Reading Comprehension Tasks. I. Agree or disagree with the following statements

I. Agree or disagree with the following statements:

1. Sir Frederick was young and single.

2. Robert did not want to invite the Hardys to luncheon because Lady Hardy was an actress.

3. Robert recognize in Frederick his old acquaintance and was delighted to see him.

4. Robert was a wonderful host.

5. Robert thought that Fred Hardy was a proper man for them to associate with.

6. Sir Frederick felt that Robert disapproved of him and tried to be stiff with Eleanor.

7. Sir Frederick always thought of his past with self satisfaction.

8. Fred Hardy had got the goods on Robert and wanted to give him away.

9. Fred hardy understood that Robert was a common swindler who had got of a silly woman to keep him in luxury and idleness.

 

II. Answer the following questions:

1. Why was Eleanor so pleased?

2. Why did she take an immediate fancy to Sir Frederick?

3. How did he look like?

4. Why was Robert upset when their guests had gone?

5. What charmed and admired Eleanor in her husband?

6. He was a wonderful host, wasn’t he?

7. Why did Robert ask her wife not to associate with Sir Frederick?

8. Was it difficult for Eleanor to be stiff with Sir Frederick?

9. What was Fred Hardy’s past?

10. What did Fred Hardy know about Robert’s past?

11. Why did he want Robert to come clean?

12. What did Fred understand at the end of their conversation?

 

The Lion’s Skin. Part III.

Words and word combinations to be remembered:

to be ablaze – пылать

primly gay – очень веселый

trunks – спортивные трусы

thronged – переполненный

to stand a chance – выстоять, выдержать

gala dinner – праздничный обед

tapestry – гобелен

drought – засуха

to bolt out – захлопнуть

glow – зарево

to crackle – трещать

fiery torch – огненный факел

spark – искра, вспышка

tinder – сухое гнилое дерево

to awe – inspire – внушать страх

furnace – печь

to go up in flame – охватить пламенем

brushwood – кустарник

grime – грязь

frantic – неистовыйt

to shift for oneself – обходиться своими силами

kindling – растопка

portable – движимый

filthy – грязный

begrimed with soot and sweat – запачканный сажей и потный

anguished – мучительный, страдальческий

distraught – обезумевший

to stagger – пошатнуться, дрогнуть

bounder – пройдоха

dazed – ошеломленный, потрясенный

crossly – сердито, раздраженно

to mutter – бормотать, ворчать

imposture – обман, мошенничество

to pay smb. out – отплатить

to cherish a vice – лелеять порок

stranglehold – безвыходное положение

conventional brain – обычный ум

sham – обман. Фикция

spurious heroism – поддельный героизм

rip – распутный

unscrupulous ruffian – бессовестный негодяй

to bear anguish – выдержать страдания

 

Vocabulary Tasks

I. Give Russian equivalents and use the expressions in sentences of your own.

to be ablaze, to be thronged, to stand a chance, gala dinner, in poor condition, spurious heroism, to cherish a vice, to pay smb. out, to be gazed, to shift for oneself, to go up in flame, to inspire awe.

II. Insert prepositions or adverbs if necessary.

1. Man ____ trunks and women almost naked lay ____ the sun.

2. One or two people had advised him to cut ____ some ____the trees.

3. They had been ____ poor condition.

4. The dead wood had been cut ____ year by year.

5. They danced ____ the open air ____ the plane trees.

6. The Hardys had sent their servants ____ too.

7. There was a ring ____ the bell and a loud knocking ____ the dor.

8. The fire had broken ____ ____ the Forestiers’ wood.

9. The sparks were carried _____ tree ____ bush.

10. The only hope was ____ the troops, who were used to deal ____ the forest fires.

11. He was black ____ grime.

12. Forestier hit Hardy ____ his face.

13. Fred Hardy picked himself ____ slowly and felt his face.

III. 1.Find words and word expressions to prove that the heat terrific.

2.Find words and word expressions to describe the fire in the Forestiers’ woods.

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