Supplementary Reading and Translation for Bachelors. Учебное пособие
.pdfNiggardliness, dexterity, to betray, roguishly, contemporary, stately, to abate,
prankishly, to decrease, dignified, to give away, inscrutable, stinginess, inconceivable,
agility, coeval.
VI. Translate from Russian into English using vocabulary under study.
a)Она смеялась и болтала без умолку, но тревожный взгляд выдавал ее
волнение.
b)Он от природы очень сдержан: именно этим объясняется его кажущаяся суровость по отношению к детям.
c)Веселая компания быстро приняла Кэт, и начался обычный обмен любезностями.
d)Девочка исподтишка наблюдала за сверстниками.
e)К утру ветер немного утих.
f)Этот человек кажется мне величественным и загадочным.
g)С проворством маленького юркого зверька она пробралась в комнату и стала проказливо наводить беспорядок на письменном столе дедушки.
h)Мысль о том, что ее просто хотели сбыть с рук, пришла к ней совершенно неожиданно.
i)Миссис Иствуд придется переделать это платье. Оно выглядит простоватым.
VII. Make a literary translation of the abstract given below.
“In the eyes of the restless and the longing, Providence often appears to be worse than inscrutable: an unreliable Omnipotence given to haphazard whimsies in dealing with its own creatures, choosing at random some among them to be rent with tragic deprivations and others to be petted with blessing upon blessing.
In Alice's eyes, Mildred had been blessed enough; something ought to be left over, by this time, for another girl. The final touch to the heaping perfection of Christmas-in- everything for Mildred was that this Mr. Arthur Russell, good-looking, kind-looking, graceful, the perfect fiance, should be also "VERY well off." Of course! These rich always married one another. And while the Mildreds danced with their Arthur Russells
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the best an outsider could do for herself was to sit with Frank Dowling - the one last
course left her that was better than dancing with him.”
VIII. Write down 3 sentences of your own for each pattern given below. Use the
patterns in a short dialogue.
a)No other dancer in the room could be thought comparable to him.
b)Even if she isn’t engaged to him right now, she most likely will be before
very long.
IX. Say, who made these utterances and in connection with what. Convert all of
them into indirect speech.
a)“Keep on wanting; it’ll do you good.”
b)“Nobody wears organdie for evening gowns except in midsummer.”
c)“There isn’t anyone I could sit with.”
d)“Well, you see, Mildred IS pretty reserved.”
e)“I really AM more than six years old!”
f)“I just thought I was doing you a little favour.”
X. Complete the following sentences.
a)Alice danced well, but Walter …
b)At home Alice’s dress had seemed beautiful, but …
c)In fact, Alice’s indomitable smile was the more difficult to maintain because
…
d)Alice had to dance with Frank Dowling because …
e)Alice considered Providence to be worse than inscrutable because …
f)Frank Dowling was angry with his mother because …
XI. Answer the questions given below. Make 5 questions of your own for your
fellow-students to answer.
a) How did Mildred answer to the intimacy of Alice’s enthusiastic whisper? Were they real “intimate friends”? Prove your point of view using the quotations from the text.
b)What was Walter’s attitude towards people like Mildred and her parents?
How did he call them?
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c)What can you say about Walter’s style of speaking? How does it characterize
him as a person?
d)What did Ella Dowling and other girls say about Arthur Russell and Mildred?
What did Alice think of Mildred’s prospective fiancé?
e)What kind of art did Alice have to practice?
XII. Give a short summary of the Chapters under study (7-10 sentences).
XIII Make up a short story using as many words and expressions from vocabulary under study (ex-s. I – II) as possible.
2.5 Unit 5 “The device of the absentee partner … I could never have pronounced
it.”
I. Translate the following words and expressions from the text. Use them in the sentences of your own.
Imperturbability, to look smb / smth over, negligently, to make large fortunes, refugee, uproarious, alms, meager (Brit. meagre), to poke one’s nose into smth, to be down in the mouth, to take a fancy to smb, to astound smb, haggard, to have a silly fit, to choke, pallor, distasteful, in one’s mind’s eye.
II. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and
expressions. Use them in the sentences of your own.
За раз; отвергать, отказывать; глупый, слабоумный; пародия, карикатура;
дружески похлопать по плечу; обидчивый, раздражительный; спокойно,
умиротворенно; совершать (преступление и т. п.); крушение радостных надежд;
воспринимать, осознавать; одурачивать; размолвка, ссора; запоздалая мысль,
раздумье.
III. Choose a word (or a word-combination) from ex-s. I - II to match the
following definitions:
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a)1. something thought of after the opportunity to use it has passed, 2. an addition to something already completed;
b)a slight quarrel;
c)1. not enough in amount or extent, 2. thin or emaciated;
d)cross, irritable, or touchy;
e)(Old-fashioned) donations of money or goods to the poor.
IV. Choose a necessary word or a word-combination from ex-s. I – II to
complete the sentences.
a)They don’t understand each other. That is the reason of their … … .
b)I was a little … under your bantering.
c)The publishing house … his manuscript but he didn’t take it as … .
d)Tears … her.
e)His face had a greenish … .
