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Reading and Translation
Read and translate the following extracts:
1) (p. 147) – "I had to bite my lip to prevent myself from laughing. ………………. sought refuge in a shrug of the
shoulders and taciturnity. "
2) (p. 148) – “Until long habit has blunted the sensibility,. ……… His satisfaction is a sense of liberation.”
3) (p. 152) – “When a woman loves. …… to leave me alone.”
4) (p. 154–155) – “A man's work reveals him…….the innermost secrets of his soul.”
5) (p. 157) – “But if I was puzzled and disconcerted, I was not unimpressed……I saw a tormented spirit striving for
the release of expression.”
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Questions and Tasks for Discussion
I. Answer the questions:
1. When did the narrator encounter Strickland? (p. 145)
2. Why did Strickland want to walk along with the narrator? (p. 145)
3. How did the narrator try to rid of Charles Strickland? (p. 146)
4. Did Strickland feel the smallest twinge of remorse for Blanche Stroeve's death? (p. 149)
5. How did Dirk Stroeve marry Blanche? (p. 150)
6. When did Strickland lose interest in Blanche? (p. 151)
7. What did Strickland expect Blanche to do when he left her? (p. 152)
8. What was the narrator’s answer to Strickland’s question: “Do you really care a twopenny damn if Blanche Stroeve
is alive or dead?" (p. 153)
9. Why did, in Strickland’s opinion, Blanche Stroeve commit suicide? (p. 153)
10. Why did Strickland seek the narrator’s acquaintance?" (p. 153)
11. Did Strickland think of death? (p. 154)
12. Why did the narrator want to see Strickland’s pictures? (p. 154)
13. Did Strickland want the narrator to express his opinion when he showed him his pictures? (p. 155)
14. How many canvases did Strickland show? (p. 155)
15. Had Strickland sold any picture? (p.155)
16. For how many years had Strickland been painting? (p. 155)
17. What did he paint? (p. 155)
18. Did the narrator recognize at once the beauty and great originality of Strickland’s pictures or was he bitterly
disappointed? (p. 155)
19. Who were the narrator’s favourite painters at the time when Strickland showed his pictures to him? (p. 156)
20. Could the narrator understand Strickland’s strange character after seeing his pictures? (p. 157)
II. Explain the following:
1. In giving to the character of his invention flesh and bones the writer is giving life to that part of himself which finds
no other means of expression. His satisfaction is a sense of liberation. (p. 148)
2. There was in my soul a perfectly genuine horror of Strickland, and side by side with it a cold curiosity to discover
his motives. (p. 148)
3. "A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her," he said, "but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he
makes on her account." (p. 150)
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4. His life was strangely divorced from material things, and it was as though his body at times wreaked a fearful
revenge on his spirit. The satyr in him suddenly took possession, and he was powerless in the grip of an instinct which
had all the strength of the primitive forces of nature. (p. 151)
5. "I don't want love. I haven't time for it. It's weakness. …Women are the instruments of my pleasure; I have no
patience with their claim to be helpmates, partners, companions." (p.151)
6. Unconsciously, perhaps, we treasure the power we have over people by their regard for our opinion of them, and
we hate those upon whom we have no such influence. (p. 154)
7. It's a preposterous attempt to try to live only for yourself and by yourself. (p. 154)
8. A man's work reveals him. (p. 155)
9. The impression that Strickland's pictures gave me was disconcerting; and the fact remains, always to reproach me,
that I never even thought of buying any. I missed a wonderful chance. (p. 155–156)
10. It was evident that colours and forms had a significance for Strickland that was peculiar to himself. (p. 158)
11. If I were writing a novel, rather than narrating such facts as I know of a curious personality, I should have invented
much to account for this change of heart. (p. 159)
12. I might have found his motives in the influence of the married relation. There are a dozen ways in which this might
be managed. (p. 159)
13. I suppose his life during this period was romantic, but he certainly saw no romance in it. (p. 161)
14. To give my story coherence I should describe the progress of their tragic union, but I know nothing of the three
months during which they lived together. I do not know how they got on or what they talked about. (p. 161)
15. Perhaps she knew with her intelligence that the chains she forged only aroused his instinct of destruction, as the
plate-glass window makes your fingers itch for half a brick; but her heart, incapable of reason, made her continue on a
course she knew was fatal. (p. 162)
16. For in men, as a rule, love is but an episode which takes its place among the other affairs of the day, and the
emphasis laid on it in novels gives it an importance which is untrue to life. (p. 162)
17. As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times. (p.
163)
18. I suppose that art is a manifestation of the sexual instinct. (p. 163)
III. Speak on:
1. The narrator’s perception of Strickland’s pictures. (p. 156–158)
Lesson 10. Vocabulary Revision (Lessons 6–9)
1) disreputable;
2) squalid;
3) sombre;
4) detestable;
5) querulous;
6) weird;
7) abominable;
8) disconsolate;
9) woebegone;
10) uncouth;
11) dapper;
12) ludicrous;
13) flippant;
14) brusque.
