2. Exercises

1. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words.

1. His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to impression of fractiousness he ___.

2. If she saw me out of the corner of her eyes she gave no ___ of it.

3. My family have been prominent, ___ people in this Middle Western city for three generations.

4. She might have the ___ not to telephone him at dinner time.

5. I lived at West Egg, the – well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most __ tag to express the ___ and not a little ___ contrast between them.

6. It was sharply different from the West, where an evening was hurried from phase to phase toward its close, in a continually disappointed ___ or else in sheer nervous dread of the movement itself.

7. In consequence, I’m ___ to reserve all judgements, a habit that opened up many curious natures to me…

2. Translate in writing from English into Russian the following passage on page 9:

from “I lived at West Egg…” to “… eighty dollars a month.”

3. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Его зловещая внешность причудливым образом сочеталась с мягким характером.

2. Любопытство не давало ей покоя, но рамки приличия не давали ей возможности задавать вопросы.

3. То, что случилось с этим молодым человеком, превзошло наши наихудшие опасения.

4. Именно эти хваленые герои первыми бросились бежать.

5. Он слишком туп, чтобы понимать намеки.

6. Зажиточное крестьянство являлось основным объектом коллективизации.

7. Последовательность доводов и детально разработанные аргументы являются, безусловно, его сильной стороной.

8. Ораторы обвиняли канцлера в том, что он не считается с фактом безработицы.

9. Правительство предоставило этому университету право присваивать ученые степени.

10. Я, пожалуй, склонен с вами согласиться.

11. Я вижу только самое общее сходство между этими образцами, и ничего более.

12. Правительство субсидирует оказание медицинской помощи на дому, когда пациент выписывается из больницы после острого заболевания.

13. Они были помолвлены в течение многих лет, но так и не поженились.

4. Comment on the way the geographical name is translated into Russian in the following sentence:

I graduated from New Haven in 1915. – Я окончил Йельский университет в 1915 году.

3. Discussion

1. Answer the following questions:

1. What was the advice the narrator’s father gave him in his young years? What else did he mean?

2. What was the history of the narrator’s family?

3. How did he appear in West Egg?

4. How did the narrator relate to Mr. Gatsby?

5. Who was Tom Buchanans and where did he live?

6. What was the way Tom Buchanans had changed?

7. Who did the narrator find on the sofa?

8. What have you found out about the Buchanans?

9. How did the behaviour of those present change before and after the telephone call?

10. What were Daisy’s suspicions?

11. What did she wish her daughter when she was born?

12. What sort of books did Tom like to read? How did he take them?

13. Who did Miss Baker appeare to be?

14. Was Jordan Baker’s fame nation-wide?

15. What disappointed Nick in the Buchanans after seeing them?

16. Who did the narrator notice on his way home?

2. Give the description of:

• Tom Buchanan

• Daisy Buchanan

• Miss Baker

• West Egg

3. What can you say about the narrator’s name and background?

4. Give your comments on:

• Tom Buchanans “Nordic” ideas

• Daisy’s wish to her daughter

5. Make a list of chief events in the chapter.

6. Retell the chapter.