Методические указания по развитию навыков внеаудиторного чтения по роману К.С. Льюиса ''С молчаливой планеты'' (C.S.Lewis ''Out of the Silent Planet'')

МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ УКАЗАНИЯ ПО РАЗВИТИЮ НАВЫКОВ ВНЕАУДИТОРНОГО ЧТЕНИЯ ПО РОМАНУ К.С.ЛЬЮИСА «С МОЛЧАЛИВОЙ ПЛАНЕТЫ» (C.S.Lewis “Out of the Silent Planet”) Chapter 1 1. Find the match: waste no time set out be mistaken for smb at first sight become aware of smth prove to be be bound by promise momentary vision hesitate to enter within range 2. • • • • • • • • •

с первого взгляда принять за кого-либо быть связанным обещанием в пределах досягаемости не решаться войти заметить, осознать не терять времени отправиться мимолетное видение оказаться

Find in the text and explain with your own words: determined stride__________________________________________ inhospitable hotel__________________________________________ a little simple_____________________________________________ troublesome duty__________________________________________ neglected lawn____________________________________________ vaguely familiar___________________________________________ laboured cordiality_________________________________________ ill-treat__________________________________________________ social scruples_____________________________________________

3. True or false? ‰ Ransom was a doctor. ‰ Ransom was dressed up. ‰ Ransom intended to walk all night. ‰ Harry worked for the Professor. ‰ Ransom promised to find Harry and send him home.

‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰

When Ransom entered the garden Weston and Devine were fighting. Professor Weston was very hospitable. Ransom and Devine used to be at the same school at Wedenshaw. Professor Weston wanted Harry to take a shower in the wash-house. Ransom did not feel easy with Weston and Devine.

4. Give your comments on Devine’s words characterizing the Professor: (a) “The Weston. You know. The great physicist. Has Einstein on toast for breakfast.” (b) “You mustn’t mind Weston’s little way, Ransom. Conceals a generous heart beneath a grim exterior.” 5. Discussion: (a) Why was Weston so inhospitable and suspicious? (b) What were Weston and Devine going to do with a boy? (c) Why did Ransom finally accept the offer and stay in the house for the night? Chapter 2. 1. Find the match on the other hand benighted be absolutely detached as long as it lasts argue the matter incapable of serving humanity 2. • • • • • • • • •

неспосбный послужить человечеству с другой стороны совершенно независимый погруженный во мрак пока это длится оспорить вопрос

Find in the text and give your own Russian equivalents of : non-existent creature_______________________________________ heart-cheering noise________________________________________ sigh of satisfaction_________________________________________ half-emptied tumbler_______________________________________ comparatively clear________________________________________ busy body________________________________________________ take one’s chance__________________________________________ agonizing effort___________________________________________ reassuring stars____________________________________________

3. Answer the questions and prove your answers with the text. (a) What was Ransom’s attitude to Devine? (b) What was the most important information for Devine when he had a talk with Ransom? (c) How did Ransom guess he had been drugged?

4. Discussion: (a) Make a guess what they needed a boy and Ransom for. Chapter 3. 1. Find in the text and use in sentences of your own: come to one’s senses; severe headache; to and fro; recall to one’s mind; be certain; twice as wide as; be conscious of. 2. Find th match: confirm one’s belief bottomless dismay puzzled unnatural splendour push one’s way continuous vibration irregular intervals extraordinary lightness thin crescent monstrous orb

озадаченный пробиваться чудовищный шар необычная легкость подтвердить чью-либо уверенность бездонный страх неестественное сияние тонкий полумесяц продолжительная вибрация нерегулярные интервалы

3. a) Give Russian equivalents of: • pretty severe headache______________________________________ • be quite certain____________________________________________ Observe the function of pretty and quite. b) Make word combinations and give their Russian equivalents: quite soon; early; ugly; near; intelligent; often; pretty risky; lazy; funny; tasty; strict; stubborn; fairly fast; late; good; well-informed; strong; rather strange; boring; modern; interesting. 4. Compare the function of the word look in the sentences: a) It seemed to Ransom that he had never looked out on such a frosty night. (p.11) b) Why did the moon look so big? (p.12) 5. Fill in the gaps and translate into Russian: adjective adverb ……………………………………. temporarily ……………………………………. permanently ……………………………………. cautiously …………………………………… continuous ……………………………………. distinctly

