Vocabulary

Task 1. Find these words and expressions in the text. Explain their meaning in English. Then look them up in the dictionary to check their translation if necessary. Give an example of the situation in which these words and phrases can be used.

   Usurped privilege, thoroughly, bundle of money, dire, to conceive, beggar, moth of the lamp, baffling forces, to go over the tangle, semblance, to shrink, coward, weary, lure, to deter, finery, reverie, dainty, concoction, to linger, to waver.

Task 2. Match each word from the reading with its synonym. Make up sentences with the words from the text.

a) to usurp	1) to be wrung with
b) thoroughly	2) dreaminess
c) bundle	3) horrible
d) dire	4) confusion
e) to conceive	5) beautiful things
f) to beg	6) tired
g) baffling	7) likeness
h) tangle	8) temptation
i) semblance	9) big amount
g) to shrink	10) refined
k) weary	11) to panhandle
l) lure	12) difficult
m) finery	13) to understand
n) reverie	14) completely
o) dainty	15) appropriate

Task 3. Fill each gap with one word. Then re-read the text if necessary.

1. The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and _________.

2. When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily ________and should only be accepted as a moral due … many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

3. She felt that she was immensely better ________for the having of them.

4. He gave her the money _______of a good heart.

5. In his good clothes and fine health, he was a merry, unthinking ______of the lamp.

6. If she could only get enough to _________ her out easy.

7. Even after all her depressing conclusions, she could _________away all thought about the matter.

8. When Carrie began wandering around the store ________the fine displays she was in this mood.

9. Her original experience in this same place had given her a high opinion of its____.

10. When she entered the store, she already had her heart fixed upon the peculiar little tan jacket with large __________buttons.

WRITING

Write a review of a book you have recently read and liked or disliked.

A book review is a description, critical analysis, and an evaluation on the quality, meaning, and significance of a book, not a retelling. It should focus on the book's purpose, content, and authority. A critical book review is not a book report or a summary. It is a reaction paper in which strengths and weaknesses of the material are analyzed. It should include a statement of what the author has tried to do, evaluates how well (in the opinion of the reviewer) the author has succeeded, and presents evidence to support this evaluation.

There is no right way to write a book review. Book reviews are highly personal and reflect the opinions of the reviewer. A review can be as short as 50-100 words, or as long as 1500 words, depending on the purpose of the review. Remember: a review should guide and inform. A mere telling of the story is not a review. While writing follow the tips: