МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РФ
ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ
УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ
ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
«ВОРОНЕЖСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ
УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»
А. <...> Шеменева
MISS MACTAGGART WON’T LIE DOWN
PART I
Учебно-методическое пособие для вузов
Издательско-полиграфический центр
Воронежского государственного университета
2011
Утверждено научно-методическим советом факультета романо-германской
филологии 18 января 2011 г., протокол № 1
Рецензент канд. филол. наук, доцент ВГУ С. <...> Пояснительная записка
Данное учебно-методическое пособие “Miss Mactaggart won’t Lie
Down” рекомендуется для студентов 1 курса дневного отделения юридического факультета. <...> Авторы надеются, что данное пособие будет соответствовать принципам коммуникативной направленности, культурной и педагогической целесообразности, а также позволит студентам соответствовать уровню выпускных требований по дисциплине «Иностранный язык» с учетом специфики вуза и потребностей студентов.
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Miss Mac Taggart won’t lie down
Episode 1. <...> Warming-up Activity
Suppose you return to your hometown after a two-month holiday in Spain (or in
some other foreign country) and find out that somebody has stolen your suitcase
with all the documents (your Russian passport, the passport for travelling abroad,
the identity card, your driving license, etc.)
How would you feel having learnt this?
(shocked, amazed, surprised, astonished, excited, upset, in despair, at a loss, terrified (badly frightened), scared, angry, irritated (annoyed), in a rage or fine, great,
happy, bright, pleased etc.)
What would you do in such situation?
(to express/hide/disguise/control/revel/relieve one's emotions, to cope with one’s
feelings, to get angry at smb./smth., to let off steam, to burst out laughing/
crying, to behave calmly and coolly, to take one’s irritation out on smb., to throw
tantrums, to scream and yell at smb., to keep/lose one’s temper, to fly into a rage;
to seek legal advice, to consult a lawyer, to address the police, to bring a lawsuit
against the airport’s staff, etc.)
Task 2. <...> Match the following words and word combinations with their definitions
To bury smb.,
identity <...>
Miss_Mactaggart_won`t_Lie_Down._Part_I.pdf
МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ РФ
ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ
УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ
ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
«ВОРОНЕЖСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ
УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»
А.Б. Зотова,
П.В. Живалов,
Л.М. Шеменева
MISS MACTAGGART WON’T LIE DOWN
PART I
Учебно-методическое пособие для вузов
Издательско-полиграфический центр
Воронежского государственного университета
2011
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Содержание
1. Пояснительная записка……………………………………………………….4
2. Episode 1. Homecoming ……………………………………………………....6
Pre-watching Tasks ………………………………………………………..……..6
Viewing Tasks ……………………………………………………………………7
After-viewing Tasks……………………………………………………………..10
Grammar and Practice …………………………………………………………..11
Comprehension Tasks ……………………………………………………..……17
3. Episode 2. At the Post Office ………………………………………………...22
Pre-watching Tasks ………………………………………………………..……22
Viewing Tasks …………………………………………………………………..24
After-viewing Tasks……………………………………………………………..25
Grammar and Practice …………………………………………………………..29
Comprehension Tasks ……………………………………………………..……35
4. Библиография………………………………………………………………..39
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k) goodness and nobleness of character, of a kind that makes people feel respect
and admiration;
l) to tell of something bad that may happen, of how to prevent something bad.
Viewing task
Task 3. Watch the first episode of the film and fill in the missing phrases in the
following dialogues.
At the police station
(Miss Mactaggart: and sergeant)
…….
1) MMct: I come to see you about my grave.
S: Jannie Mactaggart? And.. and.. and what are you doing here?
MMct: Why shouldn’t I be here?
S: But you’re _______ . We ________ you.
MMct: So it seems ………… . I’m feeling just ________ .
S: Are you ________ or something not a woman.
MMct: O sergeant can’t do and take it off all my old bag and my death cat, sergeant.
S:As
you ,yourself Janie ,than who on Earth we were burring a week ago?
………
2) MMct: Awfully like me.
S: Aha, exactly like you.
MMct: Oh, sergeant Mccant, no, no.
S: Whoevre she was? Jannie. She died on her own doorstep. The doctor said it was
_______ .
MMct: Sergeant , I have _______ here that I think it’ll explain it.
