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.docxSection 12
Chapters 47-49
TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING WORD-COMBINATIONS INTO RUSSIAN, AND REPRODUCE THE CONTEXTS IN WHICH THEY OCCUR:
to step forward
to forego
insinuating
to be out of senses
sanguine hope
out of one’s wits
to take one’s faculties
angel of light
to credit above smth.
to gain a clue
to reap the fruits
debt of honour
perplexity
to be prone to
to stir out of doors
to lag behind
to paint for breath
per annum
to send powers
to have no sixpence
to burst forth
to lay smb. under
to be sick of smth.
to take refuge
PARAPHRASE, EXPLAIN OR COMMENT ON THE FOLLOWING.
‘His temptation is not adequate to the rick!’
‘The Colinses will turn us out before he is cold in his grave.’
‘But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation.’
‘The death of your daughter would have been a blessing in comparison of this.’
‘His consenting to marry her is a proof, I will believe, that he is come to a right way of thinking’.
III. PREPARE A LITERARY TRANSLATION OF THE FOLLOWING EXTRACT:
‘When they were all in the drawing-room ... I do not know what we shall do.’
V. AGREE OR DISAGREE. COMMENT ON THE FOLLOWING:
Every man who treated Lydia with more distinction became her favourite.
Jane was the only optimist who believed that Lydia’s elopement would end well.
The Forsters were blamed for Lydia’s stunt.
Under misfortune it’s better to keep neighbours at a distance.
It was decided to throw off Lydia from the family.
Mr. Wickham was a gamester.
Elizabeth bore Lydia’s infamy calmly. She needed only one night to recover.
Kitty wasn’t allowed to stir out of doors for the next ten years.
Lydia didn’t deserve to be happy.
VI. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OR SPEAK ON THE FOLLOWING:
Why did Elizabeth think Lydia’ marriage to be unlikely?
What a lesson did Kitty draw from the event happened to Lydia?
Why did Elizabeth fear for the life of her husband?
What actions did Mr. Gardiner take after discovering Lydia and Mr. Wickham?
Speak on Mrs. Bennet’s behaviour after receiving the news about Lydia’s future marriage?
VII. RETELL
Ch. 47 — on behalf of Elizabeth
Ch. 48 — on behalf of Jane
Ch. 49 — on behalf of Mrs. Bennet