V.Match the synonymous pairs.
Fatuous, emaciated, to perceive, scanty, negligently, to fool, to flabbergast, to realize, to astound, meager, haggard, tetchy, imbecile, touchy, imperturbability, to dupe, heedlessly, coolness.
VI. Translate from Russian into English using vocabulary under study.
a)Майкл улыбнулся и дружески похлопал его по плечу.
b)Запоздалая мысль о том, что его все-таки одурачили, не давала ему
покоя.
c)Беженцы могут надеяться лишь на скудную финансовую помощь правительства.
d)Нам надо тщательно изучить эту школу, прежде чем отдавать туда нашего сына.
e)После этого крушения радостных надежд она совсем повесила голову.
f)Он был из тех способных и общительных молодых людей, которые с легкостью зарабатывают большие состояния, и воспринимают жизнь как одно большое приключение.
g)Мне не нравится, когда кто-то сует нос в мои дела.
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h)Не нужно делать на него пародию. Он очень обидчив и может в отместку сделать что-нибудь неприятное.
i)Она была удивлена этим бурным проявлением чувств.
VII. Make a literary translation of the abstract given below.
“It was to be a long moment, Alice decided, presently. Mrs. Dresser had grown restive; and her nods and vague responses to her young dependent's gaieties were as meager as they could well be. Evidently the matron had no intention of appearing to her world in the light of a chaperone for Alice Adams; and she finally made this clear. With a word or two of excuse, breaking into something Alice was saying, she rose and went to sit next to Mildred's mother, who had become the nucleus of the cluster. So Alice was left very much against the wall, with short stretches of vacant chairs on each side of her. She had come to the end of her picture-making, and could only pretend that there was something amusing the matter with the arm of her chair.
She supposed that Mildred's Mr. Russell had forgotten Walter by this time. "I'm not even an intimate enough friend of Mildred's for him to have thought he ought to bother to tell me he couldn't find him," she thought. And then she saw Russell coming across the room toward her, with Walter beside him. She jumped up gaily.”
VIII. Write down 3 sentences of your own for each pattern given below. Use the
patterns in a short dialogue.
a)Mrs. Adams heard Alice’s key turning in the front door and hurried down the stairs to meet her.
b)…it seems to me I ought to do something.
c)… they’d be mighty fine actresses if they ever got the chance.
d)No doubt the pleasantest development of her vision was a dialogue with
Mildred.
IX. Say, who made these utterances and in connection with what. Convert all of
them into indirect speech.
a)“Waiting for somebody, Lady Alicia?”
b)“Perhaps I could help you with that buckle, Miss.”
c)“Where do you want to go?”
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d)“That’s splendid!”
e)“Did you have a good time?”
f)“I had to go out to the hall to laugh!”
X. Complete the following sentences.
a)Hating the fatuous young men in the doorways, Alice felt fierce impulses to
…
b)Alice was not pleased to see Harvey Malone because …
c)Alice wasn’t grateful to Mildred for having Arthur Russel as a dance partner
because …
d)Alice jumped up gaily when …
e)Walter was cross with Alice because …
f)On hearing Alice’s words Mr. Adams gave utterance to a feeble cackling of laughter because …
XI. Answer the questions given below. Make 5 questions of your own for your
fellow-students to answer.
a)What favour did Alice ask of Arthur Russel? Did Arthur comply with her
request?
b)What accident happened when Alice danced with Dowling?
c)What did Alice feel after the dance at the Palmers’?
d)Why did the old letter of Mr. Adams astound Alice?
e)Of what career did Alice think? What were her picturings, connected with it?
f)Whom did Alice meet on her way from tobacco shop?
XII. Give a short summary of the Chapters under study (7-10 sentences).
XIII Make up a short story using as many words and expressions from vocabulary under study (ex-s. I – II) as possible.
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2.6 Unit 6“In her pocket as she spoke … Alice laughed.”
I. Translate the following words and expressions from the text. Use them in the sentences of your own.
To respond to smth, to while away the dull evening, fictitious, quizzically, to keep one’s face straight, promptness, smirch, to throw money away on smth / smb, a man of the world, to have a soft side for smth / smb, to ripple on, divinely, to yield to a temptation of doing smth, lawless, upon (on) the instant, preoccupation, to spring to one’s lips (about words), to take pride in smth, to disquiet; lugubrious.
II. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and
expressions. Use them in the sentences of your own.
Создать вымысел, придумать сказку (байку); недовольно (раздражительно);
принять кого-либо за …; мольба (просьба); пролить свет на что-либо; ничтожество
(никчемный человек); отверстие (щель); жизнерадостность (оптимизм); лицемерие;
выражение лица, глаз; внимательный осмотр (наблюдение); впоследствии; видение
(призрак); бесчестный (недостойный).
III. Choose a word (or a word-combination) from ex-s. I - II to match the
following definitions:
a)1. a disgrace, 2. a smear or stain;
b)to make (someone) anxious;
c)1. very careful study or observation, 2. a searching look;
d)a ghost or ghostlike figure;
e)an earnest request or plea.
