W. Somerset Maugham. Theatre. Home Reading Guide. Шишкина Н.М - 13 стр.

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   2. Give English equivalents to the following words:
п рем ьера ; ошелом лен н ый (ра зг.); су п ру ж еский; бесст ыд н ый; н а глост ь;
обра щ а ть вн им а н ие; ра зру ша т ь (н а д еж д ы); косн оязычн ый; ра ссчит ыва т ь н а
чт о-либо, кого-либо; п у гливый, н ервн ый (ра зг.); за ра ба тыва т ь н а ж изн ь; леп ет,
болтовн я; т у берку лезн ый; н а д оед ливый; исп у га т ь, сильн о у д ивит ь;
великолеп ие; у ж а с; возм у щ ен ие; сболтн у т ь; н е в м еру ст ыд ливый; чу вст вова т ь
от вра щ ен ие; п од верга ться чем у -либо, н а влечь н а               себя чт о-либо;
н евообра зим ый, н евероят н ый; отт а лкива ющ ий; соп рот ивлят ься; за ра н ее.

  3. Make up sentences of your own with:
to keep in touch; to let smb do smth; to change one’s mind; to be full of; to point at;
on the other hand; to demand on; to go on; to rely on; to encourage; to divide into; to
stay with; to put out; to blackmail; to run across; to be willing to do smth; to pick up.

  4. Reproduce the situations in which the words and phrases from the list occur.

                                   B. Speech Exercises

    1. Introduce the new characters. Give your impression of Charles Tamerley.

    2. Discuss the following:
1. Was Julia a talented or successful actress? Would you like to be an actress (actor)?
2. Explain the meaning of the proverb “Dog in the manger” and comment on how it
can be connected with Julia.
3. Compare Julia’s mood in the morning with her mood after the incident in
Tavistock Square. What was the reason for such a change?
4. There was an episode that Julia ought to have been thoroughly ashamed of;
goodness, how scared she’d been afterwards, but she had in point of fact never been
able to think of it since without a chuckle. What happened to Julia eight years ago?

   3. Make up key-questions that will cover the contents of the chapters under
study.

  4. Prove the following facts:
      a) It’s no good crying over spilt milk;
      b) Love and beauty and art; the world well lost;
      c) One couldn’t only think of oneself, could one? One had to think of others
too.

  5. Who said these words and in what connection?