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ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY (I). ache υ, n flue n painful adj

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Words

ache υ, n flue n painful adj

avoid υ foot n pneumonia n

bare adj medical adj prescribe υ

barefoot adj predic, adv medicine n prescription n

bare-headed adj miserable adj shiver υ

condition n naked adj tremble υ

epidemic n pain n vacant adj

fever n

Word Combinations

to have (got) a headache to give smth. up

to take one's (or smb.'s) to make a note (notes) of smth.

temperature so far

to bring down the fever at the foot (head) of the bed

to be in (a) good (bad) to read to oneself (aloud)

condition to go to sleep (cf.:to fall asleep)

to live (work) under good to stay (be) awake

(bad) condition (s) flushed by the fever (anger,

to be in no condition to do smth. excitement, etc.)

on condition that to flush with

to write (put) smth. down to take smth. easy

EXERCISES

1. Read the text and the Notes on Lexicology and Style and talk on the following points (A. Grammar, B.Word usage, C. Style):

A. 1. Why does the author use or drop the definite article before the word bed in the sentences: "We were still in bed." "You'd better go back to bed," "I sat at the foot of the bed."

2. Why is the Infinitive used with or without the particle to in the sentences: "Do you want me to read to you?" "I heard him say a hundred and two."

3. In the sentence "It's nothing to worry about" ft is a personal pronoun. What noun does it stand for? (Note: The English for «Нечего беспокоиться.» would be "There is nothing to worry about.")

4. Tick off the sentences with the Infinitive used as an attribute.

5. Tick off all the complex sentences with clauses joined without the conjunction that, е.g. "I know (that) he is ill."

B. 1. What did the father mean when he said "You'd better go back to bed"? (Add some words to show the implication.)

2. Paraphrase the sentences: "I'd rather stay awake" and "just take it easy."

3. What is the difference between the boy's words "...if it bothers you" and "...if it's going to bother you." (Translate the sentences with these phrases into Russian.)

4. How and why did the boy paraphrase his question "about what time... I'm going to die?"

5. The boy lay with his eyes fixed at the foot of the bed. What synonyms and why did the author use to describe the situation? (See Vocabulary Notes in Unit One.)

C. 1. Comment on the choice of words in Hemingway's story from the point of view of their stylistic colouring. What style prevails, formal or informal?

2. What can you say about the dialogues in the story and their stylistic peculiarities?

3. Comment on the syntax of the story and the stylistic effect achieved by it.

4. What is the general atmosphere of the story? Is the tension gradually increased? How is the effect achieved? What is the point of the highest tension (climax)?

II. a) Choose the best translation of each English sentence below (or give your own variant) and reason oat your choice;

I. I'd rather stay awake, 1. Я предпочитаю бодрствовать. 2. Я лучше не буду спать.

II....as though it ached to move. 1....как будто ему было больно двигаться. 2....как будто движения причиняли ему боль,

III. He seemed very detached from what was going on. 1. Казалось, окружающее его не интересует. 2. Он казался полностью отрешенным от всего происходящего. 3. Он, казалось, не замечал того, что происходит вокруг.

IV. But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. 1. Его взгляд становился все менее напряженным. 2. Он уже не с таким напряжением смотрел перед собой. 3. Его взгляд, устремленный на спинку кровати, постепенно терял свою напряженность.

V. The hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack. I. Сдержанность его тоже, наконец, ослабла и на следующий день была очень незначительной. 2. Он перестал держать себя в руках и на следующий день был совсем вялым. 3. В конце концов его контроль над собой тоже стал слабеть, и на следующий день он совсем раскис.


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