3. Discussion

1. Answer the following questions:

1. What was the reason for Nick’s first meeting with Tom’s mistress?

2. Why do you think Nick was curious to see Tom’s mistress though he had no desire to meet her?

3. What was the name of Tom’s mistress and where did she live?

4. What was her explanation to her husband of going to New York?

5. What did Myrtle Willson buy, and why did she do so many purchases?

6. What did the apartment look like?

7. Who were the visitors that came to the party?

8. What were the points of the conversation?

9. What was the story about Myrtle and her husband’s first meeting and marriage?

10. What was the story about Myrtle and Tom’s first meeting?

11. What was the end of the party?

2. Give the description of:

• Myrtle Willson

• Myrtle Willson’s husband

• Catherine

• Mr. And Mrs. McKee

• Daisy and Myrtle

3. Why do you think Tom had an affair with Myrtle Willson? Why do people marry people they don’t really love?

4. Summarize your impressions on the atmosphere at the party in Tom and Myrtle’s apartment in New York and compare it with that of the party at the Buchanans’ in East Egg.

5. What can you say about Gatsby?

6. Make a list of chief events in the chapter.

7. Retell the chapter.

Chapter III (pp 42-63)

Vocabulary

Vocabulary List

Crate	gaudy
to be in full swing	to ask smb whereabouts
Prodigality	in the vicinityto excuse oneself
to be intended to do sth	to start on the subject
Prosperous	to call smb on the wire
Embarrassment	to be an oxford man
to shiver	to stimulate smb’s curiosity
Elemental	at the request of smb
to pick one's words with care	to assume a(n) (inky) colour
Condescension	to give smth another thought
Reluctance	to go up in the hydroplane
Conscientious	to throw mean looks
casual events	to go places
to get out of the tangle	cardinal virtues

1. Study words and word-combinations from the Vocabulary List. Reproduce the situations in which they are used.

2. Give definitions of the meaning of the lexical units below using an English-English dictionary; find derivatives with the same root-morpheme as the words in bold type:

prodigality; elemental; sinister; to be in full swing, to deal in subterfuges, a cardinal virtue, prudence, premature , testimony, impetuously, to saunter

3. Find antonyms to the following words and expressions and make up a short story using them:

prodigal; to live with a fast crowd; to draw to an end; to neglect smth; to behave honestly; to have an advantage; enthusiastic meetings

4. Find all the synonyms to the verb to shiver and speak on the differences in their meaning

5. Give Russian equivalents of:

elemental forces of nature (feelings, passions, impulses); a sinister face (look, sight, person), to deal in subterfuges (lies, gossip, libel), to retract one’s statement (words, hints, questions)

6. Give English equivalents of:

кутящее общество, быть в невыгодном положении, торговец контрабандным алкоголем, поставщик провизии, трудиться, садовые ножницы, опустошение (урон), без мякоти, тщательно подбирать слова, выделять кого-либо (среди остальных)