Lesson 5 (pp.42 – 63). Sunday – June 9th

Ex.1 a) Find the English equivalents of these words and phrases in the text. Read and translate into Russian the sentences in which they are used.

to commence (to do smth)	owing to smth
to vault a bar	inintermittent
a bushel (of smth)	to be in receipt of a letter
sackcloth	to be a brick
to do smth or bust	a heavenly spot
to hear from smb	to show smb about
hereafter	a very superior man

b) Find the English equivalents of these words and phrases in the text. Read and translate into Russian the sentences in which they are used.

привести в хорошее расположение духа	свалиться с гриппом
совершенно самостоятельно	мне ненавистна мысль, что…
провалиться на экзамене	худшее было впереди
неотложная встреча	держаться молодцом
ужасный, чудовищный	это не считается

c) Give your variant of translation of the following sentences:

1. My English instructor stopped me on the way out from chapel last night, and said it was a charming piece of work except for the sixth line, which had too many feet. I will send you a copy in case you care to read it.

2. We had a very inspiring sermon this morning preached by the Bishop of Alabama. His text was: 'Judge not that ye be not judged.

3. This is the sunniest, most blinding winter afternoon, with icicles dripping from the fir trees and all the world bending under a weight of snow--except me, and I'm bending under a weight of sorrow.

4. So you see, Daddy, I'm much more intelligent than if I'd just stuck to Latin.

5. I might, very usefully, put some time on Latin tonight but, there's no doubt about it, I'm a very languid Latin scholar.

6. I am studying Latin prose composition. I have been studying it. I shall be studying it. I shall be about to have been studying it.

7. Please forget about that dreadful letter I sent you last week-- I was feeling terribly lonely and miserable and sore-throaty the night I wrote.

8. Thank you for making a very sick, cross, miserable Freshman cheerful. Probably you have lots of loving family and friends, and you don't know what it feels like to be alone. But I do.

9. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skilfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh--also if I win.

10. Now that I am sure you read my letters, I'll make them much more interesting, so they'll be worth keeping in a safe with red tape around them - only please take out that dreadful one and burn it up.

Ex.2 Listen to the tape (Judy’s letters to Daddy-Long-Legs written on March 26^th and April 2^nd - pp.46-47) and say if the statements below are true or false.Correct the false statements.

1. Judy is offended and hurt because Daddy-Long-Legs never answers her letters.

2. Judy thinks the reason her guardian is educating her is his sense of duty.

3. Judy knows nothing of her guardian but his name.

4. Hereafter Judy is going to write Daddy-Long-Legs only about work.

5. Judy failed to pass her re-examination in geometry.

6. Judy is awfully sorry for the letter she wrote and begs her guardian’s pardon.

7. The night Judy wrote that letter she was feeling terribly lonely and miserable and sore-throaty.

8. Judy has been thinking about Daddy-Long-Legs all the time and isn’t going to get well until he forgives her.

Ex.3 Discuss the following points:

1. “...His text was: 'Judge not that ye be not judged.' It was about the necessity of overlooking mistakes in others, and not discouraging people by harsh judgments”. Do you think it is correct to interprete the commandment like this?

2. Comment on Judy’s phrases: “Getting an education is an awfully wearing process!” and “How futile a thing is education!”. What’s your idea about it?

3. Can you say Judy has got accustomed to her new life? Has she grown to feel like all other girls? to feel part of a company?

4. “Should you mind, just for a little while, pretending you are my grandmother?” Why is it granny that Judy wants to have?

5. Translate Judy’s angry message to Daddy-Long-Legs. For what reason did she send it? Why was she so offended? Did she really have any reasons to? any right to?

6. “Please forgive me for being impertinent and ungrateful. I was badly brought up”. Do you think Judy really considers it an excuse for her behaviour? What made her finish the letter with this phrase?

7. What did those flowers and “a polite message” mean for Judy? Do you think she can be really grateful?

8. Why did Judy tell her Daddy-Long-Legs the old story about the toad?

9. What is Judy’s “favourite book” now? Why, do you think, she has chosen this very one to be her favourite? What are your favourite books? Do your preferences change in the course of time?

10. “Mr. Pendleton reminded me a little of you, Daddy, as you were twenty years ago”. What is Mr. Jervis Pendleton like? Do you think the picture Judy gives of him is a very subjective one?

11. “I begin to feel like a girl instead of a foundling”. What made Judy feel like this?

12. “It's much more entertaining to live books than to write them”. Comment on the statement. Do you share this point of view? What is meant by “living a book”?

13. How can you comment on the drawings Judy inserts in her letters? Why does she do it? Does it make her letters a little bit more charming?

14. What did the most awful day of Judy’s look like? Do you share the opinion that our everyday fortunes and troubles depand, to a great extend, on our mood?

15. Comment on Judy’s phrases: 1)“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh -I really think that requires spirit.” 2) “I don't agree with the theory that adversity and sorrow and disappointment develop moral strength. The happy people are the ones who are bubbling over with kindliness. I have no faith in misanthropes”.

16. “Will you be awfully disappointed, Daddy, if I don't turn out to be a great author?” What’s your answer to this question? Do you think Judy’s guardian really wants her to become a writer, or he has some another aim?