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БИБЛИОТЕЧКА «ПЕРВОГО СЕНТЯБРЯ»
Серия «Английский язык»
Выпуск 25
Пётр Степичев
ТЕКСТЫ О ДЕТЯХ
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Москва
Чистые пруды
2009
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ББК 74.268.1 Англ
С79
Общая редакция серии «Английский язык»: Е.В. Громушкина
Степичев П.
С79 Тексты о детях : Дополнительный материал для домашнего чтения / Пётр
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ВВЕДЕНИЕ
Вашему вниманию предлагается сборник текстов о детях. Его основу
составили произведения Ш. Бронте, Ч. Диккенса, У. Голдинга и М. Твена.
Каждое произведение представлено небольшим адаптированным отрывком,
где описывается определенная проблемная ситуация, в которой оказываются
дети.
Тексты снабжены серией упражнений на ознакомление с лексикой, по-
нимание и обсуждение прочитанного.
Фонетические упражнения включают задания на чтение слов и предло-
жений, работу с транскрипцией, интонационными моделями.
Лексические упражнения содержат задания на поиск слов в тексте,
угадывание значения слов из контекста, составление словосочетаний и
предложений.
Серия упражнений на понимание текста включает вопросы, задания
на определение верности или ложности утверждений, реконструкцию со-
держания текста по памяти (расположите события в правильном порядке,
опишите персонажей, установите автора высказывания).
Речевые упражнения позволяют выразить свое мнение о персонажах и
событиях, описанных в текстах, а также обсудить проблемы, поднимаемые
в повествовании. Для этого в пособии предусмотрены вопросы и темы для
обсуждения, ролевые игры. Кроме того, учащимся предлагается озаглавить
тексты, а также придумать свое продолжение,
Автор выражает благодарность кафедре англистики и межкультурной
коммуникации (зав. каф. канд. пед. наук Е.М.Зотова, канд. филол. наук
И.В.Адонина, Е.А.Морозова) Московского гуманитарного педагогического
института за оказанную помощь в ходе подготовки пособия.
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From 'Uane Eyre"
by Charlotte Bronte
The novel "Jane Eyre " by Charlotte Bronte is about the hard life of an or-
phan-girl. The main character of the bookfaces many problems, her relatives and
teachers treat her unfairly but she manages to gain happiness she deserves.
The following passage is a conversation between Jane, her aunt, and the
headmaster of the school the girl is going to enter.
Read the text and answer the following question:
Was Jane Eyre an honest girl?
11 knocked on the living room door, and went in; Mrs. Reed was sitting in her usual
chair, and a huge, grim-faced man2 in a black suit was standing opposite her.
"This is the little girl I wrote to you about," Mrs. Reed told him.
"Come here," he said. "What is your name, child?"
"Jane Eyre, sir."
"And are you a good girl, Jane Eyre?"
I didn't know what to say. I thought I was good, but I knew nobody in the
house agreed.
"The less said about that, the better," replied Mrs. Reed. "In short, she's
deceitful, dishonest and wicked."
"I'm sorry to hear it," said the man coldly. "Do you know where wicked
people go, Jane, after they die?"
"Do they go to Hell?" I answered.
"Indeed they do," he said. "Do you want to get there?"
"No, sir," I said.
"So what must you do to avoid it?"
I was at a loss. I knew I couldn't try any harder to be good, so I said: "I
mustn't die, sir."
This was not the right answer. The man sighed.
"Do you read your Bible, Miss Eyre?"
I could answer this. "Yes!" I said happily.
"Do you read the Psalms3?"
"I don't like them," I said, truthfully.
"Oh, wicked child! I know a little boy, younger than you, who knows six
Psalms by heart. When I ask him what he prefers, a cake or a Psalm to learn, he
says, "Oh, the Psalm, please. Angels sing Psalms. I wish to be like a little angel."
He gets then two cakes as a reward for his goodness.4"
I thought this boy was a lot more deceitful than me, but I said nothing.
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Commentary
1 повествование ведётся от лица Jane Eyre [d^ein еэ], Mrs. Reed - её тетя,
сестра умершего отца Джейн
2 huge, grim-faced man - крупный мужчина с угрюмым выражением
лица
3 psalm [sa:m] - псалом
4 reward for his goodness - вознаграждение за добродетель
Words for Memorizing
A character [kasrikta] - характер
strict [strikt] - строгий
honest [ onist] - честный
dishonest [dis'onist] - нечестный
kind fkaind] - добрый
wicked fwikid] - злой; безнравственный
hell [hel] - ад
heaven [hevn] - рай
in the seventh heaven — на седьмом небе
an impression [im'prejn] - впечатление
to be at a loss - быть в растерянности, замешательстве
to prefer [prffs:] - предпочитать
to knock at [nok] - стучать в
Phonetic Exercises
1) Read the following words:
deceitful [df si:tfl] - неискренний, лживый
to sigh fsai] - вздыхать
a niece ['ni:s] - племянница
a suit fsu:t] - костюм '
Charlotte Bronte [Jculst 'bronti] - Шарлота Бронте
2) Guess the words by their transcriptions. Which traits of character are
positive and which are negative? Fill in the table.
