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V. Discussion
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1. Remember the task at the beginning of the text, look through your list of facts and decide which of them go well with Albert’s plan and which seem quiet strange.
2. What was the origin of this plan to send Emily to a health farm and play a trick to Millicent? Did Albert love Emily or did he want to earn some fortune through this marriage? Quote the text to prove your point of view.
3. Did Albert plan it all from the very beginning to the very end? Or was it rather a play of chance that Emily had decided to lose weight and Millicent started to watch Albert closely when he had an idea of how to earn on Millicent’s curiosity? Remember to quote the text to support your point of view.
4. What kind of people do you imagine after reading the first descriptions of sisters? Continue their descriptions in 6 more sentences of your own.
5. Give your own explanation to the fact that despite having the same houses and land sisters had such a different income.
6. What were the relations between sisters? Use the text to prove your ideas.
7. What was Millicent’s attitude to Albert? What was Emily’s attitude to him? Why did Emily want to be better than his first wife? Did Albert somehow show Emily that his first wife was better or she felt so due to her weight?
8. The first wife of Albert left him quiet a lot, why didn’t he invest that money into Emily’s estate? Did he spend them all long before his second marriage? What was Albert’s way of earning a living?
9. Could you continue the story of Albert and Emily after they receive money from Millicent? Explain your choice.
10. Remember the structure of a typical crime story. Do you think this text complies with it? Is there a criminal and a victim?
11. What is the main idea of this text?
WRITING ACTIVITIES
VI. Choose one of the dialogues between Millicent and Albert and prepare its rendering in the written form. Contrast the behavior of the characters using the following pattern: Albert was (adjective describing his emotions) and did…while Millicent was (adjective describing his emotions) and did…. There are some other conjunctions that you can use to contrast the ideas: however, although, despite, in spite of the fact, consequently, yet, still. Try to use as many of them as possible.
VII. In written form summaries the story in 20 sentences so as your summary to be a short text, remember to use conjunctions to make it pleasant to read. Be prepared to present your summary in class.
VIII. Prepare a short essay (150-200 words) on one of the following topics: Albert is a typical cheat; Albert is a husband anyone can dream about.
UNIT 9
Read the title of the story. What do you think the story will be about? While reading, pay attention to the language of the characters. E. Hemingway was a talented writer who knew that artistic resources concealed in linguistic elements of different layers (i.e. phonetic, grammatical and lexical) are great indeed. In his works various linguistic elements, especially grammar forms, categories and constructions, are imbued with subtle implications. Try to find such elements and discern what is implied.
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