Методический материал для работы с текстом Джеффри Чосера "Чудесные приключения принцессы Констанции"

Методический материал к тексту

Geoffrey Chaucer. The Wonderful Adventures of Princess Constance

1.      Brush up your vocabulary.

(n)             warrior, blood, ceiling, witch, trouble, cave, bottom, inn, death, wood, oak, knife.

(v)             believe, divide, reply, poison, hurry, join, carry, appear, remain, sail, leave.

(adj)          brave, just, kind, lonely, terrible, ugly, magic, careful, simple.

(adv)         suddenly.

(prep)        among

2.      Learn how to read these words and sentences; first read them to yourself, then read aloud as quickly as you can.

[æ]      happen, marry, happened, married. It so happened that they married. How did it happen? He asked her to marry him.

[ei]      take, save, to take, to take pity on …, to take care of …, to make merry. He took pity on her. They took care of him. They made merry till late at night. The sailors saved them.

[ai]      invite, recognize. Did he invite me? He recognized her. The king recognized the face.

3.      Translate these words into English. Find them in the text and read aloud the sentences with them. Learn the words.

случиться                               жениться

среди                                      тайно

побережье, берег                  пожалеть

заботиться                             злой, плохой

приглашать                            карман

в отчаянии                             один, одинокий

спасти                                     принадлежать

радость                                  узнавать, признавать          

поздравить                            пир

веселиться                             император

4.      *Give synonyms to the words and the Grammar constructions.

-          A very long time ago there was an emperor of Rome who had a daughter Constance by name.

-          She was very beautiful.

-          Her life in the king's palace was good.

-          She was very glad because she was very tired and ill.

-          When Constance became king Alla's wife, all the people were glad, because they loved them both.

-          Only this time she was not alone, but with her baby son.

5.      Read the questions in "A", choose and read aloud the right answers in "B".

A

1)      She was very good, kind and clever, wasn't she?

2)      Why was Donegild very angry?

3)      Did King Alla ask Constance to stay in his palace?

4)      What was the name of King Alla's mother?

5)      Who was very beautiful and clever?

6)      Whose son was a nice-looking boy?

7)      How did Constance live in king's palace?

B

-            Yes, he did.

-            Constance.

-            Donegild.

-            Her life was very good.

-            Alla's.

-            Yes, she was.

-            Her son wanted to marry a girl from Rome, not from Syria.

6.      *Give antonyms to the words.

life                                          to give

dead                                        the first

to live                                      to love

to keep silence                                    kind

ugly                                         remember

everybody

7.      Answer the questions and do the tasks given after the text.

8.      Tell your group-mates about

a)         Constance;

b)        Sultan;

c)         Donegild.

9.       Puzzle time. Find a "rhyming twin" in the box for each of these words.

Joy, wood, knife, shore, cave, inn, marry, take, kind, inside, song, bottom, join.