- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Read and translate the text using a dictionary if necessary. Retell the text.
- •Answer the following questions based on the text:
- •Find in the text the English for:
- •Translate using vocabulary items:
- •VI. Read the following sentences inserting prepositions or adverbs wherever necessary.
- •VII. Choose and insert the correct word. Remember the difference between:
- •VIII. Say that the following can hardly happen.
- •IX. Read and translate into Russian. Use the italicized structures in sentences of your own.
- •X. Practise in using tag questions. Work in pair.
- •XI. Practise in using modal verbs. Work in pair. Ask:
- •If Eliza can or cannot do the following.
- •XII. Ask if you may do the following. Work in pair.
- •XIII. Express surprise. Agree or disagree with the remark and develop the situation. Work in pair.
- •XIV. Complete the following sentences developing the idea given in the text.
- •XV. Translate into English.
- •XVI. Dramatize the scene from "My Fair Lady". Work in team.
- •XVII. Give a written summary of the text and the introduction using Present Indefinite and Present Continuous.
- •XVIII. Compose short dialogues. Use the suggested words and word combinations. Work in pair.
- •XIX. Topical questions for discussion.
- •XX. Speak on the following topics using Present Indefinite and Present Continuous and some of the suggested words and word combinations:
- •Literary focus what is literature?
- •Why read literature?
- •Why analyse literature?
- •Key literary notions: theme and message
- •Message versus theme
- •Formulating and supporting a message
- •Exercises
XVI. Dramatize the scene from "My Fair Lady". Work in team.
XVII. Give a written summary of the text and the introduction using Present Indefinite and Present Continuous.
XVIII. Compose short dialogues. Use the suggested words and word combinations. Work in pair.
Example 1. A. What can I do for you?
В. 1 want to have two seats for today's concert.
A.Here you are.
B.Thank you very much.
A. You are welcome.
a pack of cigarettes; a box of matches; a cup of tea; today's paper; a sandwich; a map of the city; a book on modern art
Example 2. A. My keys are missing. Don't you know where they are?
B. Can't you see? Here they are. (Here are your keys.)
my hat; the documents; the dictionary; my shoes; my passport; my pen
Example 3. A. Excuse me, do I have to change to get to Piccadilly Circus?
B. Yes, you do. You've got to change at Oxford Street. (No, you don't have to.)
to change for Hyde Park Corner; to change for tea; to change dollars for pounds in the bank; to go on business to Prague; to go there by train (by plane); to keep it a secret
XIX. Topical questions for discussion.
1. What do you think of: a) Henry Higgins' appearance and behaviour at Ascot? b) Eliza's conversation at Ascot and her English? 2. What can you say about "My Fair Lady"?
XX. Speak on the following topics using Present Indefinite and Present Continuous and some of the suggested words and word combinations:
a) At the Week-End
fair weather; a nice day; to go to the country; to go on a journey (an excursion); to stay at a hotel (at one's friends'); to stay outdoors (indoors); to go by train (car, bus); to go fishing (shopping, skiing, skating); to go in for sports; to keep fit; to rise; to change; hardly ever; to miss an opportunity; to snow (rain) hard; to dress properly
b) At a Party
to dress for the occasion; an evening dress; to put on (one's best dress); to take off; to change; proper clothes; manners; properly; to look nice; nice people; to introduce; to rise; to raise one's glass; to keep an appoint¬ment; to serve (dinner); to miss an opportunity; common views (language, interests); to try hard; to be characteristic of; to stay for dinner; hardly; I am sorry; how kind (nice) of you ...
c) At the Theatre
to go to the theatre; the curtain rises (at the rise of curtain); a nice play; to miss an opportunity; to stay for the performance; the main character; characteristic of; a stage; to stage; a scene; in the first (second) scene; scenery; to be popular with; a popular actor (actress); a popular play; to play a role
Literary focus what is literature?
Since the dawn of civilisation many men and women have felt a vital need to communicate their thoughts and feelings beyond their immediate circle of family, friends and acquaintances to a wider world. Thanks to the invention of writing and printing they have been able to hand down to successive generations a priceless treasury of manuscripts and books.
Literature is generally taken to mean those pieces of writing which, despite the passing of the years and even of the centuries, still inspire admiration, reflection and emotion in readers. Poems, plays, novels and short stories in a given language that have stood the test of time collectively make up a national literature.
This does not mean, however, that only older works can be called literature. Today, millions of books are produced every year but only some of them find their way into literary magazines or onto the literary pages of newspapers. In these cases it is the critics and not time that decide what is and what is not to be regarded as literature. Whether their choices are appropriate or not will be a matter for future generations to decide.
It is impossible to formulate a totally comprehensive and all-encompassing definition of literature because literature is never static. Writers, genres and styles of writing have fallen in and out of favour throughout history and even today arguments rage about whether more popular forms of tiction such as detective stories should be considered literature. These disputes can be left to the critics because, for the reader, literature is simply beautiful, meaningful writing.