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Exercises on the text






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I. Read the text in class and analyse it as shown in the exercises below.

PART I

a. Paraphrase the following:

1. For my own part... 2______ I don't know the first thing about them.

3.... he gave me a great surprise. 4.... Unless I had heard the story from his own lips... 5. I happened on one occasion to be spending a few days there. 6.... he could not bear to hurt a fly.

b. Give your interpretation of the following:

1.... I find that the longer I know people the more they puzzle me because most of us are self-contradictory. 2. He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and position. 3..... they described him as one of the best. 4.... the chief thing that struck you about Burton was his kindliness. 5.... he aroused their instincts of protection.


c. Give the Russian equivalents to the following:

1.... he had been in business inJfpan. 2.... both in appearance and in manner he suggested a very definiteitype. 3.... he had made every penny himself. 4.... in bis youth he had been something of an athlete.

,.,;. PART II

a. Paraphrase the following: ' \

1.1 nodded a greeting. 2. Women thought a lot of him. 3. A bit of money used to come in for him. 4. He had had bad luck at cards. 5. There was no more money coming from home... 6. He was all to pieces. 7.1 got some idea... 8. I'm not in a wy good condition. 9. Do you think he gave up the idea...

b. Give your interpretation of the following:

1. He is a remittance man. 2. There was no harm in him. 3. He could lose money with a good face. 4.1 swam for my university. 5. Tve known many men who were too much praised at their university.

c. Give Russian equivalents to the following phrases:

1, " Any salary would d6/' he said. 2. And what have you oeen doing so far? 3. Well, nothing very much..; 4. Isn't there anything you can do except play cards? 5. Come back and see me in another thirty five years...

d. Sum up the following passages:

1. from " One afternoon I was sitting..." to " I know that..." 2. from " Well, isn't there anything you can do..." to " We didn't get the body for about three days."

П. Find in the text English equivalents to the following sentences and phrases and give situations in which they are used in the text:

.1. Что вы скажете на это? 2. Здесь много таких, как он. 13. Вряд ли я помню его имя. 4. И что вы делали до сих пор? — Ни­чего особенного. 5. Приходите ко мне еще через 35 лет. б. «Решено», — сказал он. 7. Я был очень занят в то утро. 8. Он так и не появился. 9. Он все-таки отправился.

Ш. Activise these words:

to puzzle, puzzling

a. Paraphrase these sentences:

1. I am sorry to say your comments are strange and unexpected. 2. My friend had graduated from a Technical College and it was strange for me to learn that he had taken up teaching. 3. My sister's unhappy face surprised me greatly as I expected her to be in high spirits over her new appointment.


sible. 5. He wouldn't take the hint. 6. She shouldn't have acted like a child. 7. His explanation did not make much sense: 8. The goods arrived in very bad condition.

Г XV. Make up situations using the following words and word combinations:

2. Getting Accommodation difficult to get accommodation on the occasion (not) available a way out a boarding house charge furniture to be in good condition pretty 4. The Returnof the Goods to arrive in bad condition to strike smb. (as) a vessel to unload /rom one's experience to be badly damaged to come to one's mind to describe a way out to hesitate

1. A Trip toji City

to go on business

to come to one's mind

from my experience

to book

to hesitate

to think it's more convenient

to go through the Customs

liable to duty

3. Meeting a Person

to come across

for the last few years

appearance


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