How to Discuss a Story. Бунеева И.М - 22 стр.

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    7. When she returned to her room with the servants, her money and jewels
       were on the same places.
    8. When the lady ordered her servants to pull down the picture they did it at
       once

      b. Explain the words and expressions given in part I and reproduce the
         situations in which they were used

   III.   SPEAKING

      a. Retell the story as close to the text as you can

      b. Talking points
   1. Do you agree with the statement that “a woman who did so much to honour
      the memory of her husband deserves to get another”?
   2. What did the author mean saying that her husband was the victim of her
      kindness?
   3. Why did the lady spend so much money on her mourning dress? Why was the
      miniature she wore as big as a small clock? Do you think she felt sorry for
      her husband as much as she demonstrated?
   4. Can you prove that the lady had a remarkably strong will?
   5. What was the lady’s “idea of cleanliness”?
   6. Why did the lady marry the rich gentleman of the neighbourhood?
   7. What is the author’s attitude to the main character? Does he like her? Does he
      admire her? Why does O’Henry make readers smile sometimes?

      c. Sum up the discussion in pairs

       d. ►Improve your listening / pronunciation skills
           Listen to the following passage from the story; fill in the blanks;
           intone the passage; learn it by heart
My aunt was very much 1)_______ by the death of her poor dear husband. Perhaps
now she was sorry that she had made him take so much 2)_______ and felt,
perhaps, that he was the 3)_______ of her kindness. Anyhow she did all that a
4)_______ could do to honour his memory. She spent very much money on her
mourning 5)_______ , she wore a miniature of him about her neck as large as a
small 6)_______ ; and she had a full-length portrait of him always hanging in her
7)_______. All the world 8)_______ her conduct. “A 9)_______ who did so much
to honour the memory of one husband, 10)______ soon to get another,” – said my
aunt’s friends.