1. Answer the following questions or do the given tasks:
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the Metropolitan Museum of Art: the leading museum in America, was founded in 1870. Its collections cover a
period of 5,000 years, representing the cultures of the Ancient world and Near and Far East as well as the arts of
Europe and America. Among the collections are the paintings, which include oils, pastels, watercolours, miniatures
and drawings. There are over 5,000 exhibits, among which are the works of Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish,
German, French, English and American artists.
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the Museum of Modern Art: a repository of art peculiar to the twentieth century, was opened in 1929. It has
several departments among which are the department of architecture and design, the department of painting and
sculpture, the department of photography.
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gob (si.): a mass of smth. sticky.
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admonish: to scold or warn gently.
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1. How does the story begin? What does the word "Nope" (repeated three times) suggest?
Complaining of
Old Ellsworth his male nurse speaks in short abrupt sentences, four of which begin with the
pronoun "he".
What effect is achieved? 2. What can you say about the health and spirits of the old man? 3. Do
you feel a ring of irony in the sentence "All his purchases of recent years had to be liquidated at a
great sacrifice both to his health and his pocketbook"? What other cases of irony can you point
out? 4. What interjections does Old Ellsworth' use in his speech? What trait of his character do
they emphasize? 5. What is the stylistic value of the slang words in the text? 6. Why did the
wrinkles deepen at the corners of his eyes as Old Ellsworth spoke to Swain? How do you
understand the word "elfishly"? 7. Whom did he call "old pineapple juice" and why? 8. What
progress did the old man make in art? Why is he compared with a child playing with a picture
book? What is said about the first drawings he made and the painting accepted for the Lathrop
Show? Disclose the stylistic value of the simile "resembled a gob of salad dressing thrown
violently up against the side of a house". 9. How can you account for the inverted word order in
the sentence "Upon this distinguished group Ellsworth was going to foist his "Trees Dressed in
White"? 10. What is the implication of the verb "sneak" used to characterize Swain's appearance
at the exhibition? 11. How had Ellsworth changed since he took up art? Can you see any
reflection of this change in his speech? 12. What sentences in the second part of the story suggest
that Old Ellsworth was up to something? Comment on the sentence "An entirely new world
opened up its charming mysteries". 13. Why was it easy for Old Ellsworth to wind everybody
round his finger? Do you think that a story like this could have happened in New York? 14. How
is the profession of the author reflected in the story? Speak on the element of the grotesque and
satire. 15. Why was the story entitled the way it was? An allusion to what doctrine is present
here? 16. a) Find in Text Six three adjectives with the negative prefix 'in-' and use them in
sentences of your own. b) Add the negative prefix 'in-' to the following stems and translate the
words into Russian: accurate, attentive, capable, cautious, complete, considerate, convenient,
correct, decent, discreet, distinct, experienced, human, sensible, significant, sociable, visible 17.
Comment on the American peculiarities of the text and find the Americanisms for the following:
small and unimportant; railway; to play with; lift; central part 18. Pick out from Text Six the
verbs that introduce the direct speech. Comment on their usage and shades of meaning. 19. Pick
out from Text Six sentences describing the main characters. Give character sketches of Old
Ellsworth, Doctor Caswell and Frank Swain.
Handout #17 (Lesson 36)
Read the extracts and answer the questions:
(A)
My dad had a small insurance agency in Newport. He had moved there because his sister
had married old Newport money and was a big wheel in the Preservation Society. At fifteen I‘m
an orphan, and Vic moves in. ―From now on you‘ll do as I tell you,‖ he says. It impressed me.
Vic had never really shown any muscle before. (N.T.)
(1) Is the communicative situation formal / informal / highly informal? (2)What
colloquial words and expressions are used here? (3)What are the examples of metonymy and
metaphor? (4) Which do they indicate - the lack of respect of the speaker towards his aunt /
great respect to her / ignorance? (5) What can you say about the structure of the sentences - is it
simple or complicated? Which does it convey: the strict formality or the colloquial informality?
