- •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
Be ready to discuss the character of Annette.
What we come to know about her (age, appearance, background, occupation).
Analyse the way the author manages to reveal Annette's hostile attitude and her hatred towards Hans. What stylistic devices are used for this purpose? How do they help to reveal the main features of the character?
Comment, on her state of mind when she had a conversation with Hans before giving, birth to a baby. Have you noticed anything queer about her behaviour?
IV. Describe the scene when Hans bought some cheese and meat to Annette's family. Account for the behaviour of each member оf the family. Show your own attitude to it.
V. You've noticed that the language of the story is rich and expressive. Find some cases of the expressive use of metaphors, comparison, epithets, represented speech. Comment on their use in the story.
VI. The opening scene of the story and the end of it are alike in some way. Comment on the inhuman, brutal and even beastly action of both of them. Explain the motives of their actions.
VII. What is the mood permeating the story from its beginning to the end? What is the subject matter of the story?
HOME – TASK VI “GIGOLO and GIGOLETTE”
Read the 1st part of the story “Gigolo and Gigolette” by S. Maugham (pp. 67 – 76)
II. Translate the passage on p.74 from “It was certainly an odd pair ...” up to “Angelo hurried up ...”
III. Find the following words and word-combinations in the text and use them in your own sentences.
1. to catch sight of smb (smth)
2. to take the risk
3. to make one's living by + Gerund
4. to miss smth
5. to be a success with
6. to give smb a free meal
7. to be disappointed
8. to be over
9. to be impressed
10.to make a sensation
11. to go mad over smth
12. to get sick of smth
IV.Ask 5 why-questions on the text.
V. Agree or disagree with the following statements:
1. Stella made her living by diving; she dived into a tank from. the top of the ladder sixty feet high.
2. Stella's trick was a great success with the public.
3. Mrs Barrow was an American widow who had the money hardly enough to keep body and soul together.
4.The public took an interest in Stella's trick, because it was very dangerous and every evening Stella was expecting to kill herself.
5.Every evening many rich people came to see the trick as they didn't want to miss the accident, and left disappointed.
6. Stella was very pretty, wasn't she?
7. When the trick was over the people were relieved to see Stella alive.
8. The odd pair attracted everyone's attention. The woman was young, attractive and dressed to the perfection.
9. The woman cannon-ball made a sensation in the Casino.
VI. Translate into English.
1.Стелла и Сид заказали пиво только для того, чтобы продлить беседу .
2. Трюк Стеллы пользовался успехом у публики.
3.Публика получала большое удовольствие от трюка Стеллы, так как он был очень опасный.
4.Сгелла обещала заплатить 100 фунтов тому, кто последует ее примеру и повторит ее трюк.
5.Английский лорд и его жена готовы были прийти к каждому, кто угостит их обедом.
6.Оказалось, что странная женщина была когда-то артисткой, выступления которой производили сенсацию.
7.Стелле приходилось рисковать дважды каждый вечер для того, чтобы заработать на жизнь себе и Сиду.