ВУЗ:
Составители:
Рубрика:
11
Chapters 6, 7
1. Find the English equivalents of the following expressions in the text and produce the
situations in which they occur.
устроить скандал
со стороны к-л
поймать на слове
сплошная ложь
заглянуть в гости
лишить наследства
появляться на пороге
рассвирипеть
собираться сделать ч-т
важничать, задаваться
2. Explain the meaning of the italicized phrases.
1. You do see a bit of what’s going on and if you play your cards right you ought to marry
well.
2. “We don’t want your friends pushed down our throats all day long,” he said.
3. “I thought if I went on waiting till Mary-Ann came to see me I’d have to wait till
doomsday,…”
4. “…When I ‘eard a knock at the side door and opened it and saw Rosie standing there, you
could ‘ave knocked me down with a feather. …”
3. Answer the questions.
1. What attracted young Ashenden and Ted Driffield to each other?
2. Why did Ashenden consider gossips about Mrs. Driffield to be a pack of lies?
3. In what way did the Driffields differ from the people of Blackstable?
4. Why did Mrs. Driffields reminiscences strike Ashenden?
5. Why did he say that a grater jolt had awaited him?
4. Comment on Mary-Ann’s words which she pronounced at the very end of Chapter 7. Do
you agree with her?
5. Comment on Rosie’s words: “You do see a bit of what’s going on and if you play your
cards right you ought to marry well.” How do they characterize her?
6. Divide Chapter 7 into logical parts and entitle them.
Страницы
- « первая
- ‹ предыдущая
- …
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- …
- следующая ›
- последняя »
