PART III
Quiz I
Explain a) The meaning and b) the origin of the expression “sword of Damocles” [´so:d əv ´dǽməkli:z].
In a Greek legend a cunning and greedy king of Corinth was condemned [kən´demd] in Hades [´heidi:z] to roll uphill a huge stone that always rolled down again. a) What was his name? b) What expression denotes hard unceasing labour?
a) Who, according to a Greek legend, was chained to a rock and given over to a sea monster? b) Who rescued the victim by turning the sea monster stone?
What was the name of the god in Greek mythology, who stole fire from Olympus [o(u)´limpəs] to give it to men? b) How was he punished by Zeus [zju:s]? c) What works of art or literature are based on this myth?
What is a) the meaning and b) the origin of the expression apple of dis- cord?
According to a Greek legend a youth in his fight from Crete fell into the sea and was drowned. a) What was his name? b) What was his father’s name? c) Why did he fall into the sea?
According to a Greek legend a handsome youth fell in love with his own reflection and dying was changed into a flower. Who was it?
We know from Greek mythology: a) Aphrodite [ǽfrә´daiti], b) Artemis,
c) Zeus, d) Odisseus [ә´disiәs]. Who correspond to them in Roman mythology?
What is a) the meaning and b) the origin of the expression “Pandora’s box” [´pǽn,do:rəz boks]?
Complete the following proverbs: A bird in the hand …; Time and tide …; There is many a slip …; Second thoughts …; All is well …; Don’t trouble …; One man’s meat …; As you make you bed …; Too many cooks …; While there is
life …; Learn to creep …; Handsome is as …; There is no place …; It never rains but …; Never put off till tomorrow …; Beggars can’t be choosers …; A hour in the morning …; A bird may be known …; Faults are thick … .
Quiz II
According to a Greek legend there was a musician and poet in ancient [´einςәnt] Greece who could tame wild animals by his singing. a) What was his name? b) What did he do when his wife died? c) What test did he fall in? Name an opera and a play.
According to a Greek legend a daughter of the sun became a sorceress [´so:sərəs] and was banished to an island. Here she was visited by a famous trav- eler and turned his companions to swine. a) Who was the sorceress and who was her visitor? b) What does her name suggest when used figuratively?
In Greek mythology there is a river, a drink of whose water brings oblivion of the past. a) What is the name of the river? b) Where is it? c) What is the name of another river in the same region?
According to a Greek legend a nymph escaping from a God turned into an evergreen shrub. Name a) the nymph, b) the God, c) the shrub whose leaves have decorated the God’s quiver ever since.
A hundred-eyed monster in a Greek legend was killed by a Greek god. Name a) the monster, b) the Greek god.
According to legend a beautiful widow slew an Assyrian [ә´siriәn] general, to rescue her countrymen. Name a) the woman, b) the general, c) the opera and the picture in the Hermitage based on the legend.
What’s the meaning and the origin of the expression: a) to wash one’s hands (of), b) Good Samaritan [sə´mǽritən], c) Judas [´dзu:dəs] kiss?
Explain the meaning and the origin of the expression: Pyrrhic [,pirik] victory.
What’s the meaning and the origin of the phrases: a) at (on) the Greek cal- ends, b) Punic faith.
Complete the following proverbs: It is never too late …; To kill two birds
…; A friend in need …; Cut your coat …; The proof of the pudding …, You can’t make an omelet …; One swallow does not make …; If you don’t like it …; A roll- ing stone …; You can’t have your cake …; Every dark cloud …; The chain is no stronger …; Early to bed, early to rise …; To put all one’s eggs …; To cut off one’s nose …; A drowning man …; It is the last straw …; Sow the wind …; Blood is thicker …; You cannot get blood …; He that never climbed … .
Quiz III
a) Who, in Greek legend, was an invincible wrestler [´reslə]? b) How did a Greek hero defeat him?
Who in Greek mythology typifies [´tipifai] a) filial [´filjəl] and sisterly de- votion, b) wifely constancy, c) male strength and endurance?
According to Greek legend there was a monster, half-man, half-bull, which devoured [di´vauә] 14 Athenian [ә´θi:njən] youths and maidens every 9 years, un- til killed by a Greek hero. a) Who was the monster? b) Where was it hidden? с) Who slew it? d) With whose help did the hero find his way back?