(6) Which effect does the introduction of Present Simple Tense create: immediacy and nearness
of some particular moment, it signifies the importance of this event, makes it the logical and
emotional centre of the discourse?
(B)
And out of the quiet it came to Abramovici that the battle was over, it had left him alive;
it had been a battle — a battle! You know where people go out and push little buttons and pull
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little triggers and figure out targets and aim with the intention to kill, to tear your guts, to blow
out у our brains, to put great ragged holes in the body you‘ve been taking care of and feeding and
washing all your life, holes out of which your blood comes pouring, more blood than you ever
could wash off, hold back, stop with all the bandages in the world! (St.H.)
(1) Which type of narration is it: the author‘s narrative, or represented inner speech of the
character? Does the type of narration change? (2) Which type of vocabulary was used:
colloquial and emotional or literary and unemotional? (3) Find examples of parallelisms;
periphrases; repetition. What atmosphere do they create? Which pronouns were used here - third
person pronouns or the second person ones? Why?
(C)
This is Willie Stark, gents. From up home at Mason City. Me and Willie was in school
together. Yeah, and Willie, he was a bookworm, and he was teacher‘s pet. Wuzn‘t you, Willie?‖
And Alex nudged the teacher‘s pet in the ribs. (R.W.)
(1) Find the words and set phrases that show the low educational and cultural level of the
speaker. (2) Find the phrase proving the author‘s ironic attitude towards Stark.
(D)
From that day on, thundering trains loomed in his dreams — hurtling, sleek, black
monsters whose stack pipes belched gobs of serpentine smoke, whose seething fireboxes
coughed out clouds of pink sparks, whose pushing pistons sprayed jets of hissing steam —
panting trains that roared yammeringly over far-flung, gleaming rails only to come to limp and
convulsive halts — long, fearful trains that were hauled brutally forward by red-eyed
locomotives that you loved watching as they (and you trembling) crashed past (and you longing
to run but finding your feet strangely glued to the ground). (Wr.)
(1) Find the examples of metaphor (including verb-metaphors and metaphorical epithets);
onomatopoeia; epithets (including single epithets; pairs; strings of epithets) ; parallel
constructions, repetition (morphological, anaphoric; thematic) (2) What image do all of these
phonetic, morphological, lexical and syntactical means create?
Материалы для СРС (слова песен и задания к ним)
1. Listen to the song, and answer the questions:
Sway
Dean Martin
When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more
Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me
Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak
I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
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Sway me smooth, sway me now
Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have the magic technique
When we sway I go weak
I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
You know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now
Questions:
1.
Make up the story describing the events mentioned in this song.
2.
Find some personal and possessive pronouns used in the song. Are they first or third person?
Is this song first or third person narration?
3.
What does the imperative mood of the verbs used by the singer mean? Does the singer
address someone? Who does the singer address? What are they doing?
4.
What is this song about? Is it about dancing or is it about someone‘s feelings? What makes
you think so?
5.
Find some comparisons that are made with the help of the link word like. Are these
comparisons figurative (imaginative) or literal (real)? What effect do these expressive means
create? Can they convey a vivid picture to the mind?
6.
What kind of technique does one of the dancers have? What can you say about this
adjective? Is it objective or subjective one? Which of the following refers to 1. objective 2.
subjective? (A) influenced by someone's beliefs or feelings, instead of facts (B) only
influenced by facts and not by feelings
7.
Summarize your answers and write an analysis of this song.
2. Listen to the song, and answer the questions:
Fool's Garden «Lemon Tree»
I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving too fast
I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder
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I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm sitting here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
Put myself into bed
While nothing ever happens and I wonder
Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree
I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Fool's Garden «Lemon Tree»
Questions
1.
Make up the story describing the events mentioned in this song.
2.
Find some personal pronouns used in the song. Are they first or third person? Is this song
first or third person narration?
3.
