11. Answer the questions and do the given assignment:

a) 1. Where did Philip Slack work? What were his duties? 2. Give the detailed description of the library? Why did Philip come down to the basement? 3. What was his attitude towards books and reading? 4. What was the common thing of two books: “Stage Fire” and “the Last Testament”? 5. What was Philip reaction when he realized that these two stories could be traced to Harriet Scrope’s novels? 6. Comment on the Charles’ statement: “Fiction is a very debated form” 7. Would you agree with Philip’s belief that there are a limited number of plots in the world? 8. Describe Philip’s writing experience. Did he become a writer? 9. What attracted Philip’s attention in the book by Dowager Lady Moynihan? 10. Describe the atmosphere in the library, while Philip was sleeping? 11. How many people were there in the library? What were they doing there? 12. How do you understand the metaphor “the steam of the social soup”? Do you agree with such comparison? 13. What did you come to know about Thomas Chatterton?

b) 1. What is the general slant of the story? 2. To what literary mode does this excerpt belong, e. g. the realistic novel, science fiction, fantasy, etc.? 2. Point out the sentences employed in the text to describe the gloomy atmosphere in the basement of the library. Pay attention to the different shades of light and darkness. 3. List the words from the passage which belong particularly to the vocabulary of a library. 4. Trace the changes of Philip’s emotional state while pondering over books and life. 5. What facts about Philip’s life did you read about in the excerpt? Are they given implicitly or explicitly? 6. Explain and discuss the effectiveness of the metaphor “the steam of the social soup” for conveying the visitors’ appearance and odour in the main library. 7. How does the author describe Philip’s attitude towards books? What makes the description convincing? 8. What contrast in mood and atmosphere do you detect be­tween the whole text and the last paragraph? 9. Indicate the lexical and syntactical devices used to depict the character of Philip Slack: a) which words and phrases help the reader to understand his character? Is the description a complete one? b) how are his thoughts and hesitations shown? c) is there a lot of figurative language in the story? Give examples of the epithet, metaphor, simile.

12. Give a summary of the text dividing it into several logical parts.

13. Retell the text a) close to the text; b) as if you were Philip Slack.

14. Act out the situations given below. Use the phrases and word combinations from the text:

1. Philip tells his friend about his discovery concerning the similarity of styles and plots in Harriet Scrope and Harrison Bentley’s novels. 2. Philip and Charles talk about fiction as a very debated form. 3. Philip’s wife inquires about the visitors of the library. 4. Professor Brillo and his colleague discuss the influence of Thomas Chatterton on different poets.

15. Write your own ending of the story. Share it with the students of your group and decide which of the different possible endings seems most likely.

16. Read the novel “Chatterton” by Peter Ackroyd, and say whether it has come up to your expectations. What do you think the point of the story is?

17. Write an essay praising your favourite contemporary novelist and advancing reasons why other members of the class would enjoy this writer’s novels/ stories.

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

1. Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Ukrainian.

2. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian:

A. 1. My son has begun to come along very well in French since the new teacher was appointed. 2. The attempt did not come off as well as we had hoped. 3. The picture I took of the baby did not come out. 4. He has come down in the world. 5. The old aunt's coming along nicely. 6. The food didn't come up to my expectations. 7. I'd like to know how she came by that black eye. 8. I tried telling a few jokes but they didn't come off. 9. I can’t find the book of reference in linguistics. 10. To be promoted to top manager Miss Temple needed the highest references as competition was very stiff. 11. I was referred to the secretary. The speaker referred to his notes. 12. He often referred to me for help. 13. The delegation was composed two days before and no changes were permitted. 14. I have been writing composition for two hours. 15. No one could edit composition better than Hardy Smith. 16. He advertised for the rare books in the local newspaper. 17. He is doing his research into the chemical composition of plants. 18. He is a very good advertisement for country doctor. 19. Mark was one of the bravest spirits in our group. 20. He considered the spirit of the law more important than the letter of the law. 21. With such team spirit our team is certainly to win. 22. The territory of the campus is not large, so with a little of imagination you will find a way home. 23. I imagine he will resign next month. 24. His imagination led him to believe he was being persecuted. 25. Her imagination compensates her lack for her experience.

B. 1. The hotel is opposite the church. 2. He has played opposite her in many productions. 3. We sat at opposite ends of the table to/ from each other. 4. This material absorbs water like a style. 5. He absorbed all information within several seconds. 5. I like absorbing documentary about ancient times of Slavonic tribes. 6. The writer was absorbed into the imaginary world of his book and noticed no real world around him. 7. The government is going to make an announcement about tax increases. 8. We were shocked by the announcement that mayor was resigning. 9. Whinson suddenly announced that he was leaving. 10. The wedding announcement appeared on the 4^th of July. 11. There's no point in your coming to my classes if you're not going to read recommended books. 12. She always tries to book the cheapest air tickets as she purchases them in advance. 13. The woman can’t be an open book there is always some mystery in her. 14. Chemistry is a closed book for me. 15. She is in Mike’s good book. 16. Mister Harrison is the sort of lawyer who does everything by the book. 17. Tony was finally brought to book for counterfeiting her styles in writing. 18. You’d better take a leaf of Ann’s book. She never misses classes. 19. I have an English test tomorrow, and I haven’t cracked a book yet. I have to go. 20. Who is in charge of censorship of television programmes. 21. You have a taste for literature. Why not try yourself as a censor?