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cases, write something like, “I would talk openly to about the
problem if I were you.”
4. “It’s nice to be able to say; if you do this , everything
will be OK,” says Giovanna. “But things aren’t always as
simple as that.” If they feel they can’t answer a particularly
difficult letter, they ask a psychologist friend for help.
5. Postage stamps for over 3,000 letters are not cheap!
Tamassia pays for them partly out of his own pocket but he also
gets help from the city council. “If they didn’t help, we just
wouldn’t be able to keep the club going,” says Tamassia. And
that would be a pity. The course of true love isn’t always
smooth. When it isn’t, the Juliet club is there to help.
III. Read the article again and write out the alternative that
completes each of these sentences.
EXAMPLE: 1. from many different countries.
1. The writes are mainly Italian / all British / from many
different countries.
2. Tamassia answers the letters alone / with Juliet’s help/
with a team of helpers.
3. All/ Some / lots / A few of the letters are in English.
4. They sometimes / always / often / answer the letters.
5. Many people write because their loved ones live far away
/ they would like a boy/girlfriend / they want to meet
Juliet.
6. The answers are always easy / rarely helpful/ different in
each case.
7. The expenses are all paid by Tamassia / all paid by / the
council / paid by both the council and Tamassia.
IV. Try to explain in written form what the writer means by
these expressions.
1. His daughter, Giovanna, is his right hand.
2. “Juliet has been mending broken hearts ever since.
3. The course of true love isn’t always smooth.
V. Discuss these questions:
1. Have you found your Romeo or Juliet?
2. Do you find it difficult to talk to your friends or parents?
3. If your problem seemed difficult for you to be solved,
would you consult a psychologist?
4. If you or some of your friends were heartbroken would
you write to Juliet for comfort and advice?
5. Write a letter to Juliet she will help to mend your broken
hearts.
Text V
I. Read the text and answer the question in written form:
What are the essential characteristics of a quarrel? (According
to the author)
QUARRELLING
1. Great emotional and intellectual resources are
demanded in quarrels; stamina helps, as does a capacity for
obsession. But no one is born a good quarreler; the craft must
be learned.
2. There are two generally recognized apprenticeships.
First, and universally preferred, is a long childhood spent in the
company of fractious siblings. Alter several years of rainy
afternoons, brothers and sisters develop a sure feel for the
tactics of attrition and the niceties of strategy so necessary in
first-rate quarrelling.
3. The only child, or the child of peaceful or repressed
households, is likely to grow up failing to understand that
quarrels, unlike arguments, are not about anything, least of all
the pursuit of truth. The apparent subject of a quarrel is a mere
pretext; the real business is the quarrel itself.
4. Essentially, adversaries in a quarrel are out to establish
or rescue their dignity.
5. Hence the elementary principle: anything may be said.
The unschooled, probably no less quarrelsome by inclination
than anyone else, may spend an hour with knocking heart,
sifting the consequences of calling this old acquaintance a lying
cases, write something like, “I would talk openly to about the V. Discuss these questions:
problem if I were you.” 1. Have you found your Romeo or Juliet?
4. “It’s nice to be able to say; if you do this , everything 2. Do you find it difficult to talk to your friends or parents?
will be OK,” says Giovanna. “But things aren’t always as 3. If your problem seemed difficult for you to be solved,
simple as that.” If they feel they can’t answer a particularly would you consult a psychologist?
difficult letter, they ask a psychologist friend for help. 4. If you or some of your friends were heartbroken would
5. Postage stamps for over 3,000 letters are not cheap! you write to Juliet for comfort and advice?
Tamassia pays for them partly out of his own pocket but he also 5. Write a letter to Juliet she will help to mend your broken
gets help from the city council. “If they didn’t help, we just hearts.
wouldn’t be able to keep the club going,” says Tamassia. And
that would be a pity. The course of true love isn’t always Text V
smooth. When it isn’t, the Juliet club is there to help. I. Read the text and answer the question in written form:
What are the essential characteristics of a quarrel? (According
III. Read the article again and write out the alternative that to the author)
completes each of these sentences. QUARRELLING
EXAMPLE: 1. from many different countries. 1. Great emotional and intellectual resources are
demanded in quarrels; stamina helps, as does a capacity for
1. The writes are mainly Italian / all British / from many obsession. But no one is born a good quarreler; the craft must
different countries. be learned.
2. Tamassia answers the letters alone / with Juliet’s help/ 2. There are two generally recognized apprenticeships.
with a team of helpers. First, and universally preferred, is a long childhood spent in the
3. All/ Some / lots / A few of the letters are in English. company of fractious siblings. Alter several years of rainy
4. They sometimes / always / often / answer the letters. afternoons, brothers and sisters develop a sure feel for the
5. Many people write because their loved ones live far away tactics of attrition and the niceties of strategy so necessary in
/ they would like a boy/girlfriend / they want to meet first-rate quarrelling.
Juliet. 3. The only child, or the child of peaceful or repressed
6. The answers are always easy / rarely helpful/ different in households, is likely to grow up failing to understand that
each case. quarrels, unlike arguments, are not about anything, least of all
7. The expenses are all paid by Tamassia / all paid by / the the pursuit of truth. The apparent subject of a quarrel is a mere
council / paid by both the council and Tamassia. pretext; the real business is the quarrel itself.
4. Essentially, adversaries in a quarrel are out to establish
IV. Try to explain in written form what the writer means by or rescue their dignity.
these expressions. 5. Hence the elementary principle: anything may be said.
1. His daughter, Giovanna, is his right hand. The unschooled, probably no less quarrelsome by inclination
2. “Juliet has been mending broken hearts ever since. than anyone else, may spend an hour with knocking heart,
3. The course of true love isn’t always smooth. sifting the consequences of calling this old acquaintance a lying
