Assignment 8 Chapter 7 (pp. 153-172)

1. Transcribe, pronounce and translate the following words:

era, complexity, sacred, triumphant, meringue, lead, forfeit.

2. Find the following words and expressions in the text, look them up in the English-English dictionary and translate them into Russian. Reproduce the situations in which they are used:

to fall out of favour (p. 153), to shepherd sb (p. 155), to keep sb out (p. 156), the talk of the district (street, town) (p. 159), townscape (p. 162), to be cut adrift (p. 162), to talk dirty (p. 164), a woman / man of the world (p. 166), to be quick on the uptake (p. 168).

3. Find the English for the following words and expressions and reproduce the situations in which they are used:

привлекать удивленные взгляды (вызывать недоумение) (с. 153), запах дыма (с. 155), опровергать (с. 156), содержать на государственные средства (с. 163), тесная кухня (с. 163), путешествовать во времени (с. 164), быть вынужденным что-либо сделать (с. 164), увиливать от ответственности (с. 168).

4. Answer the questions and do the tasks:

1) What was in and out of fashion that season?

2) What happened on Tuesday at eight-thirty in the evening?

3) What were fire-minders responsible for? What shoudn’t one do during the fire? Why?

4) What rumours were spread after that fire-practice?

5) What was the penalty for having a man stay at Tonbridge Hall?

6) What were Carmel’s plans for Christmas?

7) Why was Niall’s mother eager for any help in the kitchen?

8) What did Carmel’s mother write in the letter?

9) How did Carmel react to the letter?

10) What were the housekeeping arrangements and routines at Tonbridge Hall?

11) Comment on the following:

“When men decided women could be educated … they educated them on the male plan; they put them into schools with mottoes and school songs and muddy team games, they made them wear collars and ties. It was a way to concede the right to learning, yet remain safe; the products of the system would always be inferior to the original model. Women were forced to imitate men, and bound not to succeed at it.”

What historical events are referred to in the passage above? Where could Carmel get such ideas from?

12) Speak on the peculiarities of syntax in the following:

“What were they ironing? Party dresses? Not at all. Shirts. Men’s shirts. Boyfriends’ shirts. Flattening the collar. Pressing the cuffs, easing and turning, finally lifting the garment with a flourish, high into the air like a flag, like banner of triumph: a banner that told the whole world that I, a Tonbridge Hall girl, have got my man”.

Do you think the sentences with such syntactic constructions convey special mood and are meant to produce a certain effect on the reader? Find a similar example on p. 165.

13) Comment upon the following (use the context to help you explain things): “The way the world was moving, it was becoming increasingly difficult to find an unattractive woman.” (p. 166).

14) Why did Claire feel responsible for Sue? Do you think she should?

5. Read and translate the passage on p. 171 from “At intervals that week I would take out the letter ...” up to “... many of them unknown to nature”.

6. Fill in the character sketch pages. Compare your notes with your partner.

7. Translate the sentences into English using the vocabulary of ex. 2, 3.

1) Он нарушил обещание, данное боссу, и больше не входил в число избранных.

2) «Прошу своевременно оплачивать аренду, соблюдать порядок и не пускать собаку в дом!» - сказала хозяйка.

3) Пятый дом по этой улице купили какие-то странные люди. О них говорят уже все в округе.

4) Вряд ли вы сможете удивить или шокировать чем-то мистера Уайта. У него очень богатый жизненный опыт.

5) После летнего отдыха ребенок вернулся в школу здоровый, бодрый и буквально все схватывал на лету.

6) Когда он оказался «в свободном плавании» вдали от родительского дома, ему пришлось учиться самому зарабатывать себе на жизнь.

7) Хотелось ли вам когда-нибудь путешествовать во времени, отправиться в будущее или прошлое?

8) Материальное обеспечение этой больницы происходит за счет государственных средств.

9) Он никогда не следил за модой, носил одежду годами очень часто привлекал к себе удивленные взгляды прохожих.

10) На этот раз вам не удастся уйти от ответственности. Я лично прослежу за ходом эксперимента.

8. Speak about the problems of the young raised in the extract (for example, relationship between parents and children or about the problems the young tell their friends rather than their parents) and say what you think of them.