5 курс под редакцией В. Д. Аракина Москва, Владос, 1999 unit one text one the passionate year
Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary
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- 16. Fill in the blanks with the right word: flash, glitter, twinkle, flicker
- 17. Use your active vocabulary to make up a sentence in such a way as to provoke the given remark. Model: " She was cut short in the middle of her speech!" – "Fancy that, now!"
- 18. Translate the following sentences into English using the active vocabulary
- 19. Give the gist of Text Three. 20. Compose dialogues in the course of which
- 21. Reread Text Three to discuss the following points of its style.
- UNIT FOUR Text four DANGEROUS CORNER By John Boynton Priestley
- ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY Vocabulary Notes 1. malicious
- 4. deceive
- (Deception
- Word Combinations and Phrases
15. Paraphrase the following sentences using your active vocabulary: 1. By doing this he put his health at stake. 2. He embraced his little daughter and his eyes became brilliant with joy. 3. He has let me down. 4. The literary critic found that the young poet's verses lacked clarity. 5.1 have written to him twice, now you should do it. 6. He was sitting with his arms crossed on his chest. 7. The motorbike moved past at great speed. 8.1 don't believe his story, he is lying. 9. What you intend to do is rather dangerous. 10. The attraction was too strong for him to resist it. 11. I'm rather inclined to suppose that he has told her all about it. 12. He smiled warmly and pressed my hand hard, which rather surprised me as I knew he didn't like me. 13. Kindness ought to be repaid by kindness. 14. The doctor didn't allow her to eat tomatoes, but this one looked so attractive that she decided to have it. 15. How many dresses can you stuff into this small suitcase? You must, at least, double them carefully, or they'll be in a mess! 16. They defeated the enemy forces utterly. 17. How could she have said such a thing? 18. They are going to be divorced. 19. The lights in the hall went down. 20.1 can't say I have a clear idea about it. 16. Fill in the blanks with the right word: flash, glitter, twinkle, flicker 1. There were a lot of skaters on the ... ice of the rink. 2. The lightning ... and a clap of thunder followed. 3. He could hardly see her face in the ... light of the candle. 4. There was no moon, the stars were .... 5. She was dressed in her tweed overcoat, upon which snow ... here and there. 6. The spires of the city ... a little in the light as if faintly visible stars had alighted upon them. 7. He struck a match and held it up; his hand trembled and the ... light went out. 8. He sped past a shrubbery, a lighted window ... somewhere. dim, vague, obscure 1. I can't say I know the play well, I have rather a ... idea about it. 2. In the ... light of an oil-lamp the contours of the things seemed.... 3. "His verses lack clarity." — "Yes, they are guite...." 4. It happened such a long time ago, my recollections of the event are rather.... 5. Muriel felt a ... uneasiness, but she had seen her father in such moods before. 6. Pattie was born in an ... town in the centre of England. 17. Use your active vocabulary to make up a sentence in such a way as to provoke the given remark. Model: " She was cut short in the middle of her speech!" – "Fancy that, now!" 1.... — "Risky, isn't it?" 2.... — "Just fancy!" 3.... — "Fancy him doing a thing like that!" 4. ... — "Why run unnecessary risks?" 5.... — "He was there in a flash!" 6.... — "Nor did he give her as much as a nod!" 7. ... — "Oh, he seems to have taken quite a fancy to little Pete." 8.... — "A tight squeeze, indeed!" 9.... — "Fancy that, now!" 10. ... — "Yes, it caught my fancy, you know." 18. Translate the following sentences into English using the active vocabulary 1. Он привык к славе, и ему тяжело было жить в безвестности, однако приходилось мириться с этим. 2. Он усиленно старался вспомнить, куда он положил письмо, и, наконец, достал папку в надежде найти его там. 3.' Автобус переполнен, вряд ли мы сможем в него втиснуться. 