Rebecca task (2)

Chapter 1
1. Distribute the following words and expressions into three columns:
calm, fear, a jewel in the hollow of a hand, everything is shared, dull, dullness, tea
under the trees, the day full of peace, flowers blown from the bushes, the sound of
the sea, secret and silent, a fallen tree, weeds, a muddy pool, the grey stone shining
in the moonlight, rose garden, no secrets, live by habit,
Manderley of the dream
Manderley of the past
Now
2. Answer the questions:
1) Which words and expressions in the chapter indicate that Manderley was a very
posh mansion?
2) Which words are used to describe the narrator, her personality and looks, when
she first arrived in Manderley?
3) What did you learn about Mrs. Van Hopper? What kind of person was she?
4) What did you learn about Max de Winter?
5) What in Mr. de Winter’s manner surprised the narrator?
6) Who did most of the talking at table? Did Mr de Winter enjoy Mrs. Van
Hopper’s company?
3. Who is described?
1. short straight hair and young unpowdered face…
2. … looks ill…
3. She was drowned …
4. Her interest in other people was like a disease.
5. I was young and unimportant.
6. Here they are, bathing at Palm Beach.
7. He looked disturbed.
8. Looking a little annoyed…
Chapter 1 (beginning from p. 5 after the diamond)
1. Find the following words in Chapter 1. The sentences in which these
words are used.
1.
- Опрокинуть
- Платок
- Скатерть
- Накрывать на стол
- Неловкость
- (не ) иметь много общего
- Жар, лихорадка, нервное возбуждение
2 . Answer the questions:
- Why do you think Max de Winter came to the restaurant half an hour
earlier his usual time?
- Daphne felt awkward in Max de Winter’s presence, didn’t she?
- What was Daphne’s job? Did Max de Winter think it was a good job for
her?
- What did they have in common?
- What did Daphne remember of those first days with Max?
3.Comment on the form.
- The restaurant was empty except for the table next to ours.
- I thought Max de Winter had gone to Sospel.
- He was only being polite.
- We needn’t talk unless we want to.
4. WOULD + IINFINITIVE is often use to speak about repeated past actions
instead of Past Indefinite. Find sentences with this form in the meaning of the past.
5. Which words can go together? Find contexts with these lexical chunks in the
text.
Put on
Have
Think of
Stay
Make
A mistake
In bed
A sore throat
An excuse
A hat
Chapter 2
1. Find the sentences with the words:
- be gone
- stiff
- scorn
- hatred
- to smb’s liking
2 . Fill in the table to describe Mrs. Danvers
character and manner
built (телосложение)
clothes
complexion
eyes
voice
To Daphne she seems to be ...
3. Answer the questions:
- What did Daphne feel like when she arrived in Manderley?
- Who did she meet there?
- What are the two wings of the house like? Which of them originally was Max and
Rebecca’s bedroom / is lighter, more cheerful, has a lovely sea view, has recently
been redecorated, looks out into a rose garden?
East wing
West wing
- What was changed in the redecorated room?
- Why did Max decide to change the bedroom?
- What did you learn about Mrs. Danvers’s past? What indicated that she had had
special feelings for Rebecca?
- What was the housekeeper’s attitude to Daphne?
- Why did Mrs. Danvers dislike Daphne?
4. Translate the last part of the chapter after the diamond.
Chapter 3 (1) (up o the words ‘I can’t sand siting around’)
I. Find the sentences with the words:
to get used to
run a house
look after
sympathetic
lose one’s temper
get on with smb
frighten
jealous
II. Answer the questions
1. What is Beatrice like? (find the sentences describing her character)
2. What did Beatrice say to Daphne to make her feel uncomfortable?
3. What did Daphne learn about Max’s character?
4. Why was Mrs. Danvers jealous of Daphne?
5. Did Beatrice and Daphne like each other? (Find proof in the text)
IV. Insert the missing words and translate the sentences:
1. Don’t worry! We’ll look ___ the kids while you are away.
2. At first I didn’t like the place but I am getting used ___ it now.
3. We don’t get ___ well. He is jealous __ my success.
4. He lost ___ temper again. It frightens me.
5. „It’s only the wind. Don’t ___ frightened,“ she said sympathetically.
