- •Английский язык
- •Introduction
- •C o n t e n t s
- •Text 1: the luncheon
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 2: cooking skills
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 3: the tv blackout
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 4: lost in the post
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 5: butterflies
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 6: destructive forces in life
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 7: hotel room hell by Michelle Renee
- •What is essential for you in accommodation?
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 8: online robbery
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 9: shopping for one
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 11: wind song
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 12: a custom house incident
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 13: removal
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 14: mr. Mouse in the house
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 15: the test by Angelica Gibbs
- •2) Have you ever had any funny/unpleasant experiences in cars?
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 16: do you speak english?
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 17: cruise (letters from a young lady of leisure)
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 18: wistful, delicately gay (extract)
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 19: the enormous radio (Part I)
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Text 20: the enormous radio (Part II)
- •Vocabulary Training
- •Texts for skimming
- •Appendix 1. Plan for text analysis
- •A very dangerous invention
- •Analysis
- •Appendix 3. Sample analysis: character portrayal
- •Character analysis for Text 1 “The Luncheon”
- •Appendix 4. Glossary of literary terms
- •Appendix 5. Useful vocabulary describing characters
- •Negative qualities
- •Positive qualities
- •Neutral qualities
- •Linking your ideas
Vocabulary Training
I. Understanding Word Meaning from Context.
Choose a word or a word group that has the same meaning as the word in bold.
1. He tried to dance but he was too clumsy and awkward.
a. stout b. tall c. ungraceful d. short
2. You rescued her from an embarrassing situation.
a. judged b. saved c. caused d. met
3. We thought that, since we were in that area, we’d stop and see them.
a. when b. later c. because d. then
4. Don’t be such a bore, let’s go and take part in the party!
a. shy person b. lazy person
c. unsociable person d. uninteresting person
II. What are the noun, the adjective and the adverb that have the same root as the verb “to hesitate”? Use one of these words in an example of your own.
III. a) What can you exchange? Give an example. (Note: to exchange smth for smth).
b) What/who can you hire? What for?
IV. a) Look up the word “plain” in a dictionary. What meanings does it have? In what meaning is it used in the text? (There is a noun with this root in the text)
b) The sentence “I had nothing to declare, and declared it” is an example of a pun. It is based on different meanings of the verb ‘to declare”. What are they?
V. a) Note that the word “point” can be both a noun and a verb. Look it up in a dictionary. What new phrasal verbs and idioms have you found? Make up en example to illustrate one of them.
b) Note that the word “part” can be both a noun and a verb. In what meaning is it used in the text?
VI. Note the pattern “it is/was no use + V-ing”. It is used to say that there is no point in doing something because it will not be successful or have a good result.
Make up an example of your own with this pattern.
NB. Mind the pronunciation of the noun “use” (voiceless [s] vs. voiced [z] in the verb “to use”).
VII. Note how each of the following idioms and expressions is used in the text:
1) on one’s (own) initiative; 2) to shake hands; 3) in due course; 4) to be due (+to V).
Now use each of these expressions in an example of your own. Try to relate them to your own experience.
Recounting and Interpreting Details
1. Where did the narrator see Miss Bradley?
2. What did she look like?
3. Why did the narrator decide to help Miss Bradley?
4. What impression did Miss Bradley produce on the narrator when they went by ferry together?
5. How did it happen that the narrator and Miss Bradley went through customs together?
6. Why wasn’t the narrator’s luggage delivered to him in time?
7. What did the narrator think about the whole incident later? Comment on the last two paragraphs.
8. Find a word to describe Miss Bradley’s occupation.
9. What impression does the narrator produce on you? Use details from the text to support your point of view. Why had Miss Bradley chosen him to take her through customs?
10. What kind of person was Miss Bradley, to your mind?
Creative Follow-up Work
I. Imagine the events preceding this story. Tell about Miss Bradley’s plan of action.
II. Find in the text as many words and expressions related to the topics “travelling by train” and “customs” as you can. Use them to make up a short story of about 150 words.