TEXT AND VOCABULARY EXERCISES 11 страница

2. Use synonyms:

1) I am afraid our arguments did not convince him. 2) Are you sure a month in the Crimea will improve his health? 3) The steps taken by the teacher must have produced good results. 4) Do you think this treatment will prove to be helpful?

 

3. Translate :

1) Ваши слова, должно быть, мало на него повлияли. 2) Если бы вы начали принимать это лекарство раньше, оно бы дало лучший результат. 3) Я разделяю мнение тех, кто считает это изобретение очень эффективным. 4) Новый метод оказался очень эффективным.

ТО CONGRATULATE (ON), CONGRATULATIONS (ON)

1. Answer these questions:

1) On what occasions do people congratulate their friends?

2) Would you congratulate a student on passing his examination if his mark were only satisfactory? (Give your reasons.)

2. Make up sentences of your own:

1) in connection with — to congratulate

2) to leave a message — to accept a person’s congratulations

3) to call on — to congratulate

4) to mark an occasion — to exchange congratulations

TO WASTE

1. Translate :

1) Если бы вы придерживались темы, мы бы не потеряли напрасно столько времени. 2) Мать не хотела, чтобы он зря тратил столько денег. 3) Не нужно было тратить столько времени на обсуждение этих вопросов.

2. Complete the following sentences using the verb to waste:

1) You shouldn’t ... .

2) Can they have ... .

3) I wish we ... .

4) They must have ... .

5) I am afraid you may ... .

TO DENY

1. Think of situations in which these sentences might be used:

1) He denied his fault.

2) He denied that he had overlooked the mistake.

3) Why did he deny that?

4) You shouldn’t deny yourself fresh air.

2. Make up sentences of your own:

1) to deny one’s words — to use strong arguments

2) to deny that	—to fail to prove
	—to have no effect on...

3) to take treatments — to deny oneself physical exercise

4) to be under way — to deny oneself the pleasure of going to the cinema

 

 

XII. Answer the following questions:

A. 1. What kind of novels do you find extremely interesting (boring)?

2. Would you call modern music interesting? Give you reasons.

3. Can you admire modern painting (sculpture)?

4. Would you admire an actress just because she is charming?

B. 1. What may make a person faint?

2. What are the signs of fainting?

3. What should be done to make a person come to himself if he has fainted?

4. Would a person come to himself quickly in a hot room?

C. 1. Would you say that one wastes one’s time when one goes camping? Why not?

2. Can you afford the time to go camping every Sunday? Would you do so if you could?

3. Would you go camping if there were signs of bad weather?

4. Could you enjoy a camping tour and admire the sights if the weather were rainy?

D. 1. Why did the Campbell boys have to waste so much time waiting for the arrival of the circus?

2. Why couldn’t they afford to buy tickets for a circus performance?

3. Would they have come to get hired if they had been well off?

XIII. Add a beginning to the following sentences:

1. ...... you wouldn’t have wasted so much time.

2. ...... and made her blush.

3. ....... I just can’t afford it.

4. ....... As a matter of fact they were really well off.

5. ...... She must be a very pretty girl.

6. ..... He is shivering with cold.

XIV. Choose the correct word from those given in brackets and use it in the necessary form:

1. The doctor tried to cheer up the woman by saying that her son (to be cured, to be treated) by the best specialists, and the illness soon (to be cured, to be treated) completely. 2. If you (to spend, to waste) more time in preparing the draft contract, we (not to spend, not to waste) so much time discussing small points.. The resolution could (to be taken, to be accepted, to be received, to be adopted) without so many amendments. 3. As the plan was very carefully worked out, it (to be taken, to be accepted, to be received, to be adopted) without much discussion. 4. “You must follow all my instructions,” the doctor said angrily. “There can be no excuse for not (to take, to accept, to receive, to adoptl the medicine at the appointed times.” 5. The representatives of the firm reserved the right not (to take, to accept, to receive, to adopt) the amendments until they (to take, to accept, to receive, to adopt) a cable from their head office. 6. When the servant announced the arrival of Sir Richard, Lady Cheswill (to excuse oneself, to apologize) to the guests and hurried to the door (to take, to accept, to receive, to adopt) the new arrival.

