- •Трунченкова н.Н., Беловенцева м.В. Методические указания по сборнику рассказов по домашнему чтению ‘From the Cradle to the Grave’
- •Tea by Saki
- •I. Expressions under study:
- •III. Give corresponding words or word combinations from the active vocabulary:
- •IV. Find the English equivalents of:
- •XI. Pick out the words and word combinations describing tea ceremony. Make up a story using them (10-12 sentences).
- •XII. Insert the correct preposition if necessary:
- •XIII. Insert the correct modal verb and comment on its meaning:
- •XIV. Insert the correct article if necessary:
- •XV. Give your own preface of the story (5-7 sentences).
- •XVI. Provide a short summary of the important plot events (the whole story should not be told or irrelevant details repeated).
- •XVII. Correct the false statement using the conversational formulas of disagreement:
- •XIX. Which aphorism reflects the idea of the story best of all (if any)? Justify your point of view. Translate them into Russian:
- •XX. Suggest a picture to illustrate the story. Do not draw the picture but say in 25-30 words what should be in it.
- •IV. Find the English equivalents of:
- •IX. Match the following:
- •X. Paraphrase the italicized parts of the following sentences:
- •XI. Translate into English using the active vocabulary:
- •XII. Insert the correct preposition if necessary:
- •XIII. Insert the correct modal verb and comment on its meaning:
- •XIV. Insert the correct article if necessary:
- •XV. Give your own preface of the story (5-7 sentences).
- •The Colonel’s Lady
- •IV. Find the English equivalents of:
- •V. Transcribe the following words and pronounce them:
- •XIII. Insert the correct modal verb and comment on its meaning:
- •XIV. Insert the correct article if necessary:
- •XV. Give your own preface of the story (5-7 sentences).
- •XX. Suggest a picture to illustrate the story. Do not draw the picture but say in 25-30 words what should be in it.
- •IV. Translate into English using the active vocabulary:
- •V. Find the English equivalents of:
- •VI. Match the following:
- •VII. Transcribe the following words and pronounce them:
- •VIII. In the text find the words that have the following meanings:
- •IX. Explain what is meant by:
- •XV. Insert the correct modal verb and comment on its meaning:
- •XVI. Insert the correct article if necessary:
- •XVII. Give your own preface of the story (5-7 sentences).
- •XXII. Suggest a picture to illustrate the story. Do not draw the picture but say in 25-30 words what should be in it.
- •IV. Translate into English using the active vocabulary:
- •X. Transribe the following words and pronounce them:
- •XXI. Suggest a picture to illustrate the story. Do not draw the picture but say in 25-30 words what should be in it.
- •IV. Translate into English using the active vocabulary:
- •IV. Find the English equivalents of:
- •XII. Explain what is meant by:
- •XVII. Insert the correct article if necessary:
- •XVIII. Give your own preface of the story (5-7 sentences).
- •A Bit of Singing and Dancing
- •IV. Find the English equivalents of:
- •V. Transcribe the following words:
- •VI. In the text find the words that have the following meanings:
- •VII. Match the following:
- •VIII. Explain what is meant by:
- •IX. Combine the following to make collocations:
- •X. Paraphrase the italicized parts of the following sentences:
- •XI. Translate into English using the active vocabulary:
- •XII. Think of the situations in which you would use the following (3-5 sentences):
- •XIII. Pick out the words and word combinations which come in handy while describing a promenade in the summer. Make up a short story using these expressions.
- •XIV. Insert the correct preposition if necessary:
- •XV. Insert the correct modal verb and comment on its meaning:
- •XVI. Insert the correct article if necessary:
- •XVII. Give your own preface of the story (5-7 sentences).
- •XXIII. Which aphorism reflects the idea of the story best of all (if any)? Justify your point of view. Translate them into Russian:
- •XXIV. Suggest a picture to illustrate the story. Do not draw the picture but say in 25-30 words what should be in it. Appendix 1
- •Appendix 2
IV. Find the English equivalents of:
размышления
глаза собаки, умоляющие вывести ее на прогулку
вышесказанный
осторожность, осмотрительность
сделать предложение
откладывать
безжалостный
V. Transcribe the following words and pronounce them:
the Alps, dilatory, Norwegian, Mediterranean, Minorca, perpetual, half-mourning, fowls, frown, solemn.
VI. In the text find the words that have the following meanings:
no longer young and rather fat;
behavior that shows you find smb. sexually attractive but are not serious about them;
disagreement or refusal;
a light high ringing sound;
something that is said or written that refers to or mentions another person or subject in an indirect way;
the state of being saved from harm or danger;
happening or achieving something at the end of the process;
too extreme to be expressed in words.
VII. Match the following:
settled plague
matrimonial approach
sentimentally state
home conviction
dilatory consideration
married minded
dainty circle
cattle porcelain
VIII. Explain what is meant by:
decent-minded
home influences
working majority
a tangle of small streets
the last vestiges of dainty porcelain
a rapturous outbreak of congratulations
IX. Translate into English using the active vocabulary:
Завещанное наследство позволило ему забыть о стесненных обстоятельствах.
У него широкий круг знакомств.
Он упрямый и самодовольный, поэтому он мне неприятен.
Она мечтала о тихой семейной жизни.
Ему было приятно вернуться в лоно семьи.
X. Think of the situations in which you would use the following (3-5 sentences):
… just as one might admire the Alps without feeling that one wanted any particular peak as one’s own private property.
… were watched with the straining eagerness which a group of unexercised terriers concentrates on the slightest movements of a human being who may be reasonably considered likely to take them for a walk.
… go together through the prescribed stages of congratulations, present-receiving, Norwegian or Mediterranean hotels, and eventual domesticity.
As the thing was going to be done he was glad to feel that he was going to get it settled and off his mind.
Is it one lump? I forgot. You do take milk, don’t you? Would you like some more hot water, if it is too strong?
… if he ……, she would have urged him to take a week’s holiday at the seaside.
… appeared to find life amusing and to have a fairly good time in spite of her straitened circumstances.
XI. Pick out the words and word combinations describing tea ceremony. Make up a story using them (10-12 sentences).
XII. Insert the correct preposition if necessary:
His lack _____ initiative _____ this matter aroused a certain amount _____ impatience _____ the sentimentally minded women-folk _____ his family circle.
Thousands _____ women, _____ this solemn afternoon hour, were sitting _____ dainty porcelain and silver fittings, _____ their voices tinkling pleasantly _____ a cascade _____ solicitous little questions.
Cushat-Prinkly had never expounded his views _____ the subject _____ his mother; all her life she had been accustomed _____ tinkle pleasantly _____ tea-time _____ dainty porcelain and silver….
Now, as he passed _____ a tangle _____ small streets that lead indirectly _____ the elegant Mayfair terrace _____ which he was bound, a horror _____ the idea _____ confronting Joan Sebastable _____ her tea-table seized _____ him.