6. He runs a stall in a local market. I work for him, ___ after his accounts and
taxes.
V. Answer the questions.
1. What can make you lose your temper?
2. What was difficult to get used to , when you entered the University?
3. Are you jealous of anything or any one?
4. Do you get on well with your room-mates/neighbours/ fellow students?
5. Would you like to run a small business or would you prefer to be an employee
of a big company?
6. What should a good nurse be like?
VI. Fill in the gaps.
1. Jack Crawley ____ after Max’s affairs.
2. Mrs. Danvers ___ Max’s house.
3. Mrs. Danvers is as ______________ as a traffic warden. She is ___________ of
Daphne.
4. Daphne is as ____________ as a mouse in a room with a cat.
5. Max can easily ______ his temper.
6. Beatrice and Daphne ________ well.
7. Daphne thinks she will get ______ __ living in Manderly.
Chapter 3 (2)
1. In the text find the following words and expressions
- used to do
- be used to sth (doing sth)
- disappear
- whistle
- fault (It is my fault)
- the fool of a dog
-What is the matter?
- argument
2. What is the difference?
I used to work a lot.
I am used to working a lot.
B. Use the ideas below to speak about your present and past habits.
Model: When I was in my first year I used to feel stressed. Now I am used to
taking exams.
2. watch TV
- get news on social networking
3. depend on my parents
sites
4. walk to school
- work part-time
5. miss deadlines
- go to University by bus
6. go shopping
- plan my day
7. oversleep
- shop online
8. cook meals
- get up early
- eat out
3. Insert (not) be used to doing / used to do.
1. I ______ (to keep) two assistants, but now I only keep one.
2. I ______ (to keep) two assistants. I don't seem to be able to cope with one.
3. In the Soviet years there ____ (to be) an art gallery in the building of
Intercession Cathedral.
4. It took him a while to send a message as he _____ (to text).
5. He didn't look up as he _____ (to be called) by his first name.
6. I had Krasnoyarsk history at my fingertips. I ______ (to be a guide).
7. The guide _____ (to be asked) questions about the attractions of the 10-ruble
banknote.
4. Analyze the expression “the fool of a dog”, what is the modifier and what is
modified? Translate suchlike expressions:
не дом, а дворец; не машина, а мечта; чудо что за ребенок; черт знает что за
работа (brute); дьявольский шум; человек-великан; дорога-серпантин (snake);
людоед, а не начальник (ogre).
5. Answer the questions:
- Why did Daphne climb the rocks?
- Who did Daphne meet in the harbour?
- What did Ben tell Daphne?
- What was the boathouse like inside?
- Why didn’t Max follow Daphne to chase Jasper?
Chapter 4
I. Find the contexts with the words in the text.
- be drowned
- care for
- ashamed of ...
- find fault with sb
- lack
- anxious
- put an end to
II. A. WHO ...
- was dull;
- would not hurt a fly;
- was being loyal;
- is not going to be happy;
- has been very stupid;
- looked anxious;
- would be very disturbed;
- fresh and young and sensible.
B. Make up sentences to state WHOSE opinion it was, according to the model:
In Daphne’s opinion, Frank looked
anxious.
III. Translate the sentence and analyze the pattern. Make up more sentences
according to the model.
It was terribly rude of the servants to look new Mrs de Winter up and
down / to find fault with her.
It was stupid of Daphne to …
It was imprudent of Rebecca …
It was rude of Maxim …
It was impolite of Daphne …
It was nice of Frank …
It was honest of Beatrice …
It was awful of Mrs Danvers ...