XV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbial particles if necessary:

1. Everybody was amazed ... the taste which the young woman showed ... clothes. 2. I admire the painter’s manner. Everything he does is ... perfect taste. 3. I am afraid they didn’t show much taste ... choosing pictures ... their house. 4. Help yourself ... these sweets. I am sure you will find them ... your taste. 5. The Petrovs bought a car the other day, but I don’t think they are likely to ride ... it soon. None of the family can drive a car. 6. If I were you, I should learn to ride ... a bicycle. 7. Let me help you ... the bus. 8. You can turn ... Bob ... advice. He is a skilled engineer and will certainly help you ... ... the difficulty. 9. She must have fainted because it’s very stuffy (душно) here. Don’t worry, she’ll come ... herself ... no time. 10. If you hadn’t rushed ... your translation, you wouldn’t have made so many mistakes. 11. The work is extremely carelessly done. It must have been done ... a terrible rush. 12. The treatment isn’t likely to have much effect ... you if you do not keep to a diet ... a month or so.

XVI. Fill in articles if necessary and retell the text:

In ... first quarter of ... last century ... whole world was shaken by ... so called “incident in Russia”. One of ... veterans of ... First Patriotic War published his Notes which ... readers found extremely interesting not only because ... book was obviously ... piece of interesting reading matter, but mainly due to ... fact that ... writer, ... courageous officer of ... 1812 campaign turned out to be ... woman...

Nadezhda Durova (for that was ... author’s real name) came from ... old Russian family which was not exactly rich but was quite well-off. Being ... daughter of ... officer, she had for nurse ... hussar (гусар) who taught her to ride ... horse and to shoot.

Nadezhda had always dreamed of serving her country. So when she grew up, she made up her mind to leave her native place secretly with ... idea of joining ... Russian Army.

Once when every one in ... house had gone to... bed, Nadezhda cut off her hair, put on ... man’s clothes and rode in ... direction of ... village where, as she knew, ... military unit had stopped for ... rest. She safely reached ... place and was taken on without any complications. Neither ... general nor ... officers ever guessed that ... newcomer was ... girl, for Nadezhda now looked quite ... different creature from what she used to be at home.

Everybody found ... young fellow quite fit to be ... officer and admired his manner of riding and his slim figure.

That was ... beginning of ... military career [kǝʹrɪǝ] of Nadezhda Durova.

Later Durova took ... active part in ... war against Napoleon.

She courageously stood all ... difficulties of that remarkable campaign, sharing all ... dangers and risks with ... men without ... word of complaint.

Twice ... heroine was badly wounded. Once during ... fierce battle she saved ... life of ... fellow-officer.

Nadezhda Durova retired from active service in ... army long after ... 1812 campaign was over.

Besides her Notes which were first published by ... famous Russian poet Pushkin, Durova wrote several stories which show that she was amazingly well read and was ... person of ... creative mind, a fine taste and considerable literary talent.

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

1) to be well-off

to afford

to waste

to one’s taste

to admire

2) extremely

to care for

modern

to be amazed

at in bad taste

3) (not) pretty shy

to congratulate (on)

to blush charming

4) to ride in a car

the rush-hour(s)

to have an accident

to help into (out of)

to faint

to come to oneself

5) to rush

to deny oneself

to tell on

to try to convince

to have no effect on

6) to have nothing (something) to do with

to manage to create

extremely

to admire

to congratulate (on)

XVIII. Translate using the active vocabulary of the lesson:

1) А. Что ты собираешься делать в эту субботу и воскресенье?

В. Я еще не решил. А что ты предлагаешь?

A. Я бы предложил съездить за город на машине. Было бы очень хорошо съездить на озеро. Ты ведь бывал там, да?

B. Да, собственно говоря я был там в прошлое воскресенье. Меня всегда поражает красота озера, но дворец (palace) мне не нравится. Такая старомодная архитектура (architecture) не в моем вкусе.

