- •Assignment 1 Chapters I-XI
- •4. Recount the episodes from the novel in which the active vocabulary is employed.
- •5. Ask fact-finding questions on the chapters under discussion using the active vocabulary.
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •Assignment 2 Chapters хп-ххх
- •Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •5. Find good Russian equivalents of the sayings:
- •6. Make up short comic stories based on your own experience. Use the sentences below as suggestions:
- •7. Recall the episodes from the chapters under discussion in which you came across the following words and expressions:
- •8. Point out words of evaluation applying to Walter; to Townsend.
- •9. Paraphrase or explain:
- •10. Say whose utterances these are and what provoked them. Interpret their meaning:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 3 Chapters XXII-XXVII
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II exercises
- •1. A) Define the meaning of these lexical units:
- •2. Translate into Russian. Make up your own sentences with these word combinations:
- •3. Translate these sentences:
- •4. Complete these sentences:
- •5. Recall the situations in which the following words an phrases occur:
- •6. State whose utterances these are and under what circumstances they were made:
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •8. Say who made these utterances and under what circumstances. Discuss the motives of the speaker and the moral implication of each utterance:
- •9. Say why these things happened or did not happen:
- •III. Topics for discussion
- •IV. Questions
- •Assignment 4 Chapters XXVIII-XXXVIII
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •1. Give definitions relying on an English-English dictionary; give the derivatives of the words in bold type:
- •2. Study the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations and sentences; translate them into Russian:
- •3, Make up situations of your own based on your personal experience. Use the phrases given below:
- •4. Recount the situations from the chapters under discussion in which the active vocabulary is employed.
- •5. Paraphrase or explain:
- •6. Say under what circumstances and why this happened:
- •III. Topics for discussion
- •IV. Questions
- •Assignment 5 Chapters XXXIX-xlix
- •I active vocabulary
- •II exercises
- •1. Give definitions using an English-English dictionary; point out the derivatives of the words in bold type:
- •2. Arrange these words and word combinations in pairs of antonyms and say what they mean:
- •3. Note the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations and sentences; translate them into Russian:
- •4. Paraphrase using the active vocabulary:
- •5. Make up situations of your own based on your personal experience. Include the following phrases:
- •6. Recall the situations from the book where the active vocabulary is used.
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •8. Point out historical, political or social causes behind the state of things:
- •9. Find the underlying reasons for:
- •10. Confirm or disprove the statements:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 6 Chapters l-lvii
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •1. Give definitions using an English-English dictionary; give the derivatives of the words in bold type:
- •2. Translate into Russian. Make up sentences of your own:
- •3. Paraphrase using the active vocabulary:
- •4. Recount the episodes from chapters XXXIX-xlix where the active vocabulary is employed.
- •5. Give as much information as possible on the subjects prompted by these sentences from the novel:
- •Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Say who made these utterances and under what circumstances. Comment on the feelings that prompted the utterances and the moral implication they suggest:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 7 Chapters lviii-lxiii
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •1. Give definitions using an English-English dictionary; give the derivatives of the words in bold type:
- •Give the corresponding verbs, translate them:
- •3. Note the use of the active vocabulary in these word combinations and sentences; translate them into Russian:
- •Make up a comic short story based on your own experience. Use some of the suggested phrases, changing them if necessary:
- •5. Recount the episodes from the chapters under discussion using the sentences below as suggestions:
- •6. Paraphrase or explain:
- •7. Give your own opinion of the following utterances:
- •8. Interpret the following utterances after stating whom they belong to and in what circumstances they were made:
- •III. Questiqns and topics for discussion
- •Assignment 8 Chapters lxiv-lxxiv
- •Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •1. Define the contextual meaning of these words and word combinations:
- •2. Give the corresponding abstract nouns and translate them:
- •3. Translate into Russian. Make up your own sentences or situations:
- •4. Say what you find: a) despicable; b) degrading; c) imprudent in human behaviour. Begin your sentences as in the model.
- •5. Discuss the episodes from the novel where the active vocabulary is employed.