IV. The verb “TO BE” is not used in the continuous form when it functions as a
link verb. The continuous form means that it is not the person’s character trait but
rather an unusual behavior.
Compare:
He is friendly. – He is being friendly. (Он подлизывается. Он необычно
дружелюбен сегодня).
What is the characteristic of a person who can hear you say the following:
Model: You are being clumsy.
You say this to a person who is generally careful and graceful.
1) You are being extravagant.
2) You are being rude.
3) You are being silly.
4) You are being irresponsible.
5) You are being friendly.
V. Study the pattern, then find sentences in the text with the verb MUST and
translate them.
She must have been drowned.
VI. Build nouns from the adjectives:
honest, loyal, kind, confident, sensible, beautiful, modest, anxious, scornful,
young, exciting, rude.
VII. Ask 5 why questions on the chapter.
VII. Translate the sentences.
1. Моя старшая сестра постоянно ко мне придирается.
2. Давайте прекратим эти нелепые споры.
3. Кажется, моему брату нравится наша соседка. Должно быть, он влюбился в
первого взгляда. Но ему не хватает уверенности в себе. В ее присутствии он
дурак-дураком.
4. Мне было стыдно задавать такие вопросы. Люди должно быть подумали,
что мне не хватает такта.
5. Фрэнк выглядел обеспокоенным, когда Дафни спросила его о домике в
заливе.
Chapter 5(1)
Up to the words “My heart was beating in a strange, excited way”
1. In the text find the following words and expressions (translate them):
to obey
to threaten
thief
to frighten
to disturb
obvious
to approve of sb/sth
to do sth behind sb’s back
2. Say who was
– harmful
- snakelike
– mad
– self-conscious
– unpleasantly familiar
– awkward
– dishonest
3. Translate the sentence:
1. It would be very sporting of you not to say anything to Max about my little visit.
2. I was supposed to be out on a long walk.
4. Translate
1. Как мило с твоей стороны помочь мне.
2. Было странно, что Фарелл припарковался не на главном проезде (the drive
way to the house).
3. Будет глупо с его стороны не одобрить выбор дочери.
4. Было бы глупо со стороны Дафни не рассказать мужу о визите Фарелла.
5. Предполагалось, что на лодочной станции хранят лодки.
6. Полагали, что Бэн был совершенно безвреден.
7. Не полагается гостям приходят в отсутствии хозяина.
5. Answer
1. Why was Ben hiding from Daphne?
2. What was unusual about Ben’s speech?
3. What did Daphne learn about Rebecca?
4. Who did Daphne find in the house returning from her walk much too early?
5. Describe Mr. Farell, his manner and looks.
6. What do you think he came to the house for?
Chapter 5 (2)
1. Find the sentences with the words:
to bury
disgust
blame sb for sth
disturb
be used to doing
be drowned
hatred
2. Answer the questions:
1. Why was Daphne shocked with surprise when she entered Rebecca’s room?
2. What signs of the room being lived in did Daphne see?
3. What unpleasant details about the accident did Mrs. Danvers reveal?
4. Restore the events of the fatal day when Rebecca got drowned.
5. What did Beatrice tell Daphne about Mr. Favell?
6. What was Maxim telling Mrs Danvers behind the closed door?
7. Why do you think he didn’t want to see Rebecca’s cousin in his house?
3. Insert the correct words.
1. It would be better for Mrs Danvers to let the dead ______ their dead and stop
thinking about that fatal day.
2. Daphne was very shy and always afraid of _______ somebody with her
presence.
3. Maxim was _______ to Rebecca staying in the boat house.
4. In Mrs. Danvers eyes Daphne could see _____ .
5. Nobody _____ Mrs Danvers for Rebecca’s death. But she thought it was her
fault that Rebecca had got ______ that night.
6. The view of the room full of Rebecca’s possessions filled Daphne with the
feeling of ______ .
