Marry Poppins Ass 6

Ass 6

Pre-reading Tasks

I. Translate the sentences in writing:

1. He knew, the moment he opened his eyes, that something was wrong but was not sure what it was.

2. The hot, heavy feeling inside him made him do the most awful things, and as soon as he’d done them he felt extraordinary pleased and glad and thought out some more at once.

3. Then he ran away with Miss Lark’s angry, outraged voice screaming in his ears, and his body almost bursting with the exciting weight of that heavy thing inside him.

4. Suddenly his elbow, knocking against the inkpot, upset it, and the chair and the desk and the quill pen and his own best clothes were covered with great spreading stains of blue ink.

5. Five minutes later, Michael found himself standing in his stained clothes in a corner of the nursery, facing the wall.

6. He walked on, swaggering a little, going as slowly as he dared and pretending that he didn’t really want to see what it was.

7. Suddenly the atmosphere seemed to grow bitterly cold, and the wind became so icy, that Jane and Michael hut their eyes against it.

8. Were going round the world, and only looked in for a moment, thank you all the same.

9. It seemed to Jane and Michael then as if the whole world like the compass, were spinning round and that they were in the middle of the spin.

Read part of chapter VI “Bad Tuesday” on pp. 51-57 ending with “… the works of Merry –go-Round”. Prepare a good reading and translation of the passage beginning from “Trough the bars fence…” on p. 53 and ending with “… he didn’t feel the least sorry” on p. 54

Vocabulary Tasks

I. Look through the text one more time and find the synonyms to each of the following words. Look up the pronunciation of the words in the dictionary.

Odd _________ Invent __________

Enlarge_______ apologize________

Disobedient _________ collide with _______

Intentionally __________ surprised____________

Ignore ______ prohibited _____________

Whiten _____________ occurrence _____________

Impolitely _______________ rush _____________

Discipline ______________ completely_________

Be pleased __________ circled _______________

Attract ______________ occur ________________

Make believe ____________ meaningfully ____________

Place __________ appear ________________

Say hello _________

II. Pay your attention to the comparative of “well” (weller) (p. 54, I’m not ill. I’m weller than you”. How can you explain this comparative form?

III. Here are several expression taken from the text. Explain the meaning of them in English. Reproduce the context in which they are used. Then make up sentences of your own.

1. to be in disgrace p. 52

2. to go right with sb. p. 53

3. sound asleep p. 53

4. to get out of bed the wrong side p. 54

5. to quicken one’s pace p. 55

6. to pull oneself together p. 55

7. to shiver with cold p. 56

IV. Write out of the text the words and phrases relating to the description of Michael’s behavior on the Tuesday, the place they found themselves in and the people they met there.

Reading-Comprehension tasks

I. Using the words and phrases from the previous task, speak about Michael’s behowiour and the place and the people.

II. Discuss in class:

1. Why was Michael naughty that day?

2. What did Mrs. Bank think of her son?

3. What did Mary Poppins notice in the distance while she and the children were walking in the garden? What was that? Describe the thing. What was it for?

4. What did Mary Poppins decide to do afterwards? Where did they find themselves?,

III. Render the conversation between Mary Poppins and the Eskimo in indirect speech

IV. Dramatize it.