Lesson 9 (pp.114 – 136). August 3rd– September, Thursday

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.

a curt line	to be longing for smth /to do smth
to draw a veil over smth	lack of social intercourse
to make oneself into smb	to speak smb’s language
adventurous creed	a nuisance
wanderthirst	to boss smb
to live in a perpetual breathlessness	to be pliable
(to do smth) at five cents an errand	to be a burden to smb

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.

разочароваться в чём-л.	вот и все новости
выполнить свою часть сделки	переполох
читать запоем	потакать кому-л., баловать кого-л.
сумерки	приятный в общении человек
купить за 25 центов	похвастаться, покрасоваться чем-л/кем-л.

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

1. It has been nearly two months since I wrote, which wasn't nice of me, I know, but I haven't loved you much this summer - you see I'm being frank!

2. You are the only person I have to care for, and you are so shadowy. You're just an imaginary man that I've made up - and probably the real you isn't a bit like my imaginary you.

3. Although my feelings are still hurt, for it is very humiliating to be picked up and moved about by an arbitrary, peremptory, unreasonable, omnipotent, invisible Providence, still, when a man has been as kind and generous and thoughtful as you have heretofore been towards me, I suppose he has a right to be an arbitrary, peremptory, unreasonable, invisible Providence if he chooses, and so - I'll forgive you and be cheerful again.

4. If you are in that dreadful New York, I wish I could send you some of this lovely, breezy, sunshiny outlook. The country is Heaven after a week of rain.

5. He believed to the end exactly the same things he started with. It seems to me that a man who can think straight along for forty-seven years without changing a single idea ought to be kept in a cabinet as a curiosity.

6. I have a terrible wanderthirst; the very sight of a map makes me want to put on my hat and take an umbrella and start.

7. But isn't it just like a man, Daddy? He doesn't give the remotest hint as to whether he will land on the doorstep today, or two weeks from today.

8. Our postman tells us what is happening in the Great World. So in case a war breaks out between the United States and Japan, or the president is assassinated, or Mr. Rockefeller leaves a million dollars to the John Grier Home, you needn't bother to write; I'll hear it anyway.

9. It's a funny thing about the people here. Their world is just this single hilltop. They are not a bit universal, if you know what I mean.

10. It's awfully funny to think of that great big, long-legged man ever sitting in Mrs. Semple's lap and having his face washed.

11. She is awfully troubled to think that she didn't train him better when he was small and helpless and she had the chance.

12. Master Jervie read my works - he brought in the post, so I couldn't help his knowing -and he said they were dreadful. They showed that I didn't have the slightest idea of what I was talking about. (Master Jervie doesn't let politeness interfere with truth.)

Ex.2 Listen to the tape (Judy’s letter to Daddy-Long-Legs written on August 25^th - pp.126-127) and say if the statements below are true or false. Correct the false statements.

1. Jervis Pendleton has come to Lock Willow and they are having very nice time there.

2. Judy thinks that Master Jervie is a little bit capricious.

3. Jervis Pendleton always has dinner at the same time and in the same place.

4. Master Jervie looks at first glance like a true Pendleton, but he isn't in the least.

5. Jervis Pendleton is rather arrogant with the farmers around there.

6. At first the farmers of Lock Willow were very suspicious about Mr. Pendleton, but his polite manners disarmed them immediately.

7. Jervis Pendleton cares a lot for his clothes, that’s why they seem so amazing.

8. Judy and Jervie have explored the country for miles, and the girl has learned to fish, and to shoot, also to ride horseback.

Ex.3 Discuss the following points:

1. Why did Judy’s guardian insist on her spending summer vacations on the farm? Did he explain his decision anyhow? What’s your idea about his reasons?

2. “It's the impersonality of your commands that hurts my feelings”. What does Judy mean by “impersonality”? Comment on this confession of hers.

3. “I've been writing and writing this summer”. Describe the process of Judy’s writing. What, do you think, was the source of Judy’s inspiration? What can inspire you with verses/drawings, etc.?

4. Speak about Judy’s life on the farm. Do you think Judy likes living in the country, or she was born for a big city? What about you?

5. How does Judy describe Mr. Jervis Pendleton after having spent some time under one roof with him?

6. “I shall be glad to see somebody who speaks my language”. Do you think Jervis Pendleton and Judy really speak the same language? Speak about the way they are spending time together.

7. “The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go round, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes your way. The whole secret is in being pliable”. Comment on this statement of Judy’s. Do you share her point of view?

8. “Daddy! Daddy! What do you think? I'm an author”. What’s your idea of what Judy’s stories are about? If you had a chance to, what would you write about?