Кафедра английского языка № 2
Jean Webster
DADDY-LONG-LEGS
Разработка по домашнему чтению для студентов I курса факультета МЭО
Москва, 2004 г. Jean Webster (Alice Jane Chandler Webster, 1876-1916)
was born in New York and educated there and at Vassar. Among her half-dozen or so novels, Daddy-Long-Legs (1912) became internationally popular and was also dramatized and filmed.
List of proper names
Jerusha Abbot (Judy) [dGR’ru:SR ’WbRt] [‘dGu:dI]
Mrs. Lippett [‘lIpIt]
Sallie McBride [‘sWlI m(R)k’braId]
Julia Pendleton [‘dGu:ljR ‘pendltRn]
Mr. Jervis Pendleton [‘dGQ:vIs ‘pendltRn]
Mr. and Mrs. Semple [‘sempl]
Unit 1: Blue Wednesday
Step 1
1. Read the introductory part of the book, Blue Wednesday for detailed comprehension.
2. Write a summary of Blue Wednesday. 4
3. Look up the pronunciation and learn the following words:
wrinkle, haste, comb, trustee, matron, automobile, curiosity, routine, anxiety, anxious, conduct (n), record (n), essay, to ridicule, generous, allowance, progress (n), detail, to sew.
4. a) Find the following word combinations. Look them up in a dictionary, learn their pronunciation and give the Russian equivalents.
b) Write out the sentences they are used in. 4
| |to remind smb of smth |
|. |to bear the brunt of smth |
| |to escape from smth |
| |to lean against smth / to lean forward