Chapter 14 Anne’s Confession

Word study

1. Read the words and mind the stress:

Pincushion, bureau, defiance, innocent, deserted, dismal, exasperated, banisters, reiterate, to resent, rigmarole, candidly.

2. Translate the following words and word expressions into Russian/Ukrainian.

To shell peas, the spotless table, to do smb. credit, to stick smth. in a pincushion, to meddle, to meet squarely, to emphasize smb’s assertion, a display of defiance, tell smb a falsehood, to display slyness, to be confounded and puzzled, to take the drawers, cranny, to ask forlornly, to refuse steadfastly, a pang of pity, to repress smth sternly, spirits of benediction, to sit primly, to recite the details, the least apparent compunction or repentance, to agree tranquilly, to disengage, to give a piercing shriek, to say sobbingly, to feel remorse of conscience, to reiterate feebly, to sit dejectedly by the window, to tell the rigmarole, to hitch up the sorrel, a state of beautification, a perfectly scrumptious time, to conclude candidly.

3. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms:

4. Arrange the following words in pairs of antonyms:

1. Correct the mistakes. (Chapter 14)

1. Two days before the picnic, Marilla notices that her necklace is missing.

2. She asks Anne if she touched it, and Anne admits that while Marilla was out for the afternoon, she saw it in the kitchen and tried it on just for a moment.

3. Marilla, after searching her room thoroughly, realizes that Anne must have given the brooch to Diana.

4. Anne confesses to losing the amethyst brooch.

5. Marilla sends Anne to her room, declaring that she must stay there until she finds her brooch.

6. On the day of her birthday, Anne decides to confess.

7. Anne explains that she borrowed the brooch so that she could imagine she was Cinderella and then accidentally dropped it into the Lake of Shining Waters.

8. Marilla isn’t furious that Anne lied because she seems to feel remorse.

9. Marilla orders Anne to stay in her room and tells her she cannot attend her close friend’s party.

10. A sentence Anne thinks unjust, since Matthew promised she could leave her room once she confessed.

11. Marilla finds her brooch hanging on her black lace side pocket.

12. Marilla goes to Anne to scold Anne for confessing to a deed she did not commit .

13. Anne goes to her picnic and comes home overjoyed, telling stories about her adventures and about the indescribable taste of clotted cream.

2. Translate the following questions into English and answer them.

1. Какова была реакция Мариллы на потерю ее брошки? Сравни с реакцией Мэтью. 2. Была ли Марилла права, подозревая Анну во лжи? Была ли она права, требуя признания Анны так настойчиво? 3. Думаешь ли ты, что Анна была права в том, что она сочинила ложное признание только потому, что она не хотела пропустить пикник? Что бы ты сделал на ее месте? 4.Почему Анна думала, что она была обязана пойти на пикник? 5. Почему Анна попыталась признать свою вину в театральной манере (stagy manner)? 6. Какой урок в воспитании детей Марилла получила из инцидента с брошкой?

3. For debate: whether Marilla should have believed Anne and whether Anne should have told that lie or kept telling Marilla the truth.

4. a) Read the text about different types of lies and think of Anne’s false confession. What type of lie can it be referred to? Are there really such things as little white lies? Are these lies harmless? Are they sometimes just a form of being tactful and not hurting someone's feelings or are they inexcusable because they are not truthful?

Lies might have been part of human life since language appeared. Although they are something people frown upon, they are not all vicious. According to the purpose to tell lies, they can be divided into three types: beneficial lies, spiteful lies, neutral lies. Beneficial lies usually mean to help. They are told out of kindness and people benefit from them. They help avoid hurt, sadness, insult, and impersonality. A peasant lied to the Nazi army that no Jews were hiding in his place; parents lie to the children that their beloved grandpa is living happily in heaven. These do cheat the listeners, but the liars ought to be praised instead of being criticized. Spiteful lies mean to gain benefit and hurt people. They may come in the form of deceit or rumor. As for deceits, they are mostly made by liars to gain benefit. Lawyers lie on the court to help his criminal client win the lawsuit; sellers lie to their customers to talk them into buying the fake and shoddy products. These liars just benefit from the lies and get reputation, profit or toleration. In comparison, rumors are more vicious. Liars make them to revenge or pull their rivalries down. These happen a lot in politics, business and entertainment world. A politician and his party may make rumors that the rivalry in involved in sexual scandals or corruption; an enterprise tell the media that their competitors use a forbidden additive to their products; a famous star expose to the public that another star has a bastard raised somewhere. These lies are mean and should be condemned. Neutral lies are meant nothing and are much simpler. When asked about private things, people may avoid answering the truth by telling a lie. This does no harm to both sides and is a protection to privacy.

So lies are generally divided into three types. People all tell lies, on different occasions. Maybe what they need to do is just tell less spiteful lies, then life may become better.

b) These types of lies do not all have the same level of dishonesty to them. Read aloud the list of twelve types of lies below. You are going to rate these types of lies by standing on a line. Indicate which end of the line is one (least harmful type of honesty) and which end of the line is ten (the worst example of dishonesty).

1. bold-faced lie (telling a lie that everyone can see, e.g., the crumbs are on your face)

2. bluffing (such as in a card game)

3. exaggerating

4. white lie (to avoid hurting a friend e.g., nice haircut)

5. temporary lie (surprise party)

6. lying to avoid punishment

7. omission (leaving out information with the purpose of misleading)

8. telling a story/repeating information you aren't sure is true

9. perjury (lying in court or sworn statement)

10. sarcasm or tall tale (using untruth to express truth)

11. advertisers lying about products

12. harmful lies that help no one.

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