- •Оскар уайльд «счастливый принц и другие сказки»
- •Предисловие
- •Introduction
- •I. Read the text:
- •Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Tales
- •II. Practise the pronunciation of the words given below:
- •III. Give Russian equivalents:
- •IV. Give English equivalents:
- •V. Translate the sentences into Russian. Make up your own examples with the italicized words and word-combinations.
- •VI. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions:
- •VII. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Develop the idea.
- •VIII. Relate the main facts of Oscar Wilde’s life and his creative activity using the words listed in exercises III and IV.
- •2. Learn the following words and word-combinations
- •In situations from the text.
- •3. Find English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations. Make up your own sentences with them based on the story.
- •5. Translate the following passages into Russian:
- •6. These are the paraphrased variants of some sentences from the text. Look through the text to find the original sentences.
- •7. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions and adverbs.
- •2. Answer the questions using the vocabulary of the tale:
- •3. Find English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations. Make up your own sentences with them based on the story.
- •4. Use the verbs in brackets in the Past Indefinite Tense.
- •5. Translate the following passages into Russian:
- •6. Arrange the words in the following sentences
- •In proper order.
- •7. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
- •3. Find English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations. Make up your own sentences with them based on the story.
- •4. Insert articles where necessary.
- •5. Translate the following passages into Russian:
- •6. Are the sentences grammatically correct? Find the mistakes and comment on your answer.
- •7. Guess the words by their definitions.
- •8. Complete the following sentences:
- •9. A) Read the following extracts paying attention to the use of phrasal verbs. Look them up in a dictionary and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •3. Find English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations. Make up your own sentences with them based on the story.
- •4. Find in the text 10 sentences containing would
- •5. Translate the following passages into Russian:
- •3. Find English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations. Make up your own sentences with them based on the story.
- •4. Fill in the missing reflexive pronouns.
- •5. Translate the following passages into Russian:
- •6. Complete the sentences using these pronouns: each other, other or others.
- •7. Insert the correct prepositions.
- •8. Supply the missing words.
- •9. A) Read the following extracts paying attention to the use of phrasal verbs. Look them up in a dictionary and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Discuss the following: a) Agree or disagree with the statements. Prove your answer.
- •B) Give the Remarkable Rocket's character-sketch. C. Give a summary of the tale revision
- •I. Pronounce the words:
- •II. Give Russian equivalents:
- •III. Give English equivalents:
- •V. Relate the main facts of Oscar Wilde’s life.
- •VI. Why are Wilde’s fairy tales so much admired by both children and adults? Which tale is your favourite one? Why?
- •VII. Answer the questions using the vocabulary of the tales:
- •A) There are a lot of witty paradoxes in Oscar Wilde’s tales. They are used to show the contradictions of life. Read the following paradoxical utterances and translate them.
- •X. Render into English:
- •Supplementary reading About Oscar Wilde
- •Preface to
- •Into spring blossoms white and blue!
- •Selected bibliography
- •Contents
V. Relate the main facts of Oscar Wilde’s life.
Speak about his creative activity.
VI. Why are Wilde’s fairy tales so much admired by both children and adults? Which tale is your favourite one? Why?
VII. Answer the questions using the vocabulary of the tales:
The Happy Prince
Was the Happy Prince really happy? Why was he admired by people?
What made the Swallow stay with the Happy Prince? What good actions did they do together?
Why were the heart of the Happy Prince and the dead swallow considered the most precious things in the city?
The Nightingale and the Rose
What was the way for the Nightingale to get a red rose? Why was she ready to do it?
What did the Nightingale say and sing about Love? Why couldn't people in the story appreciate it?
The Selfish Giant
What was the Selfish Giant's way of life? Was he satisfied with the life he led?
How was the Giant punished for his selfishness?
What is the role of the little boy in the story? How did he change the Giant's attitude to life?
The Devoted Friend
What kind of person was little Hans? Account for his friendship with the Miller.
What made it possible for the Miller to exploit Hans?
3. Why does the Linnet's story end in a sad way? What is the moral of the story?
The Remarkable Rocket
1.) When and how did the fireworks begin?
2.) Why didn't the Rocket explode and why was the Rocket thrown into the ditch?
3.) What did the Rocket think of the Frog and what did he want to talk about?
4.) What did the Rocket say about himself to the Duck?
5.) What happened to the Rocket in the end?
a) Social contrasts are emphasized in the tale “The Happy Prince” with the help of lexical means – a large amount of antonyms. Read and translate them into Russian.
beauty – ugliness, happy – sad, rich – poor, pleasure – misery, wonderful – dreadful, happiness – sorrow, admiration – disrespect, beautiful – shabby, alive – dead, useful – useless, etc.
b) In what way are social contrasts revealed in the other tales?
A) There are a lot of witty paradoxes in Oscar Wilde’s tales. They are used to show the contradictions of life. Read the following paradoxical utterances and translate them.
“ … when people are in trouble they should be left alone…” (The Devoted Friend) (56)
“Lots of people act well, …. but very few people talk well, which shows that talking is much the more difficult thing of the two …” (The Devoted Friend) (57)
“Every good storyteller nowadays starts with the end, and then goes on to the beginning, and concludes with the middle” (The Devoted Friend) (57)
“I have imagination, for I never think of things as they really are” (The Remarkable Rocket) (74)
“It is a very dangerous thing to know one’s friends” (The Remarkable Rocket) (75)
“… everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions” (The Remarkable Rocket) (78)
b) Look for more paradoxes in the other tales and comment on them.