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II. Replace the underlined parts of the sentences with the words
and phrases from the text.
1. Teddy was not leaning out of the porthole quite so far or so pre-
cariously as small boys are prone
to lean out of open portholes – …
2. "You’re so goddam funny it isn’t even funny," Mr. McArdle said,
lying languidly
on his back again.
3. "Someone just threw
a whole garbage can of orange peels out the
window."
4. Below the Sports Deck, on the board, after end of the Sun Deck, in
the open air, were some seventy-five or more deck chairs…
5. Only one or two of the reclining passengers spoke to him – that is,
made any of the ordinary jokes
adults are sometimes prone to make
a ten-year-old boy…
6. Teddy seemed to have forgotten
the fact that someone was stand-
ing at the foot of his chair…
7. It was, of course, a normal, adult-size deck chair, and he looked
distinctly small in it, but at the same time, he looked perfectly re-
laxed, even tranquil
.
8. "Isn’t that your strong point
, so to speak?"
9. "You’re just being logical," Teddy said to him calmly
.
10. I could fracture my skull and die at once
.
III. Explain in your own words the meaning of the following
phrases.
1. "I’d like to kick your goddam head open."
2. "Life is a gift horse in my opinion."
3. "From what Al told me, you all had quite a little lethal bull ses-
sion late one night – the same night you made this tape, I be-
lieve."
4. "I never saw such a bunch of apple-eaters," he said.
IV. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following words
(mind your pronunciation).
Монета в десять центов; оценивающе; противоречивый;
нефрит; мириады; трое, группа из трёх; рисунок «в ёлочку»; боже-
ственный; педант; благословение.
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V. Think of the definitions for the following words and phrases.
to loll around to cast a shadow pawn
cunning proviso ambiguously
uninhibitedly to squint up at the sun reverberating
VI. Find synonyms to the following words and phrases.
debilitated-looking body to gallivant eyesore
precariously demeanor brusquely
oblique kittenish
to meander all around regimentals
POINTS FOR DISCUSSION
1. "Each of his phrasings was rather like a little ancient island, inun-
dated by a miniature sea of whiskey." How do you interpret this
simile? (p. 183)
2. "That’s a very nice, perfect example of the way –". Give your con-
tinuation of the sentence. (p. 186)
3. "His youngness and single-mindedness were obvious enough, but
perhaps his general demeanor altogether lacked, or had too little
of, that sort of cute solemnity that many adults readily speak up, of
down, to." (p. 193) How do you understand this statement?
4. To what extent do you share the following statements of Teddy’s:
a) "Life is a gift horse";
b) "…to love sentimentally is too unreliable" (p. 203);
c) "They [parents] love their reasons for loving us almost as
much as they love us, and most of the time more".
5. What does the boy mean by saying: "I never saw such a bunch of
apple-eaters"?
ADDITIONAL TASKS
Group work. Dramatize the dialogue between Teddy and his parents in
the opening scene of the story. Before doing so, in class discuss the
attitudes you are going to express, intonational peculiarities you might
employ, words that will be under stress, etc.
Note
. Ascribe attitude to each of the phrases. For this purpose, look up
the necessary adjectives and phrases (e.g. menacing, amiable, seeking
revenge, with guilty conscience etc).
II. Replace the underlined parts of the sentences with the words V. Think of the definitions for the following words and phrases.
and phrases from the text. to loll around to cast a shadow pawn
1. Teddy was not leaning out of the porthole quite so far or so pre- cunning proviso ambiguously
cariously as small boys are prone to lean out of open portholes – … uninhibitedly to squint up at the sun reverberating
2. "You’re so goddam funny it isn’t even funny," Mr. McArdle said,
lying languidly on his back again. VI. Find synonyms to the following words and phrases.
3. "Someone just threw a whole garbage can of orange peels out the debilitated-looking body to gallivant eyesore
window." precariously demeanor brusquely
4. Below the Sports Deck, on the board, after end of the Sun Deck, in oblique kittenish
the open air, were some seventy-five or more deck chairs… to meander all around regimentals
5. Only one or two of the reclining passengers spoke to him – that is,
POINTS FOR DISCUSSION
made any of the ordinary jokes adults are sometimes prone to make
a ten-year-old boy… 1. "Each of his phrasings was rather like a little ancient island, inun-
6. Teddy seemed to have forgotten the fact that someone was stand- dated by a miniature sea of whiskey." How do you interpret this
ing at the foot of his chair… simile? (p. 183)
7. It was, of course, a normal, adult-size deck chair, and he looked 2. "That’s a very nice, perfect example of the way –". Give your con-
distinctly small in it, but at the same time, he looked perfectly re- tinuation of the sentence. (p. 186)
laxed, even tranquil. 3. "His youngness and single-mindedness were obvious enough, but
8. "Isn’t that your strong point, so to speak?" perhaps his general demeanor altogether lacked, or had too little
9. "You’re just being logical," Teddy said to him calmly. of, that sort of cute solemnity that many adults readily speak up, of
10. I could fracture my skull and die at once. down, to." (p. 193) How do you understand this statement?
4. To what extent do you share the following statements of Teddy’s:
III. Explain in your own words the meaning of the following a) "Life is a gift horse";
phrases. b) "…to love sentimentally is too unreliable" (p. 203);
1. "I’d like to kick your goddam head open." c) "They [parents] love their reasons for loving us almost as
2. "Life is a gift horse in my opinion." much as they love us, and most of the time more".
3. "From what Al told me, you all had quite a little lethal bull ses- 5. What does the boy mean by saying: "I never saw such a bunch of
sion late one night – the same night you made this tape, I be- apple-eaters"?
lieve." ADDITIONAL TASKS
4. "I never saw such a bunch of apple-eaters," he said.
Group work. Dramatize the dialogue between Teddy and his parents in
IV. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following words the opening scene of the story. Before doing so, in class discuss the
(mind your pronunciation). attitudes you are going to express, intonational peculiarities you might
Монета в десять центов; оценивающе; противоречивый; employ, words that will be under stress, etc.
нефрит; мириады; трое, группа из трёх; рисунок «в ёлочку»; боже- Note. Ascribe attitude to each of the phrases. For this purpose, look up
ственный; педант; благословение. the necessary adjectives and phrases (e.g. menacing, amiable, seeking
revenge, with guilty conscience etc).
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