Может быть кто читал оскара уальда "the devoted friend"the aim of the lesson is to teach you to analyze a tale, to single out the details and devices that help the author to make his attitude clear to his readers. 1. reproduce the following information, enlarging upon it (speak about the things that
make o. wilde's story a fairy-tale and the features that prevent it from being one.) o. wilde's tales are not meant for children only. as a matter of fact it was for grown-ups that he wrote them. o. wilde never called the stories he wrote fairy-tales, though there are some features of tales in them
(such as ). but at the same time we are frustrated in our hopes: goodness doesn't win a victory over evil; the moral the writer seems to preach doesn't change this cruel and indifferent world. 2. if you are to tell the story to a little child you are sure to introduce some changes into it. for
example you may leave out the story of the water-rat and the duck; you may omit some details, not mention the end or change it somehow. in a word you should make it more of a fairy- tale. so, make up a summary of the tale as if you were telling it to a little child. 3. the miller’s ideas about
friendship strike us as something quite contrary to our usual understanding of it. but when we come across such things in life (in the tale things are only a bit exaggerated) our reaction is almost the same as that of hans and some other characters of the tale, i.e. we aren’t shocked at them and
even begin to take things for granted, consider such an attitude a usual state of things. sum up the miller’s ideas about friendship and provide examples that show the other characters’ attitude to his understanding of friendship and to the way he treats his best friend - hans. 4. o. wilde’s tale is
built upon contrasts. we do have the opposition of good and evil; selfishness and disinterestedness; greed and generosity. speak about the ways in which the author shows these oppositions. (you may deal with the words he uses to characterize people, descriptions he gives us, the attitude he
defines and actions he mentions, etc.) explain using your analysis what forces dominate in the story: the forces of good or the forces of evil. why does wilde give us such a correlation of good and evil in his tale? 5. it is not by chance that wilde gives us a story within a story. explain why he
uses this very form of writing a story. what would the tale lose if there weren’t any story of the water-rat and the duck? is there any connection between the stories as far as the main idea of the tale goes? what is it? 6. “once upon a time there lived many different paints. they were all very
beautiful and happy. they enjoyed life immensely, but suddenly there came black paint and conquered the whole world. everybody grew afraid and tried to hide away. only one fair paint didn’t run anywhere, but stayed where it was. it was in love and didn’t want darkness. so it began fighting against
the black paint spreading its fair paint on it until there was practically no fair paint left. but darkness still dominated everywhere. and at that moment the other paints began to shoot spreading their colour on the dark paint……” why does o. wilde choose the form of a fairy - tale to tell us his
story? is there anything in the tale that gives us a chance to hope for the better? explain.
Вот тебе одно
Dear Edward,
Thank you for your letter. Sorry I couldn’t write you back earlier.
I totally understand your position about pocket money and the way you want to spend them, because I’ve got a similar situation or even worse: my parents never give me any money for doing some housework. They only give me some everyday money to take lunch at school and some extra-money before holydays. And I should say, that it’s not much at all. Usually I try to save up enough money to buy some closes of jewelry. And my parents think that it’s a regular way to spend money for a teenager.
Anyway, you've mentioned a picnic. How was it by the way? Did you have fun? Were there a lot of people?
I've got to go as my father is asking me to help him with his car.
Write back soon,
Best wishes,
Johny
Привет еще раз Как вы уже знаете, я студент первого курса Технической академии.
Теперь позвольте мне описать мой обычный рабочий день. Мои занятия начинаются в 9 октября. Поэтому в будние дни я должен вставать в половине восьмого. Мой будильник обычно будит меня на шоу, и мой рабочий день начинается. Я включаю радио, делаю утреннюю зарядку, принимаю душ и чищу зубы. После этого я одеваюсь и расчесываю волосы. Затем я завтракаю. я люблю
слушать последние новости по радио, пока я ем.
Я выхожу из дома в десять минут девятого и иду к ближайшей автобусной остановке. Я живу довольно далеко от
Академия, и обычно мне требуется около четверти часа, чтобы добраться туда на автобусе. Иногда, когда хорошая погода и у меня достаточно времени, я иду в Академию.
Как правило, у нас три или четыре занятия в день. У нас лекции на разные темы.
Обычно я не пропускаю уроки, потому что хочу успешно сдать экзамены. Но
иногда я делаю это, особенно когда погода хорошая, а занятия скучные.
В двенадцать часов у нас большой перерыв на обед. Это мое любимое время. Это время, чтобы поделиться последними новостями от моих друзей. Я предпочитаю не ходить в столовую, и мы обедаем в небольшом кафе недалеко от Академии. В час дня мы должны вернуться к нашим занятиям. В течение рабочего дня у нас также есть несколько коротких интервалов, которые длятся по десять минут
Время от времени я должен оставаться в Академии до позднего вечера, потому что я иду в
библиотека, чтобы подготовиться к моим практическим занятиям или написать отчет. Как правило, у меня нет свободного времени в будние дни. Так что я к концу недели очень устаю.
Я прихожу домой около 7 часов вечера. Мои родители уже дома. Мы ужинаем вместе. После ужина мы моем посуду, пьем кофе или чай и смотрим телевизор. Я предпочитаю старые комедии и сериалы или фильмы о путешествиях. Иногда я иду на прогулку в
припарковаться или навестить моих друзей
Около одиннадцати вечера я иду спать. Я люблю читать иногда перед сном или
послушать музыку. Иногда я засыпаю, когда читаю.
лови