Chapter 6
1. Find the words in the context.
fancy-dress ball (dance)
let smb down
scorn
solution to the problem
a relief
anything will do
do sth on purpose
explain to smb
fit
2. Answer the questions:
- What bet did Daphne make?
- What suggestion did Mrs. Danvers make?
- Describe the picture that Daphne copied.
- What did Daphne feel like before the ball? Did she like her reflection in the
mirror?
- How did the family and guests react to Daphne’s appearance?
- Why did they react this way?
3. Analyze the structure of the sentence:
- I did not want him to think that.
Use the pattern to translate the sentences. Use the verb: advise, tell, ask, want
1. Миссис Дэнверс посоветовала Дафни скопировать платье с портрета в
галерее.
2. Макс велел Дафни переодеться.
3. Беатрис попросила Фрэнка придумать какую-нибудь отговорку про платье.
4. Миссис Дэнверс хотела, чтобы Дафни шокировала всех.
5. Миссис Дэнверс хотела, чтобы Макс думал, что Дафни сделала это
специально.
4. Insert the missing words:
- This dress will not do for a ________ . It is too casual.
- I can’t believe him. He has already ____ me ____ twice.
- He asked his Mum to ________ the rule to him.
- These trousers won’t _____. – Why not? They ___ you perfectly. – They are too
warm for such weather.
- I made this mistake _______ . I wanted you to notice and correct it.
- When he found the ______ to the problem he sighed with _____ .
- I think he is a snob. He looks at his employees with _____ .
Chapter 7
Read up to the words on page 41 «Maxim came into the room».
1. Find the words in the context:
- empty
- mist
- explosion
- sink
- shore
- be drowned
- urgent
- insurance
- to cause pain
2. Who/what
do the underlined pronouns stand for?
1) ‘Don’t imagine that he’s in love with you! He’s lonely.’
2) ‘She must have mistaken our bay for Kerrith harbor.’
3) ‘I’m going down to see if I can do anything.’
4) ‘They are going to lower him into the water.’
5) ‘He’s taken one of the sailors into Kerrith to the doctor.’
6) ‘I wanted to be alone.’
3. Remember that the pronoun SHE is used to speak about boats and ships.
Who was Ben talking about? Who did Daphne think he was talking about?
- ‘She’s down there all right. She’ll not come back again.’
- ‘Perhaps they’ll get her off when the tide comes in.’
4. Who asked the following questions? Render them in indirect speech. Begin
the sentences in the present. For example: The boy on the shore wonders ….
-
What will they do?
Won’t he (the diver) be drowned?
Where is Maxim?
Mr de Winter isn’t back yet, is he, Madam?
Does someone want him (Maxim)?
Will they get her off, do you think?
5. Answer the questions:
What made Daphne think that she was not a good match for Maxim? Give 5
reasons.
What happened in the bay?
Who did Daphne see on the shore? What were all those people doing?
What news did Captain Searle bring to Daphne?
6. What word is missing?
The door and the windows ____ tightly closed. The boat ___ full of water.
The Captain thought there ___ a hole in the bottom because there ___ no
damage elsewhere. The diver ___ frightened when he saw that there ___ a
body inside. There ____ no flesh on it.
Chapter 7 (2)
Read page 41 to page 45 up to the words ‘What is it? What’s the matter?’
1. Find the words in the context:
- coward
- shadow
- whisper
- guess
- face smb./smth
- be bored
2. True or false:
- Maxim didn’t forgive Daphne for the fancy-dress ball incident.
- Maxim looked old after the conversation with Captain Searle.
- Maxim had always thought that Rebecca’s boat would be found one day.
- Daphne thought that Rebecca had not been sailing alone.
- Maxim thought that Daphne liked Frank’s company more than his.
3. Make the positive sentences negative and the negative sentences positive.
- Rebecca was buried in the family church.
- It was Rebecca’s body that Maxim had identified.
- It was an accident.
- Rebecca was drowned.