What is the meaning and the origin of the phrase: Roman holiday.
According to legend a Greek god visited a beautiful woman in a guise of a swan [swon]. Name a) the god, b) the woman.
a) Who was Moloch [´moulok]? B) What does the name mean when used figuratively? c) What story has the name for a title?
There are two well-known monuments in London bearing names borrowed from Greek mythology. What are they called? Where do they stand?
a) Name the Greek god who could change his shape at will. b) What does the word imply when used figuratively?
a) What hero from Greek mythology is the subject of a picture by an out- standing English artist in the Hermitage collection? b) Name the artist, c) give the title of the picture, d) account for the choice of the subject. e) Whom do some of the figures in the painting resemble?
Complete the following proverbs: To burn one’s house …; The first stroke …; Don’t teach your grandmother …; Never fry a fish …; It is an ill bird
…; The cat shuts its eyes …; In for a penny …; Nothing venture …; Life is not
…; All is fair …; A little learning is …; Never cackle …; To run with the hare …; A good anvil …; God defend me from my friends …; Don’t swap horses …; Truth lies at the bottom …; Who keeps company with the wolf …; Wit bought is better than …; Spare the rod and …; You can have no more of a cat … .
Quiz IV
What Greek god is represented in art a) with a herald’s staff and small wings on his sandals, b) as horned, goat-footed, playing on his pipes, c) as a love- ly boy with a bow [bou] and arrows?
In Greek legend the daughter of Tantalus [´tǽntәlәs] was punished for her pride and turned to stone. a) What was her name? b) How was she punished? c) How is she represented in art?
What are the Seven Wonders of the World?
Who in Greek mythology guarded [ga:d] the gate of Hell?
There was a giant with a hundred eyes in Greek mythology who was killed by a Greek God. Name a) the giant, b) the God.
Who was Calypso [kə´lipsou]?
a) What is Walpurgis [vǽl´puәgis] night? b) What well-known composer composed music on the subject and included the scene [si:n] in his opera?
a) Who was Penelope [pi´neləpi]? b) How did she outwit her suitors?
What is Hallowe’en? Where, when and how is it celebrated?
Complete the following proverbs: Too much water …; Little things
amuse …; His bark is worse …; We never know the value of water …; A great ship …; He who hesitates …; It takes two to …; Still waters …; Act in haste and
…; Nothing is stolen …; Make haste …; Don’t cross your bridges …; He works best who …; When the cat’s away …, Whom God would ruin …; Used to any- thing like …; Enough is as good as …; Love me, …; Neither fish nor flesh nor …; A fair face may hide … .
Quiz V
a) Who were Sibyls [´sibils]? b) What is the meaning of the word in mod- ern English?
a) When and where were the Olympic games first held? b) When did the modern revival [ri´vaiv(ə)l] of the tradition first occur [ә´kә:]? c) What city has been chosen for the event [i´vent] in 2014?
What American holyday is celebrated on the last Thursday of November?
What is the Hippocratic [,hi´po(u)´krǽtik] oath [ouθ]?
Who was Atlas?
Who were Melpomene [mel´pomini(:)] and Thalia [θə´laiə]?
a) Who was Laocoon [lei´okouon], b) Where can one see the famous an- tique [ǽn´ti:k] sculpture [´sk٨lptςə] representing the slaughter [´slo:tә] of Laocoon and his two sons?
What is a Bank Holiday?
Solve the English riddles. a) What runs about all day and lies under the bed at night? b) Little Nancy Etticoat//In a white petticoat//And a red nose;//The longer she stands//The shorter she grows c) A little white house without door or window.
Complete the following proverbs: A man’s best friends …; Lost time is
…; One scabbed sheep …; As well be hung for a sheep as …; A cock is valiant on
…; A little pot … ; All is fish that comes …; At open doors dogs …; To lock the barn (stable door) …; Better an egg today than …; Curses, like the chickens …; When guns speak …; He who will search for pearls …; Fine words …; If wishes were horses …; He who pleased everybody …; All bread is not baked …; What soberness conceals …; None but the brave …; Laugh before breakfast … .
