Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с книгой С. Моэма "Пироги и пиво". Бегун Н.В. - 16 стр.

        11. …she wasn’t “good form” and she spoke with Blackstable                        break the barriers at Blackstable he was mistaken.
            accent, she dropped an aitch now and then, and sometimes                9.    He said the town was dead and he was going to wake it
            her grammar gave me a shock.                                                  up.
        12. It never ceased to embarrass me, the way in which they                  10.   “Pride goeth before a fall,” they said.
            talked of incidents in their past, that I should have thought           11.   I resented vastly when people called me Master Willie.
            they would not dream of mentioning.                                           I thought it a ridiculous name for anyone to have. In fact
        13. I had a rare old time when I was a barmaid, but of course                     I did not like either of my names and spent much time in-
            you can’t go on for ever.                                                     venting others that would have suited me better.
        14. He took her in his arms and gave her a great hug.                       12.    … they lived a life full of pretences. They dwelt behind a
        15. I was so astonished at what I had seen that I could not                       mask of respectability. You never caught them in their
            think sensibly.                                                               shirt sleeves with their feet on the table.
        16. Notwithstanding her black decayed teeth there was in her                13.   What did shock me was to hear Ted Driffield speak of
            smile something sweet and touching.                                           being a waiter in a restaurant in Holborn as though it
                                                                                          were the most ordinary thing in the world.
Ex. 6   Comment on the following.                                                   14.   Mary-Ann was a little shy at my finding her thus, but not
        1. It was still a matter of jocularity on the part of middle-                     half so shy as I.
           aged gentlemen who said shank’s pony was good enough
           for them …                                                       Ex. 7   Give a summary of the chapters outlining their main narrative
        2. I equivocated a triffle there, but I made it all right with              events and describing the main characters.
           my conscience by adding the mental reservation: except
           yesterday at home in the garden.                                 Ex. 8   Translate the following passages:
        3. Mrs. Driffield gave me that peculiar look of hers, mis-                  p.p. 67–68 from “She held out her hand…” to “…her smile
           chievious and yet friendly, and I blushed scarlet.                       made me feel at home”.
        4. “They are most disreputable people,” said my uncle. “I                   p.p. 71–74 from “Mrs Driffield gave me that peculiar look of
           don’t wish you to associate with them”.                                  hers…” to “…with my fingeres and put it in my month.”
        5. My aunt gave me a generous helping, which I ate with                     p.p. 77–79 from “I knew Lord George very well…” to “…I
           the air of one who, impelled by a stern sense of duty, per-              couldn’t possibly have anything to do with them.”
           forms an act that is deeply distasteful to him.
        6. “Fancy their asking you to ride your bicycle with them!          Ex. 9   Translate the following into English
           Some people will do anything.”                                           I. Она как-то очень непосредственно протянула мне руку
        7. “They tell me that when he told his mother what he was                      и, когда я взял ее, горячо и крепко пожала мою. Она
           goin’ to do she took to ‘er bed and stayed there for three                  улыбалась и губами, и глазами, и в этой улыбке я даже
           weeks and wouldn’t talk to anybody.”                                        тогда почувствовал что-то странно привлекательное. Я
        8. But if he thought his hail-fellow-well-met air, his activity                смутился. С незнакомыми людьми я всегда впадал в
           in public works, his open purse when subscriptions were                     ужасную застенчивость, и поэтому никаких подробно-
           needed for the annual regatta or for the harvest festival,                  стей ее внешности я не заметил. У меня осталось только
           his willingness to do anyone a good turn were going to                      общее впечатление – довольно крупная светловолосая
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