- Maxim didn’t kill Rebecca.
- Maxim loved Rebecca.
- Maxim didn’t shoot Rebecca in the cottage.
- Maxim didn’t sink Rebecca in the bay.
- Rebecca wasn’t lying dead in the boat.
4. Now retell Maxim’s words in the Past Perfect beginning the sentence ‘Daphne
understood that …’
‘There never was an accident. Rebecca was not drowned at all, I killed her. I shot
Rebecca in the cottage, carried her body to the boat, sailed it out and sank it in the
bay.’
5. Who asked the following questions? Render them in indirect speech. Begin the
sentences in the present. For example: Maxim wonders ….
- What will they do?
- What are we going to do?
- Does anyone know?
- Are you sure Frank doesn’t know?
- Will you believe me now?
- Why didn’t you tell me?
- What are you talking about? What do you mean?
Chapter 7_3 (up to p. 52)
1. Find the sentences with the words:
to run (a house)
to deceive (p 46), deceit (p 49)
to admire
to pretend
to remind of
to prove
bullet
to row
2. Finish the sentences:
1. Maxim gave up ….
2. People thought the de Winters were ….
3. In fact, their marriage was …
4. Beatrice’s silence was caused by …
3. Answer the questions:
1. Why didn’t Maxim divorce Rebecca when he got to know her true nature?
2. What deal did Maxim make with Rebecca?
2. What thought made Daphne’s heart feel as light as a feather?
3. What did people think Rebecca to be like (tat least 3 adjectives)? What was she
really like?
4. Who did Rebecca try to seduce?
5. What happened on that fatal evening? Reconstruct the sequence of events before
and after the crime.
6. What irritating details of the conversation with Rebecca did Maxim remember
too well?
7. Why did the boat sink so near the shore?
4. Study the patterns and analyze the structure. Find examples of Conditionals
Type 2 and Conditionals Type 3 in the text. Translate the sentences.
Conditional II
If I had a child, the people in the house would be happy.
Conditional III
If you had met her you would have been deceived like the rest.
Chapter 7_4
1. Find the sentences with the words:
to make a difference
Colonel
shadow
to recognize
but for … (Если бы не …)
inquiry
to get annoyed
to avoid
2. Answer the questions:
1. Did Maxim’s confession make Daphne fall out of love for him? (find proof in by
the text)
2. Who went to inspect the boat? What did they find out?
3. Did Frank guess what had happened that night?
4. Did Maxim regret killing Rebecca?
5. What made a good newspaper story? What six-letter headlines did Daphne fear?
6. How did Frank try to help and support Maxim?
3. How could possibly Maxim answer these questions?
1. Could there have been someone with Rebecca?
2. Was she an experienced sailor?
3. Could people in the house have known that Rebecca was at sea that night?
4. How could you have mistaken the woman in Edgecoombe for Rebecca?
5. How did Rebecca happen to be down below?
4. Study the patterns. Then express confident judgments about the ‘accident’. Use
the prompts.
Example: Maxim was ill and miserable when he went to Kerith to identify the
body. – Maxim must have been ill …
1. Rebecca’s death was sudden.
2. She slipped down for a knife or something and was trapped down below.
3. Frank knew the truth.
4. Rebecca knew it was not safe to go sailing.
5. She had sailed alone over the spot many times.
Chapter 8
I. Find the words in the context:
to slip in
in bad condition
unfair
to make a suggestion
to strike smb as strange
to faint
II. Answer
1. What did Daphne compare their way to the inquiry with?
2. Who did she see at the police station?
3. What personal question did Mr Horridge ask Maxim after the boatbuilder’s
statement?
4. What was the investigator driving at?
III. Answer the following questions as if you were Mr Tabb. Use the prompts in
brackets.