6. Read the last Weston’s words and try to imagine what conversation could have taken place between Weston and Ransom. Continue the dialogue. Chapter 4. 1. Find the match and use in the sentences of your own: нарушать права lose consciousness иметь дело с, разделаться с кем-то, чем-то hypocrisy продолжать utter the word потерять сознание kidnap лицемерие deal with вечность infringe rights по сравнению с as far as we know насколько мы знаем infinity бесконечность eternity подчиняться приказам in comparison with похищать obeying orders выговорить слово keep on 2. Find in the text and give your own Russian equivalents: • a formless infinite misgiving________________________________________________ • inexpressibly welcome______________________________________ • unscientific people_________________________________________ • digest the statement________________________________________ • I happen to disagree________________________________________ • trash education____________________________________________ 3. Translate the sentence: Unless you were one of the four or five real physicists now living you couldn’t understand. (p.13) Observe the function of the word unless. Continue the sentences using unless: a) I’ll be very offended…………………………………………………… b) He might come………………………………………………………… c) He won’t give you his car……………………………………………… d) I’ll never call him again………………………………………………... 4. Use sentences of you own to show the difference between:

a) consciousness (p.13) and conscience b) get used to (p.16) and used to 5. Give the meaning of the word : a) stuff in the sentence : I suppose all that stuff about infinity and eternity means that you think you are justified… (p.15) b) returned in the sentence : “Yes – anything whatever,” – returned the scientist sternly…(p.15) 6. Read the first passage on page 16. What is meant by her in the sentence: “This, of course, was forseen and we built her accordingly”. 7. Discussion: a) Explain what Weston meant by saying: “My only defence is that small claims must give way to great” (p.14). b) Read Weston’s words up to the end. Do you agree or disagree? Give your arguments. Chapter 5. 1. Find the match: head for brood on find out have the guts indistinct noise short utterance sardonic chuckle the highest motives loose one’s nerve loathsome hold one’s breath dare not hand over suicide without hesitation

иметь смелость выяснить, обнаружить без колебания неясный шум не осмеливаться размышлять, вынашивать мысль сардонический смех терять самообладание направляться короткое высказывание отвратительый наивысшие побуждения самоубийство сдерживать дыхание вручать

2. a) Find the words distrusting, disclose, disquieting, disquiet (p.16), discover (p.17) and comment on the function of the prefix dis-. Give as many examples as possible. b) Use the prefix dis- to form new words and translate them into Russian: • arrange________________________________________________

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advantage______________________________________________ able__________________________________________________ arm___________________________________________________ appear________________________________________________ colour_________________________________________________

3. True or false? ‰ Ransom did not like the voyage at all. ‰ Ransom cooked for Weston and Devine ‰ Devine wanted to drug Ransom before landing. ‰ Ransom did not have any idea of what “a sorn” was. ‰ Ransom decided not to escape but to obey. 4. Comment on the expression “eat out of one’s hand” in the sentence: “You’ll find he’ll eat out of your hand at the first sight of a sorn. 5. Discussion. Imagine what you would do after learning the truth if you were Ransom: escape? obey? something else? Chapter 6. 1. Find the match: no doubt face (v) master (v) come to terms with from one’s point of view as a consequence come into play hour by hour get at 2. • • • •

познакомиться час за часом как последствие столкнуться лицом к лицу начать действовать с чьей-либо точки зрения понять, постигнуть овладеть, освоить без сомнения

Give your own equivalents of the following: rational fear_______________________________________________ a short-lived illusion________________________________________ overwhelming_____________________________________________ heaven’s face_____________________________________________

3. Imagine you are the translator of the book. Give literary translation of the last paragraph of the chapter (p.23). 4. Discussion: Explain with your own words why the men in the spaceship had so many difficulties in the end of their journey.

Chapter 7 1. Find the match: semi-darkness take a deep breath first impression blot out peninsula baffled the latter mindful suspect the motives point at be obsessed shriek a curse

заподозрить причины первое впечатление быть одержимым сбитый с толку последнее погруженный в мысли указывать на что-либо полутьма полуостров глубоко вздохнуть выкрикнуть проклятие стирать, вычеркивать

2. Find in the text and give your own Russian equivalents: • intolerably heavy__________________________________________ • faintly resilient____________________________________________ • billowy cumular mass_______________________________________ • produce a key from the pocket________________________________ • a network of nightmare machines_____________________________ • stolen glances_____________________________________________ • exquisitely beautiful________________________________________ • reptile fears_______________________________________________ • resist donkey-fashion_______________________________________ 3. Explain the function of did in the sentence : “…even so he did learn one thing.”(p.25). How would you show the difference in translation between this sentence and the following: “…even so he learned one thing.” 4. Observe the word like in the following word combinations and translate them into Russian: • something like water (p.24) _________________________________ • cloud-like mass (p.25) ______________________________________ • like something seen (p.27)___________________________________ • horn-like voice (P.27)_______________________________________ 5. Find in the text and translate into Russian paying attention to

a) the verb seem: 1) It seemed to be shallow (p. 25); 2) It …did not seem to have moved (p.25); 3) There seemed to be some paler plants (p.26); 4) …who seemed to be taking to the water (p.27). c) the adverb hardly : 1) …one could hardly call them plants (p. 26); 2) He hardly attended to them (p. 27) 6. Take as a model : whitish green. Observe the function of the suffix -ish. Now, fill in the table: зеленовато-голубой красновато-коричневый желтовато-белый голубовато-серый 7. Find the sentence : “It might mean death but what a scaffold!” (p.24) Here is the dictionary entry of the word scaffold: ¾ scaffold [‘skæf∂ld] – n 1) эшафот; плаха; 2) подмостки; Now, translate the sentence into Russian and try to say it in other words. 8. Give literary translation of the description of sorns (p. 27). Try to draw the portrait of a sorn, based on your own translation. Compare the translation and the portraits. 9. Answer the questions: a) Who built the hut of terrestrial pattern? b) What was Ransom’s impression of Malacandra : positive or negative? (Prove your answer with the text). c) What prevented Weston and Devine from handing Ransom over to the sorns ? Chapter 8 1. Find the match and use the expressions in the sentences of your own: за пределами досягаемости noise of pursuit поспешно удирать recede размышлять scuttle шум преследования beyond the reach of отступать, удаляться back the luck попытать счастья speculate 2. Give your own Russian equivalents: • utter silence_______________________________________________ • multiple transparency_______________________________________

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solemn splendour__________________________________________ disabling panic____________________________________________ faintly phosphorescent quality________________________________ a flood of self-pity_________________________________________ irresistible tendency________________________________________

3. Find the sentence : “The “trees” did not quite meet overhead…” (p. 29) and explain why the word “trees” is put into inverted commas. 4. Discussion. Try to predict what will happen to Ransom when he wakes up. Here are some variants for you: a) He will be caught by the sorns b) He will be caught by Weston and Devine c) He will meet somebody else Give your own version of possible future events. Chapter 9 1. Find the match and use in sentences of your own: взять на себя инициативу find oneself враждебные намерения make up one’s mind несмотря на hostile intentions делать успехи voracious точка зрения come to the conclusion ненасытный in spite of оказаться revelation зависеть от get on well решить, надумать take the initiative прийти к заключению rational откровение depend on point of view разумный 2. Give your own equivalents of the following : • whole gamut of blue________________________________________ • walk briskly______________________________________________ • endless ramble____________________________________________ • infinitely comforting effect__________________________________ • haphazard and disorderly fashion______________________________ • improbable shape__________________________________________ • articulate noises___________________________________________ • grip of curiosity___________________________________________ • mingled attraction and repulsion______________________________

• • • •

inquiring voice____________________________________________ slightly flexible material_____________________________________ dismaying force___________________________________________ unbearably ominous________________________________________