4. Кажется, эта книга увлекла тебя. 5. Мне не нравятся эти складки. Они, кажется, вышли из моды. 6. После одного оборота ключ застрял в замке. 7. Он кивнул мне и улыбнулся; его глаза весело блеснули. 8.' «Твоя квартира мне не нравится, да и улица тоже», — сказал я. Он, в свою очередь, заявил, что ему не нравится моя квартира. 9. Мне приятно слышать, что я понравился вашим родителям. 10. Он воображает, что сможет написать статью по-английски, но я сомневаюсь в этом, он не владеет языком. 11. Я вдребезги разбила свою любимую чашку. — Подумать только! 12. Я признаю, что трудно было не поддаться искушению. 13. Он презрительно пожал плечами, словно говоря: «Ваше предложение не кажется мне соблазнительным. Я не желаю рисковать быть схваченным полицией». 14. Ему было приятно думать, что в этой глухой деревне он в безопасности; он устал рисковать. 15. Вчера я рассказал ему эту новость, а он, в свою очередь, решил рассказать ее Дику. 16. Он не мог дать таких показаний! Это фальшивка! 17. Когда она снова повернула к нему лицо, в ее глазах светилась радость. 18. Эта поэма представляется мне малопонятной. 19. Вспыхнула спичка, осветив на мгновение белые стены комнаты и испуганные побледневшие лица. 20. Парламент был распущен, и новые выборы были назначены на сентябрь. 21. В конце длинного темного коридора появился мерцающий огонек свечи. 22. Что ты сидишь, сложа руки? Не пора ли взяться задело? 23. Ты будешь это делать один? — Нет, мы будем чередоваться. 24. Я не желаю рисковать своей головой ради человека, которого презираю. 25. Я позвал его, и он тут же появился. 26. Он не захотел рисковать, и она не испытывала к нему ничего, кроме презрения. 27. Он оказался в тяжелом положении, и ему было приятно видеть, что мы хотим помочь ему, хотя это и значило идти на риск. 28. Он промчался мимо на своем мотоцикле и даже не взглянул в мою сторону. — Подумать только! 29. У кассы толпилось много народу, но он сумел получить билет без очереди. 30. Я никогда не забуду услугу, которую он мне оказал! 31. Погода меняется к лучшему. — Да что ты! Мне кажется, вдали только что блеснула молния. Не выходи без плаща, а то ты рискуешь промокнуть. 32. Он улыбнулся ей ослепительной улыбкой. 33. Множество звезд мерцало на небе, а луны не было видно: ее закрыло большое облако. 34. Ребятам было приятно кататься по гладкому сверкающему льду, они и понятия не имели, что рискуют провалиться в воду. 19. Give the gist of Text Three. 20. Compose dialogues in the course of which: a) Rosa and Andrew discuss the film. Rosa's impression of the film is not favourable, therefore she sounds categoric, irritated and impatient; to convey her attitudes use the intonation pattern "High Head + Low Fall". Andrew tries to soothe her, sometimes he is puzzled; make use of the intonation pattern "High Head + Low Rise". b) Rosa describes her evening at the cinema to a friend of hers in a cool, reserved and dispassionate way; use the intonation pattern "(Low Head +) Low Fall" and "High Head + Low Fall"; her friend, on the contrary, is genuinely interested and encourages further conversation: the intonation pattern "High Fall" with preceding "Low Head" or "High Head" or "High Head + Low Rise" could be used. c) Andrew shares his impressions with a friend of his. The former is deeply impressed by the film, therefore he sounds enthusiastic and lively; make use of the intonation patterns "Low Head + High Fall" or "High Head + High Fall". The latter is genuinely interested in Andrew's narration, and encourages further conversation; to convey his attitudes the intonation pattern "(Low Head +) Low Rise" and"High Head + Low Rise" should be used.
a) Into what distinct parts does the text fall? Give an appropriate and effective heading to each part. Comment on the variety of stylistic treatments used for each part. b) Is the author's attitude charged with humour or irony? Prove and illustrate your point. c) What method of characterization does the author use? Give examples. d) What is your opinion about the extract? Give it in a few well-motivated sen-tences.
