Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с книгой "Девять рассказов" Дж. Д. Сэлинджера. Афанасьева Н.Р - 12 стр.

4. Looking bored, she searched in the pockets of her coat.                  6. Ginnie was, in fact, slightly put off by this information, whatever
5. In her opinion, it was an altogether terribly ugly room – expensive          its degree of truth, but not to the point of sentimentality.
   but cheesy.                                                              7. … the door was drawn in and left ajar – by a colored maid with
6. "Goddam if I know," he said, his inflection implying that the                whom Selena didn't seem to be on speaking terms.
   answer to that question was hopelessly vague.                            8. Ginnie briefly held her fire. Very briefly. "What were you doing in
7. He started again picking at his own first-aid work.                          Ohio?" she asked.
8. He turned to her in a tired way. "Listen. I wrote to her eight           9. "But I shall never again consider myself even the remotest judge of
   goddam letters."                                                             human nature."
9. Ginnie was much too involved now to feel insulted.                       10. "I'm to tired," Ginnie said. She bent over and picked up her
                                                                                paraphernalia.
III. Find in the text the following expressions:
1. Джинни не скрывала, что считает Селину самой жуткой туск-                V. Consulting the text, fill in the blanks with prepositions if
     лячкой во всей школе…                                                      necessary:
2. Тон Селины убивал всякое желание пойти ей навстречу.                     1. But this business of dropping Selena ___ at her house ___ tennis
3. Небрежно прикрыв дверцу, она с величаво рассеянным видом                    and then getting stuck – every single time – for the whole cab fare
     заезжей голливудской знаменитости быстро вошла в дом.                     was getting ___ Ginnie's nerves.
4. – Ладно, – сказала Джинни и плюхнулась на диван.                         2. On the fifth Saturday however, as the cab started ___ north in York
5. – В жизни бы не подумала, что ты такая мелочная, – сказала                  Avenue, Ginnie suddenly spoke ___.
     Селина.                                                                3. Ginnie was, in fact, slightly put ___ by this information, whatever
6. Джинни ненадолго умолкла. Очень ненадолго.                                  its degree of truth, but not ___ the point of sentimentality.
7. Вот тип, правда?                                                         4. … the door was drawn ___ and left ajar – ___ a colored maid with
                                                                               whom Selena didn't seem to be ___ speaking terms.
IV. Paraphrase the underlined parts of the sentences.                       5. Let him clutter ___ the whole apartment ___ his horrible manuscript
    Translate the sentences into Russian.                                      papers…
1. At dinner one night, for the edification of the entire Mannox            6. "…And ___ top of it all –", The young man broke ___.
    family, Ginnie had conjured up a vision of dinner over at the           7. "I don't want the money anyway," Ginnie said, keeping her voice
    Grafts'.                                                                   ___ so that she was heard only ___ Selena.
2. But this business of dropping Selena off at her house after tennis                           POINTS FOR DISCUSSION
    and then getting stuck – every single time – for the whole cab fare
    was getting on Ginnie's nerves.                                         1. What parts can you divide the story into? How is their emotional
3. Ginnie decided to come right out with it.                                   charge changing throughout the story? (Try to figure out some
4. "All right, all right," Selena said loudly and with finality enough to      pattern of it). What is the main emotion of the whole story? What
    give herself the upper hand.                                               prompts it in terms of wording? In terms of other means?
5. At fifteen, Ginnie was about five feet nine in her 9-B tennis shoes,     2. How is Franklin’s behavior described? Is this description realistic?
    and as she entered the lobby, her self-conscious rubber-soled              Exaggerated? Prove it by the text. What features are stressed in his
    awkwardness lent her a dangerous amateur quality.                          description? Make your assumptions concerning the reasons of it.
                                                                            3. In the story find passages showing Franklin’s attitude to himself.
                                                                               Comment on them.

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