Vocabulary Notes

“The Call of the Wild” – “Поклик предків”

“White Fang” – “Біле ікло”

”The Iron Heel” – “Залізна п’ята”

“Martin Eden” – “Мартін Іден”

"To Build a Fire" – “Полум’я”

"An Odyssey of the North" – ”Північна Одіссея”

"Love of Life" – “Любов до життя”

"The Pearls of Parlay" – “Перли Парлея”

"The Heathen" –“Язичник”

“The Sea Wolf” – “Морський вовк”

responsibility – відповідальність

maternal – материнський

to assert – стверджувати, доводити

to aver – підтверджувати

to slander – обмовляти, ганьбити репутацію

to insist on – наполягати на

to be pitied – пожаліти, співчувати

to be devastated – бути розчарованим, пригніченим

scurvy – цинга

gnawing pain – застелена тераса, спальна веранда

hip and leg muscles – м’язи стегна та ноги

magazine – журнал

rumour – чутки

uremia – уремія

kidney stones – ниркові камені

sleeping porch – застелена тераса, спальна веранда

dysentery – дизентерія

mossy boulder – покритий мохом великий камінь

E x e r c i s e s

I. Answer the questions:

1. Who was Jack London?

2. Where was London born?

3. Who were his parents?

4. Jack London tried to know the truth about his birth, didn’t he?

5. Where did Jack London receive education?

6. When did London start his writing career?

7. Who were his wives?

8. What do you know about London’s death?

ІI. Say what statements are false and what are true; correct the false ones:

1. John Griffith "Jack" London was British author, journalist, and social activist.

2. Jack London's mother was Flora Wellman.

3. Flora worked as a music dancer.

4. London's father was astrologer William Chaney.

5. Flora committed a suicide.

6. The family moved around the San Francisco Bay Area before settling in Oakland, where London completed grade school.

7. London was a student at the University of Boston.

8. On July 12, 1897, London (age 21) and his sister's husband Captain Shepard sailed to join the Klondike Gold Rush.

9. London's time in the Klondike was detrimental to his health.

10. London married Elizabeth "Bessie" Maddern on April 7, 1902.

11. His death certificate gives the cause as heart disease.

Holidays in the usa

American holidays are strikingly different in origin and show surprising similarities in the manner of their celebration. No matter what the holiday's origin is, they all seem to be the same thing. A holiday has simply become, for most Americans, a day off from work, though some (for example, Thanksgiving and Christmas) retain some individuality. The major holidays in the USA are:

New Year's Day, January, 1st

People stay awake until after midnight on December 31st to "watch the Old Year out and the New Year in." Many parties are given on this night. Theatres, night clubs, restaurants are crowded. When midnight comes, they greet the New Year: people gather in the streets of big cities, they ring bells, blow whistles and automobile horns, some shoot off guns and firecrackers.