- •I. Note the pronunciation of the. Following words:
- •II. Copy and learn the following words and word combinations:
- •III, Paraphrase the following sentences. Reproduce the situation in which they occur in the text.
- •IV. Explain and expand on the following.
- •V. Translate the following into Russian:
- •VI. Suggest how the following could be expressed in Russian.
- •VII. Use the following in sentences of your own.
- •VIII. Paraphrase the following using words and word combinations from the text.
- •IX. Translate the following into English using words and word combinations from the text.
- •X. Interpret the following sentences. Pay attention to the words and word combinations, in italics.
- •XI. Explain:
- •III. Read and give literary translation of the description of the Granges' appearance. Speak of the impression you've got.
- •IV. Interpret the following sentences:
- •V. Ask 5 why-questions on the story under study.
- •VI. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •IV. Interpret the following sentences:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations. Make up a situation using as many of them as you сan.
- •II. Be ready to discuss the character-sketch of Hans. Write out the sentences … and comment on them.
- •Be ready to discuss the character of Annette.
- •VI. Translate into English.
- •VII. Give the grammar commentary of the following sentences:
- •VIII. Make up an outline of the first part of the story and get ready to speak on it.
- •I. Translate into English:
- •VI. Comment on the following sentences:
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Read the first part of the story "mackintosh" pp.87-103.
- •II. Find the following word-combinations in the text and use them
- •In your own sentences:
- •III. Speak on the topic "Walker's hard life before his arrival to the island". Use the following words and word-combinations:
- •IV. Be ready to discuss the characters of the story: their appearance, their character, their attitude to the natives, their background.
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •I. Read the 2nd part of the story “Mackintosh" pp. 104-121
- •II. Find the following words and word-combinations in the text and use them in your own sentences:
- •III. Interpret the following sentences:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •VI. Interpret the following sentences:
- •V. Comment on the passage on p.149 beginning with "I'm sure of it ..." up to "...Her influence; he is now".
- •VI. 1. What is your attitude to the things described?
- •Comment on the title of the story.
- •English Literary Terms
- •6. Detached construction
- •23. Parallel construction
- •28. Rhetorical question
VI. Interpret the following sentences:
1. p12 ... it has an air of neglect and when you enter you feel that you intrude.
2. p.123 It was pleasantly acid, but it wan amusing enough to be offensive only to a fool.
p.125 Olive was not very pretty, but she had still the plumpness of her age; she would he more attractive when she had fined down a little.
p.138 Cartwight. with that livid face, sat quite still, his mouth open, .and stared at her. You might have thought he was turned to stone.
VII. Name some reasons of murdering Mr. Bronson.
HOME – TASK X “FOOTPRINTS IN THE JUNGLE”
I. Read the 2nd part of the story "Footprints in the Jungle" pp. 136-151
II. Give English equivalents of the following and reproduce situations with them from the text.
1. to be a surprise to smb p.138
2. to be bored at the idea of p.138
3. to keep smth dark p.138
4. as pleased as Punch p.138
5. to arm oneself with patience p.143
6. to behave like a brick p.144 (to be a brick)
7. to look for a needle in a bundle of hay p.147
8. to get smb out of the way p.150
III. Translate the following sentences from English into Russian and then from Russian into English again.
1. She said she would be perfectly all right, and when the doctor's wife insisted - you know how bent some people are on forcing their kindness on those in trouble - she turned on her almost fiercely.
2. I should have thought she'd be as pleased as Punch. She told me that Bronson didn't like children and he'd be awfully bored at the idea
3. I suppose we all have our little squeamishness; you know, I've always had a horrible distaste for touching dead bodies. I've had to do it fairly often now, but it still makes me feel slightly sick.
4. It looked as though he had been killed by men who knew his habits, and suspicion, of course, fell immediately on the coolies of of his estate.
5. We examined them all - pretty carefully - but there was not a scrap of evidence to connect any of them with the crime.
V. Comment on the passage on p.149 beginning with "I'm sure of it ..." up to "...Her influence; he is now".
V. Do you agree with these statements? 1/ "Human memory is astonishingly short"; 2/ "... you'd know it's not what people do that really matters, it's what they are"; 3/ Luckily a policeman has nothing to do with their thoughts, only with their deeds; if he had, it would be very different, a much more difficult matter; 4/ Gaze said he shouldn't like one job - God's , at the Judgment Day. Why?
VI. 1. What is your attitude to the things described?
2. What is the author's attitude to his heroes and the things described?
Comment on the title of the story.
TOPICS РОК FINAL DISCUSSION
1. Speak on Maugham's life, creative activity and main ideas of the stories you have read.
2. S. Maugham is a brilliant master of portraying his characters. (Use stories "Mr.Know-All", "The Unconquered", "Mackintosh", "Footprints in the Jungle")