A. Тогда мы могли бы выбрать что-нибудь другое. Во всяком случае, это прекрасная мысль. Только нам следовало бы отправиться часа в 2-3, чтобы избежать часов пик.

B. Встретимся завтра и договоримся обо всем. Хорошо?

А. Хорошо.

2) А. Здравствуй, Анна. Куда ты так торопишься?

Б. Домой. Сегодня день рождения мамы. Я только что купила ей подарок. Хочешь посмотреть?

А. Конечно. Какая очаровательная вещь! Я никогда не видела таких шкатулок.

Б. Надеюсь она придется маме по вкусу. Я очень долго искала ей что-нибудь подходящее. Это оригинальная вещь, правда?

А. Шкатулка очень (чрезвычайно) хорошенькая. Я уверена все будут хвалить твой вкус.

Б. Я очень рада. Кстати, что ты делаешь сегодня вечером? Приходи к нам. Я уверена, что мама пригласила бы тебя, если бы знала, что ты уже вернулась.

А. Спасибо, но я обещала навестить свою подругу. Она уже неделю больна. У нее небольшое осложнение после гриппа.

Б. Жаль. Ну, я должна идти. Мне еще надо причесаться, до свиданья.

А. Пока. Встретимся завтра в институте.

SPEECH EXERCISES

XIX. Discuss the following questions:

1. Why does the author mention Bond Street in describing the position of Rosemary Fell?

2. Why didn’t the shopman answer Rosemary’s question at once? Would he have asked such a high price for the box if he had not known that Mrs. Fell was extremely rich? Why not?

3. Why did Rosemary show no emotion on hearing the price?

4. Why did the girl stumble over her words when she spoke to Rosemary? Would she have approached Rosemary if she hadn’t felt terribly hungry?

5. Would Rosemary have taken the girl home if the girl had been a beggar? What would she have done in that case?

6. Why did the girl forget to be shy when she was in Rosemary’s bedroom? What made her forget?

7. Why did Philip ask Rosemary to let him know whether the girl was going to dine with them?

8. Why did Rosemary’s heart beat like a heavy bell when she went to her writing-room?

9. Why didn’t Rosemary give her husband her true reason for sending the girl away?

10. Why did Rosemary ask her husband whether she was pretty?

11. What would have happened to the girl if she hadn’t had a cup of tea?

12. What would Rosemary have done if her husband hadn’t said that the girl she had picked up was extremely pretty?

XX. Retell the text:

a) without details in 2-3 minutes

b) in the person of Mr. Fell (Mrs. Fell, the shopman, Miss Smith, the footman)

XXI. Dramatize the following episodes:

a) Rosemary speaking to the shopman

b) Rosemary speaking to the girl in the street and at home

c) Rosemary speaking to her husband in her bedroom and in the library

XXII.    Characterize (appearance, nature, clothes, way of life)

1. Rosemary Fell

Words to be used: well-off, to be brought up to speak several languages, pretty, blue-eyed, modern, slender, to do one’s hair, in the latest fashion, to have nothing to do with, extremely, amazingly, to show good taste, to afford, to waste, (not) to deny oneself.

Miss Smith

Words to be used: slim, pretty, regular features, dark-haired, dark-eyed, straight little nose, worn-out, old-fashioned, to rush, to do without, to have an effect on, to tell on, to deny oneself, to stand.

3. Philip

Words to be used: well-built, tall, handsome, to wear, fashionable, strong-willed, gay, a sense of humour, clever, well-off, to ride in a car, to afford, to spend, to admire, pretty.

XXIII. Speak on the following topics:

1. Philip and Rosemary Get to Know Each Other

to play tennis, to train for a competition, (not) to take notice of, on purpose, to attract one’s attention, a sign of good nature, to find charming, to admire, to care for, a convenient moment, to share opinions, to fall in love, to announce an engagement (помолвка), to get married.

