Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное
Учреждение высшего профессионального образования
«Владимирский государственный университет имени Александра
Григорьевича и Николая Григорьевича Столетовых»
Е.Н. Ионова
УЧЕБНО-МЕТОДИЧЕСКАЯ РАЗРАБОТКА ПО ДОМАШНЕМУ ЧТЕНИЮ
«У.С. МОЭМ. РАЗРИСОВАННЫЙ ЗАНАВЕС»
2-е издание, переработанное и дополненное
Владимир
Издательство ВлГУ
2013
УДК 43 (07)
ББК 81.423.1-9
Ионова Е.Н. Учебно-методическая разработка по домашнему чтению по произведению У.С. Моэма «Разрисованный занавес» для студентов-бакалавров исторического факультета по специальности «История и иностранный язык». – Владимир: ВлГУ, 2013-14 с.
Учебно-методическая разработка по домашнему чтению по роману У.С. Моэма состоит из вокабуляра, подлежащего активному употреблению и представляющего собой опоры выполнения заданий проблемного плана, направленных на обсуждение литературоведческих особенностей произведения, а также выявление лингвистических средств воплощения его идеи.
Составитель: Ионова Е.Н. ассистент кафедры второго иностранного языка и методики обучения иностранным языкам ВлГУ им. А.Г. и Н.Г. Столетовых (Педагогический институт ВлГУ)
Рецензент: Писарева Л.Н. к.п.н., доцент кафедры иностранных языков для неязыковых факультетов ВлГУ им. А.Г. и Н.Г. Столетовых (Педагогический институт ВлГУ)
in an emergency (p. 12)
irresistible (adj.) (p. 15)
to count on somebody (p. 15)
(im)prudent (adj.) (p. 16)
sordid (adj.) (p. 17)
(un)faithful (adj.) (p. 17)
to be of (no)consequence (p. 19)
snobbish (adj.) (p. 19), snob (n.)
to kick up a row (p.21)
to provide somebody with something (p. 25)
to set one's hopes on somebody/something (p.25)
eligible (adj.) (p.26)
to get somebody off one's hands (p. 30)
1. How unfortunate to be called Dorothy? It dated you (p. 17)
2. Kitty wondered whether Mrs. Townsend thought her a little common (p. 18)
3. ... There was one (photo) of her father too ,.. It had been done when he took silk and it represented him in a wig and a gown (p-22)
4. Mrs. Garstin was exasperated and she did not hesitate often to give Kitty a piece of her very unpleasant mind (p. 28)
1. Speak about the author of the book.
2. Where is the scene laid? Point out words conveying the local coloring? Why does the novel open that way? Is there any exposition in the opening chapter? How does the reader come to know about the place, the time and the characters?
3. Discuss the behavior of each of the young lovers in the predicament. Pay special attention to their attitude to each other. Specify what Kitty found attractive in Townsend. Point out Townsend’s utterances persuading Kitty to count on him in an emergency. Sum up Townsend and say whether you think him reliable.
4. How did Kitty regard the situation she found herself in and the way out?
5. Speak about Kitty's background. What features of her mother were she especially influenced by? Why was her father's influence so small? Was Kitty a good daughter to her father?
6. Sum up all the motives that made Kitty marry Walter Fane. Was he good match to Kitty? What was there about him that made him beyond her understanding?
7. Why was their marriage a mistake? Whose fault was it? To what extent was the mistake the result of Mrs. Garstin in? Does the mistake justify Kitty's unfaithfulness to her husband?
to be flattered (p.37)
considerate (adj.) (p.37)
to feel at home with somebody (p.37)
self-conscious (adj.) (p.38)
to bring oneself to do something (p.38)
to be no great fry (p. 39)
reserved (adj.) (p.39)
to put on airs (p.42)
accomplishment (n.) (p. 46)
to see somebody by stealth (p.47)
to cause somebody pain (p.49)
to wash one's dirty linen in public (p. 55)
to know which side one's bread was buttered (p.60)
1. Speak about Walter Fane as seen by Kitty. What traits of his made him an excellent husband? What was Kitty exasperated in him by? Did Kitty's opinion of Walter differ much from the others’? Why wasn't Walter popular? Summarize all the reference to the social status of a bacteriologist.
2. Charles Townsend as seen by Kitty. Prove that Kitty was constantly comparing him with Walter. Why did she make so much of his accomplishments? What do you think of them?
3. In what way was Kitty's love affair predetermined by her up-bring? Do you think it was real love or infatuation? Did it make Kitty deeper, nobler, and wiser or did it bring forth her shallowness, selfishness, vulgarity?
4. What was humiliating about the position Kitty was put into by Townsend? How did Kitty plan her own future and that of Dorothy Walter? Could she see that she might cause them a lot of pain and misery? Do you think her intelligent?
5. What was there about Walter that made Kitty fear him so much? Discuss how Townsend regarded the situation and its possible outcome. What motives prompted Walter's unwillingness to kick up a row in Townsend's opinion? Did the motives (as he saw them) characterize Walter or himself?
6. Which utterances of Townsend's show that he was not much in love with Kitty? Did Kitty understand it?
How did Walter Fane take the shock? Point out words and phrases conveying his state of mind. Why do you think he kept silence about the matter?
to do something of one's free will (p.63)
to file one's petition (p. 64) syn. to bring an action for divorce (p.83)
to marry somebody for convenience (p. 67)
to get into a mess (scrape) (p.72)
to make a dean breast of something to somebody (p. 76)
to hush something up
to get somebody out of harm's way (p.81)
to send somebody to certain death (p.81)
to judge somebody accurately (p. 82)
self-seeking (p.83)
1. Walter and Kitty have a talk in which Walter brings up the subject of Mei-tan - fu. Comment upon Kitty's protestations and the motives of her refusal. Why did Walter want Kitty to go with him?
