Раздел 1 «The Old Man and the Sea»
Ernest
Hemingway
(1899-1961), a prominent American novelist and short-story writer
began to write fiction about 1923. With the publication of his first
novel The
Sun Also Rises
(1926) he was recognized as a leading spokesman of the ‘lost
generation’ by American expatriates in post-World War I. Writing
in a somewhat dry, direct, tense and laconic style Hemingway focused
on courageous people living essential, dangerous lives. His other
major novels include A
Farewell to Arms
(1929), a tragic wartime love story, and For
Whom the Bell Tolls
(1940), based on an incident in the Spanish Civil War in which he
was a correspondent. He is also famous for his vigorous short
stories, e.g. The
Killers
and The
Snows of Kilimanjaro.
In 1945 Hemingway settled in Cuba, where he wrote a novella The
Old Man and the Sea
(1952, Pulitzer Prize). In 1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
literature. E. Hemingway later moved to Idaho, where, plagued by
illness, he committed suicide.
Assignment #1.
(up to page 46 (24)* «Sometimes, someone would speak...).
I. Study the vocabulary. Render the situations from the text containing these word-combinations:
to make fun of smb. 34 (12); to hoist smth. 34 (12); to be faded to many different shades 40 (17); to be thoughtful for smb. 41 (19); to have smb. on the team 41 (19); to have smth. for all of smb.’s life 42 (20); in the older days 42 (20); one’s mind is on sth. (to have one’s mind set on smth./smb.) 42 (20); to prove smb. wrong/right 43 (21); to shiver with cold 45 (22); to take hold of smth. 45 (23); to leave one’s sleep 45 (23).
II. Translate into English, using the vocabulary:
Я с роду не видел ничего подобного! В нашей команде появился новый игрок, и дела сразу же пошли в гору.
Если вы посетите выставку этого выдающегося художника, то вы запомните ее на всю жизнь.
Ну, какая же ты соня! Когда бы ты ни ложилась спать, утром ты никак не можешь отойти ото сна.
Давай заключим пари, и я докажу, что ты ошибался.
В былые времена удача сопутствовала рыбаку.
III. Make up lists of new words to topics:
1. the sea equipment
2. the fish
IV. Give antonyms to the following:
- to get rid of sth.
- to be impartial to smb.
- to lose one’s form/shape/fit _______________________
* Здесь и далее первая цифра, следующая за словом или выражением, показывает номер страницы по изданию 1967 г., а вторая - по изданию 1971 г.
V. Comment on the following:
«First you borrow, then you beg» p. 39 (17)
«Age is my alarm-clock» p. 43 (21)
Items for discussion:
a) In what way does the description of the old man, his shack and his mode of life characterize him?
b) Characterize the boy’s attitude towards the old man.
c) What else is Di Maggio famous for, besides being an outstanding baseball player?
VII. Prepare good reading and translation of the passage on p. 44 (22) «He no longer dreamed of storms»... up to the end of it.