Find synonyms for the following words. Make up your own sentences using these words or their synonyms.

to vamoose, premises, raffle, chaw, to vend, ordinance, to dispose

3. Fill in the gaps with the necessary prepositions:

1. Some folks would starve before they'd go … welfare in them days.

2. She hung around Nick's Market, huntin' … mice.

3. I went over to Nick's Market to get a chaw … credit and shoot the breeze with Porky.

4. Two weeks to clean up the store and dispose … the animal.

5. Get rid … the cat!

6. If you wanna know, Tipsy was good … business.

7. She sat in the window and made passes … flies…

8. He was soft … animals.

9. She put … a regular comic act in the bar.

10. You never seen a man so broke ….

11. The bets, they was all called …, and the place emptied out by ten o'clock.

4. How many cases of incorrect English have you found? Compare your results with your mates’ ones. Who is the winner (has the biggest number of the cases)? Read the correct sentences.

SPEAKING ACTIVITIES

5. Find in the story various combinations with the noun “look” (e.g. a sour look), translate them into Russian. Reproduce the situations in which these combinations were used.

6. What nouns or word combinations are used in the story to describe Tipsy? Reproduce the sentences in which they were used.

7. Explain the meaning of the following expressions. Give your own examples of their usage:

to go on welfare; to give somebody no mind; to be four sheets in the wind; to get to be the hit; to be soft on something

8. Discussion:

1. When did the events take place? Why do you think so?

2. Describe the economic situation during the Depression using some details from the text?

3. How does the way Mr. C.W. speaks characterize him? Why does the author use this stylistic device?

4. Why was the cat called Tipsy?

5. Why was Tipsy good for different businesses? Speak about each place the cat visited.

6. Could the health inspector take pity on Tipsy? Why? Characterize the inspector.

7. Characterize each owner of Tipsy and their attitude to the cat.

8. What are the main idea and the topic of the text?

9. Judging by the way the Health Inspector is presented in the text, how would you describe and characterize him?

Summarize the story in 15-20 sentences.

WRITING ACTIVITIES

10. Write a passage (150 words) describing the whole story as if you were the health inspector.

11. Write a passage (150 words) dwelling on the possible use of animals for doing business.

UNIT 7

Read the title of the story. What do you think the story will be about? While reading, write out all cases of repetition (Repetition isa figure of speech based upon a repeated occurrence of one and the same word, word-group or sentence/sentences.). In the works of E. Hemingway the occurrence of this stylistic device is quite prominent. In fact, E. Hemingway is reputed as master of endowing this device with exceptionally suggestive overtones. Try to hear and discern these overtones.