16. Say the same in English.

1. Він ледве заробляв собі на життя.

2. Час від часу він продавав оповідання.

3. Я змушу тебе змінити думку про мої твори.

4. Я хочу продемонструвати тобі правильність моїх поглядів на прикладах із життя.

5. Для мене важливо , щоб ця теорія була визнана правильною.

6. Ми бувало проводили чудові вечори разом.

7. Коли він якраз збирався вийти, вона сказала, що хоче провідати свою тітку.

8. Два експериментатори вирішили довести свою теорію на практиці.

9. Коли двері відчинилися. Він помітив як бідно були обставлені кімнати.

10. Він узяв конверт. Що лежав на столі і розірвав його.

Reading comprehension

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Recalling

1. Where was Editor Westbrook walking after lunch?

2. What beauties of nature did he admire?

3. Why was he in a good mood?

4. What was Westbrook's wife interested in?

5. Who grasped his sleeve in the park?

6. Did he recognize his old friend at once?

7. Was he happy to meet Shackleford Dawe?

8. How did Dawe look like?

9. How did he earn his living?

10. Was Dawe's wife his faithful companion?

11. Did the Minerva print any of his works?

12. Why were some of his works rejected?

13. Did Editor Westbrook and Dawe have the same or different conceptions of good fiction?

14. What theory did they discuss?

15. What was the last Dawe's story sent to the magazine?

16. How did Editor Westbrook characterize his book?

17. What did Shackleford suggest doing to prove his theory?

18. What was the scheme of the experiment?

19. Where did the two men hurry?

20. What did they find on the table?

21. What was written in the letter?

22. How did the men react to the information

23. What words did they use to express their feelings'.

Attention check

Read the text once then state whether the sentences given below are true or false according to the text.

Express your agreement or disagreement with the following statements. Use:

'As far as I remember', 'I am confident', 'I can't be sure'.

1. When Editor Westbrook was returning to his office after lunch all the girls in the park winked at him.

2. Westbrook's wife was a professional singer.

3. Dawe Shackleford worked as an editor in the Minerva Magazine and was a fiction writer.

4. When Westbrook met Shackleford, the latter looked successful.

5. The Minerva never printed Dawe' s works.

6. The old friends had a talk about the latest news in literature.

7. Dawe always wrote stories with a very original plot.

8. Shackleford thought that in real life people expressed their emotions in heroic and blank verse.

9. Editor Westbrook would have accepted "The Alarum of the Soul" if he had believed that the action and the words of the characters were true to life.

10. Dawe Shackleford could prove in practice that he was right.

11. The two experimenters hurried to Editor Westbrook's house to prove the theory by Westbrook's wife.

12. The two women decided to open their own business and leave their

Reorganization

1. Write the plan of the text. Retell the story according to your plan.

2. Imagine that you are Dawe Shackleford. In your own words say:

• what your writing style is;

• how you felt when you met Westbrook in the park;

• why you decided to prove your theory by your wife;

• how you earned your living.

3. Imagine that you are Editor Westbrook.

• reproduce the speech you made at a publisher's banquet;

• explain why the owners of the magazine raised your salary;

• why you didn't want to publish the Shackleford's works.

4. Act out the conversations between:

• Editor Westbrook and his wife in the morning;

• Shackleford and his wife after breakfast;

• Editor Westbrook and Shackleford on a park bench.

5. Select one scene of the story and act it out.