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Просим Вас принять участие в эксперименте, который проводится в рамках исследования "Развитие иноязычной коммуникативной компетенции при использовании английских народных сказок в учебном процессе" студенткой образовательной программы магистратуры Департамента иностранных языков Национального исследовательского университета "Высшая школа экономики" Аллой Крыловой.
В целях соблюдения чистоты исследования, пожалуйста, во время выполнения заданий не пользуйтесь никакими дополнительными материалами, включая словари и Интернет.
Вам предстоит изучить две английский народные сказки и выполнить упражнения к ним.
Before reading the first tale, we'd like you to do an exercise, so that it'll be easier for you to read the text.
1) Deduce the meaning of CAPITALISED words from the sentences.
1) I’ll eat ’EM now.
2) Get one O’ them.
3) "AIN'T you got my name yet?"
4) AIN'T it good for her?
5) We AIN'T going to visit him.
6) She AIN'T seen me for a month.
7) "Is that old?" - "No, T'AIN'T ".
8) I SHAN'T be able to come to your party.
9) My son HA’ eaten five pies today.
10) She OPED the window and looked out of it.
11) "Sally is my youngest DARTER," - the mother said.
12) One day a king was riding a HOBBY.
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13) I'm AFEARD when it's dark and I'm alone.
So, just for you to make sure, that you've understood all the words, here are the answers. ’EM is THEM, O' is OF, AIN'T means AM NOT, ISN'T, AREN'T, HAVEN'T, HASN'T, T'AIN'T means IT ISN'T, SHAN'T means SHALL NOT (or WILL NOT in modern English), HA' is HAVE, OPED is OPENED, DARTER is surely DAUGHTER, a HOBBY is a HORSE and AFEARD means AFRAID.
Now, read the first part of the tale and listen to the second.
Следующую часть студенты прослушивают:
Now, we'd like you to do some exercises based on the tale.
2) Put the events of the story in the correct order:
1) The king approached the mother.
2) The girl guessed the impet's name.
3) The girl cried bitterly.
4) The mother backed five pies.
5) The king told the girl how he saw a spinning creature in the pit.
6) The girl ate whatever she wanted.
7) The impet comforted the girl.
8) The girl listed all kinds of names in vain.
9) The girl ate everything that had been made.
3) Decide whether the sentences are True (T), False (F) or Not Stated (NS)
1) The girl ate all the pies because she was very hungry.
2) The king was impressed when he heard that the girl could spin five skeins in one day.
3) The mother was sure that the king would forget about spinning in eleven months.
4) The girl had to sleep on the floor in the special room.
5) The king visited the girl every day.
6) The king noticed the chalk-pit, where the impet was, because of some noise coming out of it.
7) The impet always looked serious.
8) The girl happily lived with the king until the end of her life.
4) Choose the correct alternative.
1) Why didn't the family have supper right after the meal was ready?
A. They weren't hungry yet.
B. The meal was spoilt and they had to prepare another.
C. They had to wait a little while so that it tasted better.
D. They were very busy doing some important work.
2) Why did the mother sing another song to the king?
A. She wanted to show how good her daughter was.
B. She wanted the king to hire her daughter as a spinner for the royal family.
C. She wanted to impress him, so that he would marry her daughter.
D. She was embarrassed to show how greedy her daughter was.
3) Why did the woman agree to marry her daughter to the king?
A. She wanted to participate in an enjoyable wedding of her daughter's.
B. She wanted her daughter to become a queen.
C. The king seemed to be the best match for her daughter.
D. She wanted to get rid of her greedy daughter that didn't want to work.
4) What didn't the girl do in the special room the king brought her to?
A. She ate food.
B. She spun skeins.
C. She thought over all kinds of names.
D. She talked to a king.
5) What do people usually use a stool for?
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A. To eat on it.
B. To sit on it.
C. To fly away on it.
D. For reparation.
6) Which English proverb better suits the story?
A. A fault confessed is half redressed.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. A wonder lasts but nine days.
D. Sink or swim.
4) What is the moral of the story? Write a paragraph.
