III. Find the following allusions in the text and say what you know about them:

Jermyn Street; Hampstead; Victoria Street; Stock Ex-, change.

IV. Answer the following questions:

1. What piece of news did Rose Waterford break to the author and why was he shocked at it?

2. Under what circumstances did Mrs Strickland dis­cover that her husband had left her?

3. In what state did the narrator find Mrs Strickland when in early autumn he visited her in London?

4. What was the conversation between the narrator and Colonel MacAndrew about?

5. What did the narrator and Mrs Strickland speak about when he called on her? How did the narrator look upon his errand?

6. Where did Ch. Strickland live in Paris? Describe the hotel and the room in which he was living.

What was the impression he produced on the narrator? What did they discuss in Ch. Strickland's room and in the cafe?

V. Give a summary of the chapters under study. Unit3: Chapters XII—XVI

Vocabulary Notes

Match the words and phrases with their definitions

1. for a change — 2. make no bones about (doing) sth — 3. economic — 4. tacit — 5. chuck — 6. feign — 7. ingenuous — 8. set sth in order — 9. maxim — 10. be keen on sth — 11. potter (about) — 12. incongruous — 13. rout sb out (of) — 14. squalid_— 15. whim — 16. unscrupulous — 17. strike home— 18. far-fetched — 19. shrewd — 20. cover up one's tracks —

adj unspoken n widely accepted rule of conduct or general truth briefly expressed, eg "Waste not, want not." adj not in harmony or agreement; out of place n sudden desire or idea, often sth unusual or unreasonable adj not occurring naturally; forced for the sake of variety; to be different from one's routine (learn the saying: "A change is as good as a rest") vt pretend; invent interested in, fond of, eager to/for adj dirty, mean, uncared for not hesitate about it adj frank; open; innocent; natural get or fetch sb up, out of bed, etc 1. get to the point, hit the mark; 2. (of words) tell powerfully to produce a strong impression; make sb realize sth conceal one's movements or activities adj connected with commerce and industry arrange, organize (one's papers, affairs, etc) properly adj not guided by conscience vt throw; give up chuck it (si) — stop doing it adj 1. having, showing, sound judgement and common sense; 2. astute; discriminating vt vi work with little energy; move about from one little job to another

A. Training Exercises

I. Pick out a short passage to be translated into Russian in class.

II. Give English equivalents for the following words and phrases:

хитрый; притворяться; неловкий; изумлять; мазня; насмешливый; из-за; попасть в точку; проницательный; так или иначе; не раздумывая; рисковать; глубоко укоренившиеся; необычные; отвернуться; прихоть; убогий; молчаливый.

III. Give synonyms for:

apparent; to start; cunning; to pretend; wonder; to aban­don; scrubby; violent; clumsy; aversion; to be satisfied with; to cause; extraordinary; frank; to despise; to hide; prudent; wicked; sagacious.

IV. Give antonyms to:

tacit; to wind up; first-rate; vehement; out of the or­dinary; to encourage; appropriate; to be tongue-tied; expensive; to accept; agreement; to loathe; majority; scrupulous.

V. Explain the meanings of the prefix un-, as eg in the words unshaved, uncouth, unmitigated. Give examples of other words with un-. Use them in sentences of your own.

VI. Explain in English the meaning of:

to cut the ground from under one's feet; strained cir­cumstances; to be lost on sb; not to make head or tail; to be the worse for sth; to be a match for sb; to take for granted.

VII. Suggest words or word combinations for the following:

1. understood without being put into words

2. general truth briefly expressed

3. not closely related to the sub­ject

4. acute in perception and sound in judgement

5. not suitable or appropriate

6. open to view; observ­able

7. without moral principles

8. to throw away; discard

9. do sth without scruple.

VIII. Make up sentences of your own with:

to have sth on one's mind; to provide for; hackneyed phrases; to obsess; the appeal to conscience; to get stale; to get over sth; remorse; to lie doggo; to be as mad as a hatter; catastrophe.

IX. Reproduce the situations in which the words and phrases from the list occur.

X. Compose sentences of your own after the model:

1. How on earth did you find out the hotel?

2. I did my best not to show my disappointment.

3. Everyone will think you a perfect swine.

4. Do you think it's likely that a man will do any good when he starts at your age?

5. It was natural that I should take chance.

6. It requires the female temperament to repeat the same thing with unabated zest.

XI. Explain the meaning of the phraseological units a spider's web and to cast a spell over sb and say in what connection they are used in the text.

B. Speech Exercises

I. Give a summary of the preceding events.

II. Comment on the following statements, using the following openings:

/ (don't) see eye to eye with...; At any rate...; In fact...; I wouldn't say so; It's a doubtful statement; That's where I agree (disagree) with the author; Just the other way round; Гт in two minds about it; To cut a long story short; On second thoughts, etc.

1. You are a most unmitigated cad.

2. Strickland was not a fluent talker. Strickland re­mained placid.

3. ...I devised an explanation which I acknowledged to be far-fetched.

4. Strickland had the directness of the fanatic and the ferocity of the apostle.

5. When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves.

6. Act so that every one of your actions is capable of being made into a universal rule.

7. Men are queer creatures, and one has to know how to manage them.

8. Men are so weak, and women are so unscrupulous.

9. I did not realize how motley are the qualities that go to make up a human being. Now I am well aware that pettiness and grandeur, malice and charity, hatred and love, can find place side by side in the same human heart.