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Файл:Чтение и интерпретация текста роман У.С. Моэма «Луна и грош». Учебно-методическое пособие.pdf
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- despicable motive, (27)
- asceticism, (27)
- unanimity, (28)
- rhymed couplets, (28)
- copiousness, (28)
III. Fill in the blanks with the following words: marvel at; throw light on; rub shoulders with; set down;
throw a chill upon; call the attention; have one’s place
1. I _________________ the felicity of their style, but with all their copiousness they say nothing to me.
2. I want to ______________________ that part of his tragic career which has remained most obscure.
3. Sometimes a man survives a considerable time from an era in which he ________________________into one
which is strange to him.
4. He had a real desire to _______________________________ of the wise to a talent which was in the highest
degree original.
5. Those who had come in contact with Strickland in the past, discovered to their amazement that authentic genius
had ________________________________ with them.
6. His son’s well-meaning efforts to interpret the facts of his father’s life ___________________________ the
father’s admirers.
7. I should never have ________________my recollections if the hazards of the war had not taken me to Tahiti.
IV. Match the words below with their definitions:
a) authentic, b) malicious, c) cunning, d) pretentiousness, e) eccentricity, f) virtue, g) notoriety, h) humbug,
i) immortality, j) outrageous.
1) of undisputed origin or authorship; genuine;
2) unconventional or irregular behavior;
3) the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed;
4) the ability to live forever; eternal life;
5) shockingly bad or excessive;
6) intending or intended to do harm;
7) behavior showing high moral standards;
8) [mass noun] deceptive or false talk or behavior; [count noun] a hypocrite;
9) an attempt to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed;
10) having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.
Cultural Background
Explain the following realia and give the context in which they are used in the book:
♦ Velasquez;
♦ El Greco;
♦ Sir Walter Raleigh;
♦ The Virgin Queen (Elizabeth I);
♦ Christie’s;
♦ King George V;
♦ Tahiti;
♦ George Crabbe;
♦ Alexander Pope;
♦ Keats;
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♦ Wordsworth;
♦ Coleridge;
♦ Shelley.
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Reading and Translation
Read and translate the following extracts:
1) (p. 21–22) – “The artist, painter, poet ………………. His life and character.”
2) (p. 25) – “Dr. Weitbrecht-Rotholz had dealt in such terms ………… and bad cooking.”
3) (p. 27) – “I have never failed to read the Literary Supplement ……… censure, failure or success.”
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Questions and Tasks for Discussion
I. Answer the questions:
1. In the narrator’s opinion, what is the most interesting thing in art? (p. 21)
2. When did Maurice Huret write the article in the Mercure de France which rescued Strickland , an unknown
painter, from oblivion? (p. 22)
3. Does the narrator agree with the painters who claim that the layman can understand nothing of painting, and that he
can show his appreciation of their works by silence and a cheque-book? (p. 22)
4. What does Dr. Weitbrecht-Rotholz think about human nature? (p. 25)
5. What part of Strickland’s tragic career remained most obscure? (p. 26)
6. What does the narrator mean when he says: “I have subjected my flesh each week to a severe mortification.” (p.
27)
II. Explain the following:
1. His faults are accepted as the necessary complement to his merits. (p. 21)
2. … art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand. (p. 22)
3. The faculty for myth is innate in the human race. (p. 23)
4. A painter’s monument is his work. (p. 26)
5. The pendulum swings backwards and forwards. The circle is ever travelled anew. (p. 28)
III. Speak on:
1. Strickland’s art and the attitude of contemporaries to it. (ch. 1)
2. The narrator’s attitude to the writings of the younger generation. (ch. 2)
Lesson 2 (ch. III–VII)
Vocabulary
Cultural Background
Reading and Translation
Questions and Tasks for Discussion
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Vocabulary
I. Study the words and phrases from the vocabulary list. Reproduce the situations in which they are used
in the book.
1) to seek smb’s acquaintance p. 29 – искать знакомства,
2) to tear smb to pieces p. 30 – раскритиковать; полностью уничтожить,
3) to be friendly disposed to smb p. 32 – чувствовать дружественное расположение,
4) to be a byword p. 32 – войти в поговорку,
5) to take a fancy to smb p. 34 – полюбить, привязаться к кому-л.,
6) to play one’s part with decorum p. 38 – благопристойно играть роль,
7) to be concerned with smb p. 38 – интересоваться (кем-л.),
8) to examine smb at one’s ease p. 38 – рассматривать (изучать) кого-л. свободно,
непринужденно,
9) in due course p. 40 – в своё время,
10) to feel smth amiss p. 40 – чувствовать, что что-то неверно, неправильно.
II. Give Russian equivalents:
- melancholy, (29)
- bashful, (29)
- ridicule, (29)
- pretentiousness, (29)
- apprehension, (29)
- frivolous, (30)
- dowdy, (30)
- rapacious eyes, (30)
- stinging humour, (30)
- perversity, (31)
- disconcerting, (31)
- impropriety, (32)
- admirable mother, (33)
- formidable tea-parties, (34)
- facetiousness, (37)
III. Give corresponding nouns and translate them into Russian:
- generous,
- mean,
- promiscuous,
- frivolous,
- eccentric,
- hypocritical,
- timid,
- sprightly,
- lavish,
- absurd,
- odd,
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- respectable,
- prosperous,
- treacherous,
IV. Fill in the blanks with the following words: meander; saunter; throw in; screw up; take notice of smb;
rave about; claim; despair.
1. In my timidity I wandered up and down the street while I ___________________ my courage to ring the bell.
2. I wanted no one to ______________________, so that I could observe these famous creatures at my ease.
3. “Mrs. Strickland is ______________________ your book,” she said.
4. The fine day and Miss Waterford’s new hat persuaded them to ____________________through the Park.
5. When there was a pause she ______________________ just the right remark to set the conversation going.
6. New arrivals ____________________ my host’s attention, and I was left to myself.
7. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, _____________________ smoothly through green pastures and shaded by
pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vasty sea.
8. I _____________________ of ever expressing myself with such aptness or with such fluency.
V. Match the words below with their definitions:
a) flippancy, b) aptness, c) aspersion, d) vagary, e) chastity, f) fatigue, g) repartee, h) commonplace, i) alacrity.
1) an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something;
2) a feeling of extreme physical or mental tiredness;
3) not unusual; ordinary;
4) brisk and cheerful readiness;
5) the state or practice of refraining from extramarital sex;
6) an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior;
7) the quality of being appropriate or suitable;
8) a sharp, witty, or aphoristic remark made as a reply;
9) lack of respect or seriousness; frivolousness.
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Cultural Background
Explain the following realia and give the context in which they are used in the book:
♦ Chelsea;
♦ Bloomsbury;
♦ Victoria Station;
♦ Whistler;
♦ William Morris;
♦ Rugby;
♦ Norfolk;
♦ Mudie’s Library.
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Reading and Translation
Read and translate the following extracts:
1) (p. 29) – “It was not without melancholy…… come into her own.”
2) (p. 30–31) – “In those days conversation was still cultivated as an art…..and how much he was likely to make out
of it.”
3) (p. 33) – “She was a woman of thirty-seven….and unaffected.