- •Iris Murdoch “The Sandcastle” Chapter 1
- •Chapter 2
- •1.Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Be ready to represent the situations where they occur and give synonyms to them.
- •2. Answer the following questions using the words mentioned above.
- •4. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian.
- •Chapter 3
- •4. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian.
- •3. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •4. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian.
- •5. Be ready to speak on the following topics.
- •Chapter 5
- •3. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •4. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian.
- •5. Be ready to speak on the following topics.
- •Chapter 6
- •3. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian.
- •4. Fill in the correct prepositions in the following phrases. Make up your own sentences with them.
- •5. Say if these statements are true or false:
- •6.Make up a short summary of the events of the chapter. Use new vocabulary to describe what had happened. Chapter 7
- •3. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian
- •4. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •5. Be ready to speak on the following topics.
- •Chapter 8
- •3. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian
- •3. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian
- •4. Fill in the gaps with prepositions.
- •5. Be ready to discuss the following topics.
- •Chapter 10
- •3. Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian
- •5. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •6. Be ready to discuss the following topics.
- •7. Retell the chapter with the help of the active vocabulary. Chapter 12
- •4. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •5. Be ready to discuss the following topics.
- •6 .Make up a short summary of the chapter. Use the active vocabulary from the book. Chapter 13
- •3. Translate in a proper manner from English into Russian.
- •4. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •5. Be ready to discuss the following topics.
- •6. Be ready to discuss the following topics.
- •7. Make up a short summary of the chapter in writing. Chapter 16
- •4. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •5. Be ready to discuss the following topics.
- •Chapter 17
- •4. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •5. Be ready to discuss the following topics.
- •6. Make up a short summary in writing. Chapter 18
- •4. Explain and develop the following ideas from the text.
- •4. Explain and develop the following idea from the text.
Iris Murdoch “The Sandcastle” Chapter 1
Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Be ready to represent the situations where they occur and give synonyms to them.
to articulate distinctly
outbreak of measles
to bring the term to an early conclusion
to get smb off taking junior prep
to take a vow of obedience
to have a soporific feeling of conjugal boredom
to make a futile remark
to lead a cloistered life
to know smb’s mind
to be littered with the discarded paraphernalia of subjects
to be sniffed up with sth
to draw one’s horns in pretty sharply
Answer the following questions using the words mentioned above.
Who are the main characters of the chapter?
Where does the place of the action take place?
What do the characters argue about?
What kind of family relation do they have?
How many children are there in the family? Where are they?
Whom do the children resemble in their appearance?
Remember the situations where the following phrases were used and express your opinion to them.
“Mor had been brought up as a Methodist. He believed profoundly in complete truthfulness as the basis and condition of all virtue”.
“You always pretend people don’t know what they want when they don’t want what you want”.
“You live in a dream world ... Neither of your children are clever, and you’ve already caused them both enough unhappiness by pretending that they are”.
Translate the following extract in a proper manner from English into Russian.
“Mor hated Nan’s moocher ... – Her strength was endless”
Chapter 2
1.Find the following words and word combinations in the text. Be ready to represent the situations where they occur and give synonyms to them.
to console
a desultory conversation
to extend the tenure of power
remorse of conscience
to mitigate the tyranny
to regard sth as affectation
to endeavor to bring the friendship to an end
to have a vague curiosity about smb
to stand stately and pensive
to be littered with the discarded paraphernalia of subjects
to blend into a nity
to be invariably an efficient ally
the sense of vocation
to be a connoisseur of books
to be a bit intimidating
to find sth hard to interpret
2. Answer the following questions using the words mentioned above.
Who was Demoyte? Why did Mor respect him greatly?
What position did Mor occupy when Demoyte was the headmaster? What was peculiar about that?
What were the reasons for Nan to dislike Demoyte?
Why did Mor have a vague curiosity about Miss Carter?
Who watch Mor’s arrival and why?
How did the first meting of Mor and Miss Carter happen? What was peculiar about their behavior?
Who were present at the dinner? What was it like?
How did Mor like to read? Why?
3. Remember the situations where the following phrases were used and express your opinion to them.
“Demoyte had not been easy to live with and he had not been easy to get rid of”.
“He had mitigated the tyranny; but he had also been to a large extent its instrument and had not infrequently enjoyed its fruits”.
“As for morality and such things Demoyte took the view that if a boy could look after his Latin prose, his character would look after itself”.
“I think fundamentally Mr Everard is a fool and if someone is a fool, especially if he’s in a position of authority, this spoils his other good qualities”.
“Mor knew that she was not interested in roses. Nan thought on the whole that flowers were rather messy and insanitary things”.