Priestley's other most famous novels are "They Walk in the City", "Angel Pavement", "Wonder Hero", "Far Away". "Let the People Sing". "Bright Day" and many others. I The scene is laid in a cosy drawing-room. Several men and women — some of them members of the same family, others their intimate friends — are idly discussing a wireless play they have just heard. The host and hostess of the party are Robert Caplan and his wife Freda. Cordon: What did you hear? Freda: The last half of a play. Olwen: It was called "The Sleeping Dog". Stanton: Why? Miss M.: We're not sure — something to do with lies, and a gentleman shooting himself. Stanton: What fun they have at the B.B.C.! Olwen (who has been thinking): You know I believe I understand that play now. The sleeping dog was the truth, do you see, and that man — the husband — insisted upon disturbing it. Robert: He was quite right to disturb it. Stanton: Was he? I wonder. I think it a very sound idea — the truth as a sleeping dog. Miss M. (who doesn't care): Of course, we do spend too much of our time telling lies and acting them. Betty (in her best childish manner): Oh, but one has to. I'm always fibbing. I do it all day long. Gordon (still fiddling with the wireless): You do, darling, you do. Betty: It's the secret of my charm. Miss M. (rather grimly): Very likely. But we meant something much more serious. Robert: Serious or not, I'm all for it coming out, It's healthy. Stanton: I think telling the truth is about as healthy as skidding round a corner at sixty. Freda (who is being either malicious or enigmatic): And life's got a lot of dangerous corners — hasn't it, Charles? Stanton (a match for her or anybody else present): It can have — if you don't choose your route well. To lie or not to lie — what do you think, Olwen? You're looking terribly wise... Olwen (thoughtfully): Well — the real truth — that is, every single little thing, with nothing missing at all, wouldn't be dangerous. I suppose that's God's truth. But what most people mean by truth, what that man meant in the wireless play, is only half the real truth. It doesn't tell you all that went on inside everybody. It simply gives you a lot of facts that happened to have been hidden away and were perhaps a lot better hidden away. It's rather treacherous stuff. ... II The conversation drifts to Martin Caplan, Robert's brother, who committed suicide six months ago. Robert insists on knowing certain trifling facts relating to the day of the suicide. Yet, what looks trifling and innocent enough at first, leads to graver and still graver discoveries. Finally Robert is confronted with facts whose ugliness he finds himself unable to bear. In the beginning of the fragment that follows Olwen, a friend of the Caplans, argues with Robert pointing out to him once more that half truth is dangerous. Olwen: The real truth is something so deep you can't get at it this way, and all this half truth does is to blow everything up. It isn't civilised. Stanton: I agree. Robert (after another drink, cynically): You agree! Stanton: You'll get no sympathy from me, Caplan. Robert: Sympathy from you! I never want to set eyes on you again, Stanton. You're a thief, a cheat, a liar, and a dirty cheap seducer. Stanton: And you're a fool, Caplan. You look solid, but you're not. You've a good deal in common with that cracked brother of yours. You won't face up to real things. You've been living in a fool's paradise, and now, having got yourself out of it by to-night's efforts — all your doing — you're busy building yourself a fool's hell to live in.... III Freda: I'm sure it's not at all the proper thing to say at such a moment, but the fact remains that I feel rather hungry. What about you, Olwen? You, Robert? Or have you been drinking too much? Robert: Yes, I've been drinking too much. Freda: Well, it's very silly of you. it Robert (wearily): Yes. (Buries his face in his hands.) I Freda: And you did ask for all this. Robert (half looking up): I asked for it. And I got it. Freda: Though I doubt if you minded very much until it came to Betty. Robert: That's not true. But I can understand you're thinking so. You see, as more and more of this rotten stuff came out, so more and more I came to depend on my secret thoughts of Betty — as someone who seemed to me to represent some lovely quality of life. Freda: I've known some time, of course, that you were getting very sentimental and noble about her. And I've known some time, too, all about Betty, and I've often thought of telling you. Robert: I'm not sorry you didn't. Freda: You ought to be. Robert: Why? Freda: That kind of self-deception's rather stupid. Robert: What about you and Martin? Freda: I didn't deceive myself. I knew everything — or nearly everything — about him. I