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Parts II – III дз!!!!! 26.09.2012 Exercises

Pre-reading Tasks

1. Practise the pronunciation of the words from the story. When in doubt refer to the dictionary:

precarious, denial, indulge, laundry, sign, foursome, abdomen, bounce, ingenuous, malicious, gingham, exaggeration, fluctuating, luxury, contemptuously, maternal, solemnly, riotous, appreciation, attune, cadence, utter, mundane, fiancé, obnoxious, rear, sophomore, oblong.

Vocabulary Tasks

1. Find in the story the English for:

мізерні кошти; потурати; заможний заступник; ця молода людина далеко піде; спадок; купити частку у пральному бізнесі; жіноча білизна; володіти великою мережею пралень; зменшувати прогалину між теперішнім та минулим; грати у гольф двоє проти двох; нудна людина; з тилу; підкреслювати засмагу; нещира посмішка; материнський інстинкт; капати на трамплін; піднятися на руках; заглушити мотор; без зусиль; ставати на коліна; випадкова примха; після короткого привітання; бути неохайним в одязі й у манерах; впасти в депресивний настрій; хриплий голос; свідомо змінити атмосферу; бути бідним як церковна миша; натякати на щось; як грім серед ясного неба; сказати відверто; непомітне хитання; до кінця свого життя (своїх днів).

2. Choose the right word:

  1. They [Dexter’s winter dreams] persuaded Dexter several years later to pass … a business course at the State University – his father, prospering now, would have paid his way – for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the East, where he was bothered by his scanty funds.

a) back b) down c) up

  1. It was a small laundry when he went … it, but Dexter made a specialty of learning how the English washed fine woolen golf-stockings without shrinking them.

a) into b) against c) Dutch

  1. “By Gad!” cried Mr. T. A. Hedrick, “they ought to put some of these crazy women … the course”.

a) on b) off c) before

  1. It was then that he sold … and went to New York.

a) at b) to c) out

  1. “All she needs is to be turned … and spanked for six months and then to be married … to an old-fashioned cavalry captain”.

a) up b) away c) back a) away b) into c) off

  1. Dexter put … his bathing-suit and swam out to the farthest raft.

a) into b) on c) out

  1. His heart turned … like the fly-wheel of the boat, and, for the second time, her casual whim gave a new direction to his life.

a) over b) to c) left

  1. “Who’s that?” she called shutting … her motor.

a) in b) up c) off

  1. When he drove … at the door I drove … the dock because he says I’m his ideal.

a) into b) up c) round

a) into b) through c) out of

  1. Then he [Dexter] put these thoughts … him as they sat … side by side on a lounge and looked … each other.

a) behind b) down c) off

a) at b) tight c) down

a) after b) at c) over

  1. During dinner she slipped … a moody depression which gave Dexter a feeling of uneasiness.

a) into b) down c) from

  1. Then, after dinner, she led him … on the dark sun-porch and deliberately changed the atmosphere.

a) on b) up c) out

  1. She wore a blue silk afternoon dress, and he was disappointed at first that she had not put … something more elaborate.

a) b) away c) before