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Questions and Tasks for Discussion
I. Answer the questions:
1. Whom does the narrator mean when he says: “I found them very strange, but I do not think they ever seemed to
me quite real.” (p. 30)
2. Who, in narrator’s opinion, combined a masculine intelligence with a feminine perversity? (p.31)
3. Why were the narrator and Mrs. Strickland friendly disposed to one another? (p. 32)
4. Who had a pleasant gift for keeping the conversation general? (p. 32)
5. What does the narrator say about the decoration of Mrs. Strickland’s dining-room?
6. How did Miss Waterford explain Mrs. Strickland’s desire to have writers at her luncheons? (p. 33)
7. Who had a real passion for reading? (p. 33)
8. How did Miss Waterford characterize Mr. Strickland: a) serious and hardworking; b) interested in literature; c)
dull and very quiet? (p. 34)
9. To whom could the narrator go with his small troubles, certain of an attentive ear and reasonable counsel? (p. 34)
10. Who is described in the following way: “had fine, reflective eyes”, “looked clean, healthy, and normal”, “had a
charming character”? (p. 35)
11. Who is it said about: “Her naiveté was her greatest charm.” (p. 35)
12. Who called Mr. Strickland “a perfect philistine”? (p. 36)
II. Explain the following:
1. To me it was all very romantic. It gave me an intimate sense of being a member of some mystic brotherhood. (p.
31)
2. Rose Waterford was a cynic. (p. 32)
3. Mrs. Strickland had a gift of sympathy. (p. 34)
4. Mrs. Strickland managed her surroundings with elegance. It was impossible not to see that she was an excellent
housekeeper. (p. 35)
5. It was, of course, a purely social function. (p. 37)
6. …he was scarcely a credit to a woman who wanted to make herself a position in the world of art and letters. (p.
38)
7. I recognized its social value, I saw its ordered happiness, but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course. There
seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights. (p. 40)
III. Speak on:
1. The way men and women in the houses of the literary were dressed. (p. 30)
2. Mr. Strickland’s attitude to reading and writers. (p. 34)
3. The narrator’s impression of Mr. Strickland. (p. 38–39)
Lesson 3 (ch. VIII–XI)
Vocabulary
Cultural Background
Reading and Translation
Questions and Tasks for Discussion
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Vocabulary
I. Study the words and phrases from the vocabulary list. Reproduce the situations in which they are used
in the book.
1) to rack one’s brains p. 40 – ломать голову,
2) out of the common p. 41 – незаурядный, из ряда вон выходящий,
3) at first hand p. 42 – из собственного опыта,
4) to be overwhelmed with(some feelings) p. 43 – переполнять, овладевать (о чувствах),
5) take smb by surprise p. 43 – застать врасплох,
6) come to someone's rescue p. 43 – приходить на помощь,
7) to be taken aback p. 45 – ошеломлённый, захваченный врасплох,
8) to hold one's tongue p. 49 – молчать, держать язык за зубами,
9) let bygones be bygones p. 52 – что было, то прошло,
10) to hide one’s whereabouts p. 52 – скрывать свое местонахождение.
II. Give Russian equivalents:
- idiosyncracy, (40)
- thick-witted, (41)
- domestic calamity, (43)
- earthy skin, (43)
- knick-knacks, (43)
- assumption, (45)
- improbable, (47)
- austerity, (48)
- bereaved condition, (48)
- irrevocable decision, (50)
- maternal solicitude, (52)
- infatuation, (52)
- elaborate answer, (53)
- sumptuous place, (54)
- bedraggled, (air), (54)
- furtive eyes, (55)
- sullen look, (55)
III. Fill in the blanks with the following words: pry; excite; compose; venture; immerse; run across; fling;
bolt; put off; tackle; flatter; smooth over; dismiss; chill; appeal to; rise.
1. I do not know that there was anything about them to _____________the attention of the curious.
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2. I had not been back twenty-four hours before I _______________Rose Waterford in Jermyn Street.
