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КАФЕДРА ИНОСТРАННЫХ ЯЗЫКОВ

Домашнее чтение. Английский язык. Читаем и обсуждаем по-английски

(Read and Discuss in English)

Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов I курса всех факультетов Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета технологии и дизайна

Составители: Л. М. Катан А. Ф. Львова

О. С. Муранова

Санкт-Петербург 2012

Рекомендовано на заседании кафедры 31.08.2012 г., протокол № 1

Рецензент А.А. Вербин

Данные методические указания содержат англоязычные материалы по страноведению, истории и достопримечательностям Санкт-Петербурга, а также отрывки из англоязычных художественных произведений. В каждом разделе содержатся тексты различного уровня сложности, заимствованные из оригинальной литературы и Интернет-сайтов на английском языке, языковые и речевые упражнения, ориентированные на проверку степени понимания содержания текста, а также коммуникативные задания, ориентированные на активизацию и использование полученных знаний в собственной речи.

Методические указания предназначены для студентов всех факультетов Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета технологии и дизайна (1-й семестр).

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ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ

Level “C” …………………………………………………………….. 4 Level “B” …………………………………………………………….. 20 Level “A” …………………………………………………………….. 36 Список использованной литературы …………………….………... 52

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Level “С”

The Last Leaf

I.Pre-text questions:

1.Do you remember real-life situations when you felt despair and hopelessness? What helped you to believe in yourself?

2.Imagine your friend is gloomy and depressed. Give him wholesome advice to perk up his mood.

3.Every problem has at least two solutions. Agree or disagree.

II. Have you ever read stories written by O’Henry? What are your impressions of them?

(abridged) by O’Henry

At the top of a three-story brick house in Greenwich Village Sue and Johnsy had their studio. "Johnsy" was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at the table d'hote of an Eighth Street "Delmonico's", and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so congenial that the joint studio resulted.

That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the colony, touching one here and there with his icy fingers.

Mr. Pneumonia was not what you would call a chivalric old gentleman. A mite of a little woman with blood thinned by California zephyrs was hardly fair game for the red-fisted, short-breathed old duffer. But Johnsy he smote: and she lay, scarcely moving, on her painted iron bedstead, looking through the small Dutch windowpanes at the blank side of the next brick house.

One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a shaggy, gray eyebrow.

"She has one chance in - let us say, ten," he said, as he shook down the mercury in his clinical thermometer. "And that chance is for her to want to live. Your little lady has made up her mind that she's not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?"

"She - she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day," said Sue. "Paint? - bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking about twice - a man, for instance?"

"A man?" said Sue. "Is a man worth - but, no, doctor; there is nothing of

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the kind."

"Well, it is the weakness, then," said the doctor. "I will do all that science, so far as it may filter through my efforts, can accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines. If you get her to ask one question about the new winter styles in cloak sleeves I will promise you a one-in-five chance for her, instead of one in ten."

After the doctor had gone Sue went into the workroom and cried a Japanese napkin to a pulp. Then she swaggered into Johnsy's room with her drawing board, whistling ragtime. Johnsy lay, scarcely making a ripple under the bedclothes, with her face toward the window. She stopped whistling, thinking she was asleep.

She arranged her board and began a pen-and-ink drawing to illustrate a magazine story. Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

As Sue was sketching a pair of elegant horseshow riding trousers and a monocle on the figure of the hero, an Idaho cowboy, she heard a low sound, several times repeated. She went quickly to the bedside.

Johnsy's eyes were open wide. She was looking out the window and counting - counting backward.

"Twelve," she said, and a little later "eleven"; and then "ten," and "nine"; and then "eight" and "seven," almost together.

Sue looked solicitously out of the window. What was there to count? There was only a bare, dreary yard to be seen, and the blank side of the brick house twenty feet away. An old, old ivy vine climbed half way up the brick wall. The cold breath of autumn had stricken its leaves from the vine until its skeleton branches clung, almost bare, to the crumbling bricks.