- Was the boat in a fit state? (to fix up)
- Had the boat been known to turn over before? (stand a lot of wind)
- Could the wind turn the boat over? (strong and well-built)
- Could the rock have damaged the boat? (not touch, on sand)
- Why did the boat sink then? (holes with a pointed tool)
IV. Rewrite the questions in the reported speech. Remember the rules of the
reported speech.
Model: ‘Did any one help Mrs de Winter with the boat?’ - Mr Horridge asked if
any one had helped Mrs de Winter with the boat?
 Who looked after Mrs de Winter’s boat?
 Was the boat kept in the private harbour at Manderley?
 Did someone who took the boat out make the holes in her?
 Where did you find your wife’s remains?
 Can you make any suggestions

!Remember the rules!
Direct speech
Indirect Speech
Bob said:
Bob said that
Tom goes to the country for the weekend. Tom went to the country for the weekend.
Tom went to the country for the weekend. Tom had gone to the country for the
Tom will go to the country for the
weekend.
weekend.
Tom would go to the country for the
Tom has gone to the country.
weekend.
Tom had gone to the country.
Frank: Does John ever come to see you? Frank asked Polly if John ever came to
Polly: Yes.
see her and Polly said he did not.
Frank: Where did you meet John?
Frank asked where Polly had met John
Polly: In Bath.
and she answered that she had met him in
Bath.
Chapter 9_1
(up to p. 70 “Maxim did not move. I saw Frank close the door very quietly.’’)
I. Find the words in the context:
to question
to risk doing
to be determined
had better do
to get rid of …
to do justice
to congratulate sb om sth …
II. True/false
1. Daphne wanted to stay in the inquiry room till the end of the questioning.
2. The boat-builder’s statement cast a shadow over Maxim’s innocence.
3. Daphne believed that Maxim would easily get away with Rebecca’s murder.
4. Frank Crawly was reluctant to talk with Daphne.
5. Daphne asked Frank questions she knew the answers to.
6. Daphne was afraid that Mrs Danvers and Mr Favell could harm Maxim.
7. Th e investigators came to the conclusion it was a suicide.
8. The thought of Daphne gave Maxim strength to go through the inquiry.
9. Mr de Winter decided to bury Rebecca after the investigation was over.
10. Daphne was no more afraid of Mr Favell.
11. Mr. Favell noticed that Daphne had changed.
12. Mr Favell’s speech was difficult to understand.
13. He came to congratulate Maxim on the results of the inquiry.
III. Now transform any 5 statements above to Why-questions and answer them.
IV. Fill in the gaps with the words on the right.
The boat-builder's statement cast a shadow over
Maxim's reputation. Mr Horridge went on _________
Mr de Winter over and over the same ground. We
should _______ Maxim justice by saying he was
LOSING
DETERMINED
QUESTIONING
__________ not to give himself in during the inquiry.
HAD
He couldn’t risk _______ Daphne. He understood
OF
that he _____ better get rid _____ a defeatist mood
ON
and keep calm. So he _____. We could congratulate
him ________ winning the case.
DO
DID
V. Mr Favell’s speech is very allusive. What did he mean when he was saying:
1. He’s run off, has he?
2. Did you let him (Frank Crawly) drive you home? You wouldn’t let me drive you
five metres!
3. I take my hat off to you – I really do.
4. Does he (Maxim) think he can sit back quietly now that the inquiry is over?
Chapter 9_2
(up to p. 77 (diamond))
