4.Translate into Russian in writing.

‘We got to Waterloo at eleven… - …and begged him to be the 11.5 for Kingston’.

5.Be ready to speak about.

1) The ‘weather forecast’ swindle.

2) The luggage.

3) The friend’s departure.

4)At Waterloo.

6.Comment on the following sentences.

‘I don’t know why it should be, I am sure, but the sight of another man asleep in bed when I am up maddens me. It seems to me so shocking to see the precious hours of a man’s life – the priceless moments that will never come back to him again – being wasted in mere brutish sleep.’

‘The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether.’

‘Who wants to be foretold the weather? It bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand.’

7. Make up a short summary of the chapter. Unit 6 chapters 6-7

1.Find the following word combinations in the text, write them out, translate into Russian, remember the situations where they occur.

- to come to the water’s age

-to put up at the public-houses

-the coronation feast

-to be staggered

-to bother smb

-to have very fair notions of smth

-to take a turn

-to be a fine maze

-to dress oneself up in a boating costume

-to attract attention to the boat

-to hanker after tombstones

-to motion smb away with silent dignity

-to make a cool and refreshing beverage

2. Make up and write down 10 questions about the plot of the chapter.

1) What is Kingston famous for? What authorities of English history are mentioned and why?

2)What was so remarkable about an old staircase?

3)What do people want? Why?

4)What was Sandford and Merton famous for?

5)Will the prized treasures of today always be the cheap trifles of the day before?

6) Why did the author always want to live at Hampton Court?

7)Who called the map of the Hampton Court misleading and why?

8) What opportunities does the river give? Was the author a good designer? Why?

9)What should ladies put on for a boat trip? Why?

10)Why did the protagonist deny enjoying the graves?

3.Translate into Russian in writing.

‘Harris always keeps to shade or mixtures so much better than a belt. - … we were afraid it will attract attention to the boat.’

4.Learn the following extract by heart.

‘We are creatures of the sun…- ... shout and sing together and feel brave’.

5.Be ready to speak about.

1) Kingston and its peculiarities.

2) Boating fashion.

3) Hankering after tombstones.

6.Comment on the following sentences.

‘It seems to be the rule of this world. Each person has what he doesn’t want, and other people have what he does want.’

‘Such is life; and we are but as grass that is cut down, and put into the oven and baked.’

‘The river affords a good opportunity for dress’.

‘…I forgave all my friends and relations for their weakness and cussedness, and I blessed them. They did not know that I blessed them. They went their abandoned way all unconsciousness of what I, far away in that peaceful village, was doing for them; but I did it, and I wished that I could let them know that I had done.’

7. Make up a report about old places of interest of your place.