wasn't in love with somebody who really wasn't there, somebody I'd made up. Robert: I think you were. Probably we always are. Olwen: Then it's not so bad then. You can always build up another image for yourself to fall in love with. Robert: No, you can't. That's the trouble. You lose the capacity for building. You run short of the stuff that creates beautiful illusions, just as if a gland had stopped working. Olwen: Then you have to learn to live without illusions. Robert: Can't be done. Not for us. We started life too early for that. Possibly they're breeding people now who can live without illusions. I hope so. But I can't do it. I've lived among illusions — Freda (grimly): You have. Robert (with growing excitement): Well, what if I have? They've given me hope and courage. They've helped me to live. I suppose we ought to get all that from faith in life. But I haven't got any. No religion or anything. Just this damned farmyard to live in. That's all. And just a few bloody glands and secretions and nerves to do it with. But it didn't look too bad. I'd my little illusions, you see. Freda (bitterly): Then why didn't you leave them alone, instead of clamouring for the truth all night like a fool? Robert (terribly excited now): Because I am a fool. Stanton was right, That's the only answer. I had to meddle, like a child with a fire. I began this evening with something to keep me going. I'd good memories of Martin. I'd a wife who didn't love me, but at least seemed too good for me. I'd two partners I liked and respected. There was a girl I could idealise. And now — Olwen (distressed): No, Robert — please. We know. Robert (in a frenzy): But you don't know, you can't know — not as I know — or you wouldn't stand there like that, as if we'd onlyjust had some damned silly little squabble about a hand at bridge. Olwen: Freda, can't you — ? Robert: Don't you see, we're not living in the same world now. Everything's gone. My brother was an obscene lunatic — Freda (very sharply): Stop that. Robert: And my wife doted on him and pestered him. One of my partners is a liar and a cheat and a thief. The other — God knows what he is — some sort of hysterical young pervert — (Both women try to check and calm him.) And the girl's a greedy little cat on the tiles - Olwen (half screaming): No, Robert, no. This is horrible, mad. Please, please don't go on. (Quieter.) It won't seem like this tomorrow. Robert (crazynow): Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I tell you, I'm through. I'm through. There can't be a tomorrow. (He goes swaying to the door.) Freda (screaming moves to Olwen and grips her arm):. He's got a revolver in his bedroom. Olwen (screaming and running to the door): Stop, Robert! Stop! Stop! For the last few seconds the light has been fading, now it is completely dark. There is a revolver shot, a woman's scream, a moment's silence, then the sound of a woman sobbing. ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY Vocabulary Notes 1. malicious a feeling, showing or caused by, ill-will or spite, as a malicious person (remark, tone, face, etc.), e.g. How can you set the child against his parents? It's a malicious thing to do. Why do you always speak ill about all your comrades? Don't be so malicious. malice n active ill-will; spite; desire to harm others; bear smb. malice wish smb. harm, e.g. I bear you no malice. 2. match n 1) a game; a contest of skill, strength, etc. 2) a person who is able to meet another as an equal (in skill, strength, intellect, etc.), e.g. He has met his match. Soon it became clear that the younger boy was quite a match for the big one. 3) a person or thing that is exactly like another, or that agrees or corresponds perfectly, e.g. The coat and the hat are a good match (i.e. agree in colour and style), 4) a marriage, e.g. I'm told they are going to make a match of it (i.e. they are going to get married). 5) a person considered from the point of view of marriage, e.g. He is a very good match. 3. treacherous a I) false; untrustworthy; disloyal, as a treacherous friend 2) betraying smb.' s trust; involving disloyalty, as a treacherous action 3) appearing good, but not to be depended on, as treacherous weather, a treacherous smile, e.g. The mountain roads were enveloped in such a treacherous fog that driving at night involved a serious risk. treachery n treacherous action; act of betraying smb., e.g. No one knew yet by whose treachery it was that the deepest secrets of the family had become public property. Syn. betrayal, e.g. This act of his was a betrayal of all that they both had held sacred. treacherousness n quality of being treacherous, e.g. Before that incident I hadn't been aware of the latent treacherousness in his nature. Note: An act of treachery is described by the verb betray, e.g. You may be confident that I'll never betray your secret. A person guilty of treachery is described by the noun traitor, e.g. Mrs. Cheveley knew that Sir Robert Chiltern had begun his political career as a traitor, by selling a Cabinet secret for a considerable sum of money. 