- •Pamela Lyndon Travers
- •Assignment I
- •V. Answer the following questions on Chapter I. Use the active vocabulary:
- •VI. Render the story from Chapter 2 according to the following outline:
- •VII. Translate in writing:
- •IV. Read and translate into Russian:
- •V. Answer the following questions. Use the active vocabulary:
- •VI. Review the active vocabulary of the two assignments. Make up 10 sentences with it for your mates to translate. They should be neither too difficult nor too easy.
- •V. Read and translate in writing:
- •VI. Answer the following questions. Use the active vocabulary:
- •V. Read and translate in writing:
- •VI. Give a summary of the story "The Bird Woman". Write the key words and use them while speaking.
- •VII. Answer the following questions on the story "Mrs Carry". Use the active vocabulary:
- •VIII. Review the active vocabulary of Assignments III and IV. Make up 10 sentences with it for your mates to translate. They should be neither too difficult nor too easy.
- •V. Write out all the proverbs you meet in the chapters. Explain in English their meaning. Learn them by heart.
- •VI. Read and translate in writing:
- •VII. Answer the following questions. Use the active vocabulary:
- •VIII. Make up a micro-situation on any topic you like. Use at least 10 word-combinations from your active vocabulary of the whole book. Learn and tell it by heart. Topics for general discussion
“Mary Poppins”
Pamela Lyndon Travers
Travers, P. L. (born Aug. 9, 1899, Maryborough, Queen., Australia, died April 23, 1996, London, Eng.) in full Pamela Lyndon Travers, original name Helen Lyndon Goff, Australian-born English writer known for her Mary Poppins books, which have been translated into more than 20 languages and were the basis for the successful motion picture Mary Poppins (1964).
Travers went to England in 1924 and became a dancer and actress, appearing mostly in plays of William Shakespeare. She also worked as a journalist and became friendly with the poets William Butler Yeats and AE(George William Russell), with whom she shared an interest in myth. AE published some of her poems inThe Irish Statesman. Her first book, Mary Poppins (1934), about a magical, good-hearted, and exceedingly efficient nanny, was an immediate success. Two years later, after she began writing sequels, Travers decided to write full-time. She traveled throughout Europe and the United States lecturing and gaining new material for her stories. From 1965 to 1971 she served as writer-in-residence at such colleges as Radcliffe, Smith, and Scripps. She later served as a contributing editor (1976–96) to Parabola, a journal on myth and mythology. Later works include several travel books and a collection of essays, What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story (1989).
Assignment I
(Stories 1, 2)
I. Read the proper names:
Mary Poppins, Mr and Mrs Banks, Jane, Michael, Barbara, John, Katie Nanna, Admiral Boom, Ben, Herbert Alfred, Cinderella, Robinson Crusoe, Mrs Brill, Ellen, Robertson Ay.
II. Translate and transcribe the words given below:
dilapidated, lopsided, queue, absent-minded, threepenny-bits, bang, old-fashioned, bother, gracefully, banisters, disobey, smack, miraculous, fierce, haughtily, tiptoe, stodgy, grasshoppers, cloak, crumbs, farewell, contemptuously, superior, sniff, cot, cork.
III. Learn the active vocabulary. Reproduce the situations with the given phrases:
to follow smb's directions (4)
to come to the conclusion (that) (4)
to advertise (to put an advertisement in smth) (4)
warning (to warn smb of smth.) (4)
to spare money (5)
to provide a reference for smb (5)
to wipe one's nose (7)
to undo a bag (8)
to look one's best (13)
IV. Translate into Russian, pay attention to the use of the active vocabulary:
1. I came to the conclusion that he'd been lying. 2. Her former employers have provided excellent references for her. 3. Though the concert wasn't advertised, everybody knew it would take place. 4.I tried to warn him, but he wouldn't listen. 5. It took us much time to undo the bags and to put everything in their places. 6. Unfortunately I can't spare any money and buy that dictionary so far. 7. If you want to sell your old sofa, why not put an advertisement in the local paper? 8. The police are warning motorists of possible delays. 9. At the concert Julie looked her best. 10. If you follow these directions, you'll find the house very quickly. 11.Her warnings were ignored. 12. Colin, stop crying and wipe your nose. Colin! Not with your sleeve, take a handkerchief.