I. Find the words in the context:
to make sense
to make no sense
to lay all cards on the table
urgent
to make an appointment
proof
witness
to get hold of…
II. Who said/wrote/thought these:
1. I can make things very unpleasant for you if I choose.
2. I’ve got something to tell you and I want to see you as soon as possible.
3. I don’t think he sees it as clearly as I do.
4. I’m not going to give way to threats.
5. Stop him, please.
6. My dear man, it’s not the slightest use your losing your temper with me.
7. And if you want to know who the murder is, there he stands …
8. She’s down there all right. She’ll not come back again.
9. Ben had seen!
10. He’s not very intelligent.
III. Use the keywords to restore Mr Favell’s monologue.
to come out of the affair
to faint
to go either way
lucky
very unpleasant, dangerous
lovers
to be drowned
to pick up
body
to get shut
to go smoothly until …
holes in the bottom
IV. Answer:
1. What did Rebecca’s note say?
2. Why didn’t Mr Favell go to see Rebecca on the fatal day?
3. Why didn’t Favell produce the note in court?
4. What suggestion did Mr Favell come up with?
5. Why did Frank Crawly interfere into the conversation? Did Maxim appreciate
it?
6. Why didn’t Maxim accept Favell’s offer?
7. Did Daphne try to stop Maxim from calling Colonel Julian?
8. How did Favell put Colonel Julian on his opponents’ side?
9. What circumstantial evidence did Favell produce? Did Colonel Julian find them
sufficient to draw any conclusion?
Chapter 9_3
(p. 77 – 83 … I’ve never heard her speak of this Dr Baker.)
I. Find the words in the context:
late (before a person’s name)
on and off
to amuse
to take smb’s / one’s life
to shake one’s head
to mind doing.../ smb doing …
to play for time
to reach for smth.
to destroy
to throw the light on the matter
II. Replace the underlined expressions with words from the list above.
1. He was looking for some excuses not to announce his final decision. 2. We were
friends with her dead husband. 3. It rained periodically most of the afternoon. 4.
He moved his hand to get the bottle but his wife slapped him on the hand. 5. He
killed his rival in cold blood. 6. They were having a good time at the party. 7. The
witness’s testimony can solve the problem of her disappearance. 8. The earthquake
ruined a lot of buildings. 9. When I asked her if she wanted help, she refused.
III. Translate using the verb mind:
1. Вы не против, если я буду звать Вас по имени?
2. Вы не могли бы поставить сумку на полку? (the luggage rack)
3. Максим не возражал, чтобы Миссис Денверс принесла ежедневник
(appointment book) Ребекки.
4. Я не возражаю, чтобы вы подождали его здесь.
5. Вы не могли бы открыть окно?
6. Я не против, если вы позвоните мне после обеда.
IV. Finish the sentences
1. Ben began to cry like …
2. Favell looked at Mrs Danvers foolishly as if ...
3. Rebecca put a great cross beside the name of the doctor in her diary as if …
4. Rebecca wanted to go out quickly like …
5. The mark beside the number of the doctor was not like …
6. The piece of paper with Dr Baker’s address was like …
7. Maxim looked at Daphne as if …
8. Rebecca hated doctors like …
V. Answer:
1. Why didn’t Ben say he had seen Mr de Winter on the night of the murder? Do
you think he dad?
2. What made Colonel Julian think Ben had been treated badly?
3. Why did Mr Favell call for Mrs Danvers?
4. What new things did we learn about Rebecca’s personality? What was the only
thing she was afraid of?
5. Did Mrs Danvers disapprove of Rebecca’s behaviour?
6. How did Rebecca spend her last day? How did the party know about her
whereabouts and meetings?
7. How did Daphne guess what kind of a doctor Baker was?
Chapter 9_4
(p. 84)
I. Find the words in the context:
on purpose
to make an appointment
to find out
to object to smth
room
to avoid
II. Use the new vocabulary to substitute for the underlined words:
1. Is there enough space for 5 people in your car? 2. I didn’t mean to hurt you. 3.
He tried not to meet me in the office. 4. It is easy to get to know his plans. 5.
Maxim didn’t mind being locked for the night. 6. They arranged a meeting on
Friday.
III. Answer the questions:
1. Who was the first/the second/the third to guess the reason of Rebecca’s visit to
the doctor?
