Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms
Chapters 1-5
 Questions
What do you know about the World
War I? When did it occur? Who
started it? Who were its parties?

What do you know about Ernest

Hemingway? Which short
stories/novellas/novels of his have
you read?
 Questions
What do you know about the
organization called the Red Cross?
What was its function during the
war?

Have you ever taken care about the

injured people? About the ill people?
About the old people? If yes, please
tell your impressions and the feelings
you had while doing this.
 Questions
What was the situation in Georgia
when the World War I started? Give
the detailed historical account.
 Based on the context find the meaning for each word

In Amsterdam, bawdy-houses are legal in some districts. Men usually

visit them if they are left without their girlfriends or wives.
I remembered the brick wall very distinctly. However, when I came to
the place, I found only rubble on the place of the wall.
Where can I wash my face? The latrine is the next door below.

I had some whiskey in my flask, so I shared it with my companion.

The meeting was about to commence, but we all waited for the
director.
They cut the tongue of poor fellow, so all what he could do was to
bellow.
It was so called in the wood that I caught frostbite on my fingers.
They itched and ached.
In my traveling trunk, I had everything: clothes, weapons, and
necessary documents.
We had a small cozy mess in our building: the food they served there
was very delicious.
At first, he was silent as fish. But after we drank a number of cups of
Kakhetian wine, he started speaking winefully .
I dont like Monday morning: getting up early after the weekend is
such a nuisance!
In the Lord of the Rings, the goblins are usually depicted blunt-nosed.

In Soviet times, we only had Soviet-produced cars. Now foreign

models are obtainable.
During Stalingrad battle, the fascists started a number of offensives,
but each time they were pushed back.
She had a complexion of sharp contrast: blond hair and tawny skin.

During the First World War, the main weapon of infantry soldiers was
a sabre.
I tried to explain to him the unknown phrase a number of times, but
he only looked blankly at me.
We heard the steps and voices of the fascists above in the forest, but
as we were hidden in a deep gorge, they did not notice us.
When the soldiers stepped on a meadow, they were met by the fire
from a machine-gun. Only a few of the soldiers survived.
We jumped into the trench and hid ourselves in a dugout.
A footballer was lying on his back, when two stretcher-bearers came
up to him and took him away with a stretcher.
When John had not returned in the evening, we understood that he
got in a mess.
The shells were flying in the sky with a whishing sound.

Flint is a type of stone with which one makes fire.

Nowadays, new cloisters appear in Georgia, which serve as a living

and working place for many monks.
I looked into the mirror and was shocked with the reflex: my face was
full of blood.
If a student is cheating, he/she is liable to dismissal from the
classroom.
My grandfather had a two-barrel gun, with which he hunted rabbits.

In hospital, I was assisted with an orderly, who was very attentive

and kind to me.
Some teachers like to edify their students too much. This makes
students irritated.
 rubble latrine flask frostbite trunk mess winefully
blunt-nosed offensive tawny sabre gorge machine-gun
dugout stretcher-bearer cloister orderly barrel
Making your own sentences
Using the words presented, write YOUR
OWN sentences for each word (30
sentences in total) and submit it to
the teacher.
 Chapter 2
Read the Chapter 1