a) бесцеремонный, бестактный, грубый;
b) нелепый, смехотворный, смешной;
c) неутешный, безутешный, печальный, несчастный;
d) грубый, неотёсанный;
e) пользующийся дурной репутацией;
f) мрачный;
g) грязный, запущенный;
h) отвратительный; мерзкий, плохой, противный;
i) мрачный, горестный, печальный;
j) опрятный, аккуратный; щеголеватый; элегантный;
k) легкомысленный, несерьёзный;
l) капризный, жалующийся, ворчливый;
m) странный, чудной;
n) гнусный, омерзительный; противный.
adjectives
nouns
word-combinations
rueful
inscrutable
smile
eyes
rueful smile
I. Give corresponding nouns:
- comprehend –
- emaciate –
- exasperate –
- rejoice –
- banter –
- resist –
- entreat –
- perplex –
- clean –
- surmise –
- yearn –
- tempt –
- contemplate –
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II. Match the English words with their Russian equivalents:
III. Make up word-combinations matching the given adjectives with the nouns
woeful
sun-baked
gaunt
offhand
frigid
ill-assorted
hackneyed
ruthless
preposterous
callous
fleeting
stupendous
prodigious
eternal
imposing
moving
paramount
odious
streets
face
manner
pair
contempt
building
phrases
man
subject
interest
selfishness
expressions
pilgrim
farce
figure
effort
attempt
chance
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IV. Give synonyms or synonymous expressions:
1) occasionally; on and off –
2) lifestyle characterized by much sitting and little physical exercise –
3) to be short of money; poor –
4) tiredness; physical or mental weariness –
5) a strong feeling of fear, worry, or sadness –
6) a feeling of intense irritation or annoyance –
7) an insulting or mocking remark –
8) the restoration of friendly relations –
9) annoy, make angry –
10) make a humble apology and accept humiliation –
11) close by; readily accessible when needed –
12) be angry (with smb), be mad (at smb) –
13) do one's utmost; try / do one's best –
14) to be puzzled/perplexed –
V. Cross an odd word out
1) laziness, impatience, indolence, inactivity, idleness;
2) caprice, vagary, freak, fancy, gibe, whim;
3) persevering , preposterous, pertinacious , persistent, dogged;
4) nearness, entreaty, closeness, proximity, propinquity;
5) modesty, shyness, self-confidence, diffidence, bashfulness;
6) indifference, aloofness, unconcern, flippancy, apathy;
7) unjust, offensive, injurious, loyal;
8) odious, modest, meek, demure;
9) trivial, bizarre, ordinary, commonplace;
10) squalid, miserable, shabby, sumptuous;
11) frenzied, woebegone горестный, печальный, furious, frantic;
12) inconceivable, incomprehensible, insufficient, inscrutable;
13) mournful, sorrowful, woeful, dapper;
14) obedient, submissive, humble, uncouth;
15) invincible, incredible, indestructible, unconquerable;
16) foolishness, folly, debauchery, stupidity, silliness;
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17) confusion, embarrassment, perplexity, rue, bewilderment;
18) discretion, prudence, reasonableness, torment, wisdom;
19) accidental, casual, premeditated, occasional, odd, random, arbitrary;
20) difficult , heavy , hard, arduous, avid ;
21) rogue, anchorite, cad, villain, scoundrel;
22) detestable, heartrending, repulsive, loathsome, unpleasant , hateful;
23) impassive, dispassionate, passionless, unemotional, squalid;
24) absurd, injurious, odd, ridiculous, funny, laughable, ludicrous.
VI. Review vocabulary lists 6-9 for a test.
Lesson 11 (ch. XLIV–XLVII)
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 see with one’s mind's eye p. 166 – воображать, видеть мысленным взором,
2) to revive one’s interest in smth p. 166 – вновь пробуждать интерес к чему-либо,
3) from time immemorial p. 167 – с незапамятных времён, испокон веков,
4) to put on airs p. 169 – вести себя высокомерно, смотреть свысока на
окружающих,
5) into the bargain p. 174 – в придачу, к тому же, вдобавок,
6) without more ado p. 174 – без дальнейшего промедления,
7) they had a stroke of luck p. 175 – им повезло,
8) to hurry to and fro p. 178 – носиться взад-вперед,
9) (to fight) with all might p. 179 – (драться) изо всех сил,
10) to make enquiries about smb, smth p. 179 – наводить справки о чём/ком -либо.
