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Task 7. Read quickly through paragraphs 3-5 and choose one custom that you find amusing and one which you find surprising, telling the class why you think so.
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Task 7. Read quickly through paragraphs 3-5 and choose one custom that you find amusing and one which you find surprising, telling the class why you think so.
Task 8. What do you understand by this quotation? Do you agree with it?
'Without gestures the world would be totally colourless'.
Task 9. Work in pairs. Make a project about acceptable and insulting gestures in different cultures.
UNIT 2
READING
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Jane Austen (1775 – 1817), a famous English writer, wrote about the ordinary world of men and women as it was in the early 19th century, a place where love and romance were hindered by economics and human imperfection. Her heroines had distinct personalities and her characters were never completely good or completely evil but more complicated mixtures. Some of her most famous stories are “Pride and Prejudice” (1813), “Sense and Sensibility” (1811), “Mansfield Park” (1814), and “Emma” (1815).
In this extract from “Sense and Sensibility”, Mr. Henry Dashwood has recently died and left all his money to his son from his first marriage, John. His second wife, Mrs. Dashwood, and her three daughters are left without a permanent home and very little money. Mr. John Dashwood is weak and his wife is selfish and they have little concern for the family welfare.
No sooner was his father's funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice of her intention to her mother-in-law, arrived with her child and their attendants. No one could dispute her right to come; the house was her husband's from the moment of his father's death. This thoughtless behavior would have been highly unpleasing to any woman with ordinary feelings in Mrs. Dashwood’s situation. 1______ Mrs. John Dashwood had never been a favourite with any of her husband's family: but she had had no opportunity, till the present, of showing them with how little attention to the comfort of other people she could act when occasion required it.
Mrs. Dashwood was so deeply hurt by this ungracious behaviour, and she hated her daughter-in-law so much for it, that, on her arrival, she would have quitted the house for ever. 2_____ Also, her own tender love for all her three children helped her change her mind, and for their sakes she avoided a disagreement with their brother.
Elinor, the eldest daughter, possessed a great strength of understanding, and coolness of judgment. 3 _____ She was often able to influence Mrs. Dashwood, whose enthusiastic nature sometimes led to hasty decisions. 4 _____ It was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn, and which one of her sisters was determined never to be taught.
Marianne’s abilities were, in many respects, quite equal to Elinor’s. She was sensible and clever; but her sorrows and joys had no limits. She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent. The resemblance between her and her mother was striking.
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Elinor was concerned about her sister's strong emotions. But Mrs. Dashwood valued and cherished Marianne’s sensibility, so like her own. 5 _____The pain of grief which overpowered them at first, was willingly renewed and created again and again. They let themselves be overwhelmed by their sorrow and were determined never to be comforted in future. 6 _____ She could consult with her brother, could welcome her sister-in-law on her arrival, and treat her politely. She also tried to convince her mother to do the same and encourage her to show similar forbearance.
Margaret, the other sister, was a good-humoured, agreeable girl. 7 _____. So, at thirteen, she was not likely to equal her sisters later in life.
Task 7. Read the text and choose from the list A – H the sentence which fits each gap (1 – 7). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.
A. But she had already shown that she was as romantic as Marianne, without having much of her sense.
B. However, her eldest girl induced her think about how inappropriate that would seem.
C. But in Mrs. Dashwood’s mind, with her strong sense of honour and her generous nature, the offence made her feel absolutely disgusted.
D. Elinor, too, was suffering; but still she could struggle, she could make an effort.
E. These qualities enabled her to be the counsellor of her mother, though she was only nineteen.
F. The two women encouraged each other to continually express how they felt.
G. Elinor had an excellent heart, her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were strong: but she knew how to control them.
H. Mr. John Dashwood didn’t have the strong feelings of the rest of the family.
VOCABULARY PRACTICE
GLOSSARY
1. to be hindered by something
2. human imperfection
3. evil
4. complicated mixtures
5. permanent
6. selfish
7. to dispute one’s rights
8. to be a favourite with
9. to have an opportunity
10. inconsiderate; syn. thoughtless
11. inappropriate
12. to be deeply hurt by
13. behavior (thoughtless ~, impolite ~)
14. change one’s mind
15. to avoid a disagreement
16. to possess a strength of understanding
17. to feel disgusted
18. offence
19. to influence on
20. nature; enthusiastic ~,
21. hasty decisions
22. affectionate nature
23. to be determined to
24. in many respects
25. sorrows and joys
26. generous
27. similarity; syn. likeness, resemblance
28. sense of honour
29. to cherish sth.
30. pain of grief
31. to overpower, to be overwhelmed by
32. to treat sb. politely
33. to convince sb. to do sth.
34. to encourage
35. good-humoured
36. agreeable
37. never to be comforted
38. concern n. ; to have little ~; to be ~ed about; to be ~ed in; to be ~ed with; concerned, adj
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