2. Find English equivalents of the following:

1. подлинное величие р.21 (4)

2. его недостатки являются продолжением его достоинств р.21 (4)

3. он отдает вам еще и самого себя р.21 (4)

4. пробудить острый интерес к чьей-либо жизни р.22 (5)

5. спасти от забвения р.22 (5)

6. наживать врагов р. 23 (6)

7. в человеке заложена способность к мифотворчеству р. 23 (6)

8. опозорить кого-либо р.26 (10)

2. Paraphrase the following using your active:

1. The author first met Strickland before he became a painter.

2. Nobody could deny the fact that Strickland was a genius.

3. Strickland was even laughed at by some people.

4. Critics always have great interest for the extraordinary.

5. He was rescued from oblivion thanks to the article written by Maurice Huret.

6. Where the law is concerned I have no expert knowledge.

V. Comment on the following:

1. “I cannot agree with the painters who claim superciliously that the layman can understand nothing of painting, and he can best show his appreciation of their works by silence and a cheque-book. ….. art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand”. p. 22 (4).

2. “The faculty for myth is innate in the human race. It seizes with avidity upon any incidents, surprising or mysterious, in the career of those who have at all distinguished themselves from their fellows, and invents a legend – to which it then attaches a fanatical belief. It is the protest of romance against the commonplace of life. The incidents of the legend become the hero’s surest passport to immortality”. p.23 (9)

VI. Answer the questions: Use the following words and word-combinations in your answers:

1. Was Charles Strickland famous when the author made acquaintance with him? p.21 (4)

out of the ordinary

out of office

the tame hero of a market town

authentic greatness

at all events

you can hardly refuse

to be an object of ridicule

2. What excited so curious an interest in Strickland’s life and character? p. 21,22 (4,5)

to have genius

fascination of a detective story

a riddle

tormented personality

to be indifferent to smth

3. What publication rescued the unknown painter from oblivion? p. 22 (5). What was the purpose of that publication p.23 (6)

to establish smb’s reputation

the rise of smb’s reputation

to give an outline of smb’s life

to whet the appetites

to call smb’s attention to

to enable smb do smth

authentic genius

to rub shoulders with smb

reminiscences

appreciation

to add to smb’s notoriety

4. Why did Strickland’s life become a legend? p. 23, 24 (7)

the faculty for myth

to be innate in smb

to invent a legend

to live obscurely

to make friends / enemies

outrageous character

pathetic fate

in due course

5. What kind of a biography was written by Robert Strickland? Why? p.24 (8)

to remove certain misconceptions

to gain currency

in regard to smb’s life

to cause pain to smb

commonly received account of smth

to embarrass smb

to draw a portrait

kindly temper

industrious habits

moral disposition

detestation

clergyman

a dutiful son

well – meaning efforts

due to smth

to disappoint smb’s craving for extraordinary.

6. How did Dr. Weitbrecht - Rotholz portray Strickland? p. 25-26 (8-10)

to set smth at rest

misgivings

human nature

great figures of romance

patterns of domestic virtues

an enthusiastic admirer

to whitewash smb

to have an unerring eye for smth

a student of art

to throw discredit on smb

a laundry bill

to be omitted

VII. Make up an outline of the chapter. Give a Summary of the chapter.

Key to A III:

1. authentic greatness

2. his faults are the complement of his merits

3. he lays before you the greater gift of himself

4. to excite an interest in someone’s life

5. to rescue from oblivion

6. to make enemies

7. the faculty for myth is innate in the human race

8. to throw discredit on smb

B.