Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с книгой С. Моэма "Пироги и пиво". Бегун Н.В. - 25 стр.

                                                                                     ным; с точки зрения денег; премьера; выглядеть прими-
                                                                                     тивно; закрытые вернисажи; требовательность любителя;
              Assignments to Chapters XII–XVI                                        иметь очень хорошие связи;

                                                                                     b) p.p. 174–181
A. Exercises to develop students’ learning activities.                               well-to-do; devid-may-care attitude toward life; in a jiffy;
Ex. 1 Find in chapters XII–XIV passages describing:                                  buxom wench; make game of smb; placidity; to be staggered; a
        The narrator’s landlady Mrs. Hudson;                                         hurried peck; to sleep like a rock; the nape of the neck; to give
        Rosie Driffields’ house in Limpus Road;                                      a little gasp; rock smb back and forth;
        the narrator’s reflections on the profession of literature and the           мигом, одним духом; разыгрывать кого-либо; состоятель-
        ranks of nobility;                                                           ный; пышущая здоровьем девушка; торопливый поцелуй;
        Mrs. Barton Trafford’s appearance and interests;                             легкое отношение к жизни; безмятежность; быть потрясен-
        Quentin Forde, Lionel Hillier and Harry Retford;                             ным; страшная толкотня и давка; быть удивленным; укачи-
        Ashenden’s feelings toward Rosie and their rendezvous at his                 вать кого-либо; затылок; спать как убитый; тихо ахнуть
        room.
                                                                             Ex. 3   Find in chapter XIV orders of the peerage. Make up a scheme
         Pick out the key words from each passage and give the main                  of the ranks of the nobility, beginning from the lower ones,
         idea of it using the key words and expressions.                             and corresponding provinces of literature which should be
                                                                                     apportioned among them according to Mr. Ashenden’s plan.
Ex. 2     Match the words and word combinations from the text with
          their Russian equivalents.                                         Ex. 4   Pick out and learn by heart phrases describing appearance,
         a) p.p. 143–170                                                             character and manners of Mrs. Hudson; Rosie Driffield; Mrs.
         repartee; propriety; the blue bag; never jumps over the fence;              Barton Trafford; Guentin Forde; Lionel Hiller; Harry Ret-
         near the knuckle; to send one’s respectful compliments; mind                ford. Add as many words from the text as you can to give their
         your own business; to be embarrassed; to be astounded; swag-                full portraits.
         ger; belles letters; from a pecuniary standpoint; to look like a            Use the extracts on p.p. 142–144 beginning with “Mrs. Hud-
         piece of cheese; first night; the private views; to be very well            son was a little, active…” up to “…she was an excellent
         connected; the amateur’s severity; a polite but sweeping con-               cook.”
         tempt; a flamboyant appearance; a fine mane of black hair; a                beginning with “Mrs. Hudson was a mistress of cockney hu-
         sacrificial heifer;                                                         mour” up to “…but she never jumps over the fence.”
          художественная литература, беллетристика; вежливое, но                     p. 151 beginning with “I was looking at Mr. Driffield” up to
          полное презрение; жертвенная телка; пышная грива чер-                      “…her skin was like ivory.”
          ных волос; цветущий вид; остроумный ответ; передавать                      p.p. 175–176 beginning with “I discovered that she was a great
          наилучшие пожелания; правильность, уместность; непри-                      reader” up to “But her silence was intimate and comfortable.”
          стойный, на грани неприличного; не лезь не в свое дело;                    p.p. 159–160 beginning with “Mrs. Barton Trafford was then
          самодовольство; не совсем приличная острота; растерять-                    a woman of about fifty” up to “…the celebrity that she now
          ся; не переходит границы дозволенного; быть шокирован-                     enjoyed.”
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