- •Фгаоу впо «казанский (приволжский) федеральный университет институт филологии и искусств The Last Leaf
- •Предисловие
- •Contents
- •Biographical comment on the author
- •I. Make up fifteen questions on the text that can be used as a plan.
- •II. Are the following statements true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •Vocabulary
- •III. Find English equivalents for the following sentences:
- •IV. Fill in the gaps with prepositions:
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •VI. Describe the main characters of the story:
- •I. Make up fifteen questions on the text that can be used as a plan.
- •II. Are the following statements true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •Vocabulary
- •III. Give definitions of these lexical units relying on an English-English dictionary and make up sentences with them:
- •IV. Translate the sentences into Russian paying attention to various stylistic devices:
- •V. Answer the questions:
- •VI. Say why:
- •VII. Prove that:
- •VIII. Comment on the title of the story.
- •I. Are the following statements true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •II. Explain and expand on the following:
- •Vocabulary
- •III. Give the translation of the following phrases:
- •IV. Give as many English equivalents as possible:
- •V. Discuss the following questions and use them as a plan for retelling:
- •VI. Say why:
- •I. Are the following statements true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •Vocabulary
- •II. Give the translation of the phrases and translate the sentences they were used in:
- •III. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Comment on similes:
- •IV. Match adjectives with their definitions:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions:
- •VI. Answer the questions:
- •VII. Explain why:
- •VIII. Comment on:
- •I. Are the following statements true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •Vocabulary
- •II. Give the translation of the phrases and make up sentences with them:
- •IV. Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:
- •V. Fill in with, to or of:
- •VI. Answer the questions:
- •VII. Prove that:
- •VIII. What do you think:
- •I. Are the following statements true or false. Correct the false ones:
- •Vocabulary
- •II. Give the translation of the phrases and make up sentences with them:
- •III. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Comment on similes, an oxymoron and a pun:
- •IV. Match the words with their definitions:
- •V. Fill in the gaps with a necessary word or word-combination and translate the sentences:
- •VI. Find in the text the sentences with the following word-combinations and translate them into Russian:
- •VII. Answer the questions:
- •VII. Comment on:
- •Literature
- •Dictionaries
I. Are the following statements true or false. Correct the false ones:
Della saved some money begging in the street.
The family lived in a very big flat.
Della wanted to buy a very good present for her husband.
Della sold her hair for 20 dollars.
Della bought a platinum fob chain for her husband.
Della paid 20 dollars for the fob chain.
When Della curled her hair she looked like a schoolboy.
Jim was twenty-three years old.
Jim was very angry when he saw that Della had cut off her hair.
Jim earned some money to buy expensive combs for his wife.
Vocabulary
II. Give the translation of the phrases and translate the sentences they were used in:
to be made up of;
to fall full length;
to lose color;
to take pride;
on the sly;
a mammoth task;
to take a second look at;
to turn white;
to have a habit (of);
to wake out of trance.
III. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Comment on similes:
So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her, rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters.
Jim stepped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail.
And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, “Oh, oh!”
Within forty minutes her head was covered with tiny, close-lying curls that made her look wonderfully like a truant schoolboy.
“If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “before he takes a second look at me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl.”
IV. Match adjectives with their definitions:
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unassuming
not wanting to draw attention to yourself or to your abilities or status;
modest
careful in what you say or do, in order to keep smth. secret or to avoid causing embarrassment or difficulty for smb.; tactful;
sterling
not very large, expensive, important;
agile
of excellent quality;
chilly
in which nothing interesting, unusual or exciting happens;
chaste
not friendly;
meretricious
simple and plain in style; not decorated;
discreet
very enthusiastic and showing strong feelings about smth./smb.; passionate;
ardent
able to move quickly and easily;
uneventful
seeming attractive, but in fact having no real value;
V. Fill in the gaps with prepositions:
There was clearly nothing left to do but flop down … the shabby little couch and howl.
Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks … the powder rag.
Suddenly she whirled … the window and stood … the glass.
… that chain … his watch Jim might be properly anxious … the time … any company.
Jim drew a package … his overcoat pocket and threw it … the table.
Then she heard his step … the stair away down … the first flight, and she turned white … just a moment.
It surely had been made … Jim and no one else.
And here I have lamely related … you the uneventful chronicle … two foolish children … a flat who most unwisely sacrificed … each other the greatest treasures … their house.
Instead … obeying, Jim tumbled down … the couch and put his hands … the back of his head and smiled.
Twenty-one dollars they took … her … it, and she hurried home … the 78 cents.
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