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c) His grey eyes had an air of fixed absorption in some secret worry, his cheeks,
thinned by two parallel folds and a long, clean – shaven upper lip, were framed
within Dundreary whiskers;
d) Eighty years of age, with his fine, white hair, his dome- like forehead, his little,
dark grey eyes and an immense while moustache, which drooped and spread
below the level of his strong jaw, he had a patriarchal look, and in spite of lean
cheeks and hollows at his temples, seemed master of perennial youth;
e) This very singular- looking man was of medium height and strong build with a
pale, brown face a dust- coloured moustache, very prominent cheekbones, and
hollow cheeks;
f) “All hair and spirit” as somebody once said about her, with fearless blue eyes,
a firm jaw and a bright colour, whose face and body seemed too slender for her
crown of red- gold hair;
g) A tall woman, with a beautiful figure, which some member of the family had
once compared to a heathen goddess, stood looking at these two with a
shadowy smile;
h) He had never committed the imprudence of marrying, or encumbering himself
in any way with children;
i) He flushed; his flushes passed rapidly over his flat cheeks and centered between
his eyes, where they remained, the stamp of disturbing thoughts;
j) He was no longer young, with hair going grey, and face – a narrower replica of
his father’s, with the same large drooping moustache – decidedly worn.
Express your attitude to these characters. Name their positive and negative
sides. Give examples from the text to support what you say.
IX. Looking at the characters’ names, discuss Galsworthy’s choices and the
character traits the names imply. How does Galsworthy’s storytelling style –
with its lengthy narratives and frequent interior monologues – reflect the
society he’s writing about? Is he a reliable narrator?
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X. With everything he possesses, why is old Jolyon so lonely? Considering his
era, what does the opera mean to him? What point is Galsworthy making by
having old Jolyon go to the opera? What happens to him there?
XI. What possible reasons are there for these words:
“ when a Forsyte was engaged, married, or born, the Forsytes were present; when a
Forsyte died – but no Forsyte had as yet died; they did not die; death being
contrary to their principles, they took precautions against it, the instinctive
precautions of highly vitalized persons who resent encroachments on their
property”.
Style Analyses
1. Speak on the tone of the author in the chapter. Illustrate the cases of irony.
2. Comment of the lexical and root repetitions in the text of Chapter I and their
functions.
3. Speak on the cases of reported speech. Whose voices do you hear through it?
How do you account for the abundant use of reported speech? Illustrate its
usage.
4. Speak on the functions of detachment in the chapter.
5. Speak on the epithets and their characterizing role.
6. Comment on the most prominent lexical and root repetition (old, loneli-/-y,
moderation) and its function in the novel. Note also synonym, repetition an
syntactic parallelism.
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1.1.2 Assignment II (chapters III-IV)
Active vocabulary:
1) deplorable – very bad; deserving severe disapproval;
2) sturdy – strong, firm, esp. in body;
3) to swill ( out, down ) – to wash ( an area ) by pouring large amounts of water;
4) repast – a meal;
5) to betray – to be unfaithful to or disloyal;
6) countenance – the appearance or expression of a person’s face;
7) to perceive – to come to have knowledge of something through one of the
senses (esp. the sight);
8) fruition – fulfillment (of plans, aims, desired results etc.);
9) inarticulate – not clearly expressed;
10) to mutter – to speak ( usually angry or complaining words ) in a low voice,
not easily heard;
11) to distract ( from, by ) – to take a person’s attention off something, esp. for
a short time;
12) morose – bad- tempered, unhappy, and silent;
13) succulent – juicy;
14) to sneer ( at ) – to smile or laugh with a curl of the lips;
15) cranky – very strange, odd; unsteady, shaky;
16) hostility – a state of extreme unfriendliness; enmity;
17) controversy – a fierce argument or disagreement about something, esp. one
that is carried on in public over a long period;
18) sermon – a religious talk given as part of a Christian church service, usually
based on a sentence from the Bible; a long and solemn warning or piece of
advice;
19) motto – a short sentence or a few words taken as the guiding principle of a
person, of a school etc.;
20) aglow ( with ) – bright with colour or excitement;
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21) fluster – a state of being flustered;
22) to omit – to not include, by mistake or on purpose; leave out;
23) nude – not wearing clothes; naked;
24) to gamble ( away ) – to risk ( money, property etc. ) on the result of
something uncertain, such as a card game, a horse race etc.;
25) outlandish – strange and not pleasing;
26) interminable – seeming endless, esp. when very uninteresting;
27) to peer – to look very carefully or hard, esp. as if not able to see clearly;
28) to divulge ( to ) – to tell or make known what has been secret;
29) meagre – not enough in quantity, quality, strength etc.;
30) to daunt – to cause to lose courage or determination.
