Unit 7. (Thursday – 6th September)

Vocabulary work

Exercise 1.

a) Consult a dictionary and translate the following words from the extract. Practice their pronunciation paying attention to stresses.

Convey, cluck, harp, flout, devoid, coax, wreck, meekly, irrevocably, docility, conscientious, sulky, millinery, crochet, vain, anonymous, sternly, studious, necklace, token, pretense, jumble, congenial, gilding, tranquil, flippant, aloofness, esthetic, chambermaid, promiscuously.

b) Listen to your partners’ reading of the above exercise. Correct their mistakes.

Exercise 2. A suggested list of useful expressions. Learn them and recall the situations from the extract in which they are used. Use them in your own examples.

To make a big fuss,

To be deprived of,

At that,

To blow up,

In the least,

Of late,

To get into,

To look like,

To be elected.

Exercise 3. Check whether you know the meaning of these words. Match the words on the left with their synonyms on the right.

1. cluck	a. obedience
2. flout	b. nameless
3. wreck	c. crash
4. docility	d. gloomy
5. conscientious	e. conceited
6. sulky	f. cackle
7. vain	g. scorn
8. anonymous	h. scrupulous

Exercise 4. Choose from the list an appropriate word and insert it into the gap.

Crocheted, convey, coax, tranquil, meekly, token, devoid.

1. It's impossible to … how lost I felt.

2. Lisa kept her voice … of emotion.

3. He tried to … me, but I said we had to part.

4. He answered … as a lamb.

5. She had … a large cover for the sofa.

6. As a … of goodwill, I'm going to write another letter.

7. The sea was ….

Exercise 5. Choose from the list an appropriate expression to replace the words in brackets. Make any necessary changes of the form of the verb.

At that, to blow up, made a big fuss, in the least, of late.

1. He … (a display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest) over his favorite niece.

2. You'll have … (begin to develop) the fire to make it burn.

3. You have not understood … (not even a little bit) what I have been saying.

4. He hasn't been in touch … (recently).

5. I made a mistake and a very bad one … (in addition, furthermore).

Exercise 6. Make these sentences complete, recalling the situations they are used in the extract.

1. I’m to have a scholarship for two years that …

2. Our study is better than …

3. I know that you don’t want me to return the money, but …

4. And listen – I have a further thought. …

5. Don’t you think I’d make an admirable voter if …

6. The founder’s dance came last week – this was …

7. I have strong suspicions now as to which one of the John Grier Trustees used to …

8. If I ever marry and have a family, I’m …

9. I’ve discovered the true secret of happiness, Daddy, and that is …

10. You are not the only man to whom I write letters. There are …

Exercise 7. Here are some sentences from the text. Explain what the words in bold type mean.

1. Julia, with an unlimited allowance, arrived two days early and was attacked with a fever of settling.

2. But it seems I’ve made it up.

3. It requires an allowance to live up to Julia and her furniture.

4. I don’t know why Julia wants me – she seems to be getting quite attached to me of late.

5. Some of them were awfully perturbed at first at the prospect of facing one thousand girls; but the got acclimated very quickly.

6. Very miscellaneous weather we’re having of late.

Exercise 8. Say it in Ukrainian.

1. Good night, Daddy dear, and don’t be annoyed because your chick is wanting to scratch for herself. She’s growing up into an awfully energetic little hen – with a very determined cluck and lots of beautiful feathers (all due to you).

2. You prefer that I should not be accepting favors from strangers. Strangers! – And what are you, pray? Is there anyone in the world that I know less? I shouldn’t recognize you if I met you on the street. Now, you see, if you had been a sane, sensible person and had written nice, cheering, fatherly letters to your little Judy, and had come occasionally and patted her on the head, and had said you were glad she was such a good girl – Then, perhaps, she wouldn’t have flouted you in your old age, but would have obeyed your slightest wish the dutiful daughter she was meant to be.

3. I know now what people mean when they say they are weighed down by Things. The material atmosphere of that house was crushing; I didn't draw a deep breath until I was on an express train coming back. All the furniture was carved and upholstered and gorgeous; the people I met were beautifully dressed and low-voiced and well-bred, but it's the truth, Daddy, I never heard one word of real talk from the time we arrived until we left. I don't think an idea ever entered the front door.

4. Most people don’t live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the heat of panting that they lose all sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing through; and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out, and it doesn’t make any difference whether they’ve reached the goal or not.

Reading Comprehension

Attention check

1. Answer the following questions:

1. What news did Judy know from 2 letters which a postman had brought?

2. What bird did Judy compare herself with? Explain the usage of this comparison.

3. How many coats and trunks did Judy have?

4. What subjects did Jerusha choose this year?

5. Who invited Judy for the Christmas holidays?

6. Whom did girls invite for the Founder’s dance?

7. How many times did Judy meet Master Jervie at Julia’s?

8. What did Master Jervie present Judy and Julia for Christmas?

9. Could you recollect all interesting events in Judy’s college life this year?

10. Who else (besides Daddy) was her pen friend?

11. Where was Judy going to spend her summer?