IV. Choose a necessary word or a word-combination from ex-s. I – II to
complete the sentences.
a)Reading funny stories is a good way to … .
b)My name is Sarah but he has called me Julia. I think he … some other girl.
c)I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to hurt you by saying this. These words … quite
unintentionally.
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d)Your father is sure to have a fancy for Jane. He … young blondes with
languishing eyes.
e)No wonder his parents … - he is considered to be the best pupil of his class.
V. Match the synonymous pairs.
Apparition, ignominious, afterward, to disquiet, shameful, vision, fictitious, inquiry,
promptness, godlikely, imaginary, subsequently, celerity, scrutiny, to perturb, divinely.
VI. Translate from Russian into English using vocabulary under study.
a)На ее ласки пес отвечал мягким ворчанием.
b)Пирожные были такими вкусными, что я не удержалась и поддалась искушению съесть еще парочку. А потом еще одно, и еще … Какое же я безвольное ничтожество - ведь я же решила соблюдать строжайшую диету!
c)Необычная жизнерадостность всегда отличала Пола от других людей.
Это качество помогало ему справляться со многими жизненными проблемами легко
инепринужденно.
d)Джем в недоумении взглянул на сестру.
e)Твои воображаемые приключения только добавляют тебе проблем.
Зачем ты выдумываешь все эти сказки?
f)Через неровную щель в глухой стене сада можно было разглядеть далекие красные крыши соседних коттеджей. Их внимательное изучение часто помогало мальчику скоротать скучные вечера.
g)Ей удалось сохранить серьезность и не рассмеяться, но сделать это было довольно трудно, так как выражение лица ее младшего брата было до комичного скорбным.
h)Он заметил ее озабоченность и спросил, что ее беспокоит.
i)Том очень горд своими спортивными достижениями.
VII. Make a literary translation of the abstract given below.
"As soon as you like!" She waved her hand; then ran indoors and watched him from a window as he went up the street. He walked rapidly, a fine, easy figure, swinging his stick in a way that suggested exhilaration. Alice, staring after him through the irregular apertures of a lace curtain, showed no similar buoyancy. Upon the instant she closed the
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door all sparkle left her: she had become at once the simple and sometimes troubled girl her family knew.
"What is going on out there?" her mother asked, approaching from the dining-room. "Oh, nothing," Alice said, indifferently, as she turned away. "That Mr. Russell met
me downtown and walked up with me."
"Mr. Russell? Oh, the one that's engaged to Mildred?"
"Well - I don't know for certain. He didn't seem so much like an engaged man to me." And she added, in the tone of thoughtful preoccupation: "Anyhow - not so terribly!"
VIII. Write down 3 sentences of your own for each pattern given below. Use the
patterns in a short dialogue.
a)To be seen walking with such a companion added to her pleasure.
b)Never had he seen a creature so plastic or so wistful.
c)But you danced as if you liked it.
IX. Say, who made these utterances and in connection with what. Convert all of
them into indirect speech.
a)“I certainly OUGHT to dance well.”
b)“He may have taken you for a Spanish countess.”
c)“As soon as you like!”
d)“Yes, this afternoon, I mean, Walter.”
e)“You know how as well as I do.”
X. Complete the following sentences.
a)Alice felt not the slightest “personal interest” in Mr. Russell because …
b)In Mr. Russell’s opinion, Alice was a contrast to …
c)Alice considered Mildred PERFECTLY perfect because …
d)Alice described her house as …
e)Walter felt sorry for Alice because …
f)Mrs. Adams knew the way to make their family prosperous. She thought …
XI. Answer the questions given below. Make 5 questions of your own for your
fellow-students to answer.
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a)How did Alice look upon Mr. Russell? What “habit” ruled Alice when she
was talking to Arthur? How can you explain her “fictions”?
b)What did Arthur think about Alice? From whom was she different, in his
opinion?
c)Why do you think Alice didn’t invite Mr. Russell to her house at once? Yet, why did she let him come later?
d)Does Walter’s behaviour prove his love to his sister? What did he learn about
Mr. Russell?
e)Did Mrs. Adams share Walter’s opinion about Mr. Russell and Alice? Why? What did she feel in this situation?
f)What was Mrs. Adams’s idea about her husband’s business?
XII. Give a short summary of the Chapters under study (7-10 sentences).
XIII Make up a short story using as many words and expressions from vocabulary under study (ex-s. I – II) as possible.
2.7 Unit 7 “The glue factory idea was not only a bore … Didn’t I tell you?”
I. Translate the following words and expressions from the text. Use them in the sentences of your own.
Vagary, to dwell upon (on) smth, to deteriorate, a horn of plenty, precisely, to weep, peal of laughter, to withdraw one’s hands from smth, to find fault with smth / smb, to toss off, curb, crocheted, to blarney smb, to think a good deal of oneself, convalescent, to put new spirit into smb, spick and span, jocosely, flaccid, sprightliness.
II. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and
expressions. Use them in the sentences of your own.
Раз и навсегда, окончательно; сильное возбуждение, ярость; грустный,
унылый; спуститься с небес на землю; чинить, ремонтировать; предотвращать,
опережать; изысканный, изящный; очень слабый; погасить; полностью доверять
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