2. Was Daphne still afraid of Mrs Dancers?
3. Who was Rebecca close to after all? Mrs Danvers of Mr Favell? Why?
4. How many of them were going to Dr Baker?
5. Mr Favell thought Dr Baker would prove his case against de Winter?
6. Why did Mr de Winter ask Mrs Danvers to lock him inside?
7. Why did Colonel Julian avoid looking into Daphne’s eyes?
8. What nasty things did Mr Favell say during the meeting?
9. What proves that the de Winters were at one at last, husband and wife?
10. How many people said that Rebecca was the most unlikely person to kill
herself?
11. Was Beatrice afraid of publicity as much as Maxim?
Chapter 10
I. Find the words in the context:
to retire
to be out of the question
to take X-rays (doctors), to have one’s lungs X-rayed (patients)
deep-rooted growth
to kill the pain
to feel like a drink / like doing smth
to pull oneself together
anxious
funny (х 2)
-II. Who/what
- looked doubtful;
- was hatless;
-was endless;
- had shadows under his eyes;
- looked surprised;
- seemed a good sort;
- was seriously ill;
- looked grey and shaken;
- could not face pain;
- was soft, warming, strangely comforting;
- looked white and troubled;
- felt better and stronger;
- was red like blood.
III. Answer:
1. Why did the events of the previous day seem so far away to Daphne? How
long ago did she first come to Manderley? Why did her trip to Monte Carlo
seem a different world? What reminded Daphne of her other life?
2. What thought about Manderley came to Daphne’s mind when she was
looking through the window early in the morning?
3. Leaving for London to see Dr Baker, Daphne felt she was good-bying
Manderley, didn’t she?
4. Why did Frank think that Maxim might want him up in London after the
visit to the doctor?
5. Why did Rebecca give a false name?
6. What did Dr Baker tell Rebecca about her health condition? Should doctors
tell their terminally-ill patients the truth about their health?
7. How many people knew that Maxim was a murderer despite Dr Baker’s
statement?
8. Why did Colonel Julian was on Maxim’s side? What advice did he give
him?
9. Do you think Maxim would be able to get away with it? Should he be
punished for what he did?
10.Did Rebecca win? Could Maxim and Daphne be happy together?
11.How could Favell harm Mr de Winter?
12.Why did Mrs. Danvers leave secretly? Who could have called Mrs Danvers
at ten past six?
13. Was Daphne optimistic about her future?
IV. When do we say the following? Find the most appropriate context for the
sentences on the left.
1. We’d better be off.
2. Here we are.
3. Forgive me for keeping you
waiting.
a)
I am now at your disposal.
How can I help?
b)
If you need my help again,
don’t hesitate to ask.
c)
This is where I live.
4. I am sorry to disturb you like
this.
d)
Let people forget about the
thing and the talk will die.
5. I’m so glad to have been of use.
e)
I will fetch the papers you
are asking for.
f)
But I am here to tell you
something you must know.
6. If you’ll excuse me for a few
minutes...
7. Out of sight, out of mind.
g)
Mum will be getting worried.
V. Translate
1) Ты бы не хотел перекусить? 2) Она выглядела обеспокоенной и никак не
могла взять себя в руки. 3) Когда уйду на пенсию, буду заниматься йогой. 4)
Когда ему сделали снимок легких, то обнаружили обширное
новообразование. 5) О том, чтобы он ушел на пенсию и речи быть не может.
Он настоящий трудовик. 6) После этих болеутоляющих я чувствую себя
странно.
Essay
Write an essay (250-300 words), developing one of the novel themes:
• “Love has many faces”;
• “Love can overcome all obstacles”;
• “Maxim de Winter – a victim of convention”;
• “Good vs Evil: Rebecca has won”.
Follow the plan:
1. Introduction
-Give a brief description of what the novel is about
2. Main body
- Give a thesis given in the essay assignment in different words (paraphrases).
- Agree or disagree with the statement justifying your ideas by reference to some
episodes or scenes from the book
3. Conclusion
- Restate your point of view and say what the novel teaches the reader, what
message it renders