Guide III

Task I. In the following collocations cross the odd words out (if any):

· A comprehensive basket /school /soul /collection of philosophical writings / term

· Rigorous measures / job /search /club

· Profound intelligence / learning / sympathy / plaque / rest / sigh / indifference / silence / sleep

· Tremendous house / success / applause / eater / diagram / blow / events of the war

· Impeccable logic / English / stupidity / record / moral standing

· Overwhelming wealth / research / disaster / majority / happiness

Task II. Translate:

· Единая средняя школа, исчерпывающий отчет, всесторонние познания.

· Непогрешимый человек. Точный научный метод.

· Основательные перемены, совершенное невежество, слушать кого-либо с глубоким интересом, глубочайшее уважение к кому-либо, выдающиеся мыслители (глубокие умы) этого поколения.

· С головокружительной скоростью, веселиться от души, вы ему ужасно понравились, это чрезвычайно важно для меня.

· Неодолимая сила, быть охваченным горем (или радостью), его лицемерие меня просто ошеломило, он осыпал ее комплиментами.

Task III. Match the verbs on the left with the words and expressions in the right:

Task IV. Translate into English:

1. Имущество перешло к наследнику.

2. Как вам удалось этого добиться.

3. Шахматист исчерпал все возможные комбинации.

4. Наши запасы на исходе.

5. Как вы оцениваете этого писателя?

6. Ему постоянно угрожает опасность.

7. Она находилась между жизнью и смертью.

8. Результаты превзошли все мои ожидания.

Task V. Insert prepositions where necessary:

1.The words of my mother, teaching me what to do in such a situation, were emblazoned …. my heart.

2.It is parents duty to mold …. their children’s character.

3.The fate is …. stake. Can you do anything about it?

4.Mr. Hundert was very instrumental …. Elleby’s procuring the job.

5.We had to live in one room for 3 weeks. I had nothing else to do but to put …. with her.

6. It is so awful when the children of criminals follow …. the “formidable” footsteps of their parents.

7. It was very difficult to talk to him because he was hard …. hearing.

8. He was exposed …. a liar and a cheat before the whole class.

9. All relatives of the murderer were sure that he died …. unjust execution.

10. He was the won to build relationship …. some of the most important alumni.

Task V. Team work: are you for or against the following propositions? (Use actively the film vocabulary).

1. St. Benedict’s policies and codes were very strict.

2. Sedgewick Bell was always the “student of the day”.

3. Stupidity lasts forever.

4. The pressure to succeed can be oppressive.

5. In the flow of time the opportunity lost is lost forever.

6. A teacher should only teach students but not mould their characters.

7. An educator should inspire students to studybut not push them.

Home assignments:

1. Study Vocabulary III: to refute, to supplant, to claim, to instill, to proclaim, to mature; a folly, brashness, concession, defiance, endowment; formidable, learned. Prepare the card.

2.Is the following passage appropriate for the film’s review?

“William Hundert, a passionate and principled Classics professor, finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results as a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

3. Read and compare the 3 reviews of the film. Write1,5–2 pages.