Assignment X (chapters 27 – 28) pp. 181 – 197 (239 – 260)

1. Transcribe the words and learn their meaning:

Affection, affectionate, slightly, to inherit, luxury, religious, to hesitate, sincere (ly), to repress, to annoy, annoyance, brute, a gesture, impatient, ignorant, intolerable, a dressmaker, to accuse, sympathy, sympathetic, to sympathize, enormous, career, divorce, completely, to stroke, advantage.

2. Reproduce the situations from the book in which the following word combinations are used:

1. to attract one’s attention – p.182 (240)

2. to feel (quite) at home with smb. – p.182 (felt, felt) (241)

3. to roar with laughter - p.183 (241)

4. on the one hand; on the other hand - p.183 (242)

5. to interfere with smb. (smth)- p.184 (243)

6. to make a fool of smb. (made, made) – p.185 (244)

7. to give a chuckle (gave, given) – p.192 (253)

8. to sympathize with smb. – p.192 (253)

9. to keep out of one’s way (kept, kept) – p.193 (255)

10. to accept an offer – p.195 (258)

3. Find the English equivalents of the following word combinations in the book, make up a situation with them:

1. ей вдруг пришло в голову – р.183 (242)

2. у неё закралось подозрение – р.183 (242)

3. посчитать по пальцам - р.184 (243)

4. гадкий утёнок – р. 193 (254)

5. она поймала себя на мысли – р.196

1. Make up your own sentences on the analogy; be sure you translate the given ones.

Model 1. They had been rehearsing for a fortnight when Roger arrived from Austria.

Model 2. They were to dine by themselves. (to be to do smth)

Model 3. I was too busy to bother with that sort of thing. (to be too + Adj. +to do smth)

Model 4. If I believed in God I’d (should) be a priest”, he said at once.

3. Find the sentences with the Subjunctive Mood in the book, translate them into Russian.

4. Speak about Roger. Describe his appearance and character, his behavior and manner of talking with his mother.

5. Suppose you are Roger. Explain why you think that there is no truth but make believe in the life of your mother.

6. Speak about Julia’s attitude to Roger. Why did Julia feel a relief when Michael came home during her talk with Roger?

7. Describe Julia’s feelings before the first night. Why did Michael try to keep out of her way at that time?

8. What did Julia’s last meeting with Tom prove? Why did he feel awkwardness? Why was she pleased as punch?

Assignment XI (29) p. 197-207 (261).

I. Transcribe the words and learn their meaning;

idle, immorality, a miracle, miraculous, innocent, to conceal, to emphasize, naughty, delight, wicked. genius, a puzzle, puzzled, to deserve, a treat, to oppress, brilliant, brilliance, to perspire, to recognize, prudence, hastily.

II. Reproduce the situations from the book in which the following word-combinations are used:

with the exception of smb (smth) -p. 197 (261)

to throw one's arms round one's neck - p. 200 (threw, thrown) (264)

on the surface - p. 200 (264)

to wipe the floor with smb - p. 200 (264)

to put up with smth(smb) - p.203 (267)

to throw prudence to the winds p.203 (268)

to put a spoke in one's wheel - p. 204 (269)

to take one's breath away (took, taken) – p.205 (271)

waste of time - p. 205 (271)

III. Translate the given sentences, make up your own ones on the same models:

Model 1.There's nothing for you to eat at home. (There’s nothing for smb to …)

Model 2. She neither painted her lips nor rouged her cheeks.

Model 3. How surprised they would be if they knew that the quiet little woman in the corner of the adjoining room …was Julia Lambert.

Model 4. ... It's we, the actors, who are the reality. Why, it’s only we who do exist.

IV. Describe Avice's failure using the following word-combinations:

to accept one's direction, to emphasize smth, to attract one's attention, to turn one’s back (profile) on the audience, to burst out laughing, to cut in with one's reply, awkward gestures, tears rolled down her cheeks.

V. Reproduce the talk between Julia and Michael after the performance.

VI. Prove the following giving your reasons:

1. Michael was pleased with Julia's acting.

2. Julia convinced the author of the play that he was a genius and there was much more in the play than it appeared on the surface.

3. Julia thought her acting in the performance was a triumph in her life.

VII. Suppose you are Tom. Tell your friend about Julia’ s triumph and Avice's failure (use the active vocabulary).

VIII. Explain the quotation from Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It":

"All the world's a stage, and all men and women merely actors".