- •Context
- •Chapter 1.
- •Life is a game that one plays according to the rules. Chapter 2.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Chapter 3.
- •Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur:
- •Chapter 4.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur:
- •Chapter 7.
- •Are the following statements true or false:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •To hang around
- •Chapter 8.
- •Chapter 9.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur:
- •Chapter 10-11.
- •Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur:
- •Chapter 12-14.
- •Chapter 15.
- •Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur:
- •To sit next to smb
- •Chapter 16.
- •Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur:
- •Chapter 17
- •Chapter 18.
- •Chapter 19.
- •Chapter 20.
- •Chapter 21.
- •Chapter 22.
- •Chapter 23.
- •Chapter 24.
- •Chapter 25-26.
- •Study Questions & Essay Topics Study Questions
- •Suggested Essay Topics
- •Assignments.
- •Vocabulary (ch.15, 18, 20). Match the phrases from a with b
- •Contents
- •Introduction
- •Writing essays or compositions:
Chapter 4.
About whom are the following words and word combinations used? Reproduce the situations in which these words and word combinations occur.
a slob
to do smb a big favour
to be crazy about oneself
to be good at doing smb
to be in love with oneself
to get out of breath
to feel like horsing around
to get a bang doing smth
to be divorced
to be ( not) in the mood
to have a date with smb
Find the extract beginning with”You remember I said before that Ackley” and ending at “I’ve had that experience frequently”. Comment on it and learn it by heart.
Give the portrait of Holden’s roommate.
Compare Stradlater and Ackley.
Why was Holden not in the mood?
Chapters 5-6
Answer the following questions:
Why was Saturday meal supposed to be a big deal?
In what day did the boys spend the evening?
What did Holden write Stradlater’s composition about?
In what mood did Stradlater get back from his date with Jane?
Why did Holden tear the composition up?
Why was Holden so impatient to learn everything about Stradlater’s date?
What was the reason of the boys’ fighting?
Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur:
to throw snowballs
to horse around all over the place
to enjoy oneself
to have a date
to pack a snowball
to change one’s mind
to chuck a snowball at anybody
to park oneself in the room
to drop about a thousand hints
to clear out
to shoot the crap
to thank smb for smth
to be mad about oneself
to be sore as hell
to pull smth out of one’s hands
to tear smth up
to annoy smb
to break one’s rules
to drive smb crazy
to ignore smb
to cut it (smth) out (to quit)
to shake
to be smb’s pet
on account of smth
to warn smb for the last time
to bleed
to be scared
to scare smb
to lose a fight
Translate into English:
Я пропустил занятия по болезни.
Прекрати дурачиться, я предупреждаю тебя в последний раз.
Холден вырвал сочинение из рук и сразу порвал его.
Студенты в общежитии часто нарушают правила.
Find the extract beginning with”The thing was, I couldn’t think of a room or a house or anything” and ending at “I’ll tell you what kind of red hair he had”. Comment on it and learn it by heart. (chapter 5)
Find the extract beginning with”Then he really let one go at me” and ending at “Boy, did he look worried.” Translate it and comment on it. (chapter 6)
Chapter 7.
Are the following statements true or false:
Ackley was sleeping and didn’t hear the boy’s fighting.
Holden always discussed his personal life with Ackley.
Ackley was a hospitable gentleman.
Ackley was eager to help his friend.
Nobody was asleep and it was very noisy in the dorms’ corridors.
Holden’s granny never sent him presents for his birthday.
Answer the following questions:
Why did Holden feel rotten and lonesome?
Do you ever feel lonesome? When?
What did Holden decide to do?
What made Holden feel pretty sad?