- •От авторов
- •Contents
- •About the author
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •6. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •7. Match one of the following adjectives to each description.
- •8. Complete the sentences the way the author puts it in the story.
- •9. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •10. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •11. Read the beginning of the essay and finish it in your own way.
- •12. Respond to the statements.
- •13. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •Pictures
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •Sun and Moon
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •11. Comment on the following words of the author.
- •Life of Ma Parker
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Consult your dictionary and give all possible derivatives from the following words.
- •6. Find words opposite in meaning to the following ones from the story. Use them in the sentences of your own.
- •7. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •13. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Marriage a la Mode
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •9. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •10. Respond to the statements.
- •11. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •12. Use your imagination and restore William’s letter to Isabel.
- •Miss Brill
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check.
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •Her First Ball
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Consult your dictionary and give all possible derivatives from the following words.
- •7. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •9. Find in the story the sentences with the words or expressions given below, translate them into Russian and ask your fellow students to translate them back into English.
- •10. Match one of the following adjectives to each description.
- •15. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •16. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •17. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. The Lady's Maid
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Match the words on the left with the words or phrases of similar meaning on the right.
- •7. Match the words on the left with their opposites on the right.
- •8. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •1.Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word or word combination from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Find in the story one or more synonyms to the following words. Reproduce the situations they are used in .
- •7. Find sentences with the following adjectives and adverbs in the story. Read and translate the sentences.
- •8. Discussion points.
- •9. Comment on the following words of the author.
- •10. Respond to the statements.
- •Samuel Johnson (1709–84), English author, lexicographer.
- •Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •12. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •13. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. The Tiredness of Rosabel
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •11. Respond to the statements.
- •12. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. T he Little Girl
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Differentiate between the following lexical units. Think of your own sentences to bring out the difference.
- •7. Put in the missing prepositions.
- •12. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Pension Seguin
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check.
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •6. Think of a synonym, or a near synonym, and an antonym for the following adjectives. Sometimes several words are possible.
- •7. Conversation-building expressions. There are some common expressions that help to modify or organize what we are saying.
- •13. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •14. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Late at Night
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •14. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons
- •15. Choose a passage and prepare it for model reading. Give reasons for your choice. Translate the passage into Russian.
- •16. Speak on or write an essay about your assessment of the story and your impressions of it. Sixpence
- •1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
- •2. Comprehension Check
- •2. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
- •3. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
- •4. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
- •5. Differentiate between the following.
- •6. Put the correct preposition or combination of prepositions into each gap.
- •14. Challenge the following statements. Give your reasons.
1. Transcribe and pronounce correctly the words from the story.
Cocoa, jeweller’s, inane, dialogue, voluptuous, fatuous, feather, exquisitely, brougham, suede, champagne, scent, boudoir, tulle, ancestral, curtsey, quilt, dawn, flood, nervous, calico.
2. Comprehension Check
What did Rosabel do to earn her living?
What was her mood when she was returning home?
What means did the author use to describe Rosabel’s tiredness?
What had happened during her working day?
Why was Rosabel seized with anger while serving the girl with beautiful red hair?
Why was Rosabel thinking about the handsome young man?
What pictures did she see in her dreams?
Was she able to take pleasure of life in her illusory world?
How did she meet her next day?
3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
1. a tiny imaginary being in human form, depicted as clever, mischievous, and possessing magical powers. |
ample |
2. to dislike intensely. |
to sacrifice |
3. to ask for urgently. |
fairy |
4.a friendly informal manner. |
to detest |
5. to make you look attractive. |
to call in |
6. enough or more than enough. |
to demand |
7. a holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple. |
to suit smb |
8. money, property, etc. that you you receive from smb when they die. |
familiarity |
9. having agreed to marry smb. |
honeymoon |
10. to telephone a place. |
inheritance |
11. to forfeit (one thing) for another thing considered to be of greater value. |
to be engaged |
4. Choose the right word from the above exercise for each of the sentences below.
There was ………….. time to get to the airport.
She spent all her ……. In a year.
They ……………. to be married.
We went to Venice for our ……………
She addressed me with an easy …………. that made me feel at home.
He …………… to speak to the manager.
Blue ….. you. You should wear it more often.
She promised to ………… the other day but seemed to forget about it.
They …… each other on sight.
…………… are often represented as small people with wings.
She ………….. everything for the children.
5. Find the English equivalents to the following words or phrases and use them in the sentences of your own.
Это была основная причина; шляпная мастерская; что-нибудь горячее, острое и сытное; наверняка ее возраста; глупый, действующий на нервы разговор; шевеля губами; эскалатор; она чуть не расплакалась; отговорка была шита белыми нитками; рыжие волосы; им было трудно угодить; замшевые перчатки; вот это настоящая жизнь; обыденные вопросы; полусонная.
6. Put in the missing prepositions.
The car was parked in the small weedy lot next … the hotel.
She looked … … the window; there was nobody … the street.
The veranda was equipped … heavy wooden rain doors that were kept close … night.
Try … clothing and shoes to make sure they fit.
The desk was covered … papers.
7. Find in the story the sentences with the words or expressions given below, translate them into Russian and ask your fellow students to translate them back into English.
A hard day’s work; a cheap paper-covered edition; jeweller’s shop; it was really criminal to…; to try on; well dressed; in despair; they had been charmed; did not pay the slightest attention; shake hands with…; she dreamed.
8. Pick out from the story the words and expressions denoting:
pieces of clothes and shoe-wear;
meals and drinks;
fabric.
9. Expand on the following.
Rosabel was hungry that day.
The city looked mysterious at night.
Rosabel lived in a rather cheap flat.
There was something indecent about the young man’ behavior.
‘Suppose they ( Rosabel and a girl with beautiful hair) changed places.’
‘So she slept and dreamed.’
‘That was life, thought Rosabel.’
10. Comment on the following words of the author.
‘ And because her heritage was that tragic optimism, which is all too often the only inheritance of youth… she smiled, with a little nervous tremor round her mouth.’
‘Yes, it was a voluptuous night…But she became very tired.’
‘Oh, the haven of those arms, and she was very tired.’
‘She was very tired after the journey and went upstairs to bed… quite early…’ Will her tiredness ever cease?