- •И.А. Циоменко практикум по домашнему чтению
- •Содержание Введение 4 k. Mansfield. A Cup of Tea 6
- •Введение
- •Katherine Mansfield
- •Language Activities
- •Vocabulary
- •Reproduce the passages from the text in which the vocabulary is used.
- •Paraphrase the following using the vocabulary:
- •Translate the following using the vocabulary:
- •Fill in prepositions:
- •Paraphrase or explain the following sentences. Translate them into Russian.
- •John Cheever The Sutton Place* Story
- •Language Activities
- •Vocabulary
- •Reproduce the passages from the text in which the vocabulary is used.
- •Paraphrase the following using the vocabulary:
- •Translate the following using the vocabulary:
- •Paraphrase or explain the following:
- •Find in the text the English equivalents of the following sentences in Russian:
- •Compile commentaries on the following names used in the text:
- •William Somerset Maugham Mr. Know-All
- •Language Activities
- •Vocabulary
- •Reproduce the passages from the text in which the vocabulary is used.
- •Paraphrase the following using the vocabulary:
- •Translate the following using the vocabulary:
- •Paraphrase or explain the following:
- •Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •Language Activities Assignment I (Chapters 1-3)
- •Vocabulary
- •Reproduce the passages from the text in which the vocabulary is used.
- •Paraphrase the following using the vocabulary:
- •Translate the following using the vocabulary:
- •Paraphrase or explain the following:
- •Find in the text the English equivalents of the following sentences in Russian:
- •Assignment II (Chapters 4-7)
- •Vocabulary
- •Reproduce the passages from the text in which the vocabulary is used.
- •Paraphrase the following using the vocabulary:
- •Translate the following using the vocabulary:
- •Paraphrase or explain the following:
- •Translate the sentences into Russian:
- •Transcribe the following words and learn their pronunciation. Make up sentences of your own with these words.
- •Assignment III
- •J. D. Salinger a Perfect Day for Bananafish*
- •Language Activities
- •Vocabulary
- •Reproduce the passages from the text in which the vocabulary is used.
- •Paraphrase the following using the vocabulary:
- •Translate the following using the vocabulary:
- •Paraphrase or explain the following:
- •Translate the following into Russian:
- •Some of the phrases in the dialogue between Muriel and her mother are unfinished. Think of the possible ways of finishing them.
- •Herbert George Wells The Door in the Wall
- •Language Activities
- •Vocabulary
- •Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •David Herbert Lawrence The Horse Dealer’s Daughter
- •Language Activities
- •Vocabulary
- •Reproduce the passages from the text in which the vocabulary is used.
- •Paraphrase the following using the vocabulary:
- •Translate the following using the vocabulary:
- •Paraphrase or explain the following:
- •Find in the text the English equivalents of the following sentences in Russian:
- •Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •Shirley Jackson The Lottery
- •Language Activities
- •Translate the following sentences into Russian:
- •Biographical Notes on the Authors
- •John Cheever
- •W. Somerset Maugham
- •Famous quotations by w. Somerset Maugham:
- •Oscar Wilde
- •Famous quotations
- •J. D. Salinger
- •H.G. Wells
- •D.H. Lawrence
- •Shirley Jackson
- •Appendix 1 Glossary of terms
- •Appendix 2 Additional Reading
- •Report Outline
- •Список информационных источников
- •Учебное издание
Translate the following using the vocabulary:
Я не собираюсь обсуждать с вами условия оплаты. Сначала я договорюсь с владельцем помещения.
Поедем на прогулку сегодня днём?
Часто у неё бывают истерики?
Давай остановимся, переведём дыхание.
Майк, зачем ты отобрал у брата игрушку?
У него с моей сестрой есть что-то общее, он никогда не таит злобы против людей.
Становится поздно – пора оправляться в гостиницу.
По крайней мере, из-за уважения к старшим ты мог бы вести себя пристойно.
Он сделал ей предложение и она приняла его.
Тот несчастный случай преподал мне хороший урок, я больше не буду ездить слишком быстро.
Мы заключили пари на исход следующих выборов.
Paraphrase or explain the following:
“…everyone told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted.”
“She had a magnificent constitution, and a really wonderful amount of animal spirits.”
“I have seen things with my own eyes, sir", she said, "that would make any Christian’s hair stand on end…”
It was said to have turned Lord Raker’s wig grey in a single night, and had certainly made three of Lady Canterville’s French governesses give warning before their month was up.
On reaching his room he entirely broke down, and became a prey to the most violent agitation.
Find in the text the English equivalents of the following sentences in Russian:
Теперь вся семья проявляла живейшую заинтересованность; мистер Отис стал подумывать, не проявил ли он догматизма, отрицая существование привидений; миссис Отис высказала намерение вступить в общество спиритов, а Вашингтон сочинил длинное письмо господам Мейерс и Подмор касательно долговечности кровавых пятен, порождённых преступлением.
О привидениях никто даже словом не обмолвился, и все были удивительно далеки от того состояния повышенной восприимчивости, которое так часто предшествует материализации духов.
Бросившись вниз по лестнице, они увидели, что на каменном полу валяются большие рыцарские доспехи, снятые с пьедестала, а в кресле с высокой спинкой сидит кентервильское привидение и, морщась от боли, потирает себе колени.
Для своего появления он наметил пятницу семнадцатого августа и большую часть дня перебирал свой гардероб, остановившись наконец на большой широкополой шляпе с красным пером, саване с рюшками у ворота и на рукавах и ржавом кинжале.
На груди у призрака висела доска с непонятной надписью, начертанной старинными буквами; о страшном позоре, казалось, вещала она, о диких грехах и ужасных злодействах; и в поднятой правой руке его был зажат меч из блестящей стали.
Discussion points
Describe the Otis family (their origin, way of life). Find evidence in the text that shows them as materialistic people with little regard for the supernatural.
How do the descriptions of nature add to the overall atmosphere of the place, preparing the reader for something mysterious to happen?
How is the everlasting opposition of American and British cultures displayed in the conversation of the Otis family at supper?
How does the reaction of the family to the appearance of the Ghost characterize them? Do you think Mr. Otis sounded rather sarcastic addressing the Ghost? Give evidence from the text to support your point of view.
How is the clash of the materialistic and the supernatural shown by the author? How is it revealed in the reaction of the Ghost to the behaviour of the Otis family? Observe the cultural signs (words, phrases, names of people and objects) that help to create the image of the world in which the Otis family lived and the world which the Ghost was bound to live in.
Recall the episode of the Ghost’s encounter with a spectre. Express your attitude towards it.
Collect information about each character. Speak about a) Mr. Otis, b) Mrs. Otis, c) Virginia, d) Washington, e) the twins, f) the Ghost.