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  1. Who said it?

    1. Oh, well, it’s no good crying over spilt milk.

    2. We’re getting on, you know. We’re not so young as we were.

    3. What a place to live. Who the hell d’you suppose he is?

    4. Oh, Miss Lambert, I think I used to know your father in Jersey.

    5. It’s only common sense that we shouldn’t see one another any more.

    6. I only wanted to thank you for writing to me. You know you needn’t have troubled.

    7. When you came in just now, like a whirlwind, I thought you looked twenty years younger.

    8. Hulloa, Julia, what’s the matter with you tonight? Why you don’t look a day more than twenty-five.

    9. You couldn’t possibly have slept in that carriage. There’s a man there who’s a heavy breather.

    10. I’m sorry, some tiresome people came round after the play and I couldn’t get rid of them.

  2. Who did it?

    1. Who decided they would tour South Africa and Australia when Julia was fifty eight?

    2. Who sent Julia some wonderful fresh flowers?

    3. Who was convinced that she was Charles Tamerley’s mistress?

    4. Who was exceedingly well read?

    5. Who taught Julia to make the gesture with the outflung arm and the index extended in the same line to point to the door?

    6. Who helped Julia with a sleeper on her way to Cannes?

    7. Who was ready to stay quietly at the villa in Cannes instead of going out?

    8. Who criticized Julia for her attempt to look younger?

  3. Mark the following statements as true (t), false (f), not stated (ns). Correct the false statements.

    1. Julia never bothered about her age as there were quite a number of first- rate parts for a woman of five- and- forty.

    2. For Julia theatre was a tonic, the world of reality in which life acquired significance.

    3. As Julia appreciated publicity her photos were published in all the papers regularly.

    4. The life of an actress was absolutely nonromantic as it entailed hard work, constant care and regular monotonous habits.

    5. Some great ladies including Lady Charles tried to humiliate Julia on certain occasions but failed because of her sharp tongue.

    6. The Tamerleys were about to divorce as Charles wanted to marry Julia.

    7. Julia refused to go to tea with the duchess but accepted Tom’s offer out of sheer curiosity.

    8. Tom was really thrilled to meet grand people with whom Julia was well acquainted.

  4. Answer the questions:

    1. What was Julia's routine day?

    2. Did Julia like publicity?

    3. Did Julia like publicity?

    4. What was Julia's attitude to the upper society?

    5. Did Charles Tamerly and his wife separate because of Julia?

    6. What was the gossip like?

    7. Why did Charles want to part with Julia?

    8. Why was Julia nervous when Lady Charles left her husband?

    9. Why did Julia go to tea with Tom?

    10. Did she want to have an affair with him?

    11. Do you believe that Tom was in love with Julia?

    12. Why did he start the affair?

Working with the vocabulary

  1. Read part III, and find the following words and word combinations in the text and give their Russian equivalents.

Chapter 10

to clear up the mess

to give smb a thrill

Chapter 11

to inherit a considerable fortune

to laugh at smb. up one's sleeve

to humiliate smb.

to go out of the way to do smth.

to be tongue-tied

in any emergency

to have the cheek to do smth.

to be taken aback

Chapter 12

for a tip

to resist smb.

Chapter 13

good resolutions

the man of the world

across the footlights

2. Remember the contexts in which Word List III items are used, say who or what they referred to.

3. Find the English equivalents for these:

Chapter 10

стареть

быть в гриме

Chapter 11

ведущие актрисы

хорошо ладить

поставить кого-либо на место

передавать (делиться) информацию

здравый смысл

вызов на бис

Chapter 12

шантажировать кого-либо

Chapter 13

проявлять интерес к кому-либо

увидеть кого-либо "живьем"

4. Explain what it means:

Chapter 10

As blue as the devil

Beginners, please

Chapter 11

diamonds or only paste

to elope with smb

Chapter 12

Madame

In for a penny, in for a pound

a put-up job

in a flash

Chapter 13

A lump came into her