Does the singer address someone? Who does the singer address? Do they understand each
other? What does the following phrase mean?
―Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree‖
4.
What does the phrase ―there's a heavy cloud inside my head‖ mean? Is it figurative
(imaginative) or literal (real)? What lexical stylistic device is it? What effect does it create?
5.
How does the singer feel? Why is he so upset? What happened? What makes you think so?
6.
Find some sentences starting with the same word or phrase. What syntactical stylistic device
is it? What effect does it create?
7.
Find some words that are repeated throughout the song. What ideas do they emphasize?
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8.
What does the phrase ―I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy‖ mean? Does the word desert
have a positive or negative connotation (association)? Does the word joy have a positive or
negative connotation (association)? What effect does this combination of openly
contradictory words create?
9.
Summarize your answers and write an analysis of this song.
3. Listen to the song, and answer the questions:
Woman in Love
Barbra Streisand
Life is a moment in space
When the dream is gone
Its a lonelier place
I kiss the morning goodbye
But down inside you know
We never know why
The road is narrow and long
When eyes meet eyes
And the feeling is strong
I turn away from the wall
I stumble and fall
But I give you it all...
Chorus:
I am a woman in love
And I do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
Its a right I defend
Over and over again
What do I do?
With you eternally mine
In love there is
No measure of time
We planned it all at the start
That you and I
Would live in each others hearts
We may be oceans away
You feel my love
I hear what you say
No truth is ever a lie
I stumble and fall
But I give you it all
Chorus:
I am a woman in love
And I do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
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Its a right I defend
Over and over again
What do I do?
I am a woman in love
And I‘m talking to you
Do you know how it feels?
What a woman can do
Its a right
That I defend over and over again......
Woman in Love
Barbra Streisand
Questions
1.
Make up the story describing the events mentioned in this song.
2.
Find some personal pronouns used in the song. Are they first or third person? Is this song
first or third person narration?
3.
Does the singer address someone? Who does the singer address? What is this song about?
4.
What does the phrase ―you and I would live in each others hearts‖ mean? Is it figurative
(imaginative) or literal (real)? What lexical stylistic device is it? What effect does it create?
5.
What does the phrase ―We may be oceans away‖ mean? Is it figurative (imaginative) or
literal (real)? What lexical stylistic device is it? What effect does it create?
6.
―No truth is ever a lie‖ Are the underlined words synonyms or antonyms? What effect does
this contrasting relationship between two ideas create?
7.
Find some examples of repetition of vowel sounds within stressed syllables. Find some
examples of repetition of consonant sounds at the end of neighbouring words. What effect do
they create?
8.
Summarize your answers and write an analysis of this song.
4. "Firework"
KATY PERRY
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet under?
Screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
'Cause there's a spark in you?
You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July
Chorus
'Cause, baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colours burst
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Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe
You don't have to feel like a wasted space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time you'll know
You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July
Chorus
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through-ough-ough
Chorus
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
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What is your idea of the best Christmas present?
(1) a sable fur coat
(2) some decorations bought at Tiffany's
(3) the deed to a platinum mine
(4) a ring
(5) a yacht
(6) a car
Listen to the song and put the presents mentioned above in the order of their appearance in the
song.
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5. TAYLOR SWIFT
"Santa Baby"
Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me
I've been an awful good girl, Santa baby
So hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa baby, a '54 convertible, too, light blue
Well I'll wait up for you, dear, Santa baby
So hurry down the chimney tonight, yeah
Think of all the fun I've missed
Think of all the boys I haven't kissed
Next year I could be just as good
If you check off my Christmas list
Santa baby, I want a yacht and really that's not a lot
I've been an angel all year, Santa baby
So hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa, honey, there's one more thing I really do need, the deed
To a platinum mine, Santa honey
So hurry down the chimney tonight
Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany's
I really do believe in you
Let's see if you believe in me
Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing
A ring
And I don't mean on the phone, Santa baby
So hurry down the chimney tonight
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