Read the text and consider its following aspects.
A) Explain:
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жизненно важными facts about Home Rails, Questions in the House, and Three- Piece Suits; different orders of mind from his; many miles from nowhere; We are held up! We have broken down!
b) Comment on the punctuation in the passage entitled "Mouchaid (near the Jura Mountains)".
c) Express in simpler language the sense of the sentence "He felt that the gauze, which could not contain the torrents of the world's activities, might house this but terfly and not brush off its bloom." Point out the stylistic devices used in the sen tence and comment on their effectiveness. Do you accept the comparison with a butterfly or do you consider it too ornate? Give your reasons.
d) Justily the length of the sentence beginning "It described the blue smoke...".
e) Analyse the stylistic devices used in the author's digression beginning "Rail ways — it is their drawback...". Point out inversion, repetition, rhetorical question and comment on their purpose. Indicate the syntax of the second part of the pas sage and the rhythmic effect achieved. Can you detect any sound-imitative effects? What does the rhythm of the extract imitate? Comment on the rhythmic value of "But it never does. Never? Once it did" in its relation to the preceding extract. Comment on the names of places (Lulworth, Downderry, Nether Wallop) which, in the author's opinion, "cannot go far wrong". Why can't they? Suggest some typical Russian countryside names with the same kind of implications.
1) Think of a suitable heading for the episode beginning "Why have we stopped?" What is the role of the extract in the structure of the story? Comment on the composition device by which the episode is introduced in the texture of the story.
g) Analyse the stylistic values of the fragments beginning "A hedgerow bowed with blossom...", ending "...all were sweet and fresh and frank" and from "Beyonc? the meadow of flowers" to "filled the carriage". What words and phrases give at mosphere to the passages? Is it a realistic description? How is its dream-like qual ity created? Do you consider the description sweetish and sentimental or do you think that it serves its purpose? If so, what purpose? Support your opinion.
h) Comment on the contrast provided by the fragments of dialogue interchanging with the descriptive passages referred to in itemg).
What is the purpose of the device? Indicate the rhythmic effects achieved, especially in the passage beginning "Oh, what is it?...", ending "Lunch is served. Come!".
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I) Point out the climax of the story motivating your choice.
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J) Comment on the composition device used in the last three lines of the story.
7. Copy out from Text Six the sentences containing the word combinations and phrases and translate them into Russian.
Paraphrase the following sentences using the word combinations and phrases:
1. "Are you really going to spend your holiday in that horrid village, at the other end of the world?" – "Are you really going to set your foot in that horrid village at the other end of the world and spend your holiday there?" "It's not so horrid, you know, it's a lovely place." – "It's not so horrid, you know, such places cannot go far wrong" "Probably, for people who think and feel differently from myself – Probably, for people who have a different order of mind from me. As for me, I've rented a charming little cottage in a place from which you can get up to town in a very short time. – As for me, I've rented a charming little cottage within easy reach of town." "Glad to hear it. Only what's the good of going to town when you're on holiday? But at the account of proximity to the town, is there necessary to go to town when you're on holiday?" "Oh, it's just that I sometimes get tired of green meadows and yellow buttercups and simply long to tread on asphalt and to have a meal at a restaurant. Oh, it's just that I sometimes get tired of green meadows and yellow buttercups and simply long to set foot on asphalt and to have a meal at a restaurant. I've told you dozens of times that I'm not in the least nature crazy. – I've told you time and again that I'm not in the least nature crazy" "Then, what's the point of leaving town at all? – Then, what's the point of leaving town at all? Then, what's the point of setting foot on the country place at all?" "Oh, everybody does, you know. – I do the only thing there is to do, you know. I always say, do as others do, and you won't make a mistake. I say time and again, do as others do, and you cannot go wrong." 2. In the morning paper there was a detailed description of an unpleasant incident which occurred on a lonely country road thirty miles from London. – In the morning paper there was a detailed account of an unpleasant incident which occurred on a lonely country road thirty miles from (within easy reach of) London. Jean Gatsby, the famous film star, was driving her car. – Jean Gatsby, the film star whom success was talked over time and again, was driving her car. In a side road Miss Gatsby's car was stopped by three armed men. – In a side road Miss Gatsby's car was held up by three armed men. Yet, fortunately for the young actress, at the critical moment another car appeared on the road. – But luck was with the young actress, at the critical moment another car appeared on the road. Miss Gatsby had no other way out but scream loudly for help. – Miss Gatsby did the only thing there was to do – she screamed loudly for help. The car stopped, and the masked gangsters ran to the wood and disappeared there. – The car stopped, and the masked gangsters ran to the wood and lost to sight. 3. "The pen is burning. – The pen is on fire. I'll run and let out the sheep." "It's blazing! – It’s on fire! You'll burn yourself." "There's nothing for it, I must risk it. – It is the only thing there is to do, I must chance it."
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Compose short situations in dialogue form using the word combinations and phrases. Pay attention to the intonation patterns of the stimuli and responses to convey proper attitudes.
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