III. Translate the following into English using the text:

1. Лондон наскучил Моэму и он решил уехать в Париж.

2. Жизнь текла слишком безмятежно и меня обуяла паника.

3. Он отказался от квартиры, распродал свои нехитрые пожитки и решил начать жизнь сначала.

4. Она преуспела в своем начинании и зарабатывала хорошие деньги.

5. Ей приходилось напоминать о том, что по рождению она леди и доказывать, что она осталась на той же ступени социальной лестницы.

6. Моя дочь очень мила и, я уверена, сделает себе хорошую партию.

IV. Retell the chapter. Use Active Vocabulary and Vocabulary of the chapter.

B.

I. Additional Vocabulary on the chapter:

daintiness – изящество

coarse – зд. плотный

undignified – недостойный

exclusiveness – высокомерная разборчивость

petty – мелочный

vindictive – мстительлный

II. Key to A III.

1. Maugham grew stale in London and decided to leave it for Paris.

2. Life was ordered too pleasantly and I was seized with panic.

3. He gave up his apartment sold his few belongings and resolved to Start afresh.

4. She made a success of her business and was making money.

5. She had to remind you that she was a lady by birth and prove that she had not sunk in the social scale

6. My daughter in so pretty. I’m sure she’ll marry well.

Assignment 10 Chapters XVIII, XIX Chapter XVIII

I. Active Vocabulary

1. to be a buffoon [bq'fu:n] p.77 = to seem funny to others (to be ridiculous)

2. to be an object of ridicule p.78 = to be laughed at by others

3. to make no secret of one’s contempt p.78 = not to conceal one’s contempt

4. to make free use of smb’s purse p.78 = to take money from smb easily

5. to be generous p.78 = to be not greedy

6. to do smth with effrontery p.79 = to make no bones, to do smth boldly about doing smb’s

7. to feel (no)gratitude p.79 = to (not) be thank full

8. to have a delicate feeling for art p.79 = to understand art perfectly well

II. Reproduce situations from the chapter in which they are used.

III. Paraphrase using your active Vocabulary:

1. Everybody thought Dirk to be funny.

2. Maugham was the only person who didn’t laugh at him.

3. His fellow-painters didn’t conceal their contempt for his work.

4. They made no bones about taking money from him.

5. Dirk Stroeve was thankful to the writer.

6. Dirk understood art perfectly well.

7. The writer met Strickland before he had been in Paris for two weeks.

2. Answer the questions using the given Vocabulary:

1. What kind of a painter was Dirk Stroeve? p.77,78

to be a bad painter

to have a genuine enthusiasm for the commonplace

to be not a Michael Angelo

to bring = romance to smb

not to se the truth

to paint an ideal

to give someone a charm

2. What kind of a person was Dirk Stroeve? p.77,78

to be a buffoon

to be an object of ridicule

to make no secret of one’s contempt

to earn a fair amount of money

to make free use of smb’s purse

to be generous

to borrow from someone with effrontery

to be emotional

to be foolish

to writhe [raiD ] under practical jokes

not to bear malice

to be grateful to smb

3. Why did the writer treat him with respect? p.79

to have a delicate feeling for art

to be a rare treat

acute criticism

to have a true appreciation of smb/smth

to have sympathy for smb

to give depth to smth

Summarize Dirk’s personality