4. deceive v cause smb. to believe what is not true, e.g. Don't try to deceive me, I know what really happened. deception n the act of deceiving or being deceived, e.g. There are few things as difficult to forgive as deception; self-deception believing something not because it is true but because one wants to believe it, e.g. With a shock I realized that she didn't lie when she told everybody about her coming marriage; she half-believed it herself: it was a pitiful case of self-deception. Syn. deceit n Word Discrimination: deception, deceit. Deception and deceit are closest when used in the meaning of act of deceiving. Yet, even in this case there is a difference. Cf. The boy's deceit made his mother very unhappy. (Deceit here implies telling lies.) As a politician he often practised deception. (Deception implies making false promises, producing a false impression, treacherous tricks, cheating, etc.) Deceit may be also used as a characteristic of a person, e.g. Deceit is quite foreign to her nature. deceitful a inclined to lying; intentionally misleading, e.g. I can't stand deceitful people. deceptive a deceiving, producing a false impression, e.g. Appearances are deceptive. The evidence against him was rather deceptive. 5. breed (bred, bred) vt 1) give birth to young, e.g. Rabbits breed quickly. Birds breed in spring. 2) cause animals, birds, etc. to have young by choosing pairs (male and female) and bringing them together, e.g. He makes a living by breeding horses. 3) bring up, look after, teach, educate, e.g. It is a heroic country indeed that breeds such sons. He's an Englishman born and bred (i.e. by birth and education). 4) be the cause of, e.g. War breeds misery and ruin. Familiarity breeds contempt. Syn. bring up (corr. noun upbringing). breeding n good manners and behaviour; knowledge given by training and education, e.g. He's a man of fine breeding. Word Discrimination: upbringing, breeding. Upbringing denotes process, breeding denotes result. well-bred a having or showing good manners ill-bred a badly brought up, rude, e.g. A well-bred person is always mindful of others, an ill-bred one is so absorbed in himself, that the rest of the world might as well not exist. 6. faith n - trust, confidence, reliance, e.g. Faith means believing something without proof. Have you any faith in what he tells you? Robert shot himself because he had lost faith in the people surrounding him. put one's faith in smth. (smb.) trust; feel confidence in smth. (smb.), e.g. I advise you not to put your faith in such a remedy. 2) a system of religious belief, as the Christian or Mohammedan faiths faithful a loyal; keeping faith; deserving trust, as a faithful friend, a faithful wife unfaithful a treacherous; be (un)faithful to smb. (often applied to husband or wife) faithfulness n loyalty, the quality of being true to smb. or smth., e.g. His faithfulness to duty was never doubted. 7. check v to examine a thing to find out whether it is accurate, usually by comparing it with something else, e.g. Will you check these figures (see that they are right)? check on smb. (smth.) try and find out whether the previous information or knowledge about smb. or smth. is true to fact, e.g. "Here are some names and addresses of people who were witnesses," said the police inspector. "Of course, they'll have to be checked on." 2) hold back, control, stop, e.g. We have checked the advance of the enemy. He couldn't check his anger. check n 1) a control; a person or thing that keeps back or makes it impossible to do things, e.g. Wind acts as a check on speed, keep (hold) in check control, e.g. Human emotions are held in check by social convention. 2) a sudden stop or delay, e.g. Tom's illness gave a check to our plans. His ambitions received a sharp check. 3) an examination of the accuracy of a thing, e.g. If we both add up the figures, your result will be a check tin mine. 4) a ticket or a piece of paper, wood or metal with a number on it given in return for smth. (for hats and coats in a theatre, for bags, luggage, etc.) Word Combinations and Phrases get at smth. (coll.] set eyes on smb. (smth.) (coll.] face up to things (coll.) fool's paradise make up smth. (smb.) (as in "smb. I'd made up") run short of smth. clamour for smth. keep smb. going dote on smb. everything's gone come out (about facts, truth, etc.) жүктеу/скачать 446 Kb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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