Chapter 3.

Answer the following questions:

1. What did Mrs. Page and Mr. Manson think of Denny? Why were their opinions different?

2. What was Denny’s offer to Andrew? Do you justify it? Why?

3. Why did Andrew promise to help Denny?

4. Did he regret about his promise? Why?

5. How did they manage to explode the sewer?

6. What was Mr.Griffiths decision? Did he understand the cause of the explosion? How did he account for it?

Match English words and their definitions:

suspicious not of any use

to forbid a statement that you certainly will or will not do smth

scorn to tell smb of a possible future problem or danger

to go mad not trusting a person or situation

promise to order smb not to do smth

useless strong feeling expressed when a person feels that smth has no value

shameful to become ill in the mind

to warn very bad and which you ought to be ashamed of

Use them in sentences of your own.

Give Russian equivalents of the following English expressions:

1) to be of no use; 2) to find smb a great deal of use; 3) to dismiss smb from one’s post; 4) to tremble at the thought of; 5) to break one’s promise; 6) one bit of misery; 7) to neglect.

Find sentences in the text where the English equivalents are used, be ready to translate them into Russian and back.

Retell the chapter as if you were Denny Philip.

Chapter 4.

Answer the following questions:

1. How was Andrew’s attitude towards the city changing? Why?

2. Why did Andrew have to go to the school and speak to the teacher?

3. How did the teacher look like?

4. Why did the teacher allow the sick boy to attend school? Do you justify her decision?

5. Why did Andrew lose his temper?

6. Was Miss Barlow clever in choosing the way to show Andrew out of the door? What was it?

7. What impression did she produce on Andrew?

Match English words and their definitions:

extremely to understand or become conscious of smth

sympathy not rough or violent in manner

to annoy a case of refusing to do or accept smth

to interfere a feeling of pity for the problems of another person

to hesitate to make a complaint about smb

awkward to fail to do smth that was intended or possible

refusal very

to realize to wait for a while before you do smth because you are worried

to miss smth to make smb feel rather angry

to report smb to concern yourself with other people’s affairs

gently lacking skill in moving your body easily or confidently

Use them in sentences of your own.

Give Russian equivalents of the following English expressions:

1) a lot of extra work; 2) to remark to smb; 3) to look at smb in surprise; 4) to keep smb at home; 5) in spite of; 6) on leaving the house; 7) to walk straight to some place; 8) in the opposite direction; 9) to turn round; 10) never mind; 11) catching disease; 12) to lose one’s temper; 13) to break the rules; 14) in any case; 15) to be in charge of; 16) to break the law; 17) to show smb out of the door; 18) to close the door behind smb.

Find sentences in the text where the English equivalents are used, be ready to translate them into Russian and back.

Retell the chapter as if you were Andrew Manson.