3. Find in the text the words beginning with –un, - in, – im, - ir, -dis, -mis, derive their opposites and translate both: unbearable (p.31)______________ ____________________________ unswallowable (p.31)___________ ____________________________ indefinite (p.31)_______________ ____________________________ infinitely (p.32)________________ ____________________________ irregular (p.32)________________ ____________________________ disorderly (p.32)_______________ ____________________________ improbable (p.32)______________ ____________________________ unobtainable (p.33)_____________ ____________________________ unobserved (p.34)______________ ____________________________ unconsciously (p.34)____________ ____________________________ misunderstood (p.34)___________ ____________________________ unintelligible (p.35)____________ ____________________________ unmistakable (p.35)____________ ____________________________ indescribable (p.35)____________ ____________________________ disappears (p.36)_______________ ____________________________ disgusting (p.37)_______________ ____________________________ 4. Pay attention to the word wrought in the sentence: “ Then he noticed that the devastation wrought by the leaf-eating animals…” (p.32). Find its infinitive in the dictionary, study the entry and explain the difference between this verb and the verb work-worked-worked. Give the translation of the sentence. 5. Find the sentence : “ Here, he understood, was the full statement of that perpendicular theme …” (p.32). Try to explain the meaning of the word theme in the context. Prove your explanation with examples. 6. Find the sentence : “…the slenderness and flexibility of the body suggested a giant stoat”(p.33). What is the best translation of the word suggested here: a) предлагать b) наводить на мысль c) предполагать

7. Give the literary translation of a hross’ description (p.33). Try to draw a portrait based on your translation. Compare the translations and the portraits. 8. Here are some questions for you to answer: a) Was Ransom’s attempt to eat something an effective one? b) Did giraff-like creatures show any hostile intentions? c) Why was Ransom so glad to see those creatures? d) How did Malacandrian mountains look like? e) What was Ransom’s first reaction when he noticed a hross in the water? f) What did he do when he realized the creature had language? g) What made Ransom stand up and start moving towards the hross? h) What was Ransom’s first step in Malacandrian? 9. Describe the first step of communication betwee Ransom and the hross. Think what you would show and explain first if you found yourself on a different planet. Chapter 10 1. Find the match and use in sentences of your own: прилагать усилия hand over прилагать усилия misgiving вручать, передавать mistake for прекращать endeavour дурное предчувствие cease к чьему-либо изумлению avail oneself of принять за to one’s astonishment воспользоваться be at pains 2. Find in the text and give Russian equivalents of the following: • immediately overhead______________________________________ • the choppiest sea___________________________________________ • disastrous experience_______________________________________ • intensely disagreeable______________________________________ • trotting horse______________________________________________ • blessed cessation___________________________________________ • vivid contrast_____________________________________________ • ghastly inappropriateness____________________________________ • continual coming and going__________________________________

3. Find the sentence : “Then they emerged on to a much larger sheet of water – a great lake, almost a sea.” (p.38). What is the best way of translation the verb emerge in this context: a) всплывать с) выходить b) появиться d) возникать

4. Translate the word combinations glittering lake (p.39) and luminous eyes (p.42), trying to show the difference between the adjectives. Now guess the meanings of the following verbs and form the nouns and adjectives: 1. излучать _______________________ a) glitter _______________________ b) glimmer 2. сиять 3. искриться _______________________ c) glow 4. тускло гореть ________________________ d) glare 5. ярко блестеть ________________________ e) flash 6. пылать ________________________ f) shine 7. ослепительно сверкать ________________________ g) sparkle 8. вспыхивать ________________________ h) radiate 9. мерцать ________________________ i) twinkle 5. Here is the scheme of a Malacandrian boat. Write the English terms for its parts: 3

1 2

4

1. 2. 3. 4.

_____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________

6. Observe the construction It was + Obj + that + … in the sentences:

a) “…it was only long after that he learned to read the Malacandrian face”. (p. 40) b) “It was only hours later that he realized that séroni might very well be plural of sorn. Suggest the best translation of the construction.

7. True or false: ‰ Ransom stepped into the boat without hesitation ‰ Ransom had to paddle much so he was very tired ‰ The voyage was very pleasant ‰ The man and the hross managed to communicate ‰ Ransom felt uncomfortable at seeing many hrossa at one time 8. Explain the following Malacandrian terms: hross, hrossa, sorn, séroni, handramit, harandra, malacandra, hman 9. Discussion: a) Why did Ransom hesitate to enter the boat? b) Why did Ransom (though hesitating) finally venture to get in contact with the unknown creature? Chapter 11 1. Find the match and use in sentences of your own: скрывать know from по виду develop habits отличать at sight сравниться с кем-либо/чем-либо sense of rhythm вырабатывать привычки predominate чувство ритма match somebody/something преобладать conceal 2.Explain the difference between: be a success (p.43), be skilled in (p.47), be good at (p.47) and use the expressions in sentences of your own. 3. Give Russian equivalents of the following: • baffling enigma____________________________________________ • clumsy vessels____________________________________________ • revolution in understanding__________________________________ • childish version of the truth__________________________________