3. Miss Waterford certainly felt that she could not do her subject justice on the curb of Jermyn Street, and so, like an
artist, __________________the bare fact at me and declared that she knew no details.
4. While I waited for the answer in a dark passage I had to call up all my strength of mind not to_____.
5. I imagined that my arrival had taken them by surprise, and Mrs. Strickland had let me come in only because she
had forgotten to __________ me ______.
6. I don't see how anyone can be expected to __________a case like this unless he knows all the details. I don't
want to ___________into what doesn't concern me.
7. I wished to goodness that I had not returned to London till Mrs. Strickland had ____________her difficulties. I
stole a glance at her. She was ________________in thought.
8. At last she showed me the letter he had written. I was curious to see it, but had not ____________to ask for it.
9. “If he'll come back now everything can be_____________, and no one will know anything about it."
10. It ____________me a little that Mrs. Strickland should be concerned with gossip, for I did not know then how
great a part is played in women's life by the opinion of others.
11. I saw that she wished me to _________________his sympathies by every means in my power.
12. But there was something of an adventure in my trip, and my spirits ________as I approached Paris.
13. Next day about six o'clock I took a cab to the Rue des Moines, but ____________it at the corner, since I
preferred to walk to the hotel and look at it before I went in.
14. I _________________myself that I had got in that important question very naturally.
IV. Match the words below with their definitions:
a) bliss, b) errand, c) wedlock, d) chastisement, e) eccentricity, f) distress, g) in retrospect, h) delicacy, i) inkling,
j) forethought, k) expletive.
1) a short trip undertaken to perform a necessary task or commission;
2) extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain;
3) careful consideration of what will be necessary or may happen in the future;
4) when looking back on a past event or situation;
5) tact and consideration;
6) a state of complete happiness, great joy;
7) a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint;
8) the same as punishment [OLD-FASHIONED];
9) the state of being married;
10) an oath or swear word.
Cultural Background
Explain the following realia and give the context in which they are used in the book:
♦ Jermyn Street;
♦ Victoria street;
♦ St. James’s Park;
♦ Eastbourne;
♦ Hampstead;
♦ The Rue des Moines;
♦ Lois Philippe;
♦ Avenue de Clichy.
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Reading and Translation
Read and translate the following extracts:
1) (p. 41) – “On reading over what I have written of the Stricklands, ………………. there was anything about them
to excite the attention of the curious.”
2) (p. 50) – “She went on, talking somewhat at random, now of the recent past, then of their first meeting and their
marriage; ………… Two children were born to them.”
3) (p. 53–54) – “During the journey I thought over my errand with misgiving. ……… nor how much goodness in the
reprobate.”
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Questions and Tasks for Discussion
I. Answer the questions:
1. What age did the narrator put as the utmost limit at which a man might fall in love without making a fool of himself?
(p. 42)
2. Why did Mrs. Strickland’s drawing-room give the narrator an odd feeling, as though someone were lying dead on
the other side of the wall ? (p. 43–44)
3. Why did Mrs. Strickland burst into tears when she couldn’t find a cigarette-box? (p. 44)
4. What was Colonel MacAndrew proud of concerning his army life? (p.44)
5. How long had the Stricklands been married? (p. 45)
6. Was Colonel MacAndrew an expert in business matters? (p. 47)
6. What was the reaction of Strickland’s deserted business partner to his leave? ” (p. 47)
7. Why did Mrs. Strickland think that if her brother-in-law Fred went to Paris to talk to Strickland, things would be
worse instead of better? (p. 48–49)
