- •Assignments
- •I. Learn the pronunciation:
- •II. Learn the following words and word-combinations in situations from the text of the play:
- •III. Write out the following words with the minimal linguistic context. Supply their transcription and Russian equivalents and learn them.
- •V. Look up in the dictionary the set expressions below. What use does o. Wilde make of these phrases? Name the device he uses.
- •VI. Interpret, paraphrase or explain:
- •VII. Answer the following questions. Preserve the style and the humour of the play where possible.
- •I. Learn the pronunciation:
- •II. Learn the following words and word-combinations in situations from the text of the play:
- •III. Write out the following words with the minimal linguistic context. Supply their transcription and Russian equivalents and learn them.
- •IV. Interpret, paraphrase or explain:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Do the following assignments:
- •Act Three
- •I. Learn the pronunciation
- •II. Learn the following words and word-combinations in situations from the text of the play:
- •III. Write out the following words with the minimal linguistic context. Supply their transcription and Russian equivalents and learn them.
- •IV. Interpret, paraphrase or explain:
- •V. On what is the humorous effect based in the sentences below? Explain how it works:
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Do the following assignment:
- •General Discussion.
- •I. Read the following texts and say what is so appealing about the play.
- •II. Prepare a short report on British drama. Name the best known British playwrights and their world famous plays, e.G. W. Shakespeare, r. Sheridan, o. Goldsmith, b. Shaw, s. Beckett.
- •IV. 1. Questions for discussion:
- •2. Give character-sketches of:
- •Exercises
- •I. Fill in the blanks using active vocabulary:
- •II. Fill in the blanks:
- •III. Match a word in “a” with its equivalent in “b”.
- •IV. Match the words in the two columns.
- •V. Translate into English using active vocabulary.
- •I. Fill in the blanks using active vocabulary.
- •II. Fill in the blanks.
- •III. Match a word in “a” with its equivalent in “b”.
- •IV. Match the words in the two columns.
- •V. Translate into English using active vocabulary.
- •VI. Find in the text of Acts Two and Three English equivalents relating to the topic religion:
- •Act Three
- •I. Fill in the blanks using active vocabulary.
- •II. Fill in the blanks.
- •III. Match a word in “a” with its equivalent in “b”.
- •IV. Match the words in the two columns
- •V. Translate into English using active vocabulary.
- •VI. A. Collect from Acts One to Three:
- •Revision.
- •I. A. Collect from Acts One to Three English equivalents for legal terms related to family affairs:
- •III. Insert articles where necessary.
I. Fill in the blanks using active vocabulary.
Part I
1. Cecily Cardew lives at my place in the country under the … of her admirable governess, Miss Prism.
2. Cecily did not like German. Yet her guardian was very anxious that she should … herself … every way.
3. Miss Prism knew no one (other than Mr. Worthing) who had a higher … of duty and responsibility.
4. Cecily wished Uncle Jack would allow his brother to come down to the country sometimes. Miss Prism and Cecily might have a good … … him.
5. Cecily did not like novels that ended … . They depressed her.
6. Algernon: You must not think that I am wicked.
Cecily: Then you have been … us all in a very inexcusable manner.
7. Cecily hopes that Algernon hasn’t been … a double life. She says that pretending to be wicked and being good all the time would be … .
8. Jack is dressed … the deepest … , with a crêpe hatband and black gloves.
Chasuble: Your brother Ernest dead? I … my sincere condolence.
9. As a man … , so let him … (a proverb).
10. What seem to us bitter trials are often …(pl) in disguise.
11. Chasuble: But surely, Mr. Worthing, you have been … already? Have you any grave … … the subject?
12. Jack: I made arrangements with Dr. Chasuble to be … at 5.30, and I naturally will take the name of Ernest.
Part II
1. Brother John, I have come down to tell you that I am very sorry for all the trouble I have … you and that I intend to … a better life in the future.
2. Algernon: I don’t like your clothes. You look perfectly ridiculous in them. Why don’t you go up and … ?
3. Algernon: If I am occasionally overdressed, I … … … it by being always overeducated.
4. Algernon: I think it(Bunburying) has been … great … . I am in love … Cecily, and that is everything.
5. Ever since Jack confessed that he had a younger brother he (Ernest) had formed the chief … of conversation. Cecily believed that a man who was much … about was always very attractive. That was why she … in love … him.
6. It would hardly have been a really serious engagement if it hadn’t been … off at least once.
7. Cecily pitied any woman whose husband was not called Ernest. Algernon really couldn’t see why Cecily should … … the name of Algernon. It was rather an aristocratic name.
8. Cecily: It is not Mr. Worthing who is my guardian. It is his brother.
Gwendolen: Ah! You have lifted a … from my mind.
9. Cecily: To save my poor boy from the machinations of any other girl there are no … to which I would not go.
10. Gwendolen: Is your name really Jack? – Jack: I could … it if I liked. But my name is certainly Jack.
II. Fill in the blanks.
1. I find I have a headache after all, and a walk might do it … .
2. Cecily picks up the can and begins to … the flowers.
3. Young women are green. My metaphor is drawn … fruit.
4. Miss Prism says that all good looks are a … .
5. Gwendolen: Ernest never mentioned to me that he had a brother.
Cecily: I am sorry to say they have not been on good … for a long time.
6. Gwendolen cannot understand how anybody manages to exist in the country, if anybody who is … does. The country always bores her to … .
7. Cecily takes up the tongs and puts four … of sugar into the cup.
Then she cuts a very large … of cake and puts it on the tray.
8. Jack said it was heartless of Algernon (to eat muffins), … the circumstances.
9. Algernon said that being christened was dangerous and that it might … Jack unwell.