- •Home-reading guide the moon and sixpence Unit 1: Chapters I — VI
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Unit 2: Chapters VIII—XI
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •III. Find the following allusions in the text and say what you know about them:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit3: Chapters XII—XVI
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Give Ch. Strickland's character-sketch. Do you justify his motives for abandoning everything for the sake of painting?
- •VI. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VII. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 4: Chapters XVII—XXVI
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •III. Learn by heart and reproduce with a partner the talk between Mrs Strickland and the narrator (Ch. XV).
- •V. What do you consider is the most typical feature of:
- •VI. Points for discussion:
- •VII. A) Sum up what you've learned about Dirk Stroeve. Give his charac-
- •VIII. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 5: Chapters XXVII—XXXII
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •V. Suggest words or word combinations from the vocabulary list:
- •VI. Paraphrase the underlined word-groups, supply their Russian equivalents and use them in sentences of your own:
- •I. Use the words and phrases from the vocabulary list in situations of your own.
- •II. Comment on what the author or the character says or thinks:
- •III. Answer the following questions:
- •IV. Discuss the chapters you've read along the following lines:
- •V. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VI. Give a summary of the chapters under discussion. Unit 6: Chapters XXXIV—XXXIX
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •VII. Reproduce the situations in which the words from the word list occur.
- •I. In the chapters you've read find reference to the following places and names and say what you know about them:
- •II. Paraphrase the following sentences:
- •III. Bear out or refute the following statements. Prove your point of view:
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Discuss the following:
- •VI. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VII. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 7: Chapters xl—xliv
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •IV. Look up some material about the famous schools and trends in painting touched upon in the novel and prepare a talk about:
- •V. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VI. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 8: Chapters xlv—li
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •VI. Give the context in which the following words and word combinations occur:
- •VII. Learn the following idioms with do used both as a noun and as a verb:
- •VIII. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Make up a few sentences of your own using the given idioms:
- •I. Explain what is meant by the following sentences and comment on them:
- •III. Pick out a passage describing nature in Tahiti and prepare It for recital in class.
- •IV. Answer the following questions:
- •V. Points for discussion:
- •VI. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •VII. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 9: Chapters liii—lv
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •IV. Paraphrase the italicized parts of the sentences:
- •I. Compose sentences of your own with the following words and phrases:
- •II. Explain the use of the idiom a square peg in a round hole in the text; give its Russian equivalent and illustrate its meaning with a situation or story.
- •III. Comment on the following statements:
- •IV. What do you know about the life of Paul Gauguin in Tahiti? Compare his life and the circumstances of his death there with those of Strickland's.
- •V. Could you name other men of art equally possessed by the desire to create so that they were "deaf and blind to everything else in the world" like Strickland?
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Points for discussion:
- •VIII. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •IX. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit 10: Chapters lvi—lviii
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •I. Find in the text sentences containing the following words and phrases and translate them into Russian:
- •II. Give synonyms for:
- •III. Paraphrase the following sentences and explain them:
- •VI. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
- •IX. Give a summary of the chapters under study.
- •Reference List
V. Fill in the character-sketch pages.
VI. Give a summary of the chapters under discussion. Unit 6: Chapters XXXIV—XXXIX
Vocabulary Notes
Match the words and phrases with their definitions
1. jaded (nerves, appetite, etc) — 2. drag one's feet — 3. gibber — 4. strike dumb — 5. row — 6. off-hand — 7. brusque — 8. get off with sth — 9. condolence — 10. buffoon — 11. renunciation — 12. have a knack for sth — 13. water-colour — 14. resilience (-ency) — 15. pinch and save — 16. summon up one's courage — 17. environment — 18. easel — 19. rummage — 20. frantic — 21. to have other fish to fry —
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n one who amuses by low jests, antics, odd gestures n 1. (pi) paints which are mixed with water, not oil; 2. a picture painted with such colours; 3. (pi) the art of painting with such colours n a wooden frame for supporting a picture vi speak incoherently (as when the teeth are knocking together through cold or fear) adj rough and abrupt (of speech and behaviour) have a gift or ability to do sth well n surrounding objects, conditions and influences to have more important business to attend to adj tired, bored, overworked n 1. loud noise, uproar, disturbance; 2. a noisy quarrel, a fight n the act of renouncing, giving up or disowning, self-denial be very economical, to live frugally adj wildly excited (esp with pain, anger or grief) walk without raising the feet from the ground (as when one is very tired) n an expression of sympathy call up one's bravery adj I. without previous thought or preparation (…remarks); 2. casual, curt (of behaviour, manner) make speechless, unable to talk because of surprise, fear, etc n 1. elasticity, act of recoiling; 2. power of recovery vt, vi search thoroughly, move things about when looking for sth escape more severe punishment or misfortune
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A. Training Exercises
I. Choose a passage of 15—20 lines to be translated into Russian in class.
II. Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions:
jaded nerves; to hack to pieces; the lapse of time; to be seized with awe; the advance of civilization; to get the better of; promiscuity; to commit suicide for love; to decline; to fly into a temper; incongruous.
III. Give English equivalents for the following:
холст; носилки; щавелевая кислота; еле волочить ноги; грубоватые манеры; отделаться испугом; самоотречение; шутовство; иметь дар к чему-либо. '
IV. Find synonyms for:
to screw one's courage; self-denial; to get away with; surroundings; to be beside oneself; rough; to render speechless; a noisy argument] worn-out.
V. Find in the text the following idiomatic expressions, explain their usage and make up situations to illustrate their meaning:
to pinch and save; to have other fish to fry; to get off with a fright; to strike dumb.
VI. Supply the missing words:
1. Hearing these words, the old gentleman flew into a most violent passion and became ....
2. It was thanks to his youth and . . . that he managed to pull through after the accident.
3. My thoughts are all in a mess! Who's been . . . about in my room?
4. Stop this . . . ! You are bellowing and shouting enough to wake the dead.
5. Students of sociology investigate the problems of moral and social ....
6. I always thought him a well-bred and highly civilized person and was very much taken aback by that . . . manner of his.
7. He was so excited he couldn't speak coherently but only . . . instead like a madman.
8. He......with only a fine instead of possible imprisonment.
(row; resilience; gibber; environment; get off; rummage; off-hand; frantic)