Read Chapter 2 and give the titles for each

paragraph

In 50-100 words make the summary of the whole

chapter

Based on the information obtained from the

Chapter 1, can you predict how the following
chapter will develop?
 Basic Comprehension
What is the setting of the story (when and
where does the story take place)?
What kind of narration is it first or third-
person narration?
Who is the narrator? Where does he serve?
What is the profession of the narrator? Who
is his companion?
What is the regiment waiting for? Who is
their adversary?
 Basic Comprehension
What is the new road at the mountain
going to be used for? Where is the
dressing station located?
Whom does the narrator meet in the
mess? What does he suggest to the
narrator?
Whom in particular does the narrator
meet in the camp?
What happens between the narrator and
Miss Barkley?
 Delving deeper
Where is Catherine Barkley from?
Who is her colleague, and where is
she from?
Is Catherine Barkley engaged, or
what is her marital status?
What is the title of Catherine
Barkley? Is she a real nurse?
Does Rinaldi like the fact that the
narrator had success with Catherine
Barkley?
 bawdy-house rubble latrine flask commence
bellow frostbite trunk
mess winefully
After bombardment, the brick house lay in ... ... ... s.
The concert should ... ... ... at 6PM, but it was late for half an hour.
After I drank martini, I started smiling ... ... ... at a girl who was sitting
at an opposite table.
... ... ... is a terrible thing: the injured part may be cut off in order to
prevent blood poisoning.
In their free time, many soldiers were passing the time in a local ... ...
... , which was run by one of the respected ladies.
I filled my ... ... ... with water and returned to the friends.
I was awfully hungry, so the first thing I did I went to our ... ... ... and
had dinner.
My ... ... ... was full with necessary and unnecessary things: clothes,
papers, toys, food.
Before eating, we rushed into a ... ... ... to wash hands.
The singer was not singing, he was actually ... ... ... ing.
nuisance blunt-nosed obtainable offensive tawny
sabre blankly gorge machine-gun dugout
In Soviet times, foreign chewing gums were not ... ... ... , nowadays
they are sold at every corner.
They discussed, which weapons they would use at the duel: pistols or
... ... ... s. Finally, they agreed on pistols.
Almost all our soldiers, who were attacking in the first row, were
killed by a ... ... ... .
It is such a ... ... ... to shave every morning!
Those soldiers, who were not shooting in the trench, gathered in
the ... ... ... .
He had a very beautiful wife: with blue eyes and ... ... ... skin.
We were hiding in a ... ... ... in the hills till night. The police did not
guess to search us there.
Suddenly I noticed a threat: it was a large, ... ... ... shark making
towards us.
The ... ... ... should begun by the infantry. The cavalry would help
afterwards.
The student did not listen to me. He just watched ... ... ... one spot
with unseeing eyes.
stretcher-bearer mess whish flint cloister reflex
liable barrel orderly edify
The bullets were ... ... ... ing around me.
The ... ... ... was only one mile away. Twenty monks lived in it.
The soldier was dressed in armor. Therefore, the bullets hit it with
a ... ... ... .
Many priests like to ... ... ... their parishioners. They think they are
holy indeed.
When I was young, I worked for several months as an ... ... ... in a
hospital.
He pointed the ... ... ... of an automatic gun at me and ordered me to
lie down.
I broke my leg, so I called the ... ... ... s to take me out of that place.
We managed to make fire with a ... ... ... and a hard stone.
If you continue acting like that, you will get into a ... ... ... , I assure
you, he said to me.
If a footballer gets two yellow cards, he is ... ... ... to be dismissed
from the game.
 Three adjectives for each
character
friendly teasing shy earthly
spiritual romantic attentive
forgiving mocking
Rinaldi Captain Priest
 What is False?
1. Lieutenant Frederick Henry is an artillery
officer.
2. Frederick Henry visited Abruzzi as the
priest suggested him.
3. Miss Catherine Barkley is a certified nurse.
4. Miss Ferguson does not like Miss Catherine
Barkley.
5. Miss Ferguson and Miss Catherine Barkley
work in an American hospital.
1 bawdy-house (n) A start, begin (v)

2 rubble (n) B toilet, WC (n)

3 latrine (n) C a house, where women sell their

body (n)
4 flask (n) D under the influence of alcohol (adv)

5 commence (v) E public canteen, cafeteria (n)

6 bellow (v) F a bottle with a narrow neck (n)

7 frostbite (n) G large number of destroyed bricks

(n)
8 trunk (n) H the sound making by a cow (v)

9 mess (n) I part of the body touched by extreme

cold (n)
10 whinefully (adv) J - a small traveling case (n)
11 nuisance (n) K military attack (n)

12 blunt-nosed (adj) L a cold weapon with oblong shape

(n)
13 obtainable (n) M apathetically (adv)
14 offensive (n) N a man-made whole usually made on
a side of a trench (n)
15 tawny (adj) O unpleasant irritating problem (n)
16 sabre (n) P a rapid-firing automatic device (n)
17 blankly (adv) Q ravine (n)
18 gorge (n) R dark, swarthy (adj)
19 machine-gun (n) S accessible (adj)

20 dugout (n) T with not a sharp-shaped front side

(adj)
21 stretcher-bearer (n) U monastery (n)

22 mess (n) V become an object of something (v)

23 whish (n) W trouble (n)

24 flint (n) X teach, instruct (v)

25 cloister (n) Y a person, carrying an injured person

on a special device (n)
26 reflex (n) Z gun tube (n)

27 be liable (v) A bounce, repulse (n)

28 barrel (n) B a person (like nurse) caring of the ill

(n)
29 orderly (n) C whistling sound (n)

30 edify (v) D stone used to make a fire (n)

 Antonyms

1 rubble (n) A mew (v)

2 commence (v) B burn (n)
3 bellow (v) C timber (n)
4 frostbite (n) D stimulus (n)
5 wineful (adj) E inaccessible (adj)
5 nuisance (n) F finish (v)
6 obtainable (adj) G fair (adj)
7 offensive (n) H sober (adj)
8 tawny (adj) I retreat (n)
9 sabre (n) J mountain (n)
10 gorge (n) K fortune (n)
11 mess (trouble) (n) L club (n)
12 whish (v) M buzz (v)