Quiz VI
a) Where does the tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin come from?; b) Who used the words for the title of a poem? A novel?
Who was Agamemnon [ǽgə´memnən] in Greek mythology?
Who was the wisest of the centaurs [´sento:] in Greek mythology? Whom was he asked to bring up and project [prә´dзәkt]?
Who was Medea [mi´diə]? What part did Medea play in Jason’s [´dзeisәn] life?
a) Who was Hippolytus? b) Who was Methuselah [mi´θju:z(ə)lə]?
Who was Dick Whittington?
a) What is the name of the beautiful youth whom Aphrodite [ǽfrә´daiti]loved? b) What misfortune [mis´fo:tς(ə)n] befell him? How did the gods help Aphrodite in her grief?
Who was Io [´aiou] and how was she saved from Hera’s [´hi:rә] wrath [ro:θ] and jealousy [´dзelәsi]?
Solve the English riddles: a) What grows bigger the more you take from it? b) Robbers came to our house/and we were all in./The house leaped out at the win- dows/And we were all ta’en c) Jumping, it moves along the path d) What has one voice, and walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?
Complete the following proverbs: Many words will not …; A man may lead a horse to the water …; A living dog is better than …; Don’t halloo [hə´lu:] till you …; Too much knowledge …; Little things amuse …; Little knowledge …; To take the rough [r٨f] with …; to set the wolf …; Evils [´i:vil] we bring on our- selves …; Every bullet [´bulit] has …; As a tree falls, so …; Every cook …; Drunken days have all …; Ill-gotten wealth [welθ] …; The remedy is worse …; No man is wise …; Life is not …; A man cannot whistle [´wisl] and … .
Quiz VII
King of Thebes [θi:bz] was cursed [kə:st] by King Pelops for kidnapping his son. a) What was the name of the King? b) What did Pelops wish in his curse?
C) What did the King of Thebes do to protect himself?
How did Oedipus [´i:dipәs] become King of Thebes?
a) Who was Iphigenia? b) What dramatists [´drǽmətist] have made her the subject of dramatic [drə´mǽtik] treatment?
What is the Arthurian [a:,θjuәriәn] Legend about?
Do you know a very old (eighth century) Anglo-Saxon epic [´epik] (=long poem)?
Name the genre [зa:ŋr] of the given song /poem: Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard//to get her poor dog a bone.//But when she got there//the cup- board was bare,//and so the poor dog had none.
A clever cat who wore boots and who made his owner rich.
a) Small imaginary figures with magical powers and shaped like a human whom many British children believe to live at the bottom of their gardens; b) Small fairies with pointed ears which are said to play tricks on people.
A Greek god, a son of Zeus, was born twice. a) How did this happen? b) Who saved the child and where was it brought up?
Complete the following proverbs: Honour [´onə] and profit lie not ...; He that will eat the kernel …; He that has never tasted bitter …; A tattler is worse …; Give a lark to …; All are good lasses [lǽs], but …; A good lather [´la:]…; Short accounts make …; A tree is known …; Like mother …; Hope is a good breakfast
…; The hood does not …; Money spent on the brain …; Slow and steady …; A watched pot …; Small rain lays …; While there is life …; Half a loaf is better …; Look before … .
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Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture. Longman Group UK Limited, 1992.
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Oxford Advanced Learner’s Encyclopedic Dictionary
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I 3
Lesson 1. Media of the United Kingdom and the US 3
Lesson 2. Media in London 6
Lesson 3. Newspapers. Part I 10
Lesson 4. Newspapers. Part II. 15
Lesson 5. Fleet Street 20
Lesson 6. Radio 28
Lesson 7. Television 33
Part II 39
Lesson 8. Origins and Development of the Study of Folklore 39
Lesson 9. Folklore Societies 41
Lesson 10. Early Theories of the Origins and Nature of Folklore 43
Lesson 11. Folk Tales 45
Lesson 12. Increased Scope of Folklore 47
Lesson 13. Folk song 48
Lesson 14. Myths and Tales 49
Lesson 15. Fable 51
Lesson 16. Proverb 52
Part III 53
Quiz I 53
Quiz II 54
Quiz III 55
Quiz IV 55
Quiz V 56
Quiz VI 56
Quiz VII 57
Список использованной литературы 58
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