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Файл:Английский язык. Занятия по роману Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда «Великий Гэтсби» The Great Gatsby (домашнее чтение)
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Chapter 7
Study active vocabulary and do the tasks below.
1) to squint at
2) in a grudging way
3) to be bribed by
4) to fall in like a card house
5) broiling
6) commutation ticket
7) awning
8) well-concealed
9) well-disciplined
10) pigsty
11) morbid
12) astounded
13) to fuss
14) vigil
15) to peer down
16) inviolate
17) overripe
18) to herd smb into
19) a commotion
20) make personal remarks
Task 1. Reproduce the situations in the book where the vocabulary of the
list is used.
Task 2. Give the English equivalents of the following, using your active
vocabulary.
1. Разбойничья физиономия
2. Неохотно
3. Свинарник
4. День выдался – настоящее пекло
5. Сезонный билет
6. С хорошо скрытой неприязнью
7. Вымуштрованный
8. Вглядываться
9. В нем тогда есть что-то чувственное, перезрелое
10. Мы были загнаны в эту гостиную
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Task 3. Match the words to make phrases. Make up 5 sentences, using
any of these word-combinations.
1) to drive
2) to slam
3) it gets crisp
4) on the verge
5) his temper
6) a flurry
7) to slip
8) to mirror
9) to cause
10) impassioned
11) competitive
a) cracked a little
b) of dust
c) precipitately
d) sulkily away
e) his unbelief
f) a row
g) the door
h) gibberish
i) in the fall
j) of tears
k) firmness
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Task 4. Give all possible derivatives from the words below.
To bribe, passion, to compete, to commute, to violate.
Task 5. Give back translation of the following, using your active
vocabulary.
1. To make personal remarks.
2. What kind of a row are you trying to cause in my house.
3. You’ve got to make your house into a pigsty.
4. “I’ll see if there’s any sign of a commotion”.
5. Myrtle Wilson was peering down at the car.
6. If you’re such a snob, why did you invite him to lunch?” – demanded
Jordan crossly.
7. Don’t be morbid.
8. The room, shadowed well with awnings, was dark and cool.
Task 6. Translate into English, using your active vocabulary.
1. Когда новых участников больше нет, вся программа распадается
как карточный домик.
2. Было трудно бегать под палящим солнцем.
3. Дважды она была почти готова рассказать всё.
4. Адвокат выступил с пылкой речью в её защиту.
5. Они услышали внизу какой-то шум.
6. Эти права должны оставаться неприкосновенными.
Я была поражена тем, что она может разговаривать на десяти языках.
7.
8.
С хорошо скрытой неприязнью он протянул широкую, плоскую руку.
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Discussion
Task 7. Answer the questions.
1. Why did Gatsby fire all the servants?
2. How can you describe the characters’ behavior?
3. What emotions did Mrs. Wilson feel while staring at Tom?
4. Why did Gatsby and Tom have a row in the hotel?
5. Who won the row?
6. What are the key scenes of the chapter? How do they make you feel?
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Task 8. Characters’ words.
Match the lines from the chapter with the characters’ names. Explain why
they are said.
“The rumor is… that that’s Tom’s girl on the telephone”. Gatsby
“I wanted somebody who wouldn’t gossip”. Daisy
“The bles-sed pre-cious! Did mother get powder on your old
yellowy hair? Stand up now, and say “How-de-do”.
…
Jordan
…
Work in pairs and continue the task.
Task 9. Imagination.
1. What image or pictures can you draw after reading the chapter?
2. What would you do if you were any of the characters?
3. Describe the events of the chapter through one of the characters’ eyes.
(Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, Jordan) or make a dialogue.
4.
Which of these idioms could illustrate the chapter and people’s
emotions? Why?
to have butterflies in your stomach
to be thrilled to bits
to lose your temper
to be bored stiff
to be on edge
to keep your cool
to get cold feet
to break your heart
a change of heart
to be down in the dumps
Idioms
Task 10. Critical thinking. Analyze the situation of the chapter.
How is the aspect of “arguing” represented in the chapter and the whole
story? Why are the reasons for arguing in the society?
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Task 11. Read the following idioms about arguing, explain and illustrate
them with your own examples, try to use active vocabulary and
say how they can be used to describe the events and characters
of the chapter.
To spoil for a fight
To throw down the gauntlet
To cross swords
Sparks fly
All hell breaks loose
To fight like cats and dogs
A shouting match
A slanging match
A running battle
Task 12. Match the idioms from the list to the explanation.
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1. If you want to emphasize that they argue very angrily.
2.
If someone clearly wants an argument and tries to provoke a person
into arguing.
3. A noisy argument in which people raise their voices.
4. An informal way of saying that an angry argument starts.
5. An argument in which people insult each other (informal).
6. An argument that continues for a long period of time.
Which idiom/idioms can illustrate some scenes in the chapter and which ones
could be said by the characters?
Task 13. Which idioms can you use discussing your own experience and
attitude to arguing? Why?
Grammar
Task 14. Study the information below.
Meaning
MODAL + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
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Modal verbs: must/should/can/could/may/might
To refer to the past
To refer to unreal situations
To show that the activity was different from what we wanted
To say how confident we are that something has happene
Must + Have + Past Participle
Express deduction, a logical conclusion, probability
She’s tired; she must have worked hard the whole day.
