- •Pamela Lyndon Travers
- •Assignment I
- •V. Answer the following questions on Chapter I. Use the active vocabulary:
- •VI. Render the story from Chapter 2 according to the following outline:
- •VII. Translate in writing:
- •IV. Read and translate into Russian:
- •V. Answer the following questions. Use the active vocabulary:
- •VI. Review the active vocabulary of the two assignments. Make up 10 sentences with it for your mates to translate. They should be neither too difficult nor too easy.
- •V. Read and translate in writing:
- •VI. Answer the following questions. Use the active vocabulary:
- •V. Read and translate in writing:
- •VI. Give a summary of the story "The Bird Woman". Write the key words and use them while speaking.
- •VII. Answer the following questions on the story "Mrs Carry". Use the active vocabulary:
- •VIII. Review the active vocabulary of Assignments III and IV. Make up 10 sentences with it for your mates to translate. They should be neither too difficult nor too easy.
- •V. Write out all the proverbs you meet in the chapters. Explain in English their meaning. Learn them by heart.
- •VI. Read and translate in writing:
- •VII. Answer the following questions. Use the active vocabulary:
- •VIII. Make up a micro-situation on any topic you like. Use at least 10 word-combinations from your active vocabulary of the whole book. Learn and tell it by heart. Topics for general discussion
V. Read and translate in writing:
p. 42-43 «The Red Cow - that's the name she went by ... quiet thoughts.»
VI. Answer the following questions. Use the active vocabulary:
1. Why was Jane in bed? Can you explain what it feels like when you are not very well? What do your relations or friends do to comfort you when you are ill?
2. What disease did Robertson suffer? Have you ever felt something like that? How did you cure it?
3. What did Michael see in the street? Whose acquaintance was the Red Cow?
4. How did the children make Mary Poppins tell them the story about her?
5. What life did the Red Cow lead? What is it like to be a real lady or a gentleman?
6. What happened to her one day? What did she feel about it?
7. What was the King engaged in? What should all kings do if they are model kings?
8. What advice did he give to the visitor? Did she follow it? How did the Red Cow get rid of the star? What did she miss afterwards? Was it a good experience?
9. In what mood did Michael wake up that Tuesday?
10. What explanations did Mary Poppins find for his behavior? What were Michael misdeeds in the morning?
11. What treasure was found in the park? What did Mary Poppins use it for? Where did the children and Mary get with the help of the compass? Whom did they meet there? How did the people greet them? Can you remember any interesting greetings characteristic of your friends?
12. What plans did Michael make when he saw the compass in his bedroom? What came of it? What did Michael feel after that little incident?
VII. Consult a monolingual dictionary (E. g. «Oxford Advanced Learner's Encyclopedic Dictionary») for the word «to mean» (to intend) and write out all the examples with it. Make a short dialogue using, the verb «to mean» and the following conversational phrases from Chapter 6:
I don't care.
That makes no difference.
Pull yourself together.
You'll oblige me.
Assignment IV
(Stones 7, 8)
I. Translate and transcribe the words given below:
marigolds, wren, chant, dove, chatty, wink, perambulator, garland, digestion.
II. Find the English equivalent for the following words. Find and read aloud the corresponding sentences from the book:
подходящий (66), набрасываться (67), дразнить (67), клюв (68), коготь (69), фартук (70), внезапно замолчать (71), оскорблять (71), вычеркивать (72), торговец рыбой (72), цветущий (72), клей (81).
III. Leant the active vocabulary: Reproduce the situations with the given phrases:
to have a treat (66)
it is no good doing smth (69)
to be in a hurry (70)
to wrap smth (a parcel) (up) (71)
to offend (71)
to go in the wrong direction (73)
to be / feel ill at ease (74) (antonym: to be / feel at ease)
to take a chance / to lake chances (75)
to get lost (79)
to shake hands (with smb) (82)
IV. Translate into Russian, pay attention to the use of the active vocabulary:
1. Mr Kenneth may lose a lot of support, but that's a chance he'll have to take. 2. You should never take chances when driving a car. 3. We've come here to have a treat, haven't we? So, salmon and champagne! 4. She was offended by / at his sharp remarks. 5. Gloria may be offended if you don't reply to her invitation. 6. Elijah and I shook hands and said good night. 7. I've wrapped (up) the parcels and they're ready to be posted. 8. The book was wrapped in brown paper. 9. Timothy wrapped the ring in his handkerchief. 10. It's no good talking to him. 11. What good is it asking her? 12. Auntie was always in a hurry. 13. He was in a hurry to leave. 14. There was the time when we got lost out in Dennington. 15. The books seem to have got lost. 16. I always feel ill at ease in his company. 17. My brother was at ease with strangers. 18. We discovered that we were going in the wrong direction.