2. The Fells’ Wedding Party

to announce, to send out invitations, on the occasion of, to accept, to wear, to turn up, (not) to hire a hall, to set the tables, in perfect taste, to congratulate, to propose a toast, to wish happiness, amazing, extremely, to enjoy.

 

 

3. Philip’s Business Day

to run a business, to be in charge of, to handle, to represent, to deal with, to have business connections, to get in touch with, to attend to, to check, various, to settle matters, to make (to have, to keep) an appointment, to keep (to call off) one’s engagements, to make arrangements, to hold a conference, to exchange, to consider, to rely, most of.

4. Rosemary’s Day

to mix with, to pick up friends, plenty of, extremely modern, to keep up with the fashions, to be indifferent to, to afford, to ride a horse, to go shopping, not to deny oneself, to be chairman (chairwoman) of a committee, to subscribe money, well-off, to go out frequently.

XXIV. Describe the Life of Miss Smith.

XXV.    Tell the following story in English:

СЛУЧАЙ НА МОСТУ

( no рассказу А. Кулешова)

Это чрезвычайно странное происшествие я видел собственными глазами.

Дело происходило в Лондоне, не помню точно, когда, — кажется в начале осени. Я приехал в столицу Англии в качестве делегата спортивного конгресса и остановился в небольшой гостинице на берегу Темзы. Я привык гулять по утрам, и вот однажды, уже накануне отъезда, я вышел на свою обычную прогулку. Гулял я долго, и, наконец, очутился около моста через Темзу. Впереди меня в утреннем тумане (mist) шли два полисмена.

Внезапно я услышал странный шум и увидел, как по мосту с другого берега мчался какой-то человек. Метрах в тридцати за ним бежал другой человек — молодой парень, а дальше следовала толпа.

С удивительной быстротой (speed) оба полисмена тоже побежали к мосту, преграждая вору путь (blocking the thief’s way).

Когда я подошел к мосту, вор стоял, прислонясь спиной к перилам (the railings) моста. Было ясно, что у него не было никаких шансов убежать. Толпа это знала, знали полицейские, знал, наверное, и он сам. Но лучше всех все знал, несомненно, маленький худой человек, с блокнотом в руках. „Сейчас его схватят, — говорил он торопливо. — Я успею дать материал в вечернюю газету (issue)

Один из полисменов уже вытаскивал наручники (handcuffs). Но в эту минуту вор вскочил на перила моста и прыгнул в воду. Когда толпа пришла в себя от потрясения (shock), вор уже был далеко, полицейские бежали вдоль берега, а парень, у которого украли деньги, спрыгнув в маленькую лодку, стоявшую поблизости, греб (to row) по направлению к вору. И вдруг лодка опрокинулась. Послышался громкий крик. Парень пытался ухватиться за лодку, но ему это не удавалось сделать. Он тонул (to be in danger of drowning).

Вор сначала продолжал плыть, ничего не видя и не слыша. Наконец, крики привлекли его внимание. Он оглянулся и сразу понял, что произошло. Он колебался лишь мгновение. Быстро повернув, он поплыл к утопающему...

Вскоре и вор и спасенный им владелец кошелька (а wallet) были на берегу. Придя в себя, парень все еще дрожавший от холода подошел к вору и пожал ему руку. Но тут к ним подскочил маленький репортер. Это была великая минута в его жизни; он, наверное, ждал ее долгие годы. Узнав имя и фамилию владельца кошелька, а также и то, что в кошельке было всего пять фунтов, он повернулся к вору. „Ваша фамилия Инглс? Знаменитый прыгун с вышки (a diver)?“

„Да“.

„Вы стали профессионалом, ездили в США, прыгали там с двадцати и тридцати метров в цирке...“

Инглс ни разу не сделал попытки что-либо отрицать, но здесь он неожиданно прервал репортера и крикнул:

„Да, да! А потом заболел! А потом вернулся домой! А потом без работы ходил! А потом украл пять фунтов! Все!“

Но его слова не подействовали на репортера.