Can’t/Couldn’t + Have + Past Participle
Express negative deduction (impossibility in the past)
She can’t have passed such an easy exam.
Could + Have + Past Participle
Express past reference about something that was not carried out
You could have done it. (You didn’t do it)
May/might + Have + Past Participle
Express the possibility that an action took place in the past
My daughter may/might have lost the money. (It is possible that she lost the
money.)
Should + Have + Past Participle
Indicate that the past obligation was not fulfilled or carried out
You should have sent the letters. (But you didn’t lock it.)
Task 15. Complete the sentences choosing the right form:
1.
Sam always does really well at school. She ______________________
(study) a lot.
2.
That man has a big house and a very expensive car. He _______________
_________________(have) a lot of money.
3.
You ______________________________ (practise) a lot before you
gave your speech. It was not so great as everybody expected.
4. When Carry got home yesterday, there were beautiful roses in the vase.
Her boyfriend_________________________________ (buy) them.
Where is my bag? I don’t remember. I ____________________________
5.
(leave) it in the office.
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6. It ___________________________ (be) warm outside. That man in
the street is not wearing a jacket.
7.
All my plants ____________________________ (be) dead! I forgot
to ask my neighbour to water them before I left for my holiday.
8. Tim is late! He _____________________________ (miss) the train.
9.
There’s rubbish all over my garden! Children ______________________
(play) a lot.
10.
What an amazing cake you’ve made! You _________________________
(like) cooking.
Task 16. Find more examples in the chapter.
Task 17. Make three questions using the grammar and active vocabulary
to ask your groupmates.
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Chapter 8–9
Study active vocabulary and do the tasks below.
1) a fog-horn
2) inexplicable
3) to clutch at a hope
4) tranquil
5) frantically
6) to be made by force
7) folding-chair
8) rotten
9) to make the most of smth
10) unscrupulous adj
11) garrulous
12) a forlorn hope
13) a fender
14) perceptible
15) deranged by grief
16) stratum (pl strata) n
17) to throw dust into smb’s eyes
18) squeamishness
19) a token
20) unrestrained
21) to get sick and tired
22) a drizzle
23) to throw over
24) a straightforward person
Task 1. Reproduce the situations in the book where the vocabulary of the
list is used.
Task 2. Give the English equivalents of the following, using your active
vocabulary.
1. Накрапывающий дождь
2. От вас нет покоя!
3. Несдержанный
4. Вы мою телеграмму получили?
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5. Символ
6. Обезумев от горя
7. Чуть заметное колыхание
8. Переднее правое крыло
9. Напрасная надежда
Task 3. Give the possible derivatives of the words in bold below.
Drizzle, sick, restrain, perceive, fold.
Task 4. Give the Russian translation of the following passage.
About five o’clock our procession of three cars reached the cemetery… Daisy
hadn’t sent a message or a flower.
Task 5. Translate into English, using your active vocabulary.
1. Все как один утверждали, что слышали необъяснимый шум.
Её подруга лихорадочно била её по лицу, надеясь привести в чувство.
2.
3.
Обычно он был очень прямым человеком, и было странно видеть,
что он избегает ответа.
4. Меня уже тошнит от твоего нытья.
5. Не вводите меня в заблуждение.
Эта передача была отменена по причине брезгливости некоторых
6.
зрителей.
7. Ян обычно не настолько болтлив!
Последнее, в чем нуждается человек, раздавленный несчастьем,
8.
это совет или наставление.
Наши школьные дни были приятными, мягкими и спокойными.
9.
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Discussion
Task 6. Answer the questions:
1. Why couldn’t Nick sleep the whole night? What did he do?
2. What was Gatsby’s story of his youth?
3. What was Daisy like when she met Dan Cody?
4. Who do you think Daisy loved?
5. When was Daisy and Nick’s last meeting?
6. What happened in Wilson’s garage?
7. What was the end of the story? Would you like to change it?
8.
What are the key scenes of the chapter do you remember? How do they
make you feel?
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Task 7. Characters’ words
Match the lines from the chapter with the characters’ names. Explain why
they are said.
“I can’t describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved
her, old sport. I even hoped for a while that she’d throw me over,
but she didn’t, because she was in love with me too. She thought I
knew a lot because I knew different things from her…”
“I’ll call you about noon”. Gatsby
“Then he killed her”. Mr. Wilson
… …
Nick
Work in pairs and continue the task.
Task 8. Imagination.
1. What would you do if you were any of the characters?
2.
Which of these idioms could illustrate the chapter and people’s
emotions? Why?
3. What’s your impression after reading the chapter?
4. What image or pictures can you draw after reading the chapter?
5. Describe the events of the chapter through one of the characters’ eyes.
(Gatsby, Mr. Wison, Daisy, Tom) or make a dialogue.
Idioms. Personality
Task 9. Critical thinking. Analyze the situation of the chapter.
How is the aspect of “personality” represented in the chapter and the whole
story?
Task 10. Read the following idioms about personality, explain and
illustrate them with your own examples, try to use active
vocabulary and say how they can be used to describe the events
and characters of the chapter.
Wouldn’t say boo to a goose
Don’t lift a finger
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