- •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
3. Find English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations. Make up your own sentences with them based on the story.
1. быть довольным чем-л. (48)
2. круглый год (48)
3. быть одетым в серое (красное, черное) (49)
4. быть покрытым инеем (50)
5. испугаться (50)
6. быть добрым по отношению к кому-л. (51)
7. встать на колени перед кем-л. (52)
8. улыбнуться кому-л. (52)
4. Insert articles where necessary.
1.) It was ___ large lovely garden.
2.) In ___ autumn trees bore ___ rich fruit.
3.) Every afternoon, as they were coming from ___ school, the children used to go and play in __ Giant's garden.
4.) I hope there will be __ change in ___ weather.
5.) ___ children were sitting in ___ branches of ___ trees.
6.) __ Giant saw ___ most wonderful sight.
7.) __ Giant sat in ___ huge arm-chair and watched ___ children at their games.
8.) We will live here all ___ year round.
9.) ___ Giant jumped out of ___ bed and looked out.
10.) Downstairs ran ___ Giant in ___ great joy, and out into ___ garden.
11.) All ___ day long they played, and in ___ evening they came to ___ Giant to bid him good-bye.
5. Translate the following passages into Russian:
1.) It was a large lovely garden, … bore rich fruit. (47)
2.) Then the Spring came, … the trees forgot to blossom. (48)
3.) One morning … in the world. (49)
4.) Years went over … of all. (51)
5.) Downstairs ran the Giant … on the little feet. (52)
6. Are the sentences grammatically correct? Find the mistakes and comment on your answer.
1.) The children used to going and playing in the Giant's garden.
2.) "How happy are we here!" – the children cried to each other.
3.) "I hope there will be a change in a weather" – said the Giant.
4.) But the boy was to tiny.
5.) He was really very sorry for what he did.
6.) "The children are most beautiful flowers of all" – said the Giant.
7.) "Tell to me, that I may take my big sword and slay him" – cried
the Giant.
8.) And the child smiled on the giant, and said him: " You let me
to play once in your garden, today you shall come with me to my
garden, which is Paradise."
7. Guess the words by their definitions.
1.) not friendly and suggesting that the person is annoyed or impatient
- (48)
2.) thinking first of one's own interests, needs without concern for others
- (49)
3.) to walk around in an area
- (50)
4.) a white powdery substance formed on outside surfaces from very small
drops of water when the temperature of the air is below freezing point
- (50)
5.) very small
- (50)
6.) a tool with a wooden handle and a heavy metal blade used for
chopping wood, cutting down trees
- (51)
7.) to move or act fast; to hurry
- (52)
8. Complete the following sentences:
1.) Every afternoon, as they …
2.) He was so small that …
3.) The children tried to play on the road, but …
4.) The trees were so glad to have the children back again that …
5.) «How selfish I have been!» – he said; "now I know why the Spring
would not come here. I will … . »
6.) But when the children saw him, they …
7.) The Giant could not play about any more, so he …
8.) The Giant did not hate the Winter now, for …
9.) Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and
there were …
10.) When the children ran in that afternoon, they …