Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с книгой "Девять рассказов" Дж. Д. Сэлинджера. Афанасьева Н.Р - 20 стр.

3. The young lady, however, seemed slightly bored ___ her own             3. What would you like to change in the story? Why?
   singing ability…                                                       4. Rewrite Esme’s letter so that it is written in a simple straightforward
4. It was a ladylike yawn, a closed-mouth yawn, but you couldn't miss        narrative style. Exchange your letters with one another. Now restore
   it; her nostril wings gave her ___.                                       the original variant as close as possible (either in writing or orally).
5. …he methodically went ___ annoying his governess ___ pushing
                                                                                                  ADDITIONAL TASKS
   ___ and pulling ___ his chair several times, watching her face.
6. She blushed ___ automatically conferring ___ me the social poise       1. You are the lieutenant. You changed your mind and decided to go to
   I'd been missing.                                                         the wedding. Prepare the speech you are going to make there.
7. I said I'd thought that most people could figure that ___ for          2. Pick out at least ten most bookish or sophisticated words and
   themselves.                                                               expressions in Esme’s vocabulary. Make up a poem using them.
8. Since the death of my mother, she's done everything ___ her power         (You may prefer any style – blank, free or rhythmic verse, classical
   to make Charles and me feel adjusted.                                     poems, etc.)

V. Match the words with their definitions.
1. imperceptibly   a. fond of company, sociable                           Lesson 7
2. opaque          b. pestering, bothering                                Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
3. spell           c. merciful, pitying
4. presumably      d. scarcely noticeably                                                   GENERAL COMPREHENSION
5. gregarious      e. horribly ugly, frightful
6. compassionate f. words having magic power                              1. What impression have you got of Arthur? In which episodes is it
7. to baffle       g. dark, not allowing light to pass through               rooted? What additional information (not directly related to the
8. wistfully       h. probably, as you would expect                          events of narrative) have you inferred?
9. importunate     i. to die                                              2. Comment on Lee’s gestures and expressions on his face at the
10. prolific       j. to puzzle                                              beginning of the conversation. What attitude did he try to reveal?
11. squalor        k. wretchedness, poverty and dirt                         How did it change in the last scene?
12. hideous        l. showing an unsatisfied desire or longing            3. Do we know a lot about the girl? Who is she? Is there any
13. to perish      m. fertile, very productive                               corroborative evidence of it?
                                                                          4. What do you think Arthur’s intention was when he made the first
                    POINTS FOR DISCUSSION                                    call? The second call? What reactions did he produce in his
                                                                             interlocutor?
1. In the introduction the main character says that his aim in writing
   the letter to the groom is to "edify, to instruct". What did he mean                               WORD STUDY
   by saying so? What is your opinion about his motives of writing
   this letter?                                                           I. Find in the text the following expressions.
2. How often does the word squalor (and its conjugates) appear in the     1. А по-твоему, у неё так мало вкуса да и ума, если уж на то
   story? What meanings can it express? Can you account for the               пошло…
   variety of its possible meanings in this story? Which meaning is       2. – Артур. Ради всего святого. Этот наш разговор совершенно
   more likely to be referred to in the title? Explain your choice.           ни к чему.

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