2. Walter brings up the subject of divorce. On what conditions was Walter going to agree to a divorce? Why did he make this condition? Had Walter any illusions about his wife?
3. Kitty comes to Townsend’s office. Comment upon Townsend's readiness to make a clean breast to his wife. What was his greatest concern throughout their talk? Discuss Townsend's turning from coward into a scoundrel.
4. Kitty comes to sec her position in true light. What advice did Townsend give her at the end of their talk? Compare his reaction to Mei-tan-fu at the first mention and on second thought. Discuss the drama Kitty had to live through within one day.
pp. 85-105
to turn something over in one's mind (p.85)
to get on well (p.86)
to take precautions (against) (p. 92)
to be panic-stricken (p.97)
to cause somebody inconvenience (p. 100)
vain (adj.)
to hold somebody in contempt (p. 101)
shrewd (adj.) (p. 101)
to excite somebody's curiosity (p. 102)
to take a risk (p. 104)
to swear by somebody (p. 107)
III. Read and translate the following passage: p. 107 "I have a suspicion that... they think he's a hero."
Speak about Kitty's state of mind on the way to Mei-tan-fu.
Gather as much information as possible about the epidemic and the state of things in Mei-tan-fu (pp. 91,93,97).
3. Speak about Waddington. Comment to the way he treated the situation in Mei-tan-fu and people.
4. Speak about Kitty's talk with Waddington about Townsend. Comment upon Waddington's opinion of Townsend and his wife.
5. Discuss Walter's work and his popularity in Mei-tan-fu. Speak about the episode with the green salad. Walter did not want Kitty to die, did he? Why had he brought her to Mei-tan-fu then? Find the paragraph at the end of the chapter 38 that will help you to understand Walter's aim.
pp. 109-138
grave (adj.) (p. 113)
to come to somebody's rescue (p. 114)
repulsive (adj.) (p.117)
worthless (adj.) (p. 125)
worthlessness (n.) (p. 123)
to be blind to somebody's merits (p. 123)
to bear malice (p. 124)
to ascribe some qualities to somebody (p. 129)
to commit adultery (p. 129)
to live on make-believe (p. 129)
to keep an eye on somebody (p. 136)
1. "I suppose I shouldn't have been taken in by him if I hadn't been as worthless as he" (p. 126)
2. "He told her nothing of his work, but even in the old days he had been reticent on this: he was not by nature expansive.”
"His voice was weary ... he could not forgive himself.”
1. Gather all the information about the convent, the nuns and their work. What are the things that struck Kitty there?
2. Speak about what Kitty came to know about her own husband. Did she change her opinion of him? Why had she been blind to his merits?
3. Kitty talks to Walter about their future and past. Speak about Walter's new attitude to her and her decision to work at the convent.
4. Speak about the work Kitty was to do at the convent and the way she overcame herself when she had something repulsive to deal with.
pp. 138-164
conviction (n.) (p. 138), to convict (v.)
to love somebody to distraction (p. 142)
to distract one's mind (p. 143)
to yearn for somebody (p. 143)
to attach importance to something (p. 147)
to be a blow (a wound) to one's vanity (p. 147)
sensitive (adj.) (p. 148), sensitiveness (n.) (p. 162)
to throw everything to the winds (p. 148)
to be seized with terror (horror, panic, etc.) (p. 151) (p.153)
to be overwhelmed with joy (p. 155)
vindictive (adj.) (p. 156)
petty (adj.) (p.156)
to summon up one's resolution (courage) etc. (p. 160)
to make a hash of things (p. 163)
1. It is not a thing to advertise. I do not know that it would greatly add to my chances of promotion in the service (p. 148)
2. I feel Eke some one who has lived all his life by a duck-pond and suddenly is shown the sea. It makes me a little breathless and yet it fills me with slation.
3. I shouldn’t have thought you were the sort of person to put yourself out for a few stuffy nuns and a parcel of Chinese brats (p. 163)
1. Kitty comes to know the nuns better. Speak about sister St. Joseph's traits making her different from a typical nun. What did Kitty learn from her about the Mother Superior? What did she find striking about that woman's life and personality? Why did she feel a wall between them and herself?
2. Compare what Sister St. Joseph told Kitty about Waddington's private life with what he told Kitty himself. What new light does the information throw on Waddington's personality? Whom is he contrasted to in the novel?
3. Kitty feels free from Townsend. Speak about her reaction to the discovery. What do you think helped her to get freed of him?
4. Kitty comes to know that she is going to become a mother. Why was she seized with terror? Compare her feelings with the way the nuns felt about it.
5. Kitty breaks the news to Walter. Speak about her inner-struggle when Walter asked her about the children's father. Why could she not bring herself to tell him a lie? Point out facts showing that Walter's attitude to her somewhat changed after the talk. Account for the change.
6. Walter insists on Kitty's leaving Mei-tan-fu. Give his reason. Comment upon what he told her about his aim in having brought her there. Do you think him vindictive?
7. Speak about a change in Kitty's personality brought by her life in Mei-tan-fu. Point out her utterances showing that the change was not too deep.
8. Compare what Kitty had thought about her own unfaithfulness before she knew she was with child and after it: "That sort of thing doesn't mean very much to a woman when it's over. I think women have never understood the attitude the men took up" (Ch. XLVI, p. 126) and: It was singular that men attached so much importance to their wives "faithfulness" (Ch. LVII, p. 162). Give your opinion on the point.