5. Put the sentences in the correct order:

1. It seems they had been discussing Puccini or something, and my remark was considered somewhat tangential.

2. “What the hell does that have to do with separate ways? We’re together now, we’re happy.”

3. “It isn’t the time, dear,” said Oliver III, with a kind of fake humility that broadcasted, “Ask me, ask me.” So I had to.

4. I was not taking Jenny to this concert; I was watching her in it.

5. What I am fumbling to say is that I felt different about Jennifer, and didn’t know what to say or even who to ask about it.

6. Our first physical encounter was the polar opposite of our first verbal one.

7. But where did he sleep on those Saturday nights when Jenny and I decided to disobey parietal rules and stay together?

8. It’s supposed to reveal things about the guys they’re going to marry.

6. Say whether the following sentences are true or false:

1. He may not be a genius or a great hockey player (kind of slow at the snap), but he was always a good roommate and loyal friend.

2. I had heard her play many times, of course, but never with a group or in public.

3. “Who said I wasn’t going to keep at it, for God’s sake? I’m gonna study with Nadia Roulanger, aren’t I?”

4. I happen to consider twenty-seven minutes as the absolute limit.

5. Friday, when all the lousy drivers were clogging Route II and getting in my way.

6. Doubtless, Mother was sizing up Jennifer, checking out her costume (Boho this afternoon), her posture, her demeanor, her accent.

7. Before I could ask, or even gauge Jenny’s true motivations for suggesting a trip to my bathroom, we were interrupted.

8. My father pretended to look embarrassed, and my mother seemed to be waiting for me to fall down or something.

9. She left Smith in her first year, with the full blessing of her parents, to wed Oliver Barrett II.

10. If you were to tell any of a dozen girls at Tower Court, Wellesley, that Oliver Barrett IV had been dating a young lady weekly for three months and had not slept with her, they would surely have cried and gently questioned the femininity of the girl involved.

7. Answer the following questions:

1. Speak about the physical relations between Olli and Jenny. Describe Olli’s thoughts and feelings.

2. How do you think, why Olli didn’t want to share the details of his relations with Kenny with his friend Ray? How does he explain it himself?

3. Speak about the concert and their conversation about the future after it.

4. “Ollie, you’re a preppie millionaire, and I’m a social zero.” Comment on the statement.

5. Speak about Olli’s proposal to Jenny.

6. The first meeting with Olli’s parents. What did Olli and Jenny expect from it?

7. Speak about the relations between the Barretts.

Chapters 8, 9, 10

1. Learn the following words:

1. disgusting – отвратительный, противный

2. to bug smb – хамить

3. velocity – торопливость, быстрота

4. to reminisce – вспоминать

5. a put-up job – подстроенный

6. conspicuous – видный, заметный, бросающийся в глаза

7. to skirt the issue – уходить от ответа

8. to irk – отталкивать

9. to give the time of day – дорого обойтись

10. debacle – провал

11. to punch out – вытолкать взашей

12. virtue – добродетель, достоинство

13. to bolster – подкреплять

14. to violate – грубо нарушать

15. awkward – нелепый, неуклюжий, неловкий

16. a strong grip – крепкое пожатие

17. circumspect – осторожный, предусмотрительный, бдительный

18. to stop babbling – прекратить лепетание

19. rapprochement – сближение

20. verification – подтверждение