II. Give Russian equivalents:
- magic wand (167) –
- umbrageous places (167) –
- fleeting impression (167) –
- debonair (168) –
- ingratiating smile (p. 169) –
- reticent (170) –
- singular appearance (172) –
- a trustworthy witness (172) –
- smuggled tobacco (174) –
- adrift (174) –
- hearty breakfast (175)
- niggardly (176) –
- raucous voice (177) –
- listlessly (177) –
- sinister beauty (177) –
- hideous lust (177) –
- shift (178) –
- catcall (178) –
- undersized youth (178) –
- angry altercation (178) –
- insensible (179) –
- an outrageous liar (179) –
1) in depth; fully;
2) precursor, forerunner;
3) roughness, rudeness;
4) peacock flower;
5) activity, fuss, ado;
6) unceremoniousness;
7) cheat, deception, swindle;
8) stubbornness , perseverance;
9) scuffle, fight;
10) deep cut, wound.
a) gash;
b) obstinacy;
c) familiarity;
d) at length;
e) coarseness;
f) flamboyant;
g) predecessor;
h) bustle;
i) fraud;
j) scrimmage.
III. Give corresponding nouns:
annoy –
-
disappoint –
-
ascribe –
-
confess –
-
obsess –
-
endure –
-
adorn –
-
lose –
-
degrade –
-
anxious –
-
vivacious –
-
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IV. Match the synonyms:
V. Fill in the verbs using them in the appropriate form: ascribe, adorn, accompany, desert, result, impair,
look upon, dazzle, hold forth, hint, put up (with), guard, fish, endure, do in,
1. When Stroeve was _______________________at length on the excellence of Monet, he said: "I prefer
Winterhalter."
2. I feel the need to_________________ to him fantastic theories about his predecessors, and it is with a certain
sense of disillusion that I confess he thought about them pretty much as does everybody else.
3. With its jagged outline it is like a Monseratt of the Pacific, and you may imagine that there Polynesian knights
_________________________with strange rites mysteries unholy for men to know.
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4. It is very hot. The colour _________________________________ you.
5. They ___________________ conversation as the great pleasure of life, and for the most part they are entertaining
talkers.
6. He ___________________at undeserved misfortune, and there is no doubt that he looked upon himself as the
victim of injustice.
7. But it was nice to see that any unpleasantness he had endured in his native land had not
____________________________ his ardent patriotism. He frequently declared that England was the finest country
in the world.
8. I could not imagine why Captain Nichols had married her, and having married her why he had not
_______________________her.
9. As he entered the common-room, a monk came in with a huge Bible in his arms, mounted a pulpit which was at the
end of the room, and began the service which the wretched outcasts had to ____________________ as the price of
their lodging.
10. For all I know, this picture may still ________________the parlour of the tumbledown little house somewhere
near the Quai de la Joliette, and I suppose it could now be sold for fifteen hundred pounds.
11. Tough Bill had no patience with an obstinacy which could only _________in loss to himself.
12. Tough Bill was not the man to ________________ with humiliation at the hands of a common sailor. His power
depended on his prestige, and first one, then another, of the sailors who lived in his house told them that he had sworn
to ____________ Strickland __________ .
13. In a little while Tough Bill, __________________by two huge negroes, came in, and it was easy to see that he
was already three parts drunk.
14. He would be in no hurry, but one night Strickland would get a knife-thrust in his back, and in a day or two the
corpse of a nameless beach-comber would be ________________ out of the dirty water of the harbour.
VI. Match the words below with their definitions:
a) ecstasy, b) stoker, c) inviolable, d) fame, e) jester, f) teetotaller, g) grotesque, h) wit, i) disillusion, j) predicament,
k) vagabond, l) discontent, m) sordid, n) affable, o) beachcomber, p) pauper, q) stevedore, r) rite.
1) the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way –
2) disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be –
3) an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement –
4) comically or repulsively ugly or distorted –
5) involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt –
6) the condition of being known or talked about by many people, esp. on account of notable achievements –
7) a religious or other solemn ceremony or act –
8) that must not or cannot be transgressed, dishonoured, or broken; to be kept sacred –
9) a person who habitually plays the fool –