежище от бури так бы-
стро. Мы чуть не попали в переделку.
11.Describe the relationship between Tom and Julia using the following words and word combinations:
disparity in their ages, to be wrapped up in smb, extravagant, to go on a binge, to lay claims on smb, to get smb on the raw, to turn smb out bag and baggage, to make oneself conspicuous.
Detailed Comprehension
1. Answer the questions:
1.What made Julia think that her relations with Tom could last?
2.Why did Michael and Dolly react differently to the gossip about Julia?
3.What traits did Julia reveal in her conversation with Dolly?
4.What proves that they both lived in the world of make-believe?
5.What made Julia think that without ever having really possessed her son she lost him?
6.Why was there a curious expression in Roger’s eyes when he spoke to Julia?
7.How did Tom establish himself in the circles of the rich?
8.What was Julia’s opinion of this society?
9.How does the conversation between Julia and Joan Denver characterize both of them?
10.WhatdoyouthinkJuliawasgoingtodoaboutAviceChrichton?
2.Develop the situations checking your knowledge of the context:
1.Julia’s reputation was so good that she felt she need not hesitate to show herself with Tom in public places.
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2.…after all these years she was a little frightened of Julia.
3.Michael flattered himself on his sense of humour.
4.He says you just eat out of his hands.
5.She was an ordinary, prettyish, ageing woman.
6.You talk as if it had been a rather curious experience.
7.“Afat chance she’s got of ever setting foot in this theatre”.
3.Discuss the following quotations in pairs:
1.Menwerecreaturesofhabit;thatgavewomensuchaholdonthem.
2.Only a woman knows what a woman can do.
3.Acting’s a whole time job and if you want to be really good you’ve got to give your whole self to it.
4.Men were such fools; there wasn’t one of them who wouldn’t cut off his nose to spite his face.
5.It’s better to be a fool and know it than a fool and not know it.
6.Don’tpauseunlessit’snecessary,butthenpauseaslongasyoucan.
4.Look through Chapters 16–20 again and prove that:
1.Tom liked to be Julia’s lover;
2.theatre was Julia’s refuge;
3.Julia acted in real life.
5.Speak about:
1.Dolly de Vries;
2.The changes in Tom’s character and behavior;
3.Roger;
4.Joan Denver.
6.Compare:
1.Tom and Roger;
2.Dolly and Michael.
7.Act out the conversations between:
1 Dolly and Michael;
2 Roger and Julia;
3 Julia and Joan Denver.
8.Make up the dialogues:
1. between Mrs Smith and Mrs Black (gossiping about Julia’s new way of life);
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2. between Joan Denver and a friend of hers (speaking about Joan’s impression of Julia).
9. Speak your mind on Avice Chrichton as if you were Julia / Dolly / Joan Denver.
Consolidating the Material
1. Do the quiz to test how well you remember the details of Chapters 16–20:
1. Julia made herself conspicuous, …
a)though she didn’t show herself in public places, led a quiet and regular life.
b)because she had twenty years of fidelity behind her and the public loved to think of Julia and Michael as a devoted and united couple.
c)because the look in Julia’s eyes when they danced betrayed her and Tom wasn’t discreet.
2.Michael considered Tom to be …
a)a very good type of clean honest English boy.
b)boring and dull.
c)an articled clerk.
3.After the talk with Michael Dolly felt …
a)disappointed and embarrassed.
b)satisfied, elated and happy.
c)old, lonely, unhappy and desperately jealous.
4.Roger came home…
a)for Christmas before going to Vienna.
b)for Easter before going up to Cambridge.
c)from Eton for a holiday.
5.Tom’s father, a solicitor in the North of London, …
a)bought Tom a partnership.
b)was still making Tom an allowance.
c)died several years ago.
6.Tom earned …
a)two hundred pounds a year.
b)four thousand pounds a year.
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c) four hundred pounds a year. 7. Joan Denver was …
a) a young girl with a pretty little face and a stub nose, a good deal made-up.
b) a twenty-two-year-old girl in shabby clothes and without any make-up.
c) a young plump girl with dark eyes and blonde hair. 8. Joan Denver …
a) has never heard ofAvice Chrichton.
b) andAvice Chrichton tossed up for Roger.
c) was at the RADAtogether withAvice Chrichton.