• ignorance of the audience____________________________________ • hammer out the information__________________________________ • feel shy__________________________________________________ • aquatic animal_____________________________________________ • intensely excited___________________________________________ • show signs of anxiety_______________________________________ • immensely popular_________________________________________ 4. What are the new words which you can put down into your Malacandrian dictionary? Give the definitions of the following: handra, thulc, thulcandra, hnau, pfifltriggi, arbol hru, eldil. 5. Find the passage that begins with : “Had he come alone?…” (p.45), read it and change into direct speech. Act out the dialogue you have got. 6. Discussion: a) Who or what is Maleldil? b) Why is the Earth called Thulcandra by all malacandrian creatures? c) What races live on Malacandra and how their main occcupations may be sorted according to human patterns (e.g. agriculture, crafts, etc.)? d) What part did hnakra play in life of any hross? Chapter 12 1. • • • • • •

Give synonyms: beget (v) _________________________________________________ rear (v) __________________________________________________ ponder (v)________________________________________________ endure (v) _______________________________________________ nettled (p.p.)______________________________________________ awe (n) __________________________________________________

2. Find the match: war-like nature make smth into poems continent resemble closely unattained ideals deplorably different long to resume occur to smb

целомудренный сильно напоминать приходить в голову приходить в голову возобновлять стремиться, страстно желать слагать стихи о чем-либо принять за воинственный характер

come into smb’s head mistake for

недостигнуте идеалы прискорбно отличающийся

3. Use the words long to, resume, occur to smb, mistake smb for in sentences of your own. 4. Look through the chapter once again and write out all if-sentences and unless-sentences. Now translate them paying attention to the type of conditional used. 5. Discussion: a) comment on Hyoi’s attitude to having children. What was the most amazing thing for Ransom? b) comment on Hyoi’s attitude to hunting hnakra. Chapter 13 1. Find the match and use in sentences of your own: овладеть, изучить подробно be taken for granted беспокоиться at will происходить hand down само собой разумаеется posterity последующие поколения take place как можно меньше shoulder to shoulder передавать in the face of свободно come upon натолкнуться, напасть неожиданно be convinced плечом к плечу by no means быть убежденным be anxious перед лицом as little as possible ни в коем случае master быть достойным чего-либо be worthy of 2. Give your equivalents of the following: • be astir_________________________________________________ • incessant activity__________________________________________ • nearly invulnerable________________________________________ • uncanny experience________________________________________ • unpractised hand___________________________________________ • tremble with exertion_______________________________________ • distorted face_____________________________________________ • speechless guilt____________________________________________

• infantile impulse___________________________________________ • stupor of humilation________________________________________ • fervent hope ______________________________________________

3. Find in the text the following sentences: a) Hardly had the heavy craft … they would be the first to meet and surprise the hnakra. (p. 54) b) He must go into … and he must work south along the roots … (pp.5859) You know the meanings of the italisized words : surprise – удивлять, work – работать. Now try to guess how these words should be translated in the present context. Give your variants. 4. Find in the text the word combination hnakra slayer (p.54) and translate it. Before doing this explain the difference between the following verbs: kill ……………………….. murder ………………………………… slay……………………….. assassinate……………………………… 5. Comment on the function of the verb grew in the sentence : For a long time nothing happened, and Ransom's limbs grew stiff. (p.54) Now, translate the following : ¾ grow fat……………………………………………………………. ¾ grow dark………………………………………………………….. ¾ grow red…………………………………………………………… ¾ grow to like smb ………………………………………………….. ¾ grow pale ………………………………………………………….. Use the expressions in the sentences of your own. 6. Discussion: a) Was hnakra hunting an important tradition for the hrossa? Prove it with the text. b) What did Ransom think of hnakra hunting? Was he enthusiastic about it? c) Did hrossa think it was necessary to obey the orders that come from eldila? d) What did Ransom feel after Hyoi's death? What were his first intentions afterwards? e) How did Ransom explain the motives of the murder? Chapter 14 1. Find the match and use in sentences of your own:

give oneself up in any case rely on in advance carry out misgiving sense of confidence ample supply be anxious about despite go on be level with make for

