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- •Assignment 1 Chapters I-XI
- •4. Recount the episodes from the novel in which the active vocabulary is employed.
- •5. Ask fact-finding questions on the chapters under discussion using the active vocabulary.
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •Assignment 2 Chapters хп-ххх
- •Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •5. Find good Russian equivalents of the sayings:
- •6. Make up short comic stories based on your own experience. Use the sentences below as suggestions:
- •7. Recall the episodes from the chapters under discussion in which you came across the following words and expressions:
- •8. Point out words of evaluation applying to Walter; to Townsend.
- •9. Paraphrase or explain:
- •10. Say whose utterances these are and what provoked them. Interpret their meaning:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 3 Chapters XXII-XXVII
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II exercises
- •1. A) Define the meaning of these lexical units:
- •2. Translate into Russian. Make up your own sentences with these word combinations:
- •3. Translate these sentences:
- •4. Complete these sentences:
- •5. Recall the situations in which the following words an phrases occur:
- •6. State whose utterances these are and under what circumstances they were made:
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •8. Say who made these utterances and under what circumstances. Discuss the motives of the speaker and the moral implication of each utterance:
- •9. Say why these things happened or did not happen:
- •III. Topics for discussion
- •IV. Questions
- •Assignment 4 Chapters XXVIII-XXXVIII
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •1. Give definitions relying on an English-English dictionary; give the derivatives of the words in bold type:
- •2. Study the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations and sentences; translate them into Russian:
- •3, Make up situations of your own based on your personal experience. Use the phrases given below:
- •4. Recount the situations from the chapters under discussion in which the active vocabulary is employed.
- •5. Paraphrase or explain:
- •6. Say under what circumstances and why this happened:
- •III. Topics for discussion
- •IV. Questions
- •Assignment 5 Chapters XXXIX-xlix
- •I active vocabulary
- •II exercises
- •1. Give definitions using an English-English dictionary; point out the derivatives of the words in bold type:
- •2. Arrange these words and word combinations in pairs of antonyms and say what they mean:
- •3. Note the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations and sentences; translate them into Russian:
- •4. Paraphrase using the active vocabulary:
- •5. Make up situations of your own based on your personal experience. Include the following phrases:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book where the active vocabulary is used.
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •8. Point out historical, political or social causes behind the state of things:
- •9. Find the underlying reasons for:
- •10. Confirm or disprove the statements:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 6 Chapters l-lvii
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •1. Give definitions using an English-English dictionary; give the derivatives of the words in bold type:
- •2. Translate into Russian. Make up sentences of your own:
- •3. Paraphrase using the active vocabulary:
- •4. Recount the episodes from chapters XXXIX-xlix where the active vocabulary is employed.
- •5. Give as much information as possible on the subjects prompted by these sentences from the novel:
- •Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Say who made these utterances and under what circumstances. Comment on the feelings that prompted the utterances and the moral implication they suggest:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 7 Chapters lviii-lxiii
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •1. Give definitions using an English-English dictionary; give the derivatives of the words in bold type:
- •Give the corresponding verbs, translate them:
- •3. Note the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations and sentences; translate them into Russian:
- •Make up a comic short story based on your own experience. Use some of the suggested phrases, changing them if necessary:
- •5. Recount the episodes from the chapters under discussion using the sentences below as suggestions:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Give your own opinion of the following utterances:
- •8. Interpret the following utterances after stating whom they belong to and in what circumstances they were made:
- •III. Questiqns and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 8 Chapters lxiv-lxxiv
- •Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •1. Define the contextual meaning of these words and word combinations:
- •2. Give the corresponding abstract nouns and translate them:
- •3. Translate into Russian. Make up your own sentences or situations:
- •4. Say what you find: a) despicable; b) degrading; c) imprudent in human behaviour. Begin your sentences as in the model.
- •5. Discuss the episodes from the novel where the active vocabulary is employed.
- •6. Use the active vocabulary applying it to situations in the chapters previously read.
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •8. Say who and under what circumstances made these utterances. What feelings and motives were they prompted by?
- •9. Discuss why these things happened or did not happen:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •IV. Topics for analysis and detailed discussion
- •Assignment 9
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •5. Make up short situations of your own similar to the sentences given below. Don't change the words in bold type:
- •6. Make up situations on the subject-matter of the books or plays you have seen or read, using the active vocabulary.
- •7. Recall the situations from the chapters under discussion relying on the prompts:
- •Say who and under what circumstances made these utterances:
- •Make a list of the proverbs Townsend used when he talked to Kitty. Say what he implied by them and why he, of all people, resorted to them. (Add those from chapters XX and XXI.)
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •IV. Questions for analysis and discussion
- •Assignment 10 Discussion of the Novel
Assignment 7 Chapters lviii-lxiii
I. Active vocabulary
to resume one's work (studies, a meeting, etc.)
to feel all thumbs to have an inkling of smth
profound
on a pretext
self-control
admirable
to give smb peace of mind
to make amends for smth
to give one a pang
II. Exercises
1. Give definitions using an English-English dictionary; give the derivatives of the words in bold type:
to resume; to feel all thumbs; to have an inkling of smth; profound; pretext; admirable; to make amends
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Give the corresponding verbs, translate them:
self-control, self-defence, self-examination, self-possession, self-respect, self-sacrifice, self-neglect, self-satisfaction
3. Note the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations and sentences; translate them into Russian:
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a profound book (novel, idea, knowledge, investigation); .a scholar of profound learning; an admirable woman (pilot, took, poet, piece of advice, collection of poems, quality, trait); to keep (need, lose, exercise) self-control
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1. The newcomer excited interest, and his neighbours came to see him on any pretext. 2. "If your knowledge of the subject lacks profundity, there is a good library just round the corner." 'Thank you, I think I shall take your admirable advice."3. The secretary said that Mr Brown had recovered and would resume his work the next day. 4. None of us had an inkling of what was going on behind our backs. 5. The old man used to .say that only a clear conscience could give one peace of mind. 6. His native land being gradually lost sight of in the distance gave him a pang. 7. The guests insisted on making amends for the burnt carpet, but the host would not hear of it. 8. If you lose self-control at a lesson, no good will come out of your work. 9.I felt all thumbs under his cold stare.
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Make up a comic short story based on your own experience. Use some of the suggested phrases, changing them if necessary:
What an admirable creature!
The idea gave me no peace of mind.
Who will make amends for my ruined suit?
There was a profound innocence in his blue eyes.
I had an inkling of what was to come next.
We felt all thumbs in the presence of such self-importance.
It gave me a pang to see... vanish.
Soon he came back on a funny pretext.
5. Recount the episodes from the chapters under discussion using the sentences below as suggestions:
1. Her restlessness had induced her immediately to resume her work.
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She was unreal, like a picture, and yet had an elegance which
made Kitty feel all thumbs.
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Now she seemed on a sudden to have an inkling of something remote and mysterious.
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She was astonished at the interest the nuns took in her the sisters... on a flimsy pretext came into the room...
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Ah, I do not know what we should have done without that admirable man.
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She wanted him to forgive her, not for her sake any; more, but for his own, for she felt that this alone could give him peace of mind.
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Oh, this British self-control! There he is delighted beyond measure and when you speak to him of it he becomes quite pale.
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The thought haunted her now that in thus giving him peace of mind she would make the only possible amends for the anguish she had caused him.
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She was looking at Walter and she saw that his eyes were wet with tears. It gave her a pang.