"What is it, dear?" asked Sue. "Six," said Johnsy, in almost a whisper "They're falling faster now. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. I made my head ache to count them. But now it's easy. There goes another one. There are only five left now.

"Five what, dear. Tell your Sudie." "Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go, too. I've known that for three days. Didn't the doctor tell you?"

"Oh, I never heard of such nonsense," complained Sue, with magnificent scorn. "What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? And you used to love that vine, so, you naughty girl. Don't be a goosey. Why, the doctor told me this morning that your chances for getting well real soon were - let's see exactly what he said - he said the chances were ten to one! Why, that's almost as good a chance as we have in New York when we ride on the street-cars or walk past a new building. Try to take some broth now, and let Sudie go back to her drawing,

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so she can sell the editor man with it, and buy port wine for her sick child, and pork chops for her greedy self."

"You needn't get any more wine," said Johnsy, keeping her eyes fixed out the window. "There goes another. No, I don't want any broth. That leaves just four. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. Then I’ll go, too."

"Johnsy, dear," said Sue, bending over her, "will you promise me to keep your eyes closed, and not look out the window until I am done working? I must hand those drawings in by tomorrow. I need the light, or I would draw the shade down."

"Couldn't you draw in the other-room?" asked Johnsy, coldly.

"I'd rather be here by you," said Sue. "Besides, I don't want you to keep looking at those silly ivy leaves."

"Tell me as soon as you have finished," said Johnsy, closing her eyes, and lying white and still as a fallen statue, "because I want to see the last one fall. I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything, and go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves."

"Try to sleep," said Sue. "I must call Behrman up to be my model for the old hermit miner. I'll not be gone a minute. Don't try to move till I come back."

III. Say if the following statements are true or false.

1.At the top of a five-story brick house in Greenwich Village Sue and Johnsy had their studio.

2.She arranged her board and began a pen-and-ink drawing to illustrate a magazine story.

3.An old, old honeysuckle climbed half way up the brick wall.

4.They had met at the table d'hote of an Eighth Street Delmonico's".

5.She stopped dancing, thinking she was asleep.

IV. Open the brackets in the sentences below.

1.One morning the busy doctor (invite) Sue into the hallway with a shaggy, gray eyebrow.

2.I (do) all that science, so far as it (may filter) through my efforts, (can accomplish).

3.The cold breath of autumn (strike) its leaves from the vine until its skeleton branches (cling), almost bare, to the crumbling bricks.

4.If you (get) her to ask one question about the new winter styles in cloak sleeves I (promise) you a one-in-five chance for her, instead of one in ten.

5.She (arrange) her board and (begin) a pen-and-ink drawing to illustrate a magazine story.

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V. Find the equivalents to the given words and phrases.

беспокойный доктор, делать набросок, кирпичный дом, бульон, мастерская, салат из листьев цикория, густые брови, жаловаться, вьющийся виноград, считать.

VI. Make a word tree, find as many words as possible in the text to add the tree.

scorn coldly

emotions tired

VII. Match the phrases to make the sentences.

1.	After the doctor had gone	a. the Bay of Naples some day.
2.	She wanted to paint	b. looking through the window.
3.	Johnsy lay on her iron bedstead	c. and began a pen-and-ink drawing.
4.	Young artists must pave their	d. way to Art by drawing pictures.
5.	She arranged her board	e. Sue went into the workroom.

VIII. Make the written translation of the following extract.

At the top of a three-story brick house in Greenwich Village Sue and Johnsy had their studio. "Johnsy" was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at the table d'hote of an Eighth Street "Delmonico's", and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so congenial that the joint studio resulted.

That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the colony, touching one here and there with his icy fingers.

Mr. Pneumonia was not what you would call a chivalric old gentleman.

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A mite of a little woman with blood thinned by California zephyrs was hardly fair game for the red-fisted, short-breathed old duffer. But Johnsy he smote: and she lay, scarcely moving, on her painted iron bedstead, looking through the small Dutch windowpanes at the blank side of the next brick house.

