- •Институт языка и литературы
- •Лингвистический анализ текста
- •Часть I
- •Think before You Read
- •2. Story Preview
- •3. Using the Vocabulary
- •4. Making Predictions
- •5. Literary Term: First Person Narrator
- •2. Vocabulary Comprehension
- •3. Word Forms
- •Understanding the Story
- •4. Grammar: Contractions
- •5. Application
- •1. Sharing Ideas
- •2. Reading between the Lines
- •3. Analyzing the Story
- •4. Writing
- •1. Think before You Read
- •2. Story Preview
- •3. Using the Vocabulary
- •4. Making Predictions
- •Literary Term: Poetic Justice
- •Understanding the Story
- •Vocabulary Comprehension
- •3. Word Forms
- •4. Grammar: Phrasal Verbs
- •5. Application
- •1. Sharing Ideas
- •2. Reading between the Lines
- •3. Analyzing the Story
- •4. Writing
- •1. Think before You Read
- •2. Story Preview
- •3. Using the Vocabulary
- •4. Making Predictions
- •Literary Term: Setting
- •Understanding the Story
- •Vocabulary Comprehension
- •3. Word Forms
- •4. Grammar: The Past Tense: Simple Versus Continuous
- •5. Application
- •1. Sharing Ideas
- •2. Reading between the Lines
- •3. Analyzing the Story
- •4. Writing
- •Think before You Read
- •Story Preview
- •Using the Vocabulary
- •4. Making Predictions
- •5. Literary Term: Foreshadowing
- •Understanding the Story
- •Vocabulary Comprehension
- •3. Word Forms
- •4. Grammar: Prepositions of Place on, in, and into
- •5. Application
- •1. Sharing Ideas
- •2. Reading Between the Lines
- •3. Analyzing the Story
- •4. Writing
- •Think before You Read
- •Story Preview
- •Using the Vocabulary
- •Making Predictions
- •Literary Term: Imagery
- •Understanding the Story
- •Vocabulary Comprehension
- •Word Forms
- •Grammar: Articles with Count Nouns
- •Application
- •1. Sharing Ideas
- •Reading Between the Lines
- •3. Analyzing the Story
- •4. Writing
- •Think before You Read
- •Using the Vocabulary
- •Making Predictions
- •5. Literary Term: Imagery
- •Understanding the Story
- •Vocabulary Comprehension
- •Word Forms
- •Grammar: Agreement of Subject and Verb
- •Application
- •Sharing Ideas
- •Reading Between the Lines
- •Analyzing the Story
- •Writing
- •List of literary terms
- •Appendix
- •Bibliography:
- •Часть I
Think before You Read
Answer the following questions:
What is a tradition? What are some traditions in your family?
Do you think traditions are important? Why or why not?
What do you know about the American holiday of Thanksgiving?
Have you ever pretended to be happy to please someone else? Why or why not?
Story Preview
Read the preview of the story and try to guess the meaning of the words in bold print.
Stuffy Pete is one of the two main characters in “Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen.” His nickname is “Stuffy” because he stuffs himself with food at every opportunity. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have many opportunities to do this because he is poor - so poor that he wears torn, ragged clothes. For the last nine years, however, the Old Gentleman, the other main character in the story, has taken Stuffy to a restaurant on Thanksgiving Day. The Old Gentleman enjoys paying for Stuffy’s dinner and watching Stuffy enjoy his feast. The Old Gentleman is a philanthropist who gets pleasure from giving to someone less fortunate than himself. He and Stuffy Pete see each other only on Thanksgiving Day for their traditional dinner. This story is about a Thanksgiving Day that turns out to be unusual for both of them. |
Using the Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks below with the bold words from the Story Preview above. Change the form of the word if necessary.
In the United States, it is traditional for a philanthropist to give food, clothes, or money to poor people on major holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Churches and community centers serve free dinners for the poor on those days, too. Sometimes, they put together baskets of clothes so poor people who have ________________ clothes can exchange them for better ones.
A typical Thanksgiving includes soup, roast turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes, vegetables, bread, salad, and pumpkin pie for dessert. If you are a guest at this kind of meal, it is very easy to _____________ yourself with too much food.
Making Predictions
Based on the Story Preview, which of the following predictions is the most probable? Circle your choice or give an answer that you think is better.
The Old Gentleman decides not to take Stuffy to dinner on Thanksgiving Day anymore.
Stuffy decides that he doesn’t want to accept the Old Gentleman’s philanthropy anymore.
Stuffy cooks Thanksgiving dinner for the Old Gentleman.
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Idioms |
and Expressions |
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lick’em - defeat them, beat them
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music in his ears – something he was happy to hear
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took his seat – sat down
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treats – pays for
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stared into space - looked at nothing in particular; was unaware of what was happening around him; daydreamed
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didn’t have the heart to – didn’t want to |