My dear Jannie…. Well, this bit is personal. And so we meet again for the first
time in 30 years. I have so much to tell you and so much to hear from you. Your
loving sister.
So, you see, sergeant McClaut it was my _______ that died and you ______ here
when I was away in _______ .
S: Dear, I’m that sorry.
MMct: Thank you, sergeant. Wee, I’ve arranged to have the head_________
changed and if you’ll just change _________ in the book and see to putting the
record state.
S: Change the records… You see, that’s not easy, it is not my department. You’d
rather talk to Mr. Morrison.
MMct: ________ Morrison?
S: Ehh – ________ Mr. Morrison.
…………
3) Miss Mactaggart and Mr. Morrison
MMct: Good morning, Mr. Morrison.
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MM: Good morning, madam. I have heard you come back to life, the whole village
knows now, but you’ve scared_______ a few people. They took you for _______ .
MMt: I admit I found their attitude was a little puzzling at first, but that’s all over
now. I would like you to make it official.
MM: Oh, … well… I suppose it’s a considerable problem. There is an ancient
French law which was ________ by James the Scotland.
It says that once a death certificate is _______ and entries are made ( in the records)
and there is no way on Earth for changing it. In your case your death certificate
is recorded here, in ________ and in ________ . Ha, ha … It’s quite delinquent.
That is the law!
MMt: It’s a very silly law it doesn’t allow for mistakes.
MM: Maybe so, that’s not for me to question it.
MMt: As far as what you see is Jannie Mactaggart. That’s me who has no legal
identity, in fact, that the law is considered. I’m not alive.
MM: Regreat, perhaps, that’s a situation.
MMt: Mr. Morrison, to leave a person without her identity is to leave her without
_______ . I will not _______ this.
MM: I’m afraid you have to, Madam.
MMt: You’ve started the process by calling me Madam. You’ve knowing me for
_______ years as Jannie Mactaggart.
MM: that’s the name I wrote on the _______ ________ .
MMt: Mr. Morrison!
MM: A, a, a?
MMt: Mr. Morrison, suppose I would ______ ______ . How would you set about
________ and ________ and ________ a person who doesn’t exist?
MM: Well, no, let me think.
MMt: Oh, Mr. Morrison, you would think about that and I would do something
about it.
(Miss Mactaggart breaks the window)
MMt: And now, Mr. Morrison, I have _______ ________. You need to _______
me, but first you need to ________ my _______ _______ .
MM: I told again and again there’s no power enough to change the record.
MMt; Just suppose I go on ________ _______ again and again.
MM: I strongly advise against any set up doing your own part. I would… I’m
________ you, woman!
MMt: I’m ________ you, Mr. Morrison.
…………………..
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Task 4. Match the word or the word combination to its synonym.
1) a ghost
2) to swear
3) personal
4) a record
After Viewing Tasks
a) having broken a law
b) to approve, to take smth.
c) pride, self-esteem, nobleness of character
d) to find guilty
5) delinquent
6) dignity
7) to accept smth.
8) to convict smb.
9) to cancel
10) to break a law
e) to commit a crime
f) to call off smth.
g) apparition, spook (inf.)
h) to vow
i) a written statement of facts
j) private
Task 5. Fill in the gaps with the suitable verbs from the list below and put
them in the correct form.
To commit, to arrest, to care, to convict, to exist, to accept, to warn, to cancel
1. He has been ________ on suspicion of murder and taken into custody.
2. We needed more information on which to _________ him of spying.
3. I ________ you, if you do that again there will be trouble.
4. About 17% of all crime in 1938 __________ by people under 21.
5. British Airways temporarily _________ flights to Poland and Turkey owing to
the bad weather.
6. The announcement _________ many politicians into voting for the change in the
law.
7. The two sides have reached a partial agreement, but several differences still
________ between them.
8. The police aren’t allowed to _________ rewards.
Task 6. Match the words on the left to the words on the right to form collocations.
Then choose any three and make sentences of your own.
On one’s
A heart
the law
A personal
One’s twin
To change
A death
To take over
certificate
a person
identity
attack
sister
speech
Legal doorstep
To trial
the entries
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