Gender Readings. Top Ten. Ренц Т.Г - 68 стр.

     my George: my husband George.
     something in common: something that we could talk to each
other about, something we were both interested in.
     bunched up: crouching, very bent.
     he corrected: he corrected me (because I had not given him his
proper title).
     Mind you: a colloquial expression used to warn listeners that the
speaker is going to say something important.
     I call it: in my opinion.
     see you out: live longer than you.
     another: another man.
     fathers: ancestors.
     those Meadows: the members of the Meadows family. Mrs Meadows
does not consider herself a member of the family except by marriage.
     death had written the full-stop in the right place: the old man
had died at the right time.

A. Answer these questions:
      1. Why had Uncle George gone away to sea?
      2. Why was the farmer’s wife known only as “Mrs George”?
      3.“Captain,” he corrected. What does this remark tell you about
Uncle George?
      4. What was the tone of the conversation between Uncle George
and Mrs Meadows?
      5. “I’m not one to make money,” said Captain Meadows, and
yet he had made a success of his life. How?
      6. “I was never sure that I’d married the right one.” Do you
think she had or had not? Say why you think so.
B. Find expressions in the story with the same meaning as those below:
      1) without interpretation;
      2) the best years of (their) life;
      3) by no means;
      4) everyone obeyed her;
      5) an old traditional song;
      6) (they) had both wanted to marry (her);
      7) not showing proper respect;
      8) lived far from home;
      9) that’s my rule of life;
     10) it’s always important to those Meadows.
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