Study the phrases given below and characterize the fiction written by Dawe Shackleford
· to have an original plot
· to have a good construction
· to have some weak points
· to have a style
· to work up to the climax like an artist
· fleeting glimpse of truth
· to spoil every denouement
· to rise to the literary highest point of the dramatic scenes
· to fly into heroic and blank verse at the emotional crises
· to evoke a corresponding expression of feeling
· a subconscious dramatic sense
· express emotions in an appropriate language
· to prove sb's point of view
· to speak stiltedly
· true-to-life words of the character
· a theory of true-to-life fiction
13. Complete the sentences..
1. Spring winked at _____________
2. Editor Westbrook was in a good mood because _______________
3.In the park he met ______________
3. Dawe Shackleford earned his living ____________
4. They talked about _ ________
5. Westbrook analyzed ______________
6. They discussed____ _____
7. The two men decided _____________
8. A theory of true-to-life fiction _____________
9. The two experimenters ________
10. When they reached Dawe’s place ___________
11. In the room they saw ___________
12. Westbrook and Shackleford found out that ___________
13. Dawe cried out in a deep vibrating voice _________
14. Editor Westbrook blurted between his pale lips _________
14. Say the same in Ukrainian.
1. The color of the grass between the walks was poisonous green.
2. The sky above was of that pale aquamarine tint that poets rhyme
with 'true' and 'Sue' and 'coo.'
3. He gave her a compliment on her voice and she hugged him for joy
at his praise.
4. Suspecting that he was about to be begged he turned a cold face
and saw that it was - Dawe – Shackleford Dawe, dingy, almost ragged and shabby.
5. Dawe snapped at the cigar as a girl pecks at a chocolate cream.
6. Now don't put on that embarrassed, friendly-but-honest look and
ask me why I don't get a job as a wine agent or a cab-driver.
7. Editor Westbrook gazed through his nose-glasses with a sweetly
sorrowful, sympathetic, skeptical expression - the copyrighted expression
of the editor.
8. 'My dear Shack,' said he 'if I know anything of life I know that
very deep, sudden and tragic emotion in the human heart evokes a corresponding expression of feeling.'
9. Absurdly inappropriate words,' said Westbrook, 'they mirror life falsely.'
10. No human being ever said such words when he meets with sudden tragedy.
Put the verbs in brackets into the proper tense form.
And now I __________(tell) you my scheme. When I ________(be ) about to leave home after breakfast Louise ________(tell) me that she ________(be going) to visit her aunt in Eighty-ninth Street. She _________ (say) (return) home at three o'clock. She ________(be) always on time to a minute. We________ (go) to my flat at once. I________ (write) a note to her and leave it on the table where she ______(see) it as she _______(enter) the door. You and I _________(hide) in the dining-room. In the note I _________ (say) that I ________ (go) from her forever with a woman who_________ (understand) the needs of my artistic soul as she never ________(do). When she ________ (read) it we (observe) her actions and hear her words. Then we _________(know) which theory _________ (be) the correct one -
yours or mine.
Say the same in English.
1. Він ледве заробляв собі на життя.
2. Час від часу він продавав оповідання.
3. Я змушу тебе змінити думку про мої твори.
4. Я хочу продемонструвати тобі правильність моїх поглядів на прикладах із життя.
5. Для мене важливо , щоб ця теорія була визнана правильною.
6. Ми бувало проводили чудові вечори разом.
7. Коли він якраз збирався вийти, вона сказала, що хоче провідати свою тітку.
8. Два експериментатори вирішили довести свою теорію на практиці.
9. Коли двері відчинилися. Він помітив як бідно були обставлені кімнати.
10. Він узяв конверт. Що лежав на столі і розірвав його.
READING COMPREHENSION
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Recalling
1. Where was Editor Westbrook walking after lunch?
2. What beauties of nature did he admire?
3. Why was he in a good mood?
4. What was Westbrook's wife interested in?
5. Who grasped his sleeve in the park?
6. Did he recognize his old friend at once?
7. Was he happy to meet Shackleford Dawe?
8. How did Dawe look like?
9. How did he earn his living?
10. Was Dawe's wife his faithful companion?
11. Did the Minerva print any of his works?
12. Why were some of his works rejected?
13. Did Editor Westbrook and Dawe have the same or different conceptions of good fiction?
14. What theory did they discuss?
15. What was the last Dawe's story sent to the magazine?
16. How did Editor Westbrook characterize his book?
17. What did Shackleford suggest doing to prove his theory?
18. What was the scheme of the experiment?
19. Where did the two men hurry?
20. What did they find on the table?
21. What was written in the letter?
22. How did the men react to the information
23. What words did they use to express their feelings'.
ATTENTION CHECK