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4. They regarded one another as an investment; certainly they were solicitous of
each other’s welfare, glad of each other’s company.
5. Of all the brothers he was least remarkable in mind and person, and for that
reason more likely to live for ever.
X. Who is speaking to whom, and what are they talking about?
1. “ You’ve no business to say such a thing! – she exclaimed”.
“ Have any my wishes anything to do with it?”
“ Soames is a brick! It’s splendid for Phil – the very thing for him”.
“ It’s very nice for dear June; but I hope they will be careful – it’s rather
dangerous!”
“ Don’t understand him! – he hurried out – why not? – you can see he’s one of
these artistic chaps”.
XI. Discuss the behaviour of Soames and his wife. Pay attention to their
attitude to each other.
XII. Make a summary of all the motives that made Irene marry Soames. Do
you think them serious enough?
XIII. Why does Soames like art so much? Give your reasons.
XIV. What was the prime motive of James existence?
XV. Discuss old Jolyon’s peccadillo in detail. Do you feel pity for him or not?
Style analyses
1. Speak on the effects produced by the means and devices used by the author
in the chapter.
2. Comment on the choices of words in the chapter; the author’s usage of the
similes, metaphors. And repetitions of some words and their stylistic effect.
3. The effect of the author’s introduction of the scene “Old Jolyon and his
grandchildren”.
4. The function of Nature in the chapter.
5. The author’s attitude towards old Jolyon and other personages in the chapter.
The devices used to show it: reported speech, asyndeton and polysyndeton;
personification. Speak on the functions of these devices.
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1.1.4 Assignment IV (chapters VIII-IX)
Active vocabulary:
1) inconceivable – too strange to be thought real or possible; impossible to
imagine;
2) to ascertain – to discover ( the truth about something ); to make certain;
3) annuity – a fixed sum of money paid each year to a person for a stated number
of years or until death;
4) to transpire – to become known; to happen;
5) extraction – family origin in a stated place;
6) vice – a bad habit;
7) coincidence – an example of the happening by chance at the same time or place
of two or more events which are similar or related;
8) hearth – the area around the fire in a house, esp. the floor of the fireplace;
9) scorn – strong and sometimes angry disrespect towards a person or thing that is
regarded as worthless;
10) to fetch – to go and get from another place and bring back;
11) imperturbable – that cannot be worried; remaining calm and steady in spite of
difficulties or confusion;
12) concealment – the act of keeping from being seen or known;
13) lavish – very generous or wasteful in giving or using;
14) to stammer - to speak or say with pauses and repeated sounds, either
habitually or because of excitement, fear etc.;
15) to deprecate – to express disapproval of an action etc.;
16) innate – ( of a quality ) which someone was born with;
17) to revive – to become or make conscious or healthy again;
18) vanity – the quality of being vain; unreasonable pride in oneself or one’s
appearance, ability etc.;
19) to overwhelm – ( of feelings ) to make someone completely helpless, usually
suddenly;
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20) guardianship – the position of, responsibility of or period of time as a legal
guardian;
21) gumption – the ability to think and act in a practical way; good sense;
22) executor – a person or bank that carries out the orders in someone’s will;
23) meek – gentle and uncomplaining; accepting others actions and opinions
without argument;
24) precedence – the right to be put or dealt with before others, esp. because of
greater importance;
25) kinship – family relationship;
26) diversity – the condition of being different or having differences;
27) to appall – to shock deeply, fill with fear, hatred, terror;
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
anomaly, recess, cupboard, eccentric, cravat, knapsack, reticule, quadrangle,
thumb, gimcracks, perpendicular, barrack, garret, mesmeric, aluminum, spasm,
interregnum, parchment, claret, libation, brougham, cortege, mourner, triumph,
pageant, tomb.
Passage for good reading and written literary translation. If you don’t know
how to pronounce the words, consult the dictionary: Ch. IX “Aunt Hester made
no reply…. this would upset him for weeks!”
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from the active
vocabulary:
1. He felt rather faint but the fresh air soon …… him.
2. The hospital building programme will have to take …… over the road building
programme.
3. What a ….. , that I was in London at the same time as you!
4. It once seemed ……. that people should travel to the moon.
5. The police are trying to …… exactly who was at the party.
6. We were …… when we heard that she had been murdered.
7. The …… system in that tribe is very complicated.
8. He’s always looking at himself in the mirror. What a …..!
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9. We strongly …… the use of violence by the strikers.
