I. Phonetic reading.

II. Find English-Russian equivalents. Situations from the text and your own.

to be dashed to the ground охваченный ч-л.

to be sacked гнать в шею

unsolicited предупреждать об увольнении

to radiate confidence выжить из ума

partiality быть лучше одетым

III. Give English explanations to the following words:

dejectedly destitution

inordinately blunt

defamation diffidently

despondency to exult

IV. Write out all the synonyms to the word “look” and translate them. Reproduce the sentences with them.

V. What chanced the summer like for A. Manson? Focus a special attention on the vocabulary connected with “Medicine”.

VI. Find in the 1-st passage (p. 97, ch. XII) a key-sentence, characterizing A. Manson. What does the whole event around it testify to?

VII. Retell the events connected with Denny. Can you explain his behavior?

VIII. Answer the questions:

~ Why did Manson lose all faith in his ability to apply for a new place?

~ Why did the Committee refuse Dr. Llewellyn’s candidate?

~ What must have influenced much the Committee’s decision?

~ What difficulty arose? What was solution?

ch. XIV-B.II, ch. I-II (pp.116-131)

I. Phonetic reading.

II. Find English-Russian equivalents. Situations from the text and your own.

owing to ветреный

rum-looking отказываться, воздерживаться от

sawbones жить за чужой счёт

propitious загадочно

to gush освоиться с ч-л.

III. Find in the chapters the words corresponding to the following equivalents:

~ honesty, even when the truth isn’t pleasant

~ to make someone suffer severу physical or mental pain

~ a very strong, sudden and unpleasant pain or emotion

~ a large quantity of smth.

~ a feeling of remorse, guilt, or regret

~ without money

~ in a mysterious or indirect way so that it is difficult to understand

IV. Retell ch. XIV

V. How was the Mansons’ new house called by Gwilliam John and why?

VI. Arrange situations around the following phrases:

a) big opportunities, a wedding present, sheer delight, almost subdued;

b) a great wave of love, sustain with courage, her faith in him

VII. What impression did the Llewellyns make on you and why?

ch. III-V (Book II)

I. Phonetic reading.

II. Find English-Russian equivalents. Situations from the text and your own.

seedy оживлённая улица

to rage дело принципа

to seethe with «сачок»

to knock off с удовольствием

in a flash перепутать ч-л.

III. Arrange the following sentences in their original succession:

1. A wave of hopelessness passed over Andrew.

2. He looked as if he might wipe the floor with Andrew.

3. It was as if a bomb had exploded into the office.

4. …Andrew made every effort to steer a cautious course.

5. Before afternoon his cogitation had forced him to an unpleasant decision.

6. Afterwards he was reckless in the princely manner.

IV. Whom are the following words referred to? Retell the situation around them. What does it testify to?

with surprising rudeness, violently, to rage, long and stubbornly, grimly insistent, toughness, persistence, inexorably, dourly.

V. Give English explanations to the following words:

adventurously deferentially fibre

showy probity peremptorily

belligerent caustic adiposity

cogitation ignominy wretchedness

VI. What problem does ch. V centre around?

VII. In what situation did Andrew find himself (on the basis of ch-s IV & V)?What would you feel if you were in his shoes?

ch. VI-VIII (Book II)

I. Phonetic reading.

II. Find English-Russian equivalents. Situations from the text and your own.

to bear соперничать с к-л.

to rave about быть уверенным

to delude oneself действовать к-л. на нервы

flash talker бить к-л.

a fineness of instinct формировать к-л. в соответствии с ч-л.

III. Give English explanations to the following words:

to shoulder a burden rancour incentive adept diverting to launch into to obtrude gusty topnotch repentance the backwoods tripe

IV. Translate the phrase “to have facts at one’s finger-ends”. Who is it referred to? Characterize the personage.

V. Find on pp. 152, 155 3 verbs formed from the word-forms used usually as adjectives. Translate them.

VI. Pick up words that may help you describe the medical assistants & their wives (pp. 158,159 ch. VII). What problem does this passage centre around? Form its reason.

VII. Ask clever questions to ch.VII

VIII. What remarkable events happened in the Mansons’ life? The words below may help you:

the stream-bed the enigma of his career

IX. What doctors are described in ch. VIII? Tell about them.

ch. IX-X (Book II)

I. Phonetic reading.

II. Find English-Russian equivalents. Situations from the text and your own.

to litter with не говоря (уже) о

to be fancy with помочь

to put up with кое как довести дело до конца

to get the nerve возмущаться

to brush up изводить

III. Give English explanations to the following words:

unperturbed momentously aloofly to chafe

drabness discernment taut to stagger

immune auspicious testily lassitude

IV. Find synonyms to the following:

ramshackle, fascinated, secret, many-sided, irritate, to become free, with trembling, foundation stone

V. Who hadn’t a penny to his name? What other characteristics does this man possess?

VI. Pick up the information about Dr. Llewellyn as a professional.

What was Manson’s purpose? What was his first step to realize it?

VII. What was wrong with the medical system in Aberalaw?

How did the meeting at the Mansons’ end? Why?

VIII. What is ch. X devoted to? Outline it & put down necessary key-words / combinations to each point. Speak on each point.

IX. Were you able to foresee the end of ch. X?

ch. XI-XII (B.II)