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Юноша вдруг схватил мокрую ножку Сибиллы – она свеси-
ла ее с плотика – и поцеловал пятку.
– Эй! – сказала она.
– Сама ты «Эй!» Поехали назад! Хватит с тебя?
– Нет!
– Жаль, жаль! – сказал он и подтолкнул плотик к берегу, где
Сибилла спрыгнула на песок. Он взял матрасик под мышку и по-
нес
на берег.
– Прощай! – крикнула Сибилла и без малейшего сожаления
побежала к гостинице.
Молодой человек надел халат, плотнее запахнул отвороты и
сунул полотенце в карман. Он поднял мокрый, скользкий, неудоб-
ный матрасик и взял его под мышку. Потом пошел один по горя-
чему, мягкому песку к гостинице.
Note. You may reproduce the dialogue as it is or dramatize it.
Lesson 2
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
PRE-READING TASKS
• Before reading the story at home, in class read the first passage of
the story and answer the following questions.
1. Where is the scene going to be laid? What is the setting?
2. Who does the story seem to be about?
3. What is your first impression of the girls’ characters? Which sen-
tences prompted it?
4. What does the headline suggest to you?
5. What, do you think, the author is going to narrate about?
6. What kind of variations of the theme (imaginative development of
the starting point) would you suggest? Make up gist of the story
you could invent (about 10 sentences) and tell it in class. The
group is to decide which story is most unusual and interesting.
• While reading the story, try to figure out what kind of relations the
girls have. Note down the episodes that seem illustrative at this is-
sue.
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GENERAL COMPREHENSION
1. What is Mary Jane’s job? Does she seem to be satisfied with it?
2. What does Eloise do?
3. How long have they known each other?
4. What is their educational background? When did they drop out of
college? Why?
5. What classes did they both attend? Why does the author mention
it? Do you think it has influenced their views on life in general?
6. Comment on the author’s words: "They had an even stronger bond
between them…" (p. 23). What can we infer from the sentence?
What attitude does the author express?
7. How would you define the type of conversation the girls are hav-
ing?
8. What do we get to know about Walt? about Lew? Whose opinion
is it that we see the men through? Is this opinion reliable? Why?
9. Compare the way both the men are spoken about. What else can we
infer about them and about Eloise’s attitude to both of them?
10. Why, in your opinion, is Eloise so reluctant to tell her husband
about Walt?
11. Comment on the following words of Eloise’s:
"What I need is a cocker spaniel or something," she said. "Some-
body that looks like me." (p. 28).
What do they corroborate? Find other extracts that imply the same
idea.
12. Comment on the way Mary Jane behaves with Ramona. Does the
girl seem to respond the same way?
13. What is the mother’s part in the conversation with the child? What
can you feel in her words?
14. Pay attention to Ramona’s description of her friend Jimmy. What
seems peculiar in it?
15. Is there any evidence of Eloise’s ironic attitude to Mary? How does
the latter respond to it?
16. What happens in the last part of the story (pp. 39-42)? Make up a
flow chart of it. Who are Eloise’s interlocutors? Comment on the
way she talks to them. How does this part contribute to our under-
standing of her character?
Юноша вдруг схватил мокрую ножку Сибиллы – она свеси- GENERAL COMPREHENSION ла ее с плотика – и поцеловал пятку. – Эй! – сказала она. 1. What is Mary Jane’s job? Does she seem to be satisfied with it? – Сама ты «Эй!» Поехали назад! Хватит с тебя? 2. What does Eloise do? – Нет! 3. How long have they known each other? – Жаль, жаль! – сказал он и подтолкнул плотик к берегу, где 4. What is their educational background? When did they drop out of Сибилла спрыгнула на песок. Он взял матрасик под мышку и по- college? Why? нес на берег. 5. What classes did they both attend? Why does the author mention – Прощай! – крикнула Сибилла и без малейшего сожаления it? Do you think it has influenced their views on life in general? побежала к гостинице. 6. Comment on the author’s words: "They had an even stronger bond Молодой человек надел халат, плотнее запахнул отвороты и between them…" (p. 23). What can we infer from the sentence? сунул полотенце в карман. Он поднял мокрый, скользкий, неудоб- What attitude does the author express? ный матрасик и взял его под мышку. Потом пошел один по горя- 7. How would you define the type of conversation the girls are hav- чему, мягкому песку к гостинице. ing? Note. You may reproduce the dialogue as it is or dramatize it. 8. What do we get to know about Walt? about Lew? Whose opinion is it that we see the men through? Is this opinion reliable? Why? 9. Compare the way both the men are spoken about. What else can we Lesson 2 infer about them and about Eloise’s attitude to both of them? Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut 10. Why, in your opinion, is Eloise so reluctant to tell her husband about Walt? 11. Comment on the following words of Eloise’s: PRE-READING TASKS "What I need is a cocker spaniel or something," she said. "Some- • Before reading the story at home, in class read the first passage of body that looks like me." (p. 28). the story and answer the following questions. What do they corroborate? Find other extracts that imply the same 1. Where is the scene going to be laid? What is the setting? idea. 2. Who does the story seem to be about? 12. Comment on the way Mary Jane behaves with Ramona. Does the 3. What is your first impression of the girls’ characters? Which sen- girl seem to respond the same way? tences prompted it? 13. What is the mother’s part in the conversation with the child? What 4. What does the headline suggest to you? can you feel in her words? 5. What, do you think, the author is going to narrate about? 14. Pay attention to Ramona’s description of her friend Jimmy. What 6. What kind of variations of the theme (imaginative development of seems peculiar in it? the starting point) would you suggest? Make up gist of the story 15. Is there any evidence of Eloise’s ironic attitude to Mary? How does you could invent (about 10 sentences) and tell it in class. The the latter respond to it? group is to decide which story is most unusual and interesting. 16. What happens in the last part of the story (pp. 39-42)? Make up a • While reading the story, try to figure out what kind of relations the flow chart of it. Who are Eloise’s interlocutors? Comment on the girls have. Note down the episodes that seem illustrative at this is- way she talks to them. How does this part contribute to our under- sue. standing of her character? 15 16
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