1. Find in the story the English for:

підробляти у гольф-клубі на кишенькові витрати, глибока меланхолія, скуйовджені горобці, по коліна, раптово закінчитися, відкрити сезон, чудовий матч, оточений захопленим натовпом, відкривши рот від подиву, статися, бути схильним, невимовно красивий, було цілком зрозуміло, парусинова сумка, не по собі, неприродна бесіда, глянути потайки, трошки відкритий рот, потрапити в поле зору, засміятися мимоволі, засмутити, переминатися з ноги на ногу, грізний погляд, почет, стримувати сміх, величезна впевненість, кинути на землю зі злістю, неочікувана поява, весело посміхнутися, йти невеличкими кроками, збентеження вимагало виходу.

Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks

1. Answer the questions:

1. Was Dexter Green a poor caddy or not?

2. What did he caddy for?

3. Why did he feel melancholy in the fall?

4. Why did Dexter decide not to caddy any more?

5. Why Did Mr. Mortimer Jones say that Dexter was the best caddy he had seen?

6. Whom did Dexter meet at the course one day?

7. Why did a little girl and her nurse come to the course?

8. What baffled the girl?

2. Discuss the following:

1. Do teenagers really need pocket-money?

2. How can they get money?

Parts II - III Exercises

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, заглушати 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 scunty funds.

a) back b) down c) up

2) 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

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

a) on b) off c) before

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

a) at b) to c) out

5) “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

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

a) into b) on c) out

7) 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

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

a) in b) up c) off

9) 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

10) 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

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

a) into b) down c) from

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

a) on b) up c) out

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

a) on b) away c) before