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
crewel, ormolu, onyx, champagne, oscillation, dumb, bosom, sterile, bombazine,
chaste, rectangular, scheme, dividend, primeval, oyster, ingenuity, mastication,
eligible, mortification, tobacco, dogmatism, grievance, exhortation, stucco, edifice,
pilgrimage, suction, tussock, rhythmic, morsel.
Passage for good reading and written literary translation. If you don’t know
how to pronounce the words, consult the dictionary: Ch. III “No wonder he
was upset….. June had left her wine-glasses full of wine”.
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from the active
vocabulary:
1. There is now open …. between the two leaders.
2. She was …… from her work by the noise outside.
3. The sky was ….. with the setting sun.
4. Make sure that fence you are putting up is good and …..
5. He …… a subtle change in her manner.
6. The condition of this room is …….
7. The examination questions were rather ……
8. He …… away the fortune his grandmother left him.
9. After much delay, the plan to build the new hospital finally came to ……
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10. I got in an awful …… at the traffic lights, so I failed my driving test.
11. The doctor ……. That the President had been ill for some time before he died.
12. In writing this report I have ….. all unnecessary details.
13. Some members of the government are beginning to …… about the prime
minister.
14. She …… through the mist, trying to find the right path.
15. The lie detector tests have been the subject of much …….
III. Give synonyms to the following words:
deplorable, sturdy, inarticulate, cranky, fluster, interminable
IV. Put in the missing prepositions:
1. Get a bucket and swill the yard ….
2. Don’t sneer …. their religion.
3. She was distracted ….. the noise outside.
4. Her face was aglow ….. excitement as she met him.
5. Who divulged our plans …. the press?
6. Roger gambled …… all his money in a Las Vegas casino.
V. Fill in the gaps with whisper, mutter, mumble. Explain your choice:
1. Why do I have to do all the work ? She …..
2. He …. something I didn’t hear.
3. Frank leant over and …… something in her sister’s ear.
VI. Prepare 2 sentences in Russian with the words from the active vocabulary
for your groupmates to translate.
After your read
VII. Who is speaking to whom, and what are they talking about?
1. “ For want of a few hundred of these fellows we haven’t paid a dividend for
years, and look at the price of the shares”.
2. “ They’ve no business to be . Some fashionable nonsense”.
3. “ You don’t know the value of money – he said, avoiding her eyes”.
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4. “ That little thing is at the bottom of it all - he mused; Irene’d never have
thought of it herself”.
5. “ Four hundred fiddlesticks ! Don’t tell me you gave four hundred for that?”
6. “ Then why did she marry me? Was his continual thought”.
7. “ If you’ve nothing better to do on Sunday, come down with me to Robin Hill”.
8. “ Let women into your plans, and you never know where it’ll end. Ah – women
are the devil!
VIII. Why is Swithin portrayed at the “junction of two curiously opposite
emotions, a lingering and sturdy satisfaction that he had made his own way
and his own fortune, and a sense that a man of his distinction should never
have been allowed to soil his mind with work”? Discuss why this is or is not an
ingrained truth about the Forsytes.
IX. Is it true that Soames got a “secret and intimate feeling” out of his
property, and out of Irene he got none? Why is it so important for Soames to
build his country house? What does it represent to him? To Irene? To
Bosinney?
Style analyses
1. The similes the author uses and their stylistic effect.
2. What kind of lexics prevails when the Forsytes speak of pieces of art; their
family affairs?
3. Comment on the examples of the author’s irony.
4. Speak on the effect produced by the repetition as a device used by the
author.