IX. Can you recommend to read this story to others? Explain your point of view.

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New Zealand

I. What interesting do you know about New Zealand and New Zealand’s cities? Discuss your associations with the group.

II. Read the text “New Zealand’s Main Cities”. What new facts have you learned about New Zealand’s major cities and towns after reading the text?

New Zealand’s Main Cities

The majority of New Zealanders live in cities and towns. The main New Zealand’s cities and towns are: Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton, Dunedin, Whangarei, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier/Hastings, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Nelson, Blenheim, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Timaru, Wanaka Queenstown, Oamaru, Invercargill.

Early in the 20th century, the “big four” cities – Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin – shared leadership, but Auckland and Hamilton grew rapidly while Dunedin ceased to grow. A persistent drift to urban cerntres and to the north set in, and 85 percent of the people now live in cities.

Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city. It is a modern cosmopolitan city with a beautiful, clear harbour where people go boating or swimming many months of the year. It has a population of over a million people. Twenty percent of the population is Maori and Polynesian. It is home to one quarter of the country’s inhabitants, the chief industrial, commercial, and international transportation centre. Near Auckland there are forests, farms, beaches, thermal pools and geysers, marine reserves and scuba diving locations.

Auckland was established in 1840 as the capital of the British colonial government. It was named for George Eden, earl of Auckland, first lord of the admiralty, and, later, governor-general of India. Auckland remained the capital until it was replaced in that role by Wellington. Auckland was officially made a city in 1871. It is the major industrial and commercial port of New Zealand. The port serves overseas and intercoastal shipping.

Wellington is the country’s second largest city and a main port. It is situated on the southern coast of North Island. Wellington is the nation’s capital, its administrative centre and the seat of the government with a population less than 200,000 people. Wellington is the transport link between the islands. It was settled by the first group of British immigrants to New Zealand in 1840. It was called by them Nicholson after a navy captain and it is sometimes called by this name. It is the third capital of New Zealand: its first capital was Russel, then the

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capital moved to Auckland. The city became the capital of New Zealand in 1865. The two most striking features of the city are its winds and constant danger of earthquakes. It is situated at the crossroads of the Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea and is known by its piercing winds. Its nickname is “The Windy City”. Wellington is the centre of finance and commerce. It has a beautiful harbour. Most businesses locate their head office in Wellington. The city contains commercial areas, docks, and government buildings, including the Houses of Parliament. It is interesting that the building of New Zealand’s parliament is called “the Beehive” because of its shape and architectural look reminding of a real beehive.

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island. It is an inland city with an English atmosphere and many parks, gardens and Oxford-style buildings. The water in Christchurch is totally untreated and is supposed to be the purest domestic water supply in the world… Near Christchurch there are mountains and ski fields, lakes, hot pools and beaches. Its population is 300,000 people.

Dunedin is the principal city of the Coastal-North Otago district on the southeastern shore of South Island, New Zealand. Being the second largest city of South Island, it has a population of 110,600 people. Dunedin was founded in 1848 by Scottish Presbyterians at a Scottish Free Church settlement. It was called Dunedin for the Gaelic word for Edinburgh. It is also called the “Edinburgh of the South” and still conveys Scottish values. The site was chosen because of timber resources and farming potential. The discovery of gold in 1861 in the central Otago district brought prosperity to the town. During the second half of the 19th century, it was the largest town in New Zealand.

North Island which has larger cities, more intensive farming, and most of the Maori people, has more than twice the population of the larger South Island.

III. Say whether the following statements are true or false.

1.The discovery of gold in 1861 brought prosperity to Dunedin.

2.Auckland is also called the “Windy City”.

3.Wellington is the largest city in New Zealand.

4.The first capital of New Zealand was Russel.

5.Christchurch has very pure water.

IV. Open the brackets in the sentences below.

1.Dunedin … (to establish) in 1848 as a Scottish Free church settlement.

2.Auckland … (to become) the capital of the British colonial government in 1840.

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