0. Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur:

0. to get bored

1. to be in the mood

2. a benefit performance

3. to treat smb to smth

4. at the very end

5. to get sore

6. to appeal to smb

7. to make a date with smb

0. Find the extract beginning with “Broadway was mobbed and messy” and ending at “I could hardly wait to get to the park to see if old Phoebe was round so that I could give it to her”. Translate it and comment on it.

Chapter 17

0. Drawing on your knowledge of facts bear out or refute the following statements:

0. Holden was late for the performance.

1. Holden sympathized with boys more than girls.

2. Sally looked plainly. Holden felt sorry that he had mad the date with her.

3. Holden enjoyed the performance.

4. You would have thought Sally and George hadn’t seen each other for a long time.

5. A young couple went to the bar after the performance.

6. Sally and Holden were the worst skaters on the whole rink.

7. Holden suggested that Sally should go to California for a week- end and she agreed.

0. Reproduce the situations in which the word “bore” and its derivatives are used. Who and why used these words very often?

0. State whose utterances these are, what preceded or followed them:

0. “It’s marvellous to see you.”

1. “The play itself was no masterpiece.”

2. “Let’s go ice-skating at Radio City!”

3. “Are you or aren’t you coming over to help me trim the tree?”

4. “You are probably the only reason I’m in New York right now.”

5. “You ought to go to a boys’ school sometime.”

6. “Honest to god, we could have a terrific time!”

7. “I can go home by myself, thank you.”

0. Reproduce the situations in which the words and word combinations occur in the text:

0. to be (no) masterpiece

1. to be hot to do smth

2. a couple of hundred rubbernecks

3. a terrific bore

4. to owe smb money

5. to accept smb’s apology

6. in a way

7. to stick around for a while doing smth

0. Make up your own sentences or situations with the following words and word combinations:

0. to get sore

1. to beat smb at golf

2. to make one’s bed

3. to make a speech

4. to get a big bang out of smth

5. to horse around

6. to marry

7. to room with smb

0. Find the extract beginning with “I was way early when I got there“and ending at”what the hell would happen to all of them.” Comment on it and learn it by heart.

0. Find the extract beginning with “What? She said” and ending at “I was sorry as hell I’d started it”. Translate it and comment on it.

Chapter 18.

0. Find the sentences with the following words and word-combinations and translate them:

1. swimming trunks

2. half gainer

3. show-off bastard

4. to be ashamed

5. precision

6. homey, sincere girl

7. fiancée

8. to be blind

0. Give the situations in which the following words and word-combinations are used:

1. all muscles and no brains

2. an inferiority complex

3. to be conceited

4. to be available for the evening

5. to be enlightening

6. to carry crucifixes

7. a sacrilegious atheist

8. putrid

9. to limp all over the place

10. to come home on furlough

11. to go overseas

12. to volunteer for smth

0. Explain the meaning of the phrase: to be nuts about something. Deep into the dictionary to get more phrases with the word “Nut”.

1. Give a plan of the chapter. Be ready to speak on every point of your plan.