Exercises

I Read chapters 28-38

II Look up the pronunciation of the following words:

equipment; incessantly; desperately; severe; virtuous; silhouetted; archway; bungalow; overwrought; martyr; missionaries; ceiling; liquor; satyr; tortuous; echo; ragged; garish; nonchalance; trait; clerk; cause; infatuation; amiable; curiosity; acid; bizarre; trifle; maliciously; grotesque; gasp; meander; sinuously; occur; feather; suicide; tear; persuade.

III Reproduce situations in which the words under study are used.

IV Make up a situation of your own with the active vocabulary (use from five to ten words and word-combinations).

V Give synonyms or synonymous expressions to the following:

interminable

occasional

boundless

to give way to

incessantly

to make fine and foul weather (for smb.)

to bide one’s time

bedraggled

to loot

to be well under forty

on the mercy of smb.

it was out of the question

to humiliate

far and away

a Eurasian clerk

well-bred

cold praise

to comfort smb.

to baffle smb.

to walk in heaven

ludicrous

VI Translate in writing into Russian the paragraph :

“When Waddington”… “was considered that”. (p.109; ch. 36)

VII Translate the following sentences into English:

1. В этом году врачи предсказывают эпидемию гриппа и принять все предосторожности.

2. Терпеть не могу причинять людям неудобство, появлялся у них дома неожиданно. Предпочитаю договариваться с ними о встрече.

3. Ты ошибаешься, утверждая, что я нахожусь в благодушном состоянии. Я постоянно думаю об этой ситуации, но не вижу выхода из нее. Но, как видишь, я еще не в панике.

4. Так это твой новый шеф? Ну и каков он? – Проницательный, хитрый и всех презирает.

5. Она очень застенчива. И хотя кажется, что она задается, на самом деле это ее защитная реакция на окружающих. Если она к вам привяжется, то вы с ней поладите.

VIII Answer the following questions:

1. Why did Kitty suffer so much?

Did she deserve it?

2. Was it possible that Walter’s love had left him? Was it possible that he really designed Kitty’s death?

3. How did Kitty feel about the epidemic and her role in Mei-tan-fu? Was she cowardly by nature?

4. Do you think Waddington guessed why Kitty had brought Townsend as the subject of their talk?

5. What’s Waddington’s attitude towards Townsend?

6. Who had been the first to use the word “second-rate” in reference to Kitty? Under what circumstances?

7. Why had Walter been unpopular in Hong Kong? Why was it different in Mei-tan-fu?

8. Did Kitty know much about Walter’s work?

9. Do you regard Walter as a hero?

10. Do you cease to love a person because you have been treated cruelly?

IX Give a summary of ch.28-38.

X Describe in detail:

1. The way to Mai-tan-fu.

2. Waddington’s appearance.

XI Speak on the following:

1. Kitty’s state of mind on the way to their destination.

2. The epidemic in Mei-tan-fu.

3. What do you know about Waddington.

4. Walter’s work and popularity in Mei-tan-fu.

5. The change in Kitty’s attitude towards Walter.

XII Paraphrase or explain:

1. “He’s made a science of popularity”. (p.106)

2. “Of course he will get on. He knows all the official ropes”. (p.107)

3. “When I’m there you are acting both of you, and acting damned badly, by George. You’d neither of you are get thirty bob a week in a touring company if that’s the best you can do”. (p.117- 118)

Unit V