опасение, предчувствие волноваться по поводу… заранее чувство уверенности быть на одном уровне продолжать направляться выполнять, проводить рассчитывать на обильный запас несмотря на в любом случае выдавать, сдаваться

2. Give Russian equivalents of: • clamouring for readmission__________________________________ • self-consuming dismay______________________________________ • unclimbable valley_________________________________________ • single concave sweep of stone________________________________ • insanely steep_____________________________________________ • hideously narrow__________________________________________ • extraordinary brightness_____________________________________ • thin veil of air_____________________________________________ 3. Find the sentence Instantly he began the ascent. (p.62) What part of speech is the word ascent? Prove your point of view. Now fill in the table: VERB NOUN ascent descent advice breath bath 4. Observe the function of –ward and –wise endings in the words upwards and sidewise (p.62). Translate the following: backwards, clockwise, counterclockwise, northwards. Give examples of your own. 5. Comment on the sentence He was cutting his way up into a silent arctic world, and had already passed from an English to a Lapland winter. (p.62) Give your variant of translation.

6. Translate the last passage of the chapter in writing. Now try to prove with the text that the last sentence is the culmination of the chapter. 7. Discussion: a) Why did it seem impossible to Ransom that the hrossa could worship a bloodstained idol. b) Why did Ransom feel pleasure after receiving a task to go to Meldilorn? Chapter 15 1. Give your equivalents of the following: • surprising indifference__________________________________ • painful shortness of breath_______________________________ • spidery movements_____________________________________ • very welcome addition__________________________________ • recurrent human tradition________________________________ 2. Find the match: haunt peer conclude inhale vague get used to to and fro in defiance of plunge into beyond carry out

по ту сторону, за пределами привыкать вопреки смутный туда-сюда вглядываться часто посещать, преследовать погружаться делать заключение, вывод выполнять, проводить вдыхать

3. True or false ‰ The sorn’s behaviour was hostile ‰ Sorns ruled all the creatures on Malacandra ‰ Ransom told the sorn that there were many eldila on the Earth ‰ Oyarsa was somebody or something that lived between the worlds ‰ Thulcandra was the local name for the Earth 4. Choose the best translation for hobble (p.69): a) запинаться с) хромать b) ковылять d)спотыкаться Suggest a variant of your own, explain your choice.

5. Translate the verb peer (p. 65). Find the match for some other synonyms of the verb look: взглянуть мельком, просмотреть stare взглянуть украдкой glance смотреть искоса peep пристально разглядывать peek таращиться scan подглядывать leer 6. Observe the meaning of no in the following dialogue: - You are not from this world, - it said suddenly. - No, - replied Ransom. (p.65) Now give positive and negative answeres to the following: a) He doesn’t know English properly. b) You have never been to Australia, have you? c) You aren’t coming with us, are you? d) They don’t like horror films. e) Ransom doesn’t come from the Earth. 7. Find the dialogue on page 67 and rewrite it in indirect speech. Now try to retell what Ransom and Augray were talking about. 8. Discussion: a) What is Augray’s consept of Oyarsa and eldila? Why is it difficult for Ransom to understand it? b) Try to explain Augray’s idea of body with your own words. Chapter 16 1. Find the match and use in the sentences of your own: быть во власти be of no use исчезать feel obliged промежуток времени, период vanish чувствовать обязанным prevent smth не использоваться from within предотвращать to the very top изнутри spell (n) до самой верхушки be specially interested in smth особенно интересоваться ч-либо be at the mercy of 2. Give your own Russian equivalents : • vague feeling_____________________________________________ • precarious mode of travelling_________________________________

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strutting fowl_____________________________________________ immediate landscape_______________________________________ original simile_____________________________________________ social creatures____________________________________________ rambling inquiries__________________________________________ extraordinary degree________________________________________ far-reaching effects_________________________________________

Chapter 17 1. Find the match and use in sentences of your own: в процессе завершения take one’s breath away быть предназначенным find out неохотно be intended to перехватить дыхание reluctantly выяснить, обнаружить on arriving в большом количестве sense of awe с отвращением influx of visitors чувство благоговейного страха due to благодаря in process of completion приток посетителей in disgust по прибытии in plenty на цыпочках on tiptoes удерживать от deter from 2. Find in the text and give Russian equivalents of the following: • bright wilderness__________________________________________ • conflagration_____________________________________________ • comparative warmth________________________________________ • attempt to express__________________________________________ • after a momement’s consideration_____________________________ • a suitable present__________________________________________ • ply with questions__________________________________________ • at large __________________________________________________ • impossible to ignore________________________________________ • in a hushed voice__________________________________________ • profoundly uneasy_________________________________________ • unmistakable birds_________________________________________ • persistent tapping__________________________________________ • in human terms____________________________________________