A
B
to ascertain
annuities
to pay pension
praise
a scornful
the facts
a lavish
as a lamb
to be overwhelmed
sense of fun
an innate
by grieve
as meek
kinship
a strong feeling of
laugh
1) meek
a) an angry disrespect
2) extraction
b) family relationship
3) imperturbable
c) to shock deeply
4) vice
d) gentle in nature
5) lavish
e) that cannot be worried
6) kinship
f) the stated origin of a person’s family
7) innate
g) generous or wasteful in giving or using
8) inconceivable
h) ( of qualities ) which someone was born with
10. Let’s wait and see what ……
11. Would you like a whisky? No thanks, alcohol isn’t one of my …..
12. He is an American of Russian ……
13. When the pan of chips caught fire he had the …… to cover it with a damp
cloth.
14. Could you …….me a clean shirt from my bedroom?
15. She …… when she feels nervous.
III. a) make phrases by joining together a word from column A with a word
from column B:
b) write a short fairy- tale of your own using these phrases.
IV. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right:
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9) scorn
i) which is too strange to be thought
10) to appall
j) a bad habit
V. Prepare 2 sentences in Russian with the words from the active vocabulary
for your groupmates to translate.
After you read
VI. Complete the sentences the way the author puts it in the text:
“To Forsyte eyes Bosinney appeared to have no habit, he seemed one of those rare
and unfortunate men who……”
“It’s because he’s busy; people who……”
“He heard them laugh, and thought to himself: …..”
“The principle of this house, - said the architect, was that …..”
“He despised people who were ……”
“After one look at the old face, doctor, hurriedly sent for, announced that……”
“Secretly they felt it unreasonable of Ann to have left them like this ……”
“It had long been known, of course, that Aunt Ann ……”
“It was her final appeal to that unity which ……”
“It was strange and intolerable ……..”
VII. Try to reproduce the context where the following phrases occurred:
a standing desk of large dimensions;
to ascertain his income;
to study foreign architecture;
a puzzled voice;
to swing a cat;
to pay a compliment;
personal vanity;
diversity of life;
final triumph;
a sensible fellow.
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VIII. Describe Bosinney’s room. Compare it with Forsyte’s menage.
IX. Speak about Bosinney’s background. What features of his father was he
especially influenced by?
X. What impression does the description of Ann’s funeral produce on you?
XI. Write a newspaper report of her death.
Style analyses
1. Comment on the author’s usage of the words repeated in the previous
chapters; the effect produced by the enumeration, detachment, simile, and
metaphor (and its type “personification”) in the characterization of the
personages.
2. Speak of the author’s irony (illustrate your judgments).
3. What are the stylistic effects of the other stylistic devices used in this
chapter? Give examples.
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1.2 The Man of Property (Part II)
1.2.1 Assignment V (chapters I-III)
Active vocabulary:
1) to growl ( at ) – to make a deep rough sound in the throat to show anger or give
warning;
2) discrepancy – difference; lack of agreement or similarity;
3) breach – an act of breaking, disobeying, or not fulfilling a law, promise, or duty;
4) laughing-stock – someone or something that is regarded as foolish and causes
unkind laughter;
5) alacrity – quick and willing readiness;
6) to shudder – to shake uncontrollably for a moment, esp. from fear, cold, or
strong dislike;
7) bliss – complete happiness;
8) elusive – difficult to catch, find or remember;
9) to evade – to avoid ( esp. a duty or responsibility ) using deception;
10) clump – a group of trees, bushes, plants, etc growing together;
11) to contemplate – to think about deeply and thoughtfully, esp. when considering
a possible course of action or future event;
12) fastidious – ( typical of a person ) who is extremely difficult to please or
satisfy, esp. disliking anything at all dirty, unpleasant or rough;
13) tumbler – a flat-bottomed drinking glass with no handle;
15) gait – a way of walking;
16) subterfuge – a secret, trick or slightly dishonest way of doing something;
17) compunctious – an awkward feeling of guilt that stops you doing something;
18) scamp – a trouble-making but usually playful child;
19) to exhale – to breathe out ( air, gas, etc. ) in deeply and then exhale slowly;
20) languid – without strength or any show of effort; slow esp. in a graceful way;
21) to wheeze out – to make a rough whistling sound because of difficulty in
breathing;
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22) askew – not properly straight;
23) ancestor – a person from whom one is descended, esp. one who lived a long
time ago;
24) fidelity – faithfulness, loyalty;
25) rascal – a dishonest person;
26) satiety – the state of being ( too much ) filled or satisfied;
27) ruffian – an unpleasant violent man.
