- •Vocabulary
- •Exercises
- •Read and translate the text using a dictionary if necessary.
- •Answer the following questions based on the text:
- •Find in the text the English for:
- •Translate using vocabulary items:
- •VI. Interpret the following sentences and passages from the text.
- •VII. Read the following sentences inserting prepositions or adverbs wherever necessary.
- •VIII. Choose and insert the correct word. Remember the difference between:
- •IX. Choose and insert the suggested verbs. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •X. Read and translate into Russian. Use the italicized structures in sentences of your own.
- •XI. Practise in using tag questions. Imagine that you are not quite sure of the following. Agree or disagree with the statement. Work in pair.
- •XII. Practise in using correct tenses. Work in pair.
- •XIII. Say you will do the following. Use "manage" wherever possible and translate each sentences into Russian.
- •XIV. Ask a friend when he (she) will do the following. Work in pair.
- •XV. Ask a friend how long it will take (a person) to do the following, and develop the situation. Work in pair.
- •XVI. Imagine that you are going to Bertram's Hotel. Answer the following questions.
- •XVII. Complete the following sentences developing the idea given in the text.
- •XVIII. Translate into English.
- •XIX. Read and translate the text using a dictionary if necessary. At Bertram's Hotel
- •XXIV. Compose short dialogues. Ask a friend how to get to some place and how long it will take you to get there. Work in pair.
- •XXV. Topical questions for discussion.
- •XXVI. Speak on the following topics. Use the suggested words and word combinations:
- •Literary focus what is fiction?
- •Key literary notion: setting
- •Setting as a mirror
- •Setting in time
- •Setting as a way of revealing character
- •Setting as means of reinforcing the message
- •Setting as an antagonist
- •Social setting
- •Sample analysis
- •The lumber room1 by Saki
- •Exercises
- •Analysis –Setting:
Exercises
Comprehension:
Why was Nicholas not allowed to go to Jagborough with the other children?
Did Nicholas cry as the other children set off on their trip?
Where did the aunt forbid him to go?
Why did Nicholas try to make the aunt believe that he wanted to go into the gooseberry garden? Where did he really want to go?
What scene was depicted on the tapestry Nicholas found in the lumber room?
Apart from the tapestry, what other “objects of delight” did Nicholas find in the lumber room?
What happened to the aunt in the gooseberry garden?
What did the aunt ask Nicholas to do? Why did he refuse?
Why were each of the characters silent during evening tea?
Analysis –Setting:
What facts are given about the limber room in the text? (dimensions, lighting, objects stored)
What transforms the lumber room into a “storehouse of unimagined treasures”?
Does the lumber room have a symbolic significance in the story? What does it represent?
What does the fact that Nicholas entered the lumber room against his aunt’s wishes mean, in the context of your interpretation?
Nicholas derives pleasure from his experience in the lumber room long after he has left it. How do you interpret this in the context of the story?
What function does setting serve in this story?
Personal Literary Touch:
Writers often show that setting influences the way their characters think and behave. Do you believe that this also happens in real life? Are you influenced by where you live and the people that surround you? Does your personality alter when you change your setting? For example, do you feel more relaxed in the countryside or at the seaside, or do you feel more excited when you visit a large bustling city? Of the people who surround you, i.e. your social setting, who influences you most? – parents, friends, brothers/sisters, teachers?