- •6. Use the active vocabulary applying it to situations in the chapters previously read.
- •7. Paraphrase or explain:
- •8. Say who and under what circumstances made these utterances. What feelings and motives were they prompted by?
- •9. Discuss why these things happened or did not happen:
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •IV. Topics for analysis and detailed discussion
- •Assignment 9
- •I. Active vocabulary
- •II. Exercises
- •5. Make up short situations of your own similar to the sentences given below. Don't change the words in bold type:
- •6. Make up situations on the subject-matter of the books or plays you have seen or read, using the active vocabulary.
- •7. Recall the situations from the chapters under discussion relying on the prompts:
- •Say who and under what circumstances made these utterances:
- •Make a list of the proverbs Townsend used when he talked to Kitty. Say what he implied by them and why he, of all people, resorted to them. (Add those from chapters XX and XXI.)
- •III. Questions and topics for discussion
- •IV. Questions for analysis and discussion
- •Assignment 10 Discussion of the Novel
THE PAINTED VEIL
by William Somerset Maugham
Assignment 1 Chapters I-XI
I. ACTIVE VOCABULARY
in an emergency to kick up a row
irresistible to provide smb with smth
to count on smb to set one's hopes on smb/
prudent sordid
eligible common
not to know a person from Adam
to put on airs snobbish
to get smb off one's hands snob
to make a hash of things
II. EXERCISES
1. Point out the contextual meaning of these lexical units relying on an English-English dictionary:
emergency; prudent; sordid; common; to put on airs; eligible; not to know a person from Adam; to make a hash of things
2. Express the same notion in one word:
careful forethought; one who respects others on account d their rank or wealth; fit to be chosen; impossible to oppose; sudden happening that makes it necessary to act quickly; no knowing or using good manners or speech
3. Study the use of the active vocabulary and make up your own sentences with it:
1. The lecture was dull, and the audience felt like sleeping irresistibly. 2. I don't know this man from Adam. I've never seen him in my life. 3. The girl made snobbish remarks about all those present, and we wondered why she was putting о airs. 4. Her parents could be counted on to kick up a row if she came home late. 5. During the war all eligible young me fought at the front and a lot of girls remained single. 6. You may make a hash of your life if you choose the wrong profession. 7. Who provides you with these wonderful books on art? 8. People like you can be counted on in an emergency. 9. It, would be imprudent of you to make friends with that girl, i think her common and silly. 10. The landlady showed us to her house which we found sordid and overcrowded with furniture.
4. Recount the episodes from the novel in which the active vocabulary is employed.
5. Ask fact-finding questions on the chapters under discussion using the active vocabulary.
6. Paraphrase or explain:
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How unfortunate to be called Dorothy! It dated you.
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... There was one (photo) of her father too, ... . It had been done when he took silk and it represented him in a wig and gown.
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Mrs Garstin did not mince her words in the domestic circle and she warned her daughter tartly that she would miss her market.
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Kitty spoke with her tongue in her cheek,...
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
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Speak about the author of the book.
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Where is the scene laid? Point out words conveying the local colouring. Is there any exposition in the opening chapter? How does the reader come to know the place, the time and the characters?
3. Discuss the behaviour of each of the young lovers in the predicament. Pay attention to their attitude to each other. Find proof that Townsend's reaction to the danger was somewhat strange for a lover.
4. Specify what Kitty found attractive in Townsend. Point out Townsend's utterances persuading Kitty to count on him in the emergency. How did Kitty regard the situation she found herself in?
5. Speak about Kitty's background. What features of her mother's was she especially influenced by? Why was her father's influence so small? Was Kitty a good daughter to her father?
6. Make a summary of all the motives that made Kitty marry Walter Fane. Do you think them serious enough? On Dwell Walter Fane. Was he a match to Kitty?
7. Why was their marriage a mistake? Whose fault was it? Had Mrs. Garstin's influence anything to do with the mistake? Docs the mistake justify Kitty's unfaithfulness?