3. Here are some suggestions for the word combination a pipng noise (p.85). How do you think, which one is right? a) писклявый звук с) трубный звук b)мелодичный звук d) плавный звук 4. Study the meanings of the verb make : He will make a good musicain Из него выйдет хороший музыкант What am I to make of your behaviour?

Как я должен понимать ваше поведение?

He made him begin from the very beginning

Он заставил его начать с самого начала

He made the best of the situation

Он использовал ситуацию наилучшим образом

Now, find in the text the following sentences: a) Many of the pictures he could make nothing of. (p.82) b) He had no diffiulty in making Augray understand its purpose… How do the meanings given above help you in translation of these sentences? Use make (all four meanings adduced) in sentences of your own. 5. Study the infinitive constructions in the following sentences and give their translations: a) You are likely to meet some of the busy people…(p.79) b) All keep the mines open; it is a work to be shared. (p. 85) Now translate the following: ¾ It is likely to be raining______________________________________ ¾ He is likely to win the prize__________________________________ ¾ She is not likely to change her opinion_________________________ ¾ Here is a book to be read____________________________________ 6. Suggest your way of translation of the participle conquered in the sentence: They had conquered the harandra and were on the threshold of Maeldilorn. 7. Find and read the dialogue between two hrossa (p.79) Comment on the pronoun it used for Ransom in the context.

8. Make literary translation of Meldilorn description (pp. 77-78) 9. Now, check if you were really attentive while reading. Here are some questions for you to answer: a) What did Augray use to call for the ship? b) Why did Augray refuse to enter the boat? c) Why did Augray refuse to take Ransom’s gift? d) Was there any necessity for the creatures of Malacandra to have a watch? e) What was Ransom supposed to do before Oyarsa would call for him? f) What Earth season did the weather on Malacandra remind Ransom of? g) How did Ransom manage to see an eldil? h) What did Ransom learn from looking at pictures and carvings in Meldilorn? (Touch upon the history of Malacandra, the creation of handramit, the peoples of Malacandra, the Solar system) i) What was a pfifltrigg craftsman occupied with? j) What was Ransom’s attitude to the picture he saw? k) What was the pfifltrigg’s idea of “likeness” in Art? l) Why did all creatures on Malacandra speak hross’ language? Chapter 18 1. Find the match and use in sentences of your own: нервничать in this respect силой have feelings toward smb быть согласным, довольным see the point быть совершенно непохожим be nervous туда-сюда be scattered исследовать be utterly unlike испытывать чувства по отн-ю к at large look into понимать collect oneself рассеиваться by force разразиться, врываться to and fro на свободе, на просторе be plain сосредоточиться none the less в этом отношении be content быть понятным do reverence тем не менее break in оказывать почтение 2. Find in the text and give Russian equivalents of the following: • he could not help feeling__________________________________ • confusion of sleep________________________________________

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conscious fear___________________________________________ a certain sinking of heart____________________________________ suggestions of light_________________________________________ sculptured stones__________________________________________ infinitesimal coolness______________________________________ a sultry day______________________________________________ seemingly remote_________________________________________ mean evil to smb__________________________________________ unexpected disturbance_____________________________________

3. To say “утром” in English you should use “in”: in the morning. Find the sentence: “He was nervous; it reminded him of how he felt on the morning of an examination…”(p.87). Why on is used instead of in. May be it is a misprint? 4. Here are two archaic words: ¾ hitherto – устар. до сих пор (p.87) ¾ thither – устар. туда Guess the meaning of the following words: ¾ hither (p.91) ¾ thitherto 5. a) Find the sentence: “…the visible Malacandrians were but the smallest part…”(p.88). What is the function of the word but in this context: 1) because 3) only 2) and 4) also b) Find the sentence: “…or rather some difference in the look of the ground…”(p.89) What is the closest synonym of the word look in this context: 1) appearance 3) watch 2) sight 4) alike