I. Transcribe and translate the words below into Russian:
debris, farthing, extras, bargain, crucial, garment, oath, client, embrasure, waltz,
enigma, iris, askance, azaleas, coquette, asparagus, charlotte, whip, serene, fiancé,
pomatum, equipage, baronial, vestibule, akimbo, gallop, boa.
Passage for good reading and written literary translation. If you don’t know
how to pronounce the words, consult the dictionary: Ch. II “Bosinney and June
entered the theatre in silence …. I have an engagement."
II. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with the words from the active
vocabulary:
1. We had to resort to a little harmless …… to organize her birthday treat without
her finding out about it.
2. Come back here with my hat, you young ……!
3. By the time he reached the top of the stairs he was panting and …….
4. The soldier’s cap was slightly ……
5. She stretched out a ……. arm to brush the cigar ash off the couch.
6. He lit his pipe and ……. clouds of smoke.
7. My …….. came from Spain.
8. If you try to …….. paying your taxes you risk going to prison.
9. He had a strange rolling ….. like a sailor on a ship.
10. She didn’t have the slightest ……. about telling me a lie.
11. Dad’s in a bad mood and he …….. at everyone.
12. His silly behaviour made him the …..…. of the office.
13. I’ve been trying to get her on the phone but she seems to be rather …….
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14. There is some ……. between their two descriptions.
15. The doctor ……. the difficult operation he had to perform.
III. a) give antonyms to the following:
discrepancy, alacrity, bliss, elusive, askew, scamp, ruffian
b) write a sentence for each word to show the meaning clearly.
IV. Write these words (numbering 1-10) in the same order as the definitions
that follow:
ruffian, gait, askew, subterfuge, elusive, bliss, alacrity, scamp, fidelity,
compunctious
– difficult to catch, find or remember;
– a trouble making but usually playful child;
– a lawless or recklessly brutal fellow;
– not straight or in the proper manner;
– carriage of the body in going;
– quick and willing readiness;
– a trick or dishonest way of doing something;
– complete happiness;
– an awkward feeling of guilt that stops you doing smth.
– faithfulness;
V. Fill in the gaps with to shudder, to shake, to tremble, to shiver. Explain you
choice:
Jane’s lip began to …… I thought she was going to cry.
I …… at the sight of the dead body.
My hands were ……. so much I could hardly write my name on the exam paper.
Julia …. and pulled her coat more tightly around her.
VI. Prepare 2 sentences in Russian with the words from the active vocabulary
for your groupmates to translate.
After you read
VII. Who is speaking to whom, and what are they talking about?
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“ I can’t make them out, - he said at last; they come to nearly seven hundred more
than they ought!”
“ Not Sunday, dear some other day!”
“ You oughtn’t to stay out so late : it makes you fit for nothing”.
“ The beggar ! he thought. I always knew she’d have trouble with him!”
“ The fellow follows her about with his eyes like a dog – bumpy beggar!”
VIII. Comment on the quotations below:
1. “ She might put her own people off when she liked, he would not have her
putting off his people!”
“ I don’t care if I never get home!”
IX. Speak about the memories of Soames’s courtship.
What impulse did he have to marry?
What impression did Irene produce upon Soames?
What reaction did Irene have to his proposal?
Was Soames persistent? Support your opinion.
X. What are Bosinney’s feelings for Irene?
XI. Compare his relationship with June and Irene.
XII. Why does old Jolyon call Soames “a man of property”?
XIII. Speak about Irene’s drive with Swithin in detail. What had happened to
them?
XIV. Describe the qualities that Swithin thinks are important in Irene.
Style analyses
1. How does J. Galsworthy use direct and reported speech to characterize the
personages?
2. What’s the role of the descriptive passages? What for does the author
introduce the scent of azaleas? What do those details symbolize?
3. Say why the author uses litotes in the following sentences:
a)The qualities of both men had contributed to this not inconsiderable
discrepancy;
b) Soames, with his set lips and his squared chin, was not unlike a bulldog.
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