- •Introduction
- •Chapter 1 playing pilgrims tasks
- •Speak on the main characters you came across while reading the chapter according to the following scheme:
- •Reveal the atmosphere in the house through the family traditions and through the relations between the members of the family. Make up the situation round the following sentences:
- •Dwell upon the title of the chapter. “Playing Pilgrims”
- •Chapter 2 a merry christmas tasks
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words. Explain the words in bold type. Find in the text and translate the following passages:
- •Chapter 3 the laurence boy tasks
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words. Explain the words in bold type. Find in the text and translate the following passages:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Answer the questions
- •Reproduce the conversations:
- •Chapter 4 Burdens tasks
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words. Explain the words in bold type. Find in the text and translate the following passages:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Speak on the following:
- •Reread the description of the girls in the chapter and present each of them Make up the situation round the following sentences:
- •Chapter 5 Being Neighbourly tasks
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words. Explain the words in bold type. Find in the text and translate the following passages:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Translate the following passage. Comment on it. Pay attention to the connotation of the underlined words.
- •Speak on the following:
- •Answer the questions
- •Make up conversations on the following:
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words. Explain the words in bold type. Find in the text and translate the following passages:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Speak on the following:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Make up the situation round the following sentences:
- •Chapter 7 amy’s valley of humiliation tasks
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words. Explain the words in bold type. Find in the text and translate the following passages:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Speak on the following:
- •Make up the situation round the following sentences:
- •Chapter 8 jo meets apollyon tasks
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words. Explain the words in bold type.
- •Find in the text and translate the following passages:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Speak on the following:
- •Make up the situation round the following sentences:
- •Chapter 9 meg goes to vanity fair tasks
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words. Explain the phrases.
- •Translate the following:
- •Translate the underlined passages.
- •Make up the situation round the following sentences and passages:
- •Chapter 10
- •Comment on the passage:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Comment on the sentences:
- •Comment on the type of stories the girls contributed to the magazine.
- •Chapter 11 experiments tasks
- •Speak on the following:
- •Translate the following:
- •Chapter 12 camp laurence tasks
- •Translate the following and comment on the sentences:
- •Pay your attention to the following comparisons (similies):
- •Using the words from task I try to make up the game described in the chapter. Find synonyms for: a specter.
- •Chapter 13 castles in the air tasks
- •Translate the following:
- •Chapter 14 secrets tasks
- •Translate the following:
- •Chapter 15 a telegram tasks
- •Translate the following:
- •Give synonyms for “prediction”.
- •It rains, and the wind is never weary;
- •It rains, and the wind is never weary;
- •Into each life some rain must fall,
- •Chapter 16 letters tasks
- •Translate the following:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences:
- •Prepare sentences of your own, using the active words.
- •Recall the situations from the story suggested by the following sentences.
- •Speak on the following:
Chapter 11 experiments tasks
Find the following words and word combinations in the text of Chapter 11 and translate them into your mother-language.
to be through to quake to pop out one’s head to whisk round to revel to one’s heart’s content a return snub complacently grub(bing) to yawn to rummage everything an inquisitive daddy-longlegs mishap a raging headache mere trifles plenty of mischief to get fidgety tranquillity to try the patience in dismay to grumble an obliging offer to whisk litter |
to make up the quarrel prudently a volcanic eruption to feel out of sorts to restore smb to console to rekindle the fire to make a good bargain to trudge home to gossip a spinster an easy chair a salad dressing to aggravate to purse up one’s lips a pitcher of rich cream to make ready to go an assuaged grief accomplishment to take up a burden regular hours |
Speak on the following:
What kind of mood is shown in the sentence: “Plumfield is about as gay as a churchyard”?
What do we say in a similar situation: “She came in looking as if bears were after her”?
Translate the following:
Mrs. March, who had a good deal of humor, resolved to finish off the trial in an appropriate manner.
In fact, it was an immense relief to them all to have a little work, and they took hold with a will, but soon realized the truth of Hannah’s saying.
She said, producing the more palatable viands with which she had provided herself, and disposing of the bad breakfast, so that their feelings might not be hurt – a motherly little deception for which they were grateful.
I shall get some asparagus and a lobster, ‘for a relish’, as Hannah says.
And Jo went off in a huff, at the doubts expressed of her powers.
Language cannot describe the anxieties, experiences, and exertions which Jo underwent that morning.
The dinner she served became a standing joke.
Miss Crocker, whose curious eyes would mark all failures and whose tattling tongue would report them far and wide.
Laurie, he was eating away manfully, though there was a slight pucker, about his mouth and he kept his eye fixed on his plate.
Amy, who was fond of delicate fare, took a heaping spoonful, choked, hid her face in her napkin, and left the table precipitately.
Lounging and larking doesn’t pay.
Work is wholesome.
I shall attend to my parts of speech.
Translate the following passages. Comment on them.
1. "Then let me advise you to take up your little burdens again, for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them. Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone. It keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence better than money or fashion."
2. "Very good! Then I am quite satisfied with the experiment, and fancy that we shall not have to repeat it, only don't go to the other extreme and delve like slaves. Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty."
Dwell upon the results of the experiment.
Translate the following passage into English. Compare it with the original.
Я поняла, Марми! - воскликнула Мег. - Ведь ты нарочно ушла из дома, чтобы посмотреть, как мы управимся без тебя и Ханны.
Ну да! Я хотела, чтобы вы поняли, насколько уют в нашем доме зависит от всех нас. Пока мы с Ханной исполняли ваши обязанности, все шло прекрасно. Правда, вы давно заскучали и скуксились, однако особенных неудобств не испытывали. Вот я и решила дать вам возможность понять, что получается, когда каждый думает только о себе. Наверное, теперь вы согласитесь, что куда приятнее помогать друг другу и исполнять ежедневные обязанности.
- Правильно, мама. Теперь мы знаем это! — воскликнули девочки.
–Ну что ж, если вы согласны, советую каждой из вас снова взвалить на себя свою ношу. Я понимаю, иногда обязанности кажутся невыносимыми. Странно, если бы все обстояло иначе. Утешайтесь тем, что дела наши приносят пользу. И не только нам. Кроме того, работа хранит каждого из нас от жестокости и зла. И дает ощущение независимости и свободы больше, чем деньги.