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EXERCISES. I. Translate the following phrases and sentences from the text:






I. Translate the following phrases and sentences from the text:

1. Do you just sit at the piano and improvise until you strike, something good? 2. I've always wanted to read it but never got around to it. 3. Mrs. Thayer nearly leaped to his side and herded Miss Hannah back into her stall. 4.... three separate items were highly flavored with cheese. 5. Ben was not exactly bolting his food. 6. He's spoofing you, Ralph. 7. Ben managed to guzzle a cup before it was desecrated with pure cream. 8. Do you like toplay families or divide up? 9. Geniuses are notoriously eccentric. 10. This hunch of yours put the matter in a different light. 11. The telegram read: " Mr. Ben Drake, care of Mr. Ralph Thayer, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. In Nile song, second bar of refrain, bass drum part reads A flat which makes discord.. Should it be A natural? Would appreciate your coming to theatre tonight to straighten this out as harmony must be restored to orchestra, if troupe is to be success. Regards, Gene Buck." 12. Mrs. Thayer's wire read: " Mr. Ben Drake resting at my home. Must not be bothered. Suggest that you keep bass drums still for a week."

II. Give the principal forms of the following verbs:

to strive; to keep; to glance; to sit; to sink; to ruin; to despise; to bet; to leave; to lose; to yield; to ring; to choose; to set; to concern; to thank; to forgive

III. Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian phrases and sentences and use them in situations based on the text;

иногда так, иногда по-иному; нам лучше присоединиться к дамам; к моему великому облегчению; это не ее дело; руки не доходили до этой книги; портить глаза; поставить (прослушать) пластинку; они непременно будут критиковать друг друга; мы тщетно ждали телефонного звонка; укладывать вещи; я должен быть там; меня это до смерти испугало; я должна признаться вам еще кое в чём

IV. Give a neutral variant for the words in bold type;

1. Ralph and I are mighty proud of our shrubbery. 2. " Man! Man! " exclaimed Mrs. Thayer. 3. " That's on the square! " said Ben. 4. He's spoofing you, Ralph. 5. I'll bet you don't. 6. This hunch of yours puts the matter in a different light.

V. Answer the following questions:;

1. Did Mr, Drake enjoy the walk in the garden? 2. Why did Mrs, Drake feel relieved when her husband came back from his walk? What did the women talk about while the men walked in the garden? 3. What was the unpleasant incident which took place at dinner? 4. Why did Mr. Drake choose 'the Great Gatsby'? Why'didn't Mrs! Thayer let him read it? 5. What happened when he chose one of the records? 6. Did Mrs. Thayer like to play with somebody else? 7. What decision did Mr. Drake take the following day? 8. Under what pretext did he decide to leave the Thayers? 9. What confession did Mrs, Thayer make to them at lunch? 10. Why did she consider the telegram from New York trivial? 11. Do you think Mrs. Thayer was offended that her guests had left so soon?

VI. Find evidence in the texts (in both parts) to support the following statements:

1. Ben was hard to please. 2. Mrs. Drake knew her husband too well to. feel at ease at the Thayers..3. Mrs. Thayer was too domineering to make her guests feel at home. 4. Mrs. Thayer was quite unaware that she annoyed her guests so much.






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