Учебно-методическое пособие по домашнему чтению для студентов I - II курсов английского отделения. Бойко Л.Б. - 13 стр.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOES
I. Find the equivalents for the following words & expressions in the text:
быть озадаченным
делать больно
ничего не поделаешь
спутать
еле удрать
барахтаться
вести хозяйство
задержать дыхание
оставить в покое
отличать
Paraphrase them, if possible.
Reproduce the situations in which they are used in the text.
II. Try your hand at translating the following bits. Compare your translation with
K.Chukovsky's version.
p.102 ("This, O Best Beloved..")
p.103 ("Now attend to me..." ) - 3 paragraphs
p.108 ("Don't talk to me...") - 3 paragraphs
III. What can one do in water? Pick out the verbs describing one's movements in
water. Tell the story of Stickly- Prickly's lesson in swimming.
IV. Describe Hedgehog's & Tortoise's appearences at the beginning & at the end
of the tale. Comment on the functional role of the changes they underwent. What are
their gains & losses?
V. Dramatize one of the dialogues from the tale.
VI. Characterize each of the four personages each time assuming a new attitude
to them: sympathetic, convicting, that of admiration (the list can be extended).
VII. Grammar focus
Work out a list of recommendations as to what the animals should & shouldn't
have done.
VIII.What is the moral of the tale? Can you think of an appropriate proverb to
illustrate it? 
                      THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOES

     I. Find the equivalents for the following words & expressions in the text:
     быть озадаченным
     делать больно
     ничего не поделаешь
     спутать
     еле удрать
     барахтаться
     вести хозяйство
     задержать дыхание
     оставить в покое
     отличать
     Paraphrase them, if possible.
     Reproduce the situations in which they are used in the text.

    II. Try your hand at translating the following bits. Compare your translation with
K.Chukovsky's version.
     p.102 ("This, O Best Beloved..")
     p.103 ("Now attend to me..." ) - 3 paragraphs
     p.108 ("Don't talk to me...") - 3 paragraphs

     III. What can one do in water? Pick out the verbs describing one's movements in
water. Tell the story of Stickly- Prickly's lesson in swimming.

      IV. Describe Hedgehog's & Tortoise's appearences at the beginning & at the end
of the tale. Comment on the functional role of the changes they underwent. What are
their gains & losses?

     V. Dramatize one of the dialogues from the tale.

      VI. Characterize each of the four personages each time assuming a new attitude
to them: sympathetic, convicting, that of admiration (the list can be extended).

     VII. Grammar focus
     Work out a list of recommendations as to what the animals should & shouldn't
have done.

       VIII.What is the moral of the tale? Can you think of an appropriate proverb to
illustrate it?




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