5. Discuss the direct and indirect methods of characterization used.
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1.1.3 Assignment III (chapters V-VII)
Active vocabulary:
1) commodious – having plenty of space;
2) nook – a sheltered private place;
3) receptive – willing to consider new ideas;
4) to distress – to cause a great suffering of the mind or body; pain or great
discomfort;
5) disclosure – a fact, esp. a secret fact, which is disclosed;
6) gratitude ( to, for ) – the state or feeling of being grateful; kind feeling towards
someone who has been kind;
7) virtue – goodness, nobleness, and worth of character as shown in right
behaviour; a good quality of character or behavior;
8) ridiculous – silly or unreasonable;
9) remorse – great sorrow and a feeling of guilt for having done wrong;
10) conjugal – of marriage; connubial;
11) to sympathize ( with ) – to feel or show sympathy or approval;
12) composure – calmness; a steady unworried manner or state of mind;
13) to baffle –to cause to have difficulty in understanding and confuse so much
that effective action is impossible;
14) to flare up – to show sudden increased anger, activity, or violence;
15) to plunge into - to push, jump, or rush suddenly or violently all the way into
something deep, thick etc.;
16) confirmation – something that gives support or certainty to a fact, belief,
statement etc., for example by providing more proof or by stating that
something is true or correct;
17) to ponder ( on, upon, over ) – to spend time in carefully considering ( a fact,
difficulty etc.);
18) to succeed ( in ) – to do what one has tried or wanted to do;
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19) to crave ( for ) – to have a very strong almost uncontrollable desire for
something;
20) seductive – very desirable or attractive;
21) to swindle (out of) – to cheat someone, esp. so as to get money illegally;
22) peccadillo – a small, unimportant fault or bad action;
23) new- fangled – (of ideas, machines, etc.) new but neither necessary nor
better;
24) to typify – to be a typical example of;
25) to stare (at) – to look steadily for a long time esp. in great surprise or shock;
26) to forsake (forsook, forsaken) – to leave for ever, give up completely;
27) hag – an ugly or unpleasant woman, esp. one who is old and is thought to
be evil;
28) to ostracize - (of a group of people) to stop accepting someone as a member
of the group
29) wag – a clever and amusing talker, usually male;
30) tureen – a large deep dish with a lid, from which soup is served at a table.
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
ménage, hydrangea, nymph, elegance, concertina, tragedy, agony, crumb, axiom,
muslin, morrow, insignia, corpse, transmit, martyr, adamant, earache, liqueur,
desolation, melancholy, acacia, muscle, cyclic, malicious.
Passage for good reading and written literary translation. If you don’t know
how to pronounce the words, consult the dictionary: Ch. VII “He thought of
June…. at the table to eat his dinner”.
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from the active
vocabulary:
1. The fat old man looked ….. in his tight pink trousers.
2. Fireman ……into the burning building to rescue the child.
3. There has still been no official ….. of the report.
4. The people who refused to join the strike have been …… by their workmates.
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5. He was filled with ……. after hitting the child.
A
B
a shady nook
virtue
a commodious
bed
a man of the highest
mind
6. Among her many ……. are loyalty, courage and truthfulness.
7. She ….. her worldly possessions to devote herself to the church.
8. We were …… to find that the children had not returned.
9. He is no very …… to my suggestions.
10. His wife seems willing to overlook his little …… with other women.
11. In the course of the trial a number of sensational …… were made.
12. Successive committees have ……. over this problem without finding a
solution.
13. Keep calm: don’t lose your ……
14. The police admitted that they were completely …… by the lack of evidence.
15. His anger …… momentarily before he regained self- control.
III. a) give synonyms to the following:
receptive, disclosure, ridiculous, new - fangled, hag, composure, seductive
b) make up sentences of your own with these words.
IV. Fill in the gaps with to stare, to gaze, to glare, to peep, to glance. Explain
your choice:
1. We ….. through a crack in the fence, and saw her talking to a strange- looking
man.
2. I lay back on the sand and ….. at the stars above.
3. She ….. at the page for several minuets, trying to understand.
4. Sarah ….. at her father, “ How dare you sat that”.
5. I saw them ….. at each other as if they shared a secret.
V. a) make phrases by joining together a word from column A with a word
from column B:
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a conjugal
house
a receptive
chopping vegetables
a seductive
suspicious
confirmation of my
in the garden
new-fangled gadgets for
voice
b) write a short fairy-tale of your own using these phrases.
VI. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian phrases:
1) слабость свойственная человеческой природе;
2) чувство благодарности;
3) дух соперничества;
4) потерпеть финансовый крах;
5) инстинкт самосохранения;
6) старая рухлядь;
7) совершить громадную, нелепую ошибку;
8) час райского наслаждения;
9) плод брачного союза;
10) озадаченное лицо.
VII. Prepare 2 sentences in Russian with the words from the active
vocabulary for your groupmates to translate.
After you read
IX. Translate the sentences below into Russian remembering the text of the
chapters you’ve read:
1. Skin-like immaculateness had grown over Soames, as over many Londoners:
impossible to conceive of him with a hair out of place, a tie deviating one- eight of
an inch from the perpendicular, a collar unglossed!
2. In this conflict throughout the house the woman had gone to the wall.
3. It was hard, when a man worked as he did, making money for her – yes, and
with an ache in his heart – that she should sit there, looking – looking as if she saw
the walls of the room closing in.
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