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Make up and practise a suitable dialogue using the phrases and word combinations

  1.  A) Draw a family tree for yourself and using the topical vocabulary explain the relationship between your immediate ancestors and any interesting facts about them.
  2.  Add infinitives to complete for-phrases in the sentences below
  3.  Add infinitives to complete for-phrases in the sentences below
  4.  Add infinitives to complete for-phrases in the sentences below
  5.  B) Compare the FED, the CBR and the Bank of England, using information from the unit.
  6.  B) Complete the followings sentences using either the noun PLAY or the noun PERFORMANCE.
  7.  B) Turn the above situation into a dialogue and act it out.

11. Translate the following sentences into English using the phrases and word combinations:

1. Хлопчик дуже старався не робити помилок в своєму викладі. 2. Чому ви не відкриєте їй очі на справжній стан справ? 3. У дитинстві її не балували, і тепер вона виявилася більш самостійною, ніж її брат. 4. Сильні Дощі в гірських районах призвели до повені. 5. Зустріч і розмова зі старим шкільним товаришем викликали в пам'яті старі часи. 6. Чи не здається вам, що вона занадто далеко заходить в своїй зухвалості? Однак не думайте, що я говорю це, щоб відновити вас проти неї. 7. Не турбуйтеся, все влаштується чудово. Нам треба тільки обговорити всі заздалегідь. 8. На чиїй ви стороні? Вирішуйте. 9. Скарлетт рилася в шухляді столу, намагаючись знайти там залишки грошей. 10. Поки він не займеться справою всерйоз, він не отримає підвищення. 11. Вчителька була дуже незадоволена учнем і задавала йому найважчі питання. 12. Якщо він дав слово, він досить мужній, щоб не відмовитися від нього.

12. Explain what is meant by:

1. His fuse also is rapidly shortening. 2. If you'd married Jack Davis or some other of those jokers you'd never have had

to see the inside of a kitchen. 3. He shall get married, just to be a humiliating example to his father. 4. The expectant mother-in-law! 5. Let's see if you can ratify it from your extensive observation of life. 6.1 ought to have known that oil and water will not mix. 7. He wants to take out some more insurance ... 8. It runs in the Johns family. 9. ... and was made so much of, it gave her wrong ideas. 10. I was always afraid she'd have a hard awakening when she married. 11. My husband was shortsighted, too. He had had to skimp ... 12. It's a kind of spiritual laxative. But they carry it too far. 13. Being a mother-in-law is almost as painful as being a mother.

13. a) Answer the questions and b) do the given assignments:

a) 1. Is the fact that both the mothers are residing of any special importance in causing the above mentioned tense condition? 2. What does the fact that Gordon takes more pains than his wife to avoid a quarrel suggest? 3. Do you think a wife should be economical? To what extent? 4. Why did Gordon feel slighted by Junior's not having drunk out of his mother's cup? 5. What do you think about the upbringing of an only child? What should be his (her) share in the household chores? 6. Should children be made to understand what marriage means? To what extent? 7. Should a husband and wife have similar personalities or not? 8. What makes for a happy marriage? 9. What brought about the quarrel between Laura and Gordon and what did it result in? 10. Was there any implication in Mrs Sheffield's words to the effect that "they have such a lot to learn"? 11. What do you think of Mr Sheffield's words to the effect that "she's only young once. Let her enjoy herself? 12. Why would their children's quarrel bring back old times to their mothers?

13. What is your opinion about "a treaty of peace between the two mothers" and its effect on their children's married life? 14. What did Laura mean when she said her mother was going back on her? 15. What would you say about Gordon's motto for married men?

b) 1. Indicate the features of the writing which denote that it is a play. Examine and describe its regular characteristics.

2. What are the differences in the general atmosphere among the different parts of the play? Which stylistic devices does the

author use to create these differences? Point out details which add a dramatic though comic flavour to the play. Pay attention to a) epithets, b) similes, c) metaphors, d) intensifiers the characters use when speaking about themselves and about each other.

3. Note the way Laura and Gordon a) speak, b) move, c) look. Indicate the lexical and syntactical devices used to emphasise the emotional style of the young people:

1) lexical and syntactical repetition; 2) length of the period; 3) the use of formal and informal vocabulary; 4) the forms of address; 5) the intonations (questions, exclamations, disjunctive questions, unfinished sentences, the interjections and the stresses). Justify their use.

4. Discuss the examples of irony and sarcasm. How are the effects achieved? Compare these with the humorous effect and note the difference.

5. Examine the stage directions and find out where the author's sympathies lie. How do they help you to visualize the characters? How do they reveal the emotions, the intentions and difference in the characters 'behaviour?

6. Explain the play on words: "All you can think of is finding fault." "I did not find fault. I found some good food being wasted."

7. Pay attention to the use of synonyms, antonyms and the effect of gradation.

8. Find the examples of half reported speech. What effect is achieved by its use?

9. Find in the text the allusions and say if these are used effectively.

10. What is your general impression of the play and the way the incident in the family life is described?




 Pair work. Make up and act out a diaioue using the speech patterns. |  Note down from the text (p. 200) the sentences containing the phrases and word combinations (p. 204) and translate them into Russian. |  Pair work. Make up and act out situations using the phrases and word combinations. |  Study the essential vocabulary and translate the illustrative examples into Russian. |  TOPICAL VOCABULARY |  The Field of Folklore |  C) Now discuss the opinions with your partner. |  C) Make a speech on the American tradition to celebrate Halloween. |  C) Make a round table discussion of the American holidays. |  By Ch. Morley |

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