Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 3 курс [calibre 2.43.0]

скоростью 40 миль в час. 11.Охотник прицелился в ястреба и выстрелил. 13. Вряд ли можно считать ее взрослой: ей не

больше 16 лет. 14. У меня сейчас нет времени, но я постараюсь выяснить этот вопрос не позднее пятницы. 15. Сперва эта

книга показалась мне не очень интересной, но потом она так захватила меня, что я не могла оторваться от нее. 16. Вот таб -

летки от кашля. Не забывайте принимать их. 17. Я не чувствую к нему никакого уважения. 18. Мери не к кому было

обратиться за советом. 19. Если бы не вы, мы бы пришли вовремя. 20. Люди, которые отдают жизнь за родину, навсегда

остаются в сердцах своих соотечественников

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14. a) Give Russian equivalents for the following English proverbs and sayings (or translate them into Russian), b) Make up and act out

dialogues to illustrate the meaning of the proverbs:

1. An open door may tempt a saint. 2. The last drop makes the cup run over. 3. Practise what you preach. 4. He who would catch

fish must not mind getting wet. 5. The face is the index of the mind.

15. Write an essay on one of the following topics:

1. A man who was happy.

2. How a piece of advice changed my life.

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE

Topical Vocabulary

1. Virtuous (good) characteristics:affable, amiable, good-natured, good-humoured, kind, kind-hearted, communicative, socia-

ble, friendly, modest, discreet, generous, considerate, attentive, thoughtful, earnest, sincere, enthusiastic, calm, quiet, composed, self-

possessed, honest, merciful, impartial, just, patient, forebear- ing, sympathetic, respectable, cordial, broad-minded, witty, intelligent,

dignified, capable, benevolent, philanthropic, scrupulous, consistent, easy-going, affectionate, devoted, loyal, courageous,

persevering, industrious, hard-working, sweet, gentle, proud

2. Evil (bad) characteristics:ill-natured, unkind, hard-hearted, reserved, uncommunicative, unsociable, hostile, haughty, arro-

gant, dashing, showy, indiscreet, unscrupulous, greedy, inconsistent, tactless, insincere, hypocritical, false, vulgar, double-faced,

indifferent, dispassionate, fussy, unrestrained, dishonest, cruel, partial, intolerant, conceited, self-willed, wilful, capricious, per verse,

insensible, inconsiderate, servile, presumptuous, deceitful, harsh, sulky, sullen, obstinate, coarse, rude, vain, impertinent, im pudent,

revengeful.

1. Read the text for obtaining its information.

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Girlhood of Anna Brangwen

Anna Brangwen is one of the protagonists of the novel which tells a life story of the Brangwens, the farm-people. The men spent their lives in hard

toil, the women dreamt about "the supreme life" for their children. And it was not money, it was education and experience.

In the given below extract Anna's school-years are described. The writer presents a true picture of the problems that a young girl faces in life.

Anna became a tall, awkward girl ... She was sent to a young ladies school in Nottingham.

And at this period she was absorbed in becoming a young lady. She was intelligent enough, but not interested in learning. At

first, she thought all the girls at school were ladylike and wonderful, and she wanted to be like them. She came to a speedy

disillusion: they failed and maddened her, they were petty and mean. After the - loose, generous atmosphere of her home,

where little things did not count, she was always uneasy in the world, that would snap and bite at every trifle.

A quick change came over her. She mistrusted herself, she mistrusted the outer world. She did not want to go on, she did not

want to go out into it, she wanted to go no further.

"What do I care about that lot of girls?" she would say to her father, contemptuously, "they are nobody."

The trouble was that the girls would not accept Anha at her measure. They would have her according to themselves or not at

all.

So Anna was only easy at home, where the common sense and the supreme relation between her parents produced a freer

standard of being than she could find outside.

At school, or in the world, she was usually at fault, she felt usually that she ought to be slinking in disgrace. She never felt quite sure,

in herself, whether she were wrong or whether the others were wrong. She had not done her lessons: well, she did not see any reason

why she shoulddo her lessons, if she did not want to. Was there some occult reason why she should? Were these people, schoolmistresses, representatives of some mystic Right, some Higher Good? They seemed to think so themselves. But she could not

for her life see why a woman should bully and insult her because she did not know thirty lines of "As You Like It". After all, what did

it matter if she knew them or not. Nothing could persuade her that it was of the slightest importance. Because she despised inwardly

the coarsely working nature of the mistress. Therefore she was always at outs with authority. From constant telling, she came almost

to believe in her own badness, her own intrinsic inferiority. She felt that she ought always to be in a state of slinking disgrace, if she

fulfilled what was expected of her. But she rebelled. She never really believed in her own badness. At the bottom of her heart she

despised the other people, who carped and were loud over trifles. She despised them, and wanted revenge on them. She hated them

whilst they had power over her.

Still she kept an ideal: a free, proud lady absolved from the petty ties, existing beyond petty considerations. She would see such

ladies in pictures: Alexandra, Princess of Wales, was one of her models. This lady was proud and royal, and stepped indifferently over

small, mean desires: so thought Anna, in her heart. And the girl did up her hair high under a little slanting hat, her skirts were

fashionably bunched up, she wore an elegant, skin-fitting coat.

She was seventeen, touchy, full of spirits, and very moody: quick to flush, and always uneasy, uncertain. For some reason or other,

she turned to her father, she felt almost flashes of hatred for her mother. Her mother's dark muzzle and curiously insidious ways, her

mother's utter surety and confidence, her strange satisfaction, even triumph, her mother's way of laughing at things and her mother's

silent overriding of vexatious propositions, most of all her mother's triumphant power maddened the girl.

She became sudden and incalculable ... the whole house continued to be disturbed. She had a pathetic, baffled appeal. She was

hostile to her parents, even whilst she lived entirely with them, within their spell.

(From "The Rainbow" by D. H. Lawrence)

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What do we learn about Anna's relationship to the girls at school in Nottingham? 2. In what kind of environment did the girl

grow up? How did it contribute to her personal development? 3. Was Anna a disciplined and hard-working pupil at school? How can

you account for her lack of interest in learning? 4. What do you think is an essential conflict in the girl's character? What made her