Assignment #5

CHAPTER V

1. Learn the spelling and the pronunciation of the following words:

gaudily, soggy, scrutinize, exhilarating, counterfeit, distraught, demoniac, postern, bureau, pompadour, feudal, jonquil

2. Find synonyms in the text to the following word-combinations and use them in the situations from the book:

to bring smb. problems 87, to interrupt 88, to be really busy 88, in payment for smth. one has done 88, to examine smth. very thoroughly and carefully 89, persistent 93, the smallest amount of quality/feeling 94, not to have more power to work / to be exhausted 97, to get gradually used to a new situation 101

3. Give English equivalents to the following:

нелегальный бизнес 87, нервно обойти дом 93, взъерошенный человек в пижаме 96, огромное значение 98, талисман 98, тёмные брюки непонятного оттенка 100

4. Situations of encouragement

5. Comment on the following sentences:

1. ‘I’d like to get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around’. p. 99

2. ‘No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart’. p. 101

6. Topics for discussion:

1. Why was Gatsby so nervous and even pessimistic about the meeting?

2. What were they talking about while Nick was away?

3. What impression does the guided tour of Gatsby’s mansion produce on you?

4. How does the scene with the shirts characterize both Daisy and Gatsby?

5. How do you account for Gatsby’s imperative way of treating Klipspringer?

6. What symbolic allusions or coincidences have you noticed in the chapter?

7. Prepare a written translation of the passage on p. 101 from “As I went on…” up to “… a deathless song”.

Assignment #6

CHAPTER VI

I. Learn the spelling and the pronunciation of the following words:

meretricious, grotesque, ferocious, hitherto, murmurous, euphemism, menagerie, notoriety, contingencies, debauchee, antecedent, lethargic, drowsiness, insidious

2. Study the following word-combinations and use them in the situations from the book:

to transpire 103, to haunt 105, to be physically robust 105, to be startled 107, to be perturbed 110, to be appalled 113, to force one’s way in 115, to obliterate smth. 116

2. Give English equivalents to the following:

похвальная предприимчивость 103, эгоцентризм 105, снискать чьё-либо расположение 107, гнетущая атмосфера 110, близость 113

2. Pay attention to the usage of the following verbs of motion, differentiate between their meanings and think of some 3-5 sentences with them to be translated from Russian into English:

to loaf along 104, to beat one’s way 104, to coast along 106, to trot around 107, to run around 110, to stroll 111, to saunter over 112, to linger 115

2. Comment on the following sentences:

1. The whole passage on p. 115 starting with ‘Her glance left me …’

2. ‘You can’t repeat the past’. – ‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he cried incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’ p. 116

2. Topics for discussion:

1. The true story of Jay Gatsby.

2. Tom changed the usual atmosphere of Gatsby’s parties, didn’t he?

3. How does the behaviour of Tom, Daisy and Gatsby at the party reveal their inner world?

4. Is Gatsby a sentimental person?

2. Prepare a written translation of the passage on p. 105 from “But his heart…” up to “… along shore”.