5. Give Russian equivalents of the words and phrases below:

1) (the room was) opulent without garishness and original without affectation; 2) she was a handsome woman, exquisitely gowned; 3) in sb’s unregenerate days; 4) “She’s worthy, she’s dowdy, she’s provincial”; 5) to have an overwhelming sense of family affection; 6) a cloak that oddly combined severity and fussiness; 7) the austere but sumptuous beauty of Mrs Tower’s … drawing-room; 8) preposterous spectacles;

9) a decrepit old gentleman; 10) (a youth) with fair hair in which there was a hint of a natural wave; 11) he was fresh and clean and blooming; 12) good breeding and social usage; 13) (Mrs Tower was) amazed, exasperated and perplexed; 14) a single eye-glass; 15) (spectacles with) tortoise-shell rims; 16) a jaunty, saucy, impudent head of crisp grey curls; 17) to heave a sigh of relief; 18) handsome but adipose shoulders; 19) (to come towards sb) with the stealthy swiftness of a leopard stalking his prey; 20) (Mrs Tower) withdrew herself with icy dignity;

6. Say what you know about:

a) Pygmalion b) Galatea c) the Renaissance d) the Baroque

7. Do the matching. Say what you know about these mythological characters:

A. Paris || Odysseus || Orpheus || Zeus || Narcissus || Perseus

B. Eurydice || Penelope || Aphrodite || Echo || Hera || Andromeda || Helen

8. Which of the given place names were mentioned in the story? Learn their pronunciation and Russian equivalents. Find reference to them in the story.

China, Paris, London, Vienna, Malta, Yorkshire, Worcester, Liverpool, the Far East, North America, Italy, the Mediterranean

9. Explain what is meant by:

1. breeding; social usage; to be in a passion; disparity of age; an infallible instinct; a fortune-hunter;

2. charwoman; tea-cosy; doilies and centerpieces;

3. rejoinder; innuendo.

10. Rephrase or interpret the given sentences. Find reference to them in the story.

1. I wondered what I missed in all these rooms… Was it heart? 2. She treated me as a prodigal returned from his husks and was disposed to make much of me. 3. Jane Fowler is my cross. 4. I saw then to admiration how bravely good breeding and social usage could combat the instincts of the natural woman. 5. She was measuring him. 6. Unless I have it out with Jane at once I shall have a fit. 7. You could have knocked me down with a feather. 8. …she never said a thing that could have brought a blush to a Victorian cheek.

11. Are you a careful reader?

1. Jane Fowler was a) Marion’s sister; b) Marion’s cousin; c) Marion’s aunt; d) the sister of Marion’s husband. (Which is correct?) 2. Jane was Gilbert Napier’s first wife. (True or False?) 3. How old were Gilbert Napier and Jane when they got married? 4. What were Jane Fowler’s three husbands? 5. On returning to London Jane gave parties a) every Tuesday; b) every Thursday; c) every Friday. (Which is correct?) 6. What was the name of Jane Fowler’s French maid?