„Нет, не все. Последний вопрос: почему вы спасли его?“

Инглс больше не кричал. Он даже сделал попытку улыбнуться: „Почему спас? Да, видите ли, спорт, даже профессиональный, учит нас помогать товарищу...“

„А воровать (to steal) он не учит — ваш профессиональный спорт?“ — спросил репортер. Мгновение Инглс молчал, потом негромко ответил:

„Нет, не учит, но иногда вынуждает.“

Через несколько минут Инглса увезли в полицейский участок (a police station). Владелец кошелька настоял на том, чтобы ему тоже разрешили поехать.

„Я скажу им, что я восхищен вашим поведением и что я не считаю вас виновным“, — повторял он.

Туман все еще был густым (dense), но там и сям сквозь него были теперь видны золотистые лучи осеннего солнца.

 

LESSON 23

Grammar: Придаточное сравнения с союзом as if (§ 23)

Text:

THE GREEN MOTOR CAR

(by K. A. Abbas)

Khoja A. Abbas, a well-known Indian writer and playwright, was born on the 7th of June, 1914.

When still a university student, he published a number of articles against fascism and colonialism.

In 1935 he graduated from the university and began to write for various newspapers.

As a newspaper reporter, he travelled a lot about India, and came to know the life of the Indian people very well.

In 1936 his first book of stories saw print. It was followed by a number of other stories and screen scripts. During World War II Abbas’s literary and social activities were devoted to the struggle against fascism. Abbas has twice visited the Soviet Union. His books and especially the films for which he wrote the scripts, are very popular with the Soviet people.

* * *

Sheela came out of the school where she taught and before taking the bus, she thought she would buy a magazine at the newspaper stall at the street corner. The next day was a Sunday, and she was in the habit of spending it reading in bed.

It was not a very exciting or even an interesting way to spend a holiday, but she seemed satisfied with it, and week after week: that was actually all she did whenever she had a day off from the school.

Not yet thirty, with a face that was pleasant and pretty if not exactly beautiful, and a slender figure, she received much attention from her colleagues, some of whom had even seriously proposed to her. But she kept away people, and when she was not at school, she was locked up in her room in the women-teachers’ hostel, spending hours over books and magazines.

Gossip gave various reasons for this strange behaviour of hers, some saying¹ that she was like that because the man she was in love with had died, others hinting¹ that she was a divorcee and that she still cared for her ex-husband. She neither confirmed nor denied these rumours. All her secrets were hidden behind a smile as if she were waiting for someone to come along or for something to happen.

There was a small crowd of people anxious to buy the evening newspaper. She joined the queue and as it moved up, she saw a new man at the bookstall. Somehow his features seemed to be familiar, as if she had seen them in a dream, and she had the uncomfortable feeling that he was staring hard at her. Quickly she put on her glasses, and with a shock she recognized the face. It was the face she had been waiting to see all these ten years. It was — and yet it was not!

“Gopal!” she wanted to scream aloud in joy, but only a hoarse whisper escaped her lips.

“I am afraid you are taking me for someone else, lady,” said the man, and turned to attend to some other customers.

Embarrassed by his obvious protest, she began to turn the pages of the magazines, but every now and then* against her will she would look at the man who had denied he was Gopal. “No, of course, he can’t be Gopal,” she told herself. “My Gopal was healthy and handsome and gay, so full of life and laughter. And this man here is just the opposite of what Gopal was.” He looked ill and very poor and he had the desperate, hopeless look of an animal that was too frightened even to make an attempt to struggle to save its life. How could she have ever taken this scarecrow of a man for her dear Gopal?

She decided to buy a copy of Eve’s Weekly and be on her way, her mind already made up to dismiss the whole thing¹.

“Here you are,” she said handing over the money to the bookstall keeper, but suddenly she stopped short. For running right across the palm, was an unmistakable scar. And she knew there was only one hand that had that mark, and it belonged to Gopal, to her Gopal.

It was way back in 1937 when she was living in the suburbs of Lahore. She was the only daughter of her parents and had had a rather lonely childhood. Then Gopal’s parents moved into the newly-completed house next to theirs.