9.Tom advised Julia to accept theAmerican offer because… a) she could make a packet and have a grand time there.
b) she could make new friends there.
c) he was terribly anxious to get rid of her.
10.Michael began to look about for the cast for the play … .
a) Called “Yesterday” b) called “Nowadays” c) called “ShaftsburyAvenue”.
11.Julia remembered Jane Taibout’s maxim:
a)Articulate with distinctness, don’t be afraid of your voice.
b)Don’t be natural. The stage isn’t the place for that. The stage is make-believe. But seem natural.
c)Don’tpauseuntilit’snecessary,butthepauseaslongasyoucan.
2.Prepare the passage for artistic reading and translate it into
Russian. Comment on the relations between Julia and Dolly.
“Julia’s reputation was so good … whatever was going on.” (Chapter 16)
3.WritealetterJoanDenvermighthavewrittentoherformerfellowstudent about her talk with Julia. Remember that she is quite impressed by the result. Describe how she managed to arrange this meeting.
Culture Corner
1. Do you know that …
Boxing Day, the first day after Christmas Day, is a public holiday in the UK?
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ShaftsburyAvenue (Chapter 20) is a street in central London leading from Piccadilly Circus where there are many West End theatres?
RADA(Chapter20)standsfortheRoyalAcademyofDramaticArt, a famous school in London for people who want to become actors?
Why were these proper names mentioned in the book? 2. Do some research and tell you group-mates about:
–public holidays in Great Britain
–the West End of London
–theatres in Great Britain
You may find the following links helpful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.visitbritain.com
Part VI (Сhapters 21–25)
Pre-text Discussion
1.Do you think Tom is devoted to Julia?
2.Avice Chrichton has been mentioned in the previous chapters. What role is she going to play in Julia’s life?
3.Julia doesn’t feel at ease with her son. Is she on close terms with her mother?
4.Read Part VI and check your answers.
General Comprehension
1. Who said it?
1.“Be a sport, Julia. It’ll please her so much”.
2.“Sooner or later you were bound to fall in love and that would end it”.
3.“Why, what I don’t know about acting isn’t worth knowing”.
4.“It’s high time I was getting back. It would be hell if I really came to the conclusion that the theatre wasn’t worth the fuss and bother they make about it”.
5.“I’ve been selfish. I’ve ruined your life, I didn’t know what I was doing”.
6.“She won’t believe me when I tell her you an’ me ‘ad tea together, she’ll think I’m kidding…”
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2. Who did it?
1. WhoadvisedMichaeltoengageAviceChrichtonforthenewplay? 2. WhoallowedTomtostayintheflatrentfreetilltimeimproved? 3. Who told Julia that her acting had gone all to hell?
4. Who made a fuss over Julia because she was in poor health and needed rest?
5. Who wrote to Julia brisk, business-like letters? 6. Who suggested having a cup of tea?
3. Mark the following sentences as true (T), false (F), not stated (NS). Correct the false statements.
1.Julia promised Avice to put in a word for her in her talk with Michael as Michael always followed her advice.
2.Tom openly admitted that he had fallen in love with Avice and was engaged to her.
3.Julia considered Avice to be a hard mercenary little thing that was ready for everything in order to get a part.
4.Julia’s only consolation was Charles. In her letter to Charles she wrote about the awkward position she was in and asked for his advice.
5.Julia couldn’t keep from considering Jimmie Langton’s advice: “Don’t be natural … The stage is make-believe. But seem natural”.
6.Julia’s mother asked Julia to tell her friends that her husband was in business.
7.When Charles visited Julia in St Malo Julia realized that he still adored her.
8.When a man who looked like a clerk or a shop-walker recognized Julia in the Edgware Road she was taken aback.
4.Answer the following questions:
1.Why did Tom have to take money from Julia?
2.Was Tom in love withAvice? WasAvice in love with Tom?
3.How did Julia feel after Tom had left?
4.Was Julia going to keep her promise given to Tom?
5.Did Julia have a friend who could console her in her grief?
6.Why was theatre Julia’s only refuge?
7.Did Julia manage to play with her accustomed virtuosity again? What helped her?
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8.Why did Julia decide to stay with her mother?
9.Did she manage to brighten the “drab and monotonous life” of Madame Falloux and Mrs Lambert?
