W. Somerset Maugham. Theatre. Home Reading Guide. Шишкина Н.М - 16 стр.

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  5. Compose sentences of your own with the following words and phrases:
to keep on doing smth; to look for; to get into debt; to overcome; to persuade; to
obsess; to make friends; to be concerned; to be angry with; to carry on; to make a
date; to come round.

                                B. Speech Exercises

  1. Speak on the following using words and word combinations given below:
1. The impression Thomas made on Julia in the restaurant: evening clothes; slimness;
shy; slight awkwardness; glory of their glances; a thrill; the innocent passion; tender
eyes; scarlet; blue eyes.
2. The way Roger behaved on the first Sunday after his arrival: polite; aloof; to judge;
to lay a part; to accept; seriously.
3. What do people mean when they say an actress has genius?: supremacy; notoriety;
luck; generous; sincere; intelligent; modest; to make a fuss of; capacity for
insinuating; to combine; recollection; personality; enrich; experience; knowledge of
technique; amazing magnetism; to dwell; the popular favourite; the best-dressed
woman; a shadow; the substance.
4. The state Julia was in when Tom and Roger went on to Maidenhead to dine and
dance: to look at smb helplessly; to make a scene; to smile brightly; hatred; to clench
smb’s hands; angelic; patience; to wound; a faint sensation of relief; impatient; a brief
letter.

  2. Comment on the following words. Who said them and in what connection?
1. People don’t want reasons to do what they’d like to. They want excuses.
2. Well, I’ll cook his goose all right. If I haven’t cooked Roger’s goose I’ll eat my
hat.

  3. Compose the dialogue between Tom and Julia (chapter 13).

  4. Answer the following questions:
1. Why did Julia enjoy those three hours that she spent in her dressing-room between
the afternoon and the evening performances?
2. Why did Julia decide to see Tom again? What was she going to talk about?
3. Julia realized that Tom was a bit of a snob. Prove it. Give your reasons.
4. What did Julia think of Tom? His good looks were due to his youth, weren’t they?
What did he look like? What was he like?
5. Julia fell in love with Tom. What was her behaviour like? How do you feel when
you are in love with somebody?
6. Where did Tom live? What was Julia’s impression of his room? What did she
suggest that he should do? Why?
7. What did Roger look like?
8. What were the relations between Tom and Julia like during the holidays? Who did
Tom spend his time with? Why?