[strikt], ['onist], [dis'onist], ['kaind], ['wikid]
positive qualities negative qualities
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3) Fill in the letters. Let the translation help you:
a c...ke [keik], to pr...fer [pri'fa:], n...body ['naub(s)di], to kn...ck at
['nok], l...ss [bs], m...st [niASt], str...ct f'strikt], h...nest fonist], k...nd
['kaind], an ...mpression [im'pre/n], a h...II ['hel]
4) Which words correspond to the transcription |пэи|?
no, knock, know, nobody, not
5) Underline the word that corresponds to the transcription.
a) [baed] Is it "bed" or "bad"?
b) [0ink] Is it "think" or "thing"?
c) [sli:p] Is it "sleep" or "slip"?
6) Working with intonation. Read the dialogue aloud. Don't forget to use a
rising intonation in case of a general question.
"This is the little girl I wrote to you about," Mrs. Reed told him.
"Come here," he said. "What is your name, child?"
"Jane Eyre, sir."
"And are you a good girl, Jane Eyre?"
I didn't know what to say.
Lexical Exercises
1) Find the English equivalents in the text:
обычный стул, в черном костюме, жаль это слышать, попадать в ад,
избежать этого, правильный ответ, наизусть, намного более лживый.
2) Complete the expressions:
to be in the seventh ...
to be at a ...
in the living-...
Make situations with these words.
3) Identify the words by their mixed letters:
tcirts, aacchrert, nidk, feerrp, oehnts, oiimrpnsse
4) When a person is at a loss he or she doesn't know what to do ...
Match:
where to go где найти информацию
whom to ask что сказать
where to find information куда идти
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how to find help кого спросить
what to say как себе помочь
Какое из перечисленных проявлений растерянности почувствовала Джен
Эйр и почему?
5) Make word combinations, matching the nouns with the adjectives from
your active vocabulary where possible:
strict, honest, kind, wicked, huge, a child, a living-room, a girl, a
grim-faced student, a pet, a chair, people, a
book, women, an exercise, a story
6) Put questions to complete the dialogue:
a) - . .
- Indeed, she is.
b) -
- Indeed, they are.
c) -
- Indeed, I do.
d) -
- Indeed, we did.
e) -
- Indeed, you won't
Text Comprehension
1) Decide if the statements are true or false. Support your answers by the
sentences from the text:
a) Jane Eyre, her aunt, and the headmaster were talking in the living-room.
b) The headmaster was strict.
c) Jane Eyre liked the Psalms.
d) Jane wanted to be like a little angel.
e) Mrs. Reed wanted Jane to go to school.
2) Find the answers to the questions in the text:
a) In what way did Mrs. Reed characterize Jane Eyre?
b) What kind of school was Jane going to enter?
c) Did Jane Eyre say she was a good girl?
d) Do wicked children go to Hell or to Heaven?
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Speech Activities
1) Points for discussion:
a) Do you think Mrs. Reed loved her niece?
b) What is your impression about Jane's character?
2) Read the story on behalf of any character.
(You can be Jane, Mrs. Reed, or the headmaster)
3) Act the situation out.
(Choose a character and reproduce the situation in your words without look-
ing in the text)
4) Compare Jane Eyre to her aunt.
Example: Jane Eyre is younger than her aunt.
5) Give your title for the text.
From "The Lord of The Flies"
by 1/1/. Golding
Parti
The novel "The Lord of the Flies" by W. Golding is about children (aged from
6 to 12) who got to an uninhabited island after a plane crash. They had to live there
without grown-ups, building up their own society, but it turned out that living in
society requires mutual respect and responsibility, which the children lacked.
The following passage describes the children's first day on the island.
Read the text and answer the following questions:
Were the children happy to get to an island? Why?
Ralph passed a hand through his fair hair and spoke.
"We're on an island. We've been on the mountain top and seen water all
round. We saw no houses, no smoke, no footprints, no boats, no people. We're
on an uninhabited island with no other people on it."
Jack interrupted him.
"All the same you need an army for hunting. Hunting pigs..."
"Yes. There are pigs on the island."
"So you see," said Ralph, "we need hunters to get us meat. And another
thing'."
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