10.How did Julia’s attitude to Charles change?
11.Why did Julia feel ill at ease?
12.Was Julia a good-looking woman?
13.What did she want to put to the test? What conclusion did she
make?
14.What did the young man who “picked Julia up” in the Edgware Road look like?
15.What made him start speaking to Julia?
16.What conclusion did Julia make?
Working with the Vocabulary
1. Read Part VI, find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents:
Chapter 21 nineteen to the dozen
can’t do smth for toffee to beat about the bush to take in
Chapter 22
to confide smth to smb
to make a clean breast of smth to be hard on smb
that’s another pair of shoes
Chapter 23
to show smb / smth off to be confined to smth
Chapter 24 seductive; seduction
Chapter 25 ill at ease
there is no denying it to put on airs
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2.Remember the contexts in whichWord List VI items are used, say who or what they referred to.
3.Find the English equivalents for these:
Chapter 21
замолвить за кого-либо словечко измотавшийся время от времени
Chapter 22
ее единственная утешение, отрада невезение
отвлечь чье-либо внимание, отвлечь от мыслей
Chapter 24
внезапная острая боль убегать, удирать
Chapter 25
впутываться (во что-либо неприятное)
4. Explain what it means:
Chapter 21 to be a sport
Chapter 22 to be in front
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
Chapter 23 a parish church
Chapter 24 to fall for smth
Chapter 25 to pick smb up a blank face
5. Fill in prepositions where necessary:
A.with (4), at (2), of (2), out of, to, into, upon, round, by (2), for (2), in (4)
1. “You ought to know me well enough … now to know that I would never let sentiment interfere … business. (Chapter 21)
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2.She spent a wretched day, unable to think … anything else, and angry … herself because she could not put Tom … … her mind. (Chapter 22)
3.“Tom is very useful … us; if we want an extra man we can always call … him, and it’s convenient having him … the corner when I want someone to play golf … me. (Chapter 22)
4.… One night when she came into her dressing-room … the end … the play, exhausted … all the emotions she had displayed she found Michael sitting there. (Chapter 22)
5.They sat together … a little while … silence, and Julia grew calmer … spirit. Her heart was filled ... a great love … Michael. (Chapter 22)
6.She arrived … Paris … the afternoon, and when she was shown … her suite … the Ritz, she gave a sigh of satisfaction. (Chapter 23)
B.of , in, off, , about, in for, on, for (2),at, to (2)
1.I am all for speaking the truth but you were a bit hard … poor
Ann.
2.With his elder brother Jack always felt ill … ease. He could confide his secrets only … his friends.
3.He can’t sing … toffee. There’s no denying … it.
4.I can’t believe you have fallen … that old trick of his. Tough
luck!
5.The headmaster was always prepared to put … a good word for his former pupils, but never showed their achievements …
6.Do you realize what you are letting yourself … …? So, don’t beat … the bush and make a clean breast … everything … your
parents. They are sure to help you.
6. Translate into Russian:
1.The public must be pretty naïve to be taken in so easily by the door-to door salesmen.
2.You’ll have to practice that trick a little more before you can show it off.
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3.Tell me straight what you want me to do without beating about the bush.
4.The firm’s plans were confided only to the chairman and the directors.
5.I don’t want to be hard on the man but I’m going to give him a piece of my mind.
6.Arthritis confined him to bed for a month, but he carried a stiff upper lip.
7.Ann is always putting on airs and pretending she’s posh speaking with her former classmates.
8.Stop beating about the bush and tell me why you are here.
9.Why not make a clean breast and tell them you took the money?
10.When he felt shy and ill at ease at parties his friends would say: “Stop being a wet blanket and come and dance!”
11.Running ten miles is hard on the knee joints.
7.Guess the word or word combination by its definition (revise the vocabulary of the previous parts):
1.to deceive, to fool;
2.very quickly, without stopping;
3.not relaxed;
4.spending a lot of money on things that are not necessary;
5.to be very bad at smth;
6.to tell smb you trust about personal things;
7.to be as strong (clever, etc.) as the opponent;
8.an undertaking that is risky;
9.sexually attractive;
10.to show smth / smb to a lot of people because you are proud
of it;
11.to attract attention, to be clearly visible.
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