Certainly Sheela and Gopal became friends, and spent the half-hour of their cycle ride to school talking to each other. It was then that Gopal got the scar when once he was injured in a bike accident.

Yes, it was Gopal. Her Gopal. But what an unbelievable change!

“How are you?” she asked, suddenly shy of this man whom she had once loved, whom she still loved, but who seemed such a complete stranger to her.

“Well, you can see,” he replied, his eyes indicating¹ the little bookstall and his own miserable self.

“When do you close this stall?”

“It is about time now.”

“Then let’s go somewhere and have a cup of tea and talk. I will wait for you near the bus stop.”

A smile broke on his pale face as he said, “Why wait in the queue for a bus²? I will take you in my car.” And before Sheela could recover from the shock of hearing this bitter irony, he added in a sad whisper: “Only it is not a green motor car!”

The green motor car! It had started as a joke when, after the accident Gopal’s cycle had gone for repairs and the boy declared: “Don’t worry about the bicycle, Sheela, I will take you to school in my green motor car.”

“Have you really got a car, Gopal?” the simple little girl had seriously asked, and Gopal had laughingly replied, “I will have it soon — you just wait.”

“But why a green motor car? I have never seen a car of that colour.”

“That’s just why. I want you to ride in a car the like of which no one has or ever will have.”

Yes, it had started as a schoolboy joke, but with the passing years, as their childhood friendship grew into youthful love, the symbol of the green motor car had come to acquire a special secret meaning for them.

Then one day the young university student had seriously asked, “Tell me, Sheela, you will ride with me in my green motor car?”

“Yes, I will, Gopal,” the slim young woman had replied.

“All along the way?”

“To the end of the road,” she assured him.

And then this green motor car, which used to be the symbol of all their dreams of love and happiness, had crashed even before it had taken to the road. The country was partitioned³, and in the general confusion that was caused, millions of closest friends, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives and sweethearts had got separated from each other. Sheela, left alone to face the world, made desperate attempts to find her Gopal. There was no trace of him. And yet for ten long years somehow she had continued to wait and hope.

Now she had found him, and there he sat beside her in the corner of the noisy smoke-filled little restaurant. Thank God, he was alive! But something in him seemed to be dead.

“Tell me, didn’t you try to get a job — I mean a better job than selling newspapers — after all you are a college graduate.”

“Yes, I did, but without recommendations, and no papers to entitle me to my father’s property, no good jobs were to be had. I found no support anywhere. So I got tired of running round on an empty stomach and I gave it up.”

“And then?”

“Then I was ill — in a charitable hospital — the doctors cut me up a couple of times, they treated the poor patients like dogs. I couldn’t trust anybody. One day I lost my temper and hit one of them, so they said I was cured and pushed me out. And I decided to give up the struggle, to get only the lowest jobs not to ask anyone for anything and so avoid being refused and insulted.”

“Oh, dear, dear Gopal! Now cruelly the world has treated you! You look so ill. Let me take you to a good doctor. Let’s go tomorrow.”

“No. If I have to die, I have to die — that’s all.”

Then she knew what it was that was dead in him — it was hope, he lacked the will to live.

From what he told her, Sheela now understood how years of disappointments, failures, unemployment, continued illness and hunger had turned the bright-eyed young man into a hopeless fatalist. He had finally come to believe in astrology and calculated that he had not much time to live. “It’s all written out in the stars. I even know the date of my death — I cannot live beyond the fifth of October. I appreciate your effort to help me, Sheela. But it’s no use, and I don’t want to drag you with me into this. So good-bye and good luck. Forget me and forget the green motor car.”

Then he got up and before she could stop him, he was gone into the dark night.

Days passed and then she saw him. She could hardly believe her eyes. He was still selling newspapers, he still looked thin and pale and ill, he still looked poor, but something fundamental had changed in him. There was a sparkle in his eyes which reminded Sheela of the Gopal⁴ she had known ten years ago.