Married life agrees with me

1. Copy these active words and word combinations into your note-books, give their transcription and translation. Copy the sentences in which these words are used and learn these sentences and the words by heart.

bride

bridegroom

dubious

dubious character

attempt/ to make an attempt

background

What's his background?

property

a man of property

inherit

to be determined

to be comfortably off

platitude

He is always uttering platitudes. He speaks in platitudes.

talkative

stooping

solution

His ideas are in solution.

proof

This requires no proof.

garrulous

to appeal to smb.

Reading appeals to me.

to own up to smth (coll.)

to find out

to find out the truth

to find smb out

There is no point in doing smth

vigorous

vigorous protest

to cope with.

2. Make sure, you read these words correctly. Give the transcription.

peroxide; lounge; longevity; predecessor, aphrodisiac.

3. Give a summary of this story. Do it in writing.

4. Answer these comprehension questions:

1. What made Frances upset?

2. Did she like the fact, that Tom was twice his bride's age? Why?

¹3. Why did she begin delving into Judy’s past? What did she find out?

5. Did she want to visit her brother and stay overnight?

6. Frances barely recognized her brother, didn't she? Why?

7. Did she manage to convince Tom that his wife was determined to kill him?

8. What did she learn from the letter?

9. What happened with Judy after the divorce?

10. Why did Judy put her husbands on a diet?

5. Here are the answers to some questions. Write the questions.

1. _________________________________________________________

Judy.

2. _________________________________________________________

Frances. She was the only guest.

3. _________________________________________________________

In Benidorm.

4. _________________________________________________________

Yes, she had been twice married.

5. _________________________________________________________

She had put them on a special diet.

6. ____ ____________________________________________________

Over lunch at the hotel.

7. _________________________________________________________

He looked younger, his smile was radient.

8. _________________________________________________________

They helped him to digest food and remove all unwanted elements•

6. Describe the episodes:

1. The wedding.

2. Frances is eager to learn more about Judy.

3. Frances performs her investigation.

4. A sensible diet.

5. She wants to help her brother.

6. Over lunch.

7. His letter.

7. Express your opinion on the following statements:

1. It is a very clever thing to marry a fortune. (жениться по расчету)

2. It is very popular nowadays to be a great believer in natural organic foods and homeopathic remedies. What do you think about it?

3. You should always help your friends and relatives to realise that their partners are bad people. (If you really believe it.)

8. Translate the passage from English into Russian. Do it in writing.

"As she sat in the hotel lounge ... proved fatal for them."

9. Find the English equivalents of the following phrases and reproduce the situation in which they are used. Copy them into your note-books:

копаться в чьем-либо прошлом, посадить на диету, преждевременная (несвоевременная) смерть, семейная жизнь мне по душе, худеть (снимать вес), слабое сердце.