Lesson 14
Ch. 37- 39
1. Find the English equivalents in the text and recollect the situations they are used in:
Ch. 37: to dismiss the dead |
Ch. 39: to have no look of desertion |
a more acute delight in life |
to do the marketing |
Ch. 38: the deepest mourning |
to give the sink a scrub |
garb of woe |
to get the better of smb |
a speck of dust |
to be incoherent |
like a new pin |
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Find the synonyms and give your examples with the words:
Ch 37: to necessitate, to put smth. out of mind;
Ch. 38: to fetch, wanly, to have a knack for drawing;
Ch. 39: from day to day, a sudden pang, to rummage about, a work of art, to be dumbfounded, to have other fish to fry, to get smb. in.
Answer the questions:
1/ Speak about the feelings of Dirk Stroeve and the author on their way from the cemetery. Explain Dirk’s wish to return to the studio.
2/ What was ridiculous in Stroeve when the author met him in a week?
3/ Why did Stroeve decide to go to his parent’s house at last? What did the author learn about his family?
4/ Why was the author astonished? What did Dirk tell him about?
5/ Tell us what happened after Stroeve had come to his studio? Why didn’t he destroy the picture?
6/ What did Stroeve come to Strickland for?
4. Comment on and express your point of view: 1) “The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge. Let us be silent, content in our little corner, meek and gentle like them. This is the wisdom of life”
2) “They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognize it.”
Lesson 15
Ch. 40-42
Find the English equivalents in the text and recollect the situations they are used in:
Ch 40: to be bent on some errand |
a repartee |
to be hard up |
to be sore with smb |
Ch. 41: on smb’s heels |
Ch. 42: treasured possessions |
to be at pains |
halting symbols |
to make smb at home |
anguish of soul |
to put the facts before smb |
to be at sea |
ill-assorted pair |
eternal pilgrim |
Give the synonyms and make up your examples:
Ch. 40: foiled on my purpose, to leave the last purpose word.
Ch. 42: to welcome the opportunity, presumably, to be taken aback.
Answer the questions:
1/ Why didn’t the author want to see Strickland?
2/ What happened after they had met at last?
3/ What made the author speak and invite Strickland at home?
4/ What questions did Strickland give answers to?
5/ Characterize Strickland according to his own words.
6/ Why did Strickland show the author his pictures?
7/ What impression did they produce on the author? What kind of pictures were they?
Comment on the following:
1/ “ A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account”
2/ “Love is a disease. Women are the instruments of my pleasure; I have no patience with their claim to be helpmates, partners, companions”
3/ “ The world went on, and no one was a penny the worse for all that wretchedness”