Working with the story

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 498.

Before reading the story

IMRAY CAME BACK

Assignment 2

Do you believe in ghosts? Why?

3. Ghost stories were very popular in the 19^th century and at the beginning of the 20^th. Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe were some of the greatest practitioners of the genre. Oscar Wilde was the first to use a ghost as a funny character in his ‘Centerville ghost'. In the 20^th century people tried to make fun of this genre, so humorous interpretations of this mysterious topic became quite successful. Here are 3 examples which are now part of the world pop culture. Use the Internet search engines and find several interesting facts about them (pictures/presentations/video will be a welcome addition).

- Casper, the friendly ghost (literature/cartoons/cinema).

- Ghost busters (cinema/cartoons/song)

-Beetle juice (cinema).

Translate these verbs into English and say them in the Past Simple:

жить, работать, уйти, спрашивать, прекратить, начать, продать, написать, переехать, найти, встретить, знать, хотеть, ждать, давать, покидать, сидеть, думать, поворачиваться, говорить (3 вар.), показывать, звать, понимать, спать, видеть сон, пробуждаться, слышать, толкать, ударять, нести, убивать, забывать.

1.♫ Listen and read the story. Pay attention to the way proper names are pronounced: Rudyard Kipling, Imray, Strickland, Tietjens, Bahadur Khan.

This story is told from the first person. To discuss it you will need the word “рассказчик” – story-teller or narrator.

Prepare the following passages for good reading (listen to them again) and translation:

pp. 26-28 ‘I stayed in the house ... I walked round the house.'

p. 30 ‘Let's get it down ... I watched from below.'