8. How did Mrs. Strickland explain the absence of the father to her children when they came back to London? (p.
51)
9. Did Mrs. Strickland want to divorce her husband? (p. 51)
II. Explain the following:
1. I was torn between the fear of hurting a nice woman's feelings and the fear of being in the way. (p. 42)
2. His letter came like a thunderbolt. (p. 49)
3. "It's a very strange letter under the circumstances," I replied. (p. 51)
4. "Tell him that our home cries out for him.” (p. 52)
5. I was puzzled by the contradictions that I saw in her behaviour. (p. 53)
6. I was vexed, for I felt that I had been made a fool of, and I nearly turned away without making an enquiry. (p. 54)
7. When last I saw him he was spruce enough, but he looked ill at ease: now, untidy and ill-kempt, he looked
perfectly at home. (p. 56)
8. “In point of fact I've not spoken to a soul for three days.” (p. 56)
III. Describe:
1. The Hotel des Belges. (p. 54–55)
2. The hotel room where Strickland stayed. (p. 55–56)
Lesson 4 (ch. XII–XVIII)
Vocabulary
Cultural Background
Reading and Translation
Questions and Tasks for Discussion
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Vocabulary
I. Study the words and phrases from the vocabulary list. Reproduce the situations in which they are used
in the book.
1) to be tortured by remorse p. 59 – терзаться угрызениями совести,
2) straitened circumstances p. 60 – стеснённые обстоятельства,
3) to put (get) smth. out of one's head p. 60 – выбрасывать из головы,
4) to be content with smb/smth p. 65 – быть довольным кем/чем-либo,
5) to be far-fetched p. 66 – быть притянутым за уши,
6) to strike home p. 72 – попасть в точку,
7) to cover up one’s tracks p. 75 – заметать следы,
8) in easy circumstances p. 75 – в достатке,
9) to start afresh p. 76 – начать заново,
10) to bear malice to smb p. 79 – таить злобу против кого-л.
II. Give Russian equivalents:
- frailties of mankind, (56)
- solemnity, (57)
- absinthe, (57)
- eloquent phrases, (57)
- callousness, (57)
- ludicrous, (58)
- hortatory, (58)
- admonitory, (58)
- expostulating, (58)
- vituperative, (58)
- scornful, (60)
- irksome ties, (66)
- preposterous, (70)
- unscrupulous, (72)
- vindictive, (77)
III. Fill in the blanks with the following words: ease; induce; disconcert; exaggerate; conceal; solace;
perplex; come after; rout out [raʊt]; detain; provide for; abandon.
1. I cannot describe the extraordinary callousness with which he made this reply. It ________ me, but I did my best
not to show it.
2. Your wife says that nothing you can do will ever ____________________her to divorce you.
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3. He had some reason to __________________the fact that he had run away with a woman, and he was using
every precaution to hide her whereabouts.
4. The smile ___________________ his lips, and he spoke quite seriously.
5. __________________myself by thinking that it would be useful for me to find out what I could about Strickland's
state of mind.
6. Strickland____________________ me. I could not understand his motives.
7. Tell Amy it's no good ___________________________me.
8. "I knew I ought to have gone over myself," said the Colonel. "You can bet your boots I'd have
_________________ her_______ fast enough."
9. I wondered if there was anything I could say that would ____________ the sense of bitter humiliation which at
present tormented Mrs. Strickland.
10. When, saying I was tired, I rose to go, Mrs. Strickland made no attempt to ____________me.
11. Colonel MacAndrew had not __________________when he said she would be penniless, and it was necessary
for her to earn her own living as quickly as she could.
12. The MacAndrews, who were childless and in easy circumstances, arranged to undertake the care of the children,
and Mrs. Strickland had only herself to____________________.
IV. Match the words below with their definitions:
a) banality, b) buffoon [bəˈfuːn], c) vigilance, d) cloister, e) revolt, f) maxim, g) cataclysm, h) anguish, i) blackguard, j)
conversion.
1) a man who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way;
2) a refusal to continue to obey or conform;
3) the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties (бдительность);
4) monastic life;
5) the process of changing from one form to another;
6) a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct;
7) an event that causes great change or harm;
8) severe mental or physical pain or suffering;
9) unoriginality, staleness;
10) a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown;