- •Міністерство освіти і науки україни
- •Contents
- •Передмова
- •F. Scott Fitzgerald winter dreams
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put questions to the italicized words.
- •2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Choose the right word:
- •3. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or the Past Perfect.
- •2. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Fill in the sentences with the words from the box.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Change the following sentences from the story:
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
- •2. Fill in the sentences with the words from the box.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the proper article: a (an), the, ø.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •2. Choose the correct pronoun.
- •3. Change the following sentences from the story into indirect speech:
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •Parts III-IV
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the phrasal verbs.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put questions to the italicized words.
- •2. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •3. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match the words with the definitions.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal verb.
- •2. Use the verbs in brackets in an appropriate tense.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •2. Put the right form of the adjectives and adverbs in brackets.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the synonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Decide why the italicized nouns are used with a, the, ø.
- •2. Translate the sentences below into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the word in bold.
- •3. Change the following sentences from the story:
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Match up the antonyms. Consult the dictionary.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •2. Put the correct reflexive pronoun.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
- •3. Fill in the correct word derived from the words in bold.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Choose the correct word.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
- •Grammar Tasks
- •1. Change the following sentences from the story into direct speech.
- •2. Complete these sentences with prepositions.
- •Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Discuss the following:
Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks
1. Answer the questions:
Were Mabel’s parents alive?
Who helped her to keep the big house?
Did the girl have friends?
Did she suffer from poverty?
Where did she feel infinite security?
What happened to Mabel one evening?
How did the doctor act in this situation?
2. Discuss the following:
The doctor couldn’t swim, he was ill, he was so afraid of dark water in the pond. What helped him to have the courage to rescue Mabel?
“Fergusson being a mere hired assistant, was slave to the country.” Why did the author call the doctor a slave?
P. 133-143
Exercises
Pre-reading Tasks
1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the story. When in doubt refer to the dictionary:
clayey, towel, gulp, instantaneous, conscious, divest, dive, cushion, extricate, convulsive, thighs, triumphant, murmur, issue, yearning, passion, knee, tangled, patient, honour, violation, stubborn, rhapsodic, effort, inevitable, assurance, steady, ached, doubt, fountain, breast, falter, jeer, alter, vibrating, release, wrap, scullery, voile, blindly.
Vocabulary Tasks
1. Find in the story the English for:
великий ковток; пильно подивитися в очі; знімати одяг з кого-небудь; смертельно боятися; пірнати у ставок; вагатися; промоклий одяг; диванна подушка; визволятися; кінцівка; розкиданий одяг; приводити до тями; танути; прошепотіти у дивному захопленні; сплутане вологе волосся; бути огидним комусь; обнімати коліна; оголені плечі; відчути запах стоячої води; болісне зусилля; глузувати; змінений голос; загорнутися в ковдру; волочитися; побачити на мить; схлипувати.
2. Use one of the words or word combinations from the box in an appropriate form to fill each gap.
extricate clayey unfathomable groan dimly gulp lap stagnant mortally scattered muffled drooped |
He drank a … himself, and put some into her mouth.
He could not bear the smell of the dead, … water, and he was … afraid of his own health.
He was afraid now, because he felt dazed, and felt … that her power was stronger than his, in this issue.
It was as if she had the life of his body in her hands, and he could not … himself.
She saw her clothing lying … .
With an inward … he gave way, and let his heart yield towards her.
Then, as it were suddenly, he smelt the horrid … smell of that water.
He wanted her eyes not to have that terrible, wistful, … look.
She sat still, away from him, with her face … aside, and her hands folded in her … .
A tumbling, … noise from within the dark house startled him.
3. Translate the underlined words and explain the meaning of prefixes and suffixes in them.
Then he removed her saturated, earthy-smelling clothing, rubbed her dry with a towel, and wrapped her naked in the blankets.
Her eyes remained full on him, he seemed to be going dark in his mind, looking back at her helplessly.
“No,” he answered truthfully.
“I walked in [the pond]. But I went in overhead as well.”
And she was passionately kissing his knees through the wet clothing, passionately and indiscriminately kissing his knees, his legs, as if unaware of everything.
This introduction of the personal element was very distasteful to him, a violation of his professional honour.
In view of the delicate flame which seemed to come from her face like a light, he was powerless.
Her eyes were now wide with fear, with doubt, the light was dying from her face, a shadow of terrible greyness was returning.
Her eyes were wistful and unfathomable.
He watched her relentlessly, as she knew.